This course focuses on the Russophone literature in the new millennium (from the early 2000s to the present day), incorporating a crucial discussion of the late Soviet period and the 1990s. Readings in Russian.

This course focuses on the Russophone literature in the new millennium (from the early 2000s to the present day), incorporating a crucial discussion of the late Soviet period and the 1990s. Beginning with the collapse of the USSR, cultural life in Russia has been characterized by ceaseless change, but also the reemergence of familiar patterns, tendencies and problems. Much contemporary Russian literature is caught up in complicated negotiations with the Soviet past and its social, cultural and political institutions, while also looking ahead to an uncertain, often menacing future. We will read novels, short stories, and poetry, and discuss performance art that engages with gender and sex, activism and violence, family and national identity, internet communication and other language problems.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.