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Russian Émigré Culture

Course code

SKS7206.HT

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Course title in Estonian

Vene diasporaa kultuur

Course title in English

Russian Émigré Culture

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

This course aims at making a survey in all three waves of Russian emigration with an emphasis on the 20th century Russian émigré culture, and the Russian language of the present-day Russian Diaspora.

Brief description of the course

First wave: Causes, centers, literary output. Major cultural centers, émigré periodicals. Russian literature and culture of the First Estonian Republic. Second wave: Some literary contacts between post-War and pre-War émigrés. Third wave: Its major representatives in literature and arts. The language of Russia abroad.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has deep encyclopedic knoweledge of the Diaspora language and culture.

Teacher

Grigori Utgof

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