May 07, 2025  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

HIST 646 - History of the Russian Film


Credits 3

Soviet cinema from the revolutionary films and pathbreaking theories of the 1920s (Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Vertov, Dovzhenko, and Kuleshov), through the constrictions of Socialist Realism, to the revival of a proud tradition in the decades since Stalin. Emphasis on Russian cultural traditions, contemporary historical context, and the demands of ideology. Crosslisted with HIST 446 and FIS 446. Credit at the 600-level requires additional work.



Prerequisites
Graduate standing.