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RUSS 118. Jews in Russia: Culture and LiteratureAs the Russian Empire expanded over time, it absorbed territories with large Jewish populations. Jews have played crucial roles in Russian and Soviet history and culture, be it as political radicals and revolutionaries, moral thinkers and philosophers, or some of Russia's best poets, artists, and film directors. Depending on student interest for its emphases, this course will read the likes of Lev Shestov, Liubov Gurevich, S. Ansky, Boris Pasternak, Osip Mandelstam, Isaac Babel, Evgeniia Ginzburg, Lev Grossman, Elena Shvarts, and perhaps translations of a few Russian-Jewish writers now working in American English. Humanities. 2 credits. Spring 2023. Forrester. Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: Russian Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/russian
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