Arts, Sciences, and Engineering					Modern Languages & Cultures - Russian Studies
Course Section Listing	Course	Course Title					Term	Credits	Status
COURSE_SECTION-3-207435	RSST 252-01	Hipsters, Rebels, Rock Stars in Russian Literature					Fall 2025	4.0	Open
Schedule:		Day Begin End Location Start Date End Date MW 1025 AM 1140 AM 08/25/2025 12/17/2025
Enrollment:		Enrolled      4	Capacity      20
Co-Located:		CLTR 253-01 (P), RSST 252-01, RUSS 252-01
Instructors:		Rita Safariants
Delivery Mode:		In-Person
Description:		Images of dandies, fops and rebels have steadily resurfaced in Russian art and literature during periods of major political and cultural change, creating both a striking counter-narrative to the established social norms and shaping new currents of thought and artistic expression. Special attention is given to the comparative investigation of artistic media as vehicles for the multivalent, ambiguous and often contradictory portrayal of “the hipster” as both a cultural hero and outsider, in turn, mapping out the ideological nucleus of the Imperial, Totalitarian and Capitalist mainstreams. Course texts include some of the greatest Russian literary classics, such as Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin, Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons, and Dostoevsky’s The Idiot in conversation with cinematic works from the second half of the twentieth century, framing the many iterations of the Russian antihero within historical and artistic contexts.
Offered:		Fall Spring Summer