Basics of Russian cultural historyLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

After you have completed the course you can name influences affected in Russian Culture and you have learned to recognize some major presentatives and artefacts of Russian culture (literature, fine arts, architecture, design, film/motion pictures, music, theater and ballet, popularculture).

Content

What is Russian culture? What means avantgarde? What kind of artefacts there is in Russian culture: in literature, in architecture,in film/motion pictures, in music and in stage art? What kind of artefacts there is in Russian popular culture, for example in food culture, and in culture of religion? What means eastern-western dialogue and dualism in Russian context?

Evaluation

Evaluation level 3 you can
a. find, study, produce and evaluate critically knowledges concerning Russian culture
b. solve demanding problems in research, development and innovation
d. develop independently knwoledges of Russian culture
g. communicate proficiently and systematically in your spoken and written native language, report and refer fluently

Materials

Other Russia-studies and language studies in Russian.