Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of York
Course Title:
Politics & the Novel
Course Number:
POL00027H
Course Description:
The module explores the relationship between literary fiction and the discipline of Politics. We study six set texts from Soviet-era Russia, examine how these works function as acts of critique, and reflect on how we can use the texts to clarify our understanding of related political concepts.
Most recently, the six texts covered were: Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We, Andrei Platonov’s The Foundation Pit, Mikhail Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita, Juri Trifonov’s House on the Embankment, Tatyana Tolstaya’s On the Golden Porch, and Julia Voznesenskaya’s The Women’s Decameron.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 398
Course URL:
https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/POL00027H/latest
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