7:00-9:00P     T     BH137

Topic:  "Manuscripts Do Not Burn": Stalin, Bulgakov, and Akhmatova
A portion of the above section reserved for majors
Above section COAS intensive writing section and also
requires registration in COAS W333

This course examines cultural freedom and political dictatorship.  It
focuses on Mikhail Bulgakov (the author of "Master and Margarita," one
of the greatest novels of the twentieth-century) and Anna Akhmatova
(the author of "Requiem," one of the most moving poems on life under
Stalin's Russia), but students can choose their favorite
authors/topics for their research essays as long as the issue of
cultural freedom and political power is addressed.  Anyone interested
in the politics of culture is welcome