Totalitarianism and Culture – Writing Intensive

3 credits

GERMAN-4840W

German
College of Arts and Science

(same as RUSS 4840W; cross-leveled with GERMAN 7840, RUSS 7840). In this course, we will explore the politics and poetics of totalitarian culture by examining the paintings, music, sculptures, buildings, and films produced under the rule of these regimes. In the process, we will learn how Nazi and Soviet culture producers made carefully calibrated appeals to th