Summer 2023 Russian Course Descriptions
Introduction
This is an unofficial list of courses that will be offered in Russian Studies in Summer 2023. It is strictly for the use of expanded course descriptions. For the complete official course offerings, please consult the My.UIC portal.
For a list of all courses and general course descriptions, please see the UIC Academic Catalog.
Summer 2023 Courses in English
RUSS 140: Understanding the Body: Health, Gender, and Disability in Russian Culture
2 sections.
• Online Asynchronous – May 15 through July 7 (8 weeks)
• Online Asynchronous – June 12 through August 4 (8 weeks)
“The Body in Literature”
Through the prism of Russian literature and art, the course explores the various ways in which the human body is socially constructed and imbued with political and aesthetic significance. In particular, the course examines the body as the site of competing desires and interpretations, at the intersection of medical, scientific, and aesthetic discourses. To what extent do medicine, science, politics, and art influence, inform, or clash with each other in their approaches to physicality? The course will discuss such topics as labor efficiency and fatigue, production and reproduction, health and illness, biopolitics and bioethics, and finally, the concepts and experiences of ability, gender, class, and race.
Taught in English. No prerequisites. No knowledge of Russian language or culture required.
Creative Arts, and World Cultures course.
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