{"product_id":"111-k8039","title":"A Study Guide to Russian Culture","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eQUANTITIES ARE LIMITED\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis handbook is designed for students studying a course on Russian Culture, and on the elementary level. It is assumed that the students in this course have little or no information on Russian culture, nor any sophisticated grasp of the elements of what is sometimes called as \"Capital C\" culture, that is the artistic creations of a people, namely, their music, art and literature. This course will focus primarily on the literature of the Russian people, but will, in addition, try to show how this literature arose out of the same cultural context as Russian painting, sculpture, architecture and music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis handbook is not designed as primer on Russian history or geography, and the student is requested to consult books which go into greater depths on these subjects. This book will attempt to provide an outline of key events, but not go into any lengths to explain or interpret them.  The works in this book have been translated by different writers and therefore translations vary from one work to the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe works under study will be explored in two ways, in terms of \u003cem\u003econtext\u003c\/em\u003e and in terms of \u003cem\u003eartistic merit\u003c\/em\u003e or what has been called \u003cem\u003eform\u003c\/em\u003e by various scholars of the arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContent\u003c\/em\u003e will explore matters of historical content, the social setting presented in the work, the philosophical, political, social and other issues discussed, particularly if there is something \"Russian\" about them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArtistic Merit\u003c\/em\u003e will explore the reasons why a particular work is artistic, that is, the kinds of artistic devices used in it, innovations, uses of the Russian language (insofar as this is possible to communicate in the English language), forms of narrative, melody, harmony, texture and whatever else makes the work worthy to be studied.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Kalbouss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1991, 7\" x 10\", paper, 345 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780536580399\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e111-K8039\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43435985404022,"sku":"111-K8039","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/111-k8039-1500px.png?v=1779384781","url":"https:\/\/heritagebooks.com\/products\/111-k8039","provider":"Heritage Books, Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}