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CIMS 432 - FATE AND CHANCE IN LITERATURE AND FILM

RUSS 432 | COML 196
601 | SEM | Vera Zubarev | T 5:30-8:30pm | WILL 217

Be a winner -- manage all your situations and don't let pure chance govern your life! With a chain of literary characters as a vivid illustration, you will explore a mysterious world of fate and chance and learn about various interpretations of the forces ruling human life. Slavic and Greek mythology, as well as folklore and modern literary works of Russian and Western writers and cinematographers will assist you in your journey to the world of the supernatural. Screenings will include Tarkovsky's Mirror and Zeffirelli's and Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet.