Title

Chernobyl: Nuclear Narratives And The Environment (RUSS/LITR 43) Syllabus

Authors

José Vergara, Swarthmore CollegeFollow

Document Type

Syllabus

Publication Date

Spring 2020

Published In

Chernobyl: Nuclear Narratives And The Environment

Abstract

What really happened on April 26, 1986? This course will introduce students to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, its consequences, and its representations across a range of cultures. Texts will be drawn from (non-)fiction, poetry, film, TV, video games, VR, and other media, as we consider the labyrinth of Chernobyl's mythology through a comparative lens and as a global phenomenon. Culture meets ecology, science, history, and politics. Fields trips and guest speakers. The final class project will involve an installation at McCabe Library.

Funding Agency

Swarthmore College Provost Office

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Comments

Professor José Vergara was awarded a Digital Humanities Curricular Grant from the Provost's Office for use in his spring 2020 course, Chernobyl: Nuclear Narratives and the Environment (RUSS/LITR 43). The course syllabus, assignment instructions, and resulting virtual exhibition are made freely available here courtesy of the author.

Recommended Citation

José Vergara. (2020). "Chernobyl: Nuclear Narratives And The Environment (RUSS/LITR 43) Syllabus". Chernobyl: Nuclear Narratives And The Environment.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/dev-dhgrants/34