Answer ONE of the following questions in about 150-200 words.
Topic A) Discuss the ways in which Russian nationalism differed from that of Western Europe and Great Britain. How was this distinctly Russian vision of national identity reflected in literature, art, and music? (Choose at least two artists/writers/composers to focus on.)
Topic B) Compare Japan's approach to Western contact to China's and Egypt's. Analyze these approaches, and decide which approach was most beneficial and what types of influence cross-cultural contact had on the arts and society of each.
