| 1001-2 |
First-Year Russian (4-4) |
Shatalina and Staff |
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First part of beginning course in fundamentals of speaking, understanding, reading, and writing Russian. Prerequisite to Slav 1002: Slav 1001. Heritage speakers require permission to register. Laboratory fee. (Academic year) |
| 1003-4 |
Second-Year Russian (4-4) |
Shatalina and Staff |
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Second half of beginning course in fundamentals of speaking, understanding, reading, and writing Russian. Prerequisite to Slav 1003: Slav 1002 or equivalent. Prerequisite to Slav 1004: Slav 1003 or placement test. Laboratory fee. (Academic year) |
| 1012-1034 |
Intensive Basic Russian (8-8) |
Robin and Staff |
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Beginning intensive course in fundamentals of speaking, understanding, reading, and writing Russian (equivalent to Slav 1001- 2 and 1003- 4 ). Recommended for majors. Prerequisite to Slav 1034: Slav 1002 or 1012 or equivalent. Heritage speakers require permission to register. Laboratory fee. (Academic year) |
| 1013-14 |
Russian for Heritage Speakers (3-3) |
Guslistova |
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Prepares heritage speakers of Russian for advanced study in Russian at the third-year level and beyond, including content courses in literature and area studies. Prerequisite: a placement test. (Academic year) |
| 1391-92 |
Introduction to 19th-Century Russian Literature-in English (3-3)
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Rollberg |
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Slav 1391: Russian literature and society, 1800-1860s, concentrating on the Golden Age of Russian literature; poems and stories by Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, and Turgenev. Slav 1392: Russian literature and society on their way to modernity; great works of prose and drama by Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Bunin. (Academic year) |
| 2005-6 |
Intermediate Russian (5-5) |
Shatalina and Staff |
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Practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing at the intermediate level. Prerequisite: Slav 1004 or 1034 or permission of instructor. (Academic year) |
| 2007-8 |
Russia Today: Topics in Advanced Russian (3-3) |
Staff |
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Practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing at the advanced level. Prerequisite: Slav 2006 or permission of instructor. (Academic year) |
| 2015-16 |
Readings in the Russian Press (3-3) |
Guslistova |
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Reading and analysis of current Russian periodicals. For departmental majors and graduate students with a reading-language proficiency requirement. |
| 2361 |
Russian Culture to 1825 (3) |
Staff |
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Survey of Russian cultural heritage from its ancient origins through the early 19th century. Architecture from the medieval period through the end of the Empire style. Iconography, the influence of the Church, and effects of the West on Russian culture. |
| 2362 |
Russian Culture since 1825 (3) |
Staff |
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Survey of Russian culture from the 19th century through the present, including intellectual movements; realism in music, art, and theatre; ballet; avant-garde painting; and effects of Soviet policies and of Perestroika. |
| 2365 |
20th-Century Russian Literature to World War II (3) |
Staff |
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Russian literature and culture of the first half of the 20th century: the impact of the revolution on writers and literature; avant-garde, socialist realism, and emigre literature (Nabokov)-in English. |
| 2366 |
Russian Literature from World War II to the Present (3) |
Staff |
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Literature in wartime and in postwar years from Solzhenitsyn to the latest trends: the "thaws," village and urban prose, post-Soviet literature, Russian postmodernism-in English. |
| 2471 |
19th-Century Russian Prose (3) |
Ovtcharenko |
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Reading and discussion of selected prose texts of the 19th century from Pushkin to Chekhov-in Russian. Prerequisite: Slav 2006 or equivalent; Slav 1391- 92. (Fall, even years) |
| 2472 |
19th-Century Russian Poetry (3) |
Ovtcharenko |
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Reading and discussion of selected poetry of the 19th century (Pushkin, Lermontov, Nekrasov, and others)-in Russian. (Spring, odd years) |
| 2473 |
20th-Century Russian Prose (3) |
Ovtcharenko |
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Reading and discussion of selected prose of the 20th century from Bunin to Solzhenitsyn-in Russian. (Fall, odd years) |
| 2474 |
20th-Century Russian Poetry (3) |
Ovtcharenko |
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Reading and discussion of selected poetry of the 20th century from Blok to Brodsky-in Russian. Prerequisite: Slav 2006 or equivalent; Slav 2365, 2366. (Spring, even years) |
| 2785-86 |
Introduction to Russian Cinema (3-3) |
Rollberg |
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(In English; all films subtitled.) Slav 2785: From Russian silents to the introduction of sound and color (1896-1946). The great revolutionary directors-Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Dovzhenko. Slav 2786: From post-war to post-perestroika cinema (since 1946): war films, adventure, films about youth. |
| 4595 |
Special Topics (3) |
Staff |
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May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs. |
| 4597-98 |
Senior Honors Thesis (3-3) |
Staff |
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Senior honors thesis on a topic related to Russian language, literature, or culture. Required of and open only to honors candidates in the department. |
