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| 1—2 |
First-Year Basic 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 2: Slav 1. Laboratory fee. (Academic year) |
| 3—4 |
Second-Year Basic 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 3: Slav 2 or equivalent. Prerequisite to Slav 4: Slav 3. Laboratory fee. (Academic year) |
| 5—6 |
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 1—2 and 3—4). Recommended for majors. Prerequisite to Slav 6: Slav 2 or 5 or equivalent. Laboratory fee. (Academic year) |
| 9—10 |
Intermediate Russian (5—5) |
Shatalina and Staff |
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Practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing at the intermediate level. Prerequisite: Slav 4 or 6 or permission of instructor. (Academic year) |
| 13—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. (Academic year) |
| 21—22 |
Basic Czech (3—3) |
Staff |
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Beginning course in fundamentals of speaking, understanding, reading, and writing Czech. Prerequisite to Slav 22: Slav 21 or equivalent. Laboratory fee. (Offered when the demand warrants) |
| 23—24 |
Second-Year Basic Czech (3—3) |
Staff |
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Second half of beginning course in fundamentals of speaking, understanding, reading, and writing Czech. Prerequisite to Slav 23: Slav 22; prerequisite to Slav 24: Slav 23. (Offered when the demand warrants) |
| 31—32 |
Basic Polish (3—3) |
Staff |
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Beginning course in fundamentals of speaking, understanding, reading, and writing Polish. Prerequisite to Slav 32: Slav 31. (Offered when the demand warrants) |
| 33—34 |
Intermediate Polish (3—3) |
Staff |
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Practice in speaking, listening, reading, and writing at the intermediate level. Prerequisite: Slav 32. (Offered when the demand warrants) |
| 41—42 |
Ukrainian Language and Culture (3—3) |
Staff |
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Introduction to Ukrainian language, culture, and history. (Offered when the demand warrants) |
| 91—92 |
Introduction to 19th-Century Russian Literature—in English (3—3) |
Rollberg |
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Slav 91: Russian literature and society, 1800—1860s, concentrating on the Golden Age of Russian literature; poems and stories by Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, and Turgenev. Slav 92: Russian literature and society on their way to modernity; great works of prose and drama by Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Bunin. (Academic year) |
| 101—2 |
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. |
| 109—10 |
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 10 or permission of instructor. (Academic year) |
| 161 |
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. |
| 162 |
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. |
| 165 |
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. |
| 166 |
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. |
| 171 |
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 10 or equivalent; Slav 91—92. (Fall, even years) |
| 172 |
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) |
| 173 |
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) |
| 174 |
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 10 or equivalent; Slav 165, 166.(Spring, even years) |
| 185—86 |
Introduction to Russian Cinema (3—3) |
Rollberg |
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(In English; all films subtitled.) Slav 185: From Russian silents to the introduction of sound and color (1896—1946). The great revolutionary directors—Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Dovzhenko. Slav 186: From post-war to post-perestroika cinema (since 1946): war films, adventure, films about youth. |
| 195 |
Special Topics (3) |
Staff |
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May be repeated for credit provided the topic differs. |
| 197—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. |
