19159

RUS 102  Beginning Russian II

Olga Voronina

M T W Th 12:00-1:00 pm

OLINLC 206

FL

FLLC

This course is designed as a continuation for students who have completed Beginning Russian 101. Our focus on speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills continues through cultural context, video materials, songs, and literary analysis. Successful completion of the sequence qualifies students to enroll in a 4-week June program in St. Petersburg, where they will attend classes (earning an additional 4 credits) and participate in a cultural program while living in Russian families. It also enables them to pursue a semester or year-long study in St. Petersburg at Smolny College of the Liberal Arts, a joint educational venture of Bard and the St. Petersburg University.   Class size: 22

 

19161

RUS 207  Continuing Russian II

Oleg Minin

M T  Th   9:00-10:00 am

OLINLC 118

FL

FLLC

This course is designed to continue refining students’ ability to speak, read and write in Russian as well as strengthening their listening comprehension. The course emphasizes acquisition and active use of new vocabulary and advanced grammar constructions pursued through the study of a wide variety of pertinent topics, contexts and literary texts. Students enhance their writing and speaking ability and range of stylistic nuance by completing and presenting oral reports and a longer, semester-long research project on topics studied during the course or a topic of their choice. Class size: 15

 

19162

RUS 329  the grammar of poetry:  Advanced Russian in Analytical Context

Marina Kostalevsky

W          10:10-12:30 pm

OLIN 304

FL

FLLC

This course offers practical approach to fundamental topics of Russian grammar and syntax through reading and analyzing poetic texts by such major Russian poets as Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev, Blok, Akhmatova, Mandelstam, Tsvetaeva, Pasternak, Mayakovsky, Brodsky, and others. The course also includes overview of the history of Russian versification, a study of the technical aspects of poetry, and translation of selected poems. Special attention to principles of phonetics, intonation, and poetry recitation.  Class size: 12

 

92218

ECON 213  Economic Transition from Socialism to a market-based system

Liudmila Malyshava

T  Th  1:30 pm-2:50 pm

HEG 106

HA

HIST

Cross-listed: Global & International Studies; Russian Studies

 

19334

HIST 203  Russia under the Romanovs

Sean McMeekin

T  Th    11:50-1:10 pm

RKC 102

HA

HIST

Cross-listed: Global & International Studies; Russian Studies

 

19175

LIT 2117  Russian Laughter

Marina Kostalevsky

T  Th    3:10-4:30 pm

OLIN 310

LA

ELIT

Cross-listed: Russian Studies

 

19188

LIT 2404  Fantastic Journey/Modern World

Jonathan Brent

F        3:00-5:20 pm

OLIN 201

LA

ELIT

Cross-listed: Jewish Studies; Russian Studies

 

92307

LIT 370  PRISMATIC ENCOUNTERS: THE LitERARY  Afterlife OF Russian Classics

Olga Voronina

M        1:30 pm-3:50 pm

OLIN 303

LA

ELIT

Cross-listed: Russian Studies