RUSSIAN

CRN	90010	Distribution	D
Course No.	RUS 101
Title	Beginning Russian
Professor	Lindsay Watton
Schedule	Tu Wed Th Fr 9:00 am - 9:50 am LC 206

For students with little or no previous knowledge of Russian. An introduction to the fundamentals of spoken and written Russian which emphasizes conversational, reading and written proficiency and expression. Audio-visual materials will be an integral part of the learning process. Beginning Russian will be followed by an intensive 8 credit course in the spring semester and a four credit summer language and culture program in St. Petersburg, Russia. See description of RUS 106 in the Spring 2002 section of this catalog for more information on this opportunity.

CRN	90011	Distribution	D
Course No.	RUS 206
Title	Continuing Russian
Professor	Marina Kostalevsky
Schedule	Tu Wed Th 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm LC 208

Increasing oral proficiency is a primary aim of this course as well as developing reading strategies appropriate to the widest variety of written texts. These texts will include artistic literature,

poetry, and newspapers. We will proceed to expand vocabulary and study the syntax of the complex Russian sentence and

grammatical nuances. Students will be asked to write short essays on a variety of topics. Audio-visual work in the language laboratory will be an important part of our work. The class will be conducted only in Russian.

CRN	90050	Distribution	B/D
Course No.	LIT 2701
Title	Generation "P": The Invention of the 21st Century
Professor	Marina Kostalevsky
Schedule	Tu Th 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm OLIN 201

Cross-listed: Russian Studies

Generation "P" is a term coined by Viktor Pelevin, one of the most provocative Russian writers today. Does "P" stand for postmodern, post-Soviet, Pelevin, Putin, or just for pun? We are going to examine all kind of "p"ossibilities and "p"aradoxes in the works of Pelevin and other authors, including Venedikt Erofeev, Viktor Erofeev, Evgenii Kharitonov, Valeriia Narbikova, Dmitrii Prigov, Vladimir Sorokin, Tatiana Tolstaia, and critical theorists Boris Groys and Mikhail Epstein. Significant attention will be paid to the debate on the "postmodern condition" in Russian culture. Along with literary texts we shall examine some films and music by Alfred Schnittke and Sofia Gubaidulina. Conducted in English.

CRN	90012	Distribution	D
Course No.	RUS 380
Title	Chekhov
Professor	Lindsay Watton
Schedule	Wed 1:30 pm - 3:50 pm LC 210

Conducted in Russian. Open to all advanced Russian students. Through close readings of selected short stories and sketches we will attend to the emotional modalities, lyrical descriptions and ironic inflections of Anton Chekhov's prose. We will also view Russian film adaptations of Chekhov's works and consider what it means to be "Chekhovian."