RUSSIAN
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CRN |
13149 |
Distribution |
D |
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Course No. |
RUS 106 | ||
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Title |
Russian Intensive |
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Professor |
Lee Johnson / Marina Kostalevsky | ||
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Schedule |
Tu Wed Th Fr 10:00 am - 12:00 pm LC 208 | ||
8 credits This course is designed for students who have completed Beginning Russian 101 in the previous fall and for those who have had the equivalent of one semester's beginning Russian here or at another institution. The Russian Intensive culminates in a June program in St. Petersburg that includes twenty-four hours a week of Russian language classes and an extensive cultural program of museum visits, theater performances, and concerts, as well as tours of the St. Petersburg environs. Students will live with Russian families. Successful completion of this program qualifies the student 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 St. Petersburg University.
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CRN |
13150 |
Distribution |
D |
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Course No. |
RUS 207 | ||
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Title |
Continuing Russian II |
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Professor |
Lee Johnson | ||
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Schedule |
Wed Th Fr 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm LC 206 | ||
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CRN |
13514 |
Distribution |
B/D |
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Course No. |
RUS 211 | ||
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Title |
Human Love, Divine Love in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature |
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Professor |
Lee Johnson | ||
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Schedule |
Tu Th 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm LC 115 | ||
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CRN |
13563 |
Distribution |
B/C |
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Course No. |
RUS / LIT 2702 | ||
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Title |
Russia on the Opera Stage |
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Professor |
Marina Kostalevsky | ||
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Schedule |
Tu 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm LC 206
Th 10:00 am - 12:30 pm HDRANX 106 |
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Cross-listed: Russian and Eurasian Studies
Modern Russian culture, although it represents an inseparable part of European culture, has a distinctly original character, initially shaped by the Orthodox Christian tradition passed on from Byzantium. This tradition eventually came into contact and conflict with the flow of West European ideas. The monumental achievements of European civilization were absorbed and confronted, transformed and blended with the unique Russian experience. The history of Russian music predictably echoed that path. The early development of Russian music benefited from appropriation of the Byzantine unaccompanied choral singing and at the same time suffered from the absence of instrumental music. By comparison, the Western European music combined the use of vocal and instrumental faculties and resulted in the creation of numerous forms of musical art, including the most elaborate one: opera. The flourishing of this genre in Europe consequently had direct impact on the progress of musical life in Russia; during the nineteenth century, opera became the main agent for (using Richard Taruskin's apt words ) "defining Russia musically." The course will offer the students an opportunity to explore Russian culture through the medium of Russian opera. A considerable part of the discussions will be dedicated to the anxieties of Italian influence (including Verdi's) on Russian composers. The material will include selected literary texts, musical recordings, and opera performances on video. This course is one of the first being offered under the auspices of the Bard-Smolny Virtual Campus Project. Students will participate in experimenting with using innovative technologies, including live videoconferencing, to establish direct exchange between students at Bard and students taking the same course in parallel at Smolny College in St. Petersburg, Russia. Also, the students will have a chance to attend a live performance of Sergei Prokofiev's "War and Peace" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. No knowledge of Russian or training in music is required. Conducted in English.