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RUS 106   Russian Intensive

Marina Kostalevsky

. T W Th F

12:35  - 2:35 pm

OLINLC 208

FLLC

8 credits   This intensive 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. This course culminates in a 4-week June program in St. Petersburg, where students will attend classes (earning an additional 4 credits) and participate in a cultural program while living in Russian families. Successful completion of the intensive sequence qualifies the student to pursue semester or yearlong study in St. Petersburg at Smolny College of the Liberal Arts, a joint educational venture of Bard and St. Petersburg University.   Class size: 15

 

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RUS 207   Continuing Russian II

Olga Voronina

M . W Th .

10:30  - 11:30 am

OLIN 310

FLLC

This course is designed to continue refining and engaging students’ practice of speaking, reading and writing Russian. Advanced grammar topics are addressed through a wide variety of texts and contexts, with emphasis on literary analysis and the modern press. Students expand their vocabulary and range of stylistic nuance by writing response  papers and presenting oral reports. Study includes a semester-long project that provides an opportunity to build our own Web design dictionary; to research aspects of modern Russian culture; and to present findings in a collaborative creative effort, such as a play, “news broadcast”, or a concert.  

Class size: 15

 

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RUS 220   Appointment with Dr. Chekhov

Marina Kostalevsky

. T . Th .

3:10  - 4:30 pm

OLINLC 208

FLLC

Cross-listed:  Russian and Eurasian Studies    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov began writing simply to earn much needed money while studying to become a doctor at Moscow University.  His connection to the medical profession, and the natural sciences, is not mere biographical fact.  As Chekhov himself later admitted, "there is no doubt that my study of medicine strongly affected my work in literature." Moreover, he claimed that "the writer must be as objective as the chemist."  This course will give students the opportunity to analyse how Dr. Chekhov's "general theory of objectivity" impacted his writing and how his "treatment" of human nature and social issues, of love and family, all the big and “little things in life,” has brought an entirely new dimension to Russian literature and culture.  Readings include Chekhov's prose, plays, and letters.  Also, attention will be given to contemporary interpretations of his work, new biographical research, and productions of his plays on stage and screen. Conducted in English. Class size: 20

 

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RUS 316   Advanced Russian Through Reading and Writing II

Olga Voronina

M . W Th .

12:00  - 1:00 pm

OLIN 310

FLLC

Advanced Russian through Reading and Writing is designed for students with at least two years of study of the language and for native speakers who wish to review their knowledge of grammar and practice reading and speaking Russian. By focusing on the original literary works by such canonical writers as Chekhov, Pushkin, and Dostoevsky, the course aims to improve students’ grammar, morphology and syntax through a variety of written and oral exercises and structural conversation. The texts chosen for reading and analysis will help students build narrative and conceptual proficiency. Writing in Russian will be an important part of the course.

Class size: 15