11503 |
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
11541 |
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
11504 |
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
11542 |
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