11322 |
RUS 106 Russian Intensive |
Marina Kostalevsky / Olga Voronina |
M T W Th . |
10:00am -
12:00pm |
OLINLC 210 |
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: 20
11326 |
RUS 207 Continuing Russian II |
Oleg Minin |
M T W . . |
10:30am -
11:30am |
OLINLC 206 |
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
11889 |
LIT 2159 Into the Whirlwind: Literary Greatness and Power |
Jonathan Brent |
. . . . F |
2:00 – 4:20 pm |
OLIN 201 |
ELIT/DIFF |
11347 |
LIT 3019 Nabokov:Conclusive Writing |
Olga Voronina |
. T . Th . |
1:30 pm -2:50
pm |
OLIN 107 |
ELIT |
See Literature section for description.
11328 |
RUS 316 Advanced Russian II |
Oleg Minin |
M T W . . |
11:40am -
12:40pm |
OLINLC 206 |
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
11374 |
RUS 330 Dramatic
Difference: Russia and Its Theater |
Marina Kostalevsky |
. T . Th . |
1:30 pm
-2:50 pm |
OLINLC 118 |
FLLC |
Cross-listed: Theater This course will
examine the evolution of Russian dramaturgy in connection with parallel
developments in both literature and theater. It will offer students an
opportunity to explore various aspects of Russian culture by discussing the
specifics of Russian Drama. Special attention with be given to issues of genre
and style, tradition and innovation, criticism and theory. Readings include
plays by Fonvizin, Griboedov,
Gogol, Pushkin, Ostrovsky, Chekhov, Bulgakov, Mayakovsky, Erdman, and
Petrushevskaia, as well as theoretical texts by
Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, and Mikhail Chekhov. Also,
the students will have a chance to see some productions of Russian plays on
screen and on stage. Conducted in English. Class
size: 15
11812 |
HIST 102 Europe from
1815 to the Present |
Gennady Shkliarevsky |
M .
W . . |
11:50am - 1:10 pm |
HEG 201 |
HIST |
11811 |
HIST 190 The Cold
War: Enemy/Globalism |
Gennady Shkliarevsky / Mark Lytle |
. T
. Th . |
3:10 – 4:30 pm |
RKC 103 |
HIST/DIFF |
11814 |
HIST 350 20th
Century Russia: Turmoil |
Gennady Shkliarevsky |
M .
. . . |
4:40pm-7:00 pm |
OLIN 310 |
HIST |