Russian
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Beginning Russian |
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Professor:
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Oleg Minin |
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Course
Number: |
RUS 101 |
CRN Number: |
90113 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Tue Wed
Thurs
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM Olin
Languages Center 206 |
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Distributional Area: |
FL Foreign Languages and Lit |
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This course is designed for students with little or no prior
knowledge of Russian. The course focuses on the fundamentals of the spoken
and written language, and introduces students to Russian culture. Emphasized
are such essential aspects of language learning as speaking, listening
comprehension, reading, and written proficiency as well as the acquisition of
new vocabulary and grammatical accuracy. Creative expression in
autobiographical and fictional compositions is encouraged. In addition to
regular class meetings, students are required to attend weekly one-hour
tutorials. Students who complete Beginning Russian will be able to take a
4-credit sequence course in the spring as well as apply for a 4-credit summer
language and culture program (SLI) in Bishkek. |
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Continuing Russian |
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Professor:
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Olga Voronina
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Course
Number: |
RUS 206 |
CRN Number: |
90114 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Tue 10:10 AM - 11:30
PM Olin 304 |
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Thurs 10:10 AM - 11:30
PM Olin 306 |
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Distributional Area: |
FL Foreign Languages and Lit |
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This course is designed to continue refining students’ practice
of speaking, listening, reading and writing in Russian. The focus is on the
continuing acquisition of advanced grammar, pertinent vocabulary as well as
reading and conversational skills enabling students to communicate
effectively within the topics of everyday importance. Accuracy in using basic
grammar constructions in speaking and writing in Russian is pursued and
encouraged. Advanced grammar constructions are introduced through a wide
variety of adapted texts and contexts. In addition to textbook material,
students will be assigned readings of authentic and adapted Russian literary
and journalistic texts: pertinent discussions, assignments as well as written
and oral responses will entail elements of literary analysis and critique. |
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Russian Art of the Avant-Garde |
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Professor:
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Oleg Minin |
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Course
Number: |
RUS 225 |
CRN Number: |
90115 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Mon Wed 3:30 PM
- 4:50 PM Olin 102 |
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Distributional Area: |
FL Foreign Languages and Lit |
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Crosslists: |
Art History and Visual Culture |
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This course will address major developments in Russian modern
and avant-grade art in the first three decades of the 20th c. The course is
multidisciplinary and will allow students to study particular movements,
ideas and seminal names from Mikhail Vrubel and Symbolism to Vladimir Tatlin
and Constructivism. Students will gain an insight into the aesthetic,
theoretical and cultural concerns of the practitioners of Russian
experimental arts that will supplement and enhance their knowledge of the
more familiar movements in modern art history. This course aims to offer
students an important methodology and context for the appreciation of the
intrinsic evolution of Russian visual culture and its contribution to the
international art arena. Major paintings, applied designs and architectural
monuments form the visual material essential to this course, and they will be
examined in chronological sequence. These artifacts will be described and
analyzed for their own sake and also as symbols and manifestations of social,
political, and philosophical developments in Russian modern history. |
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The Grammar of Poetry: Advanced Russian
in Analytical Context |
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Professor:
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Marina Kostalevsky
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Course
Number: |
RUS 417 |
CRN Number: |
90118 |
Class cap: |
15 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Fri 12:30 PM
- 2:50 PM Olin Languages Center 210 |
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Distributional Area: |
FL Foreign Languages and Lit |
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This course offers practical approach to fundamental topics
of Russian grammar and syntax through reading and analyzing poetic texts by
such major Russian poets as Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev, Blok, Akhmatova,
Mandelstam, Tsvetaeva, Pasternak, Mayakovsky, Brodsky, and others. The course
also includes overview of the history of Russian versification, a study of
the technical aspects of poetry, and translation of selected poems. Special
attention to principles of phonetics, intonation, and poetry recitation.
Conducted in Russian. |
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Socialist Musical Imaginaries |
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Professor:
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Maria Sonevytsky
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Course
Number: |
ANTH 209 |
CRN Number: |
90317 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue Thurs 10:10 AM
- 11:30 AM Olin 101 |
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Distributional Area: |
SA Social Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Global & International Studies; Human Rights; Music; Russian and
Eurasian Studies |
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European Diplomatic History |
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Professor:
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Sean McMeekin
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Course
Number: |
HIST 143 |
CRN Number: |
90248 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue Thurs 1:30 PM
- 2:50 PM Olin 205 |
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Distributional Area: |
HA Historical Analysis |
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Crosslists: |
Global & International Studies; Russian and Eurasian Studies |
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Professor: |
Marina
Kostalevsky |
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Course
Number: |
LIT
226 |
CRN
Number: |
91180 |
Class
cap: |
15 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location: |
Tue
Thurs 3:30 PM – 4:50 PM Olin Languages Center 120 |
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Distributional
Area: |
FL Foreign Languages and
Lit |
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Crosslists: |
Russian
and Eurasian Studies; Theater and Performance |
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St. Petersburg: City, Monument, Text |
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Professor:
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Olga Voronina
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Course
Number: |
LIT 2311 |
CRN Number: |
90294 |
Class cap: |
22 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Tue Thurs 11:50 PM
- 1:10 PM Olin 308 |
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Distributional Area: |
FL Foreign Languages and Lit |
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Crosslists: |
Environmental & Urban Studies; Environmental Studies; Russian and
Eurasian Studies |
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Fantastic Journeys and the Modern World |
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Professor:
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Jonathan Brent
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Course
Number: |
LIT 2404 |
CRN Number: |
90558 |
Class cap: |
20 |
Credits: |
4 |
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Schedule/Location:
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Fri 3:30 PM
- 5:50 PM Olin 202 |
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Distributional Area: |
LA Literary Analysis in English |
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Crosslists: |
Jewish Studies; Russian and Eurasian Studies |
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