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Courses in Russian (RUS)
Lower Division Courses
Course Placement. Students who have learned Russian at home must consult the department for placement instructions. Students with two years of Russian in high school normally continue in Russian 2; those with three years, Russian 3; those with four years, Russian 4.
1. Elementary Russian (5)
Discussion—5 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Introduction to Russian grammar and development of all language skills in a cultural context with special emphasis on communication. (Students who have successfully completed Russian 2 or 3 in the 10th or higher grade in high school may receive unit credit for this course on a P/NP grading basis only. Although a passing grade will be charged to the student’s P/NP option, no petition is required. All other students will receive a letter grade unless a P/NP petition is filed.)—I. (I.)
1A. Accelerated Intensive Elementary Russian (15)
Lecture/discussion—15 hours. Special 12 week accelerated, intensive summer session course that combines the work of courses 1, 2, and 3. Introduction to Russian grammar and development of all language skills in a cultural context with emphasis on communication. Not open to students who have completed course 1, 2, or 3—IV. (IV.) Arnett
2. Elementary Russian (5)
Discussion—5 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 1. Continuation of grammar and language skills developed in course 1.—II. (II.)
3. Elementary Russian (5)
Discussion—5 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 2. Continuation of grammar and language skills developed in course 2.—III. (III.)
4. Intermediate Russian (4)
Discussion—4 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 3. Grammar review and conversational practice.—I. (I.)
5. Intermediate Russian (4)
Discussion—4 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 4. Grammar review. Introduction to literature. Conversational practice.—II. (II.)
6. Intermediate Russian (4)
Discussion—4 hours; laboratory—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 5. Grammar review. Intermediate conversation and continued reading of literature.—III. (III.)
10. Elementary Conversation (2)
Discussion—2 hours. Prerequisite: course 1; course 2 or 3 (concurrently). Conversational practice to improve pronunciation and master spoken idioms. May be repeated for credit up to a maximum of 6 units.—II, III. (II, III.)
15. Russia Today and Tomorrow (4)
Lecture/discussion—4 hours. Examination of basic issues that pertain to the former totalitarian superpower which is in transition to democracy, the conflicts in Russia, its civilization and intellectual history up to including the present day and its tendencies for the future. GE credit: ArtHum, Div.—III.
41. Survey of Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature (in English) (4)
Lecture—3 hours. Introduction to dominant literary trends, major literary figures and landmarks of Russian prose and poetry from the period of Sentimentalism through Romanticism and Realism to the beginnings of Modernism. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.—II.
42. Survey of Twentieth-Century Russian Literature (in English) (4)
Lecture—3 hours. Introduction to major literary trends such as Symbolism, Acmeism, Futurism, Neorealism, and Socialist Realism. Readings from representative writers such as Gorky, Bely, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, and Tertz. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.—(II.)
44. Children’s Literature in Russia (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Knowledge of Russian not required. History and theory of children’s literature, with special reference to Russian and Soviet examples. Analysis of genres, technique, and folklore elements, contrasted with those of the West. Students will write their own literature for children. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
45. Russian Fantasy and Science Fiction (4)
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; extensive writing. Genres of fantasy and science fiction in Russian literature from pre-revolutionary to post-Soviet times. Topics include the role of science and the supernatural in literature, history and types of science fiction. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.) Stuchebrukhov
98. Directed Group Study (1-5)
Discussion—1-5 hours. (P/NP grading only.)
99. Special Study for Undergraduates (1-5)
(P/NP grading only.)
Upper Division Courses
101A. Advanced Russian (4)
Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; recitation—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 6. Topics in Russian grammar for the advanced student. Reading and discussion of journalistic texts and classic and contemporary literature. Conversation exercises utilizing literary and colloquial variants of current Russian speech.—I.
101B. Advanced Russian (4)
Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; recitation—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 101A. Continuation of course 101A. Topics in Russian grammar for the advanced student. Reading and discussion of journalistic texts and classic and contemporary literature. Conversational exercises utilizing literary and colloquial variants of current Russian speech.—II.
101C. Advanced Russian (4)
Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; recitation—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 101B. Continuation of course 101B. Topics in Russian grammar for the advanced student. Reading and discussion of journalistic texts and classic and contemporary literature. Conversational exercises utilizing literary and colloquial variants of current Russian speech.—III.
102. Russian Composition (4)
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; tutorial—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 6 or consent of instructor. Practice in writing Russian. One composition on a different topic each week. Topics include history, geography, politics, and literature of Russia; comparison of Russian and American lifestyles; current events. Conducted in Russian. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum.—II.
103. Literary Translation (4)
Discussion—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 101C. Translation of Russian literary texts into stylistically equivalent idiomatic English. Offered in alternate years.—(III.)
104. Scientific Translation (4)
Discussion—3 hours; individual translation projects—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 101A. Techniques of translating Russian scientific texts. Science students will select articles from their fields of interest; Russian students will work on materials assigned by instructor. Offered in alternate years.
105. Advanced Russian Conversation (4)
Conversation—3 hours; preparation of texts—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 6. Intensive conversational practice and discussion based on current events and contemporary texts. Offered in alternate years.—I.
121. Nineteenth-Century Russian Prose
(in English) (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Development of prose from Pushkin and Gogol, through Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, to Maxim Gorky. Other writers are selected sequentially: Turgenev, Goncharov, Pisemsky, Saltykov, Chekhov. Romanticism, the Natural School, critical realism, and psychological realism are covered. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum.—(I.)
123. Twentieth-Century Russian Prose
(in English) (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Examination of various trends including Acmeism, Symbolism, Neorealism, and Socialist Realism in development of prose. Readings from such writers as Gorky, Zamiatin, Sholokhov, Pasternak, and Solzhenitsyn. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.
126. The Russian Theater (in English) (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. The main works of Russian dramatists from Gogol to the present, including Turgenev, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gorky, Mayakovsky, Bulgakov, Shvarts. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.
127. Nineteenth-Century Russian Poetry (4)
Discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 6. Introduction to the principles of Russian versification followed by historical and poetic analysis of the following figures: Derzhavin, Zhukovsky, Pushkin, Delvig, Baratynsky, Lermontov, Nekrasov, Tjutchev, and Fet. Conducted in Russian. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum.
128. Twentieth-Century Russian Poetry (4)
Discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 6. Introduction to principles of Russian versification followed by historical and poetic analysis of the following figures: Brjusov, Blok, Akhmatova, Mandelshtam, Esenin, Mayakovsky, Khlebnikov, Pas-ternak, Evtushenko, Voznesensky, and Brodsky. Conducted in Russian. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum.—III.
129. Russian Film (4)
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper; film viewing—3 hours. Prerequisite: completion of Subject A requirement. History of Russian film; film and social revolution, the cult of Stalin, dissident visions; film and the collapse of the Soviet empire; gender and the nation in Russian film. In English; films with English subtitles. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II.
130. Contemporary Russian Culture (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: upper division standing or consent of instructor. Current trends in Russian culture and the relationship between artists and the government. Topics include history of censorship, official and dissident art, recent changes in the cultural scene. Knowledge of Russian not required. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.—(III.)
131. Literature of Revolution (4)
Lecture—3 hours; essays. Prerequisite: History 3 or 4C, and/or any introductory literature course. Study of impact of revolution on society and culture; the major artistic, political and historical works surrounding the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.
132. Nature and Culture in Russia (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: any introductory course in environmental studies. History of the environmental movement in Russia from the 1920’s to the present, showing the influence of Stalinism on environmental ethics; concepts of society and nature in Russian literature and film; international implications of Russian environmental policy. Knowledge of Russian is not required. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.—(I.)
138. Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin (4)
Lecture/Discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: course 101C, or consent of instructor. Detailed analyses of Pushkin’s novel Eugene Onegin; its style, syntax, and links to Russian History and culture. GE Credit: ArtHum, Div, Wri.—II.
139. Pushkin (in English) (4)
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. The life and works of Pushkin, the most prominent poet of Russia. Evaluations of Pushkin by both Russian and Western scholars. Images of Pushkin and the official myths that surround him. No knowledge of Russian required. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—(I.)
140. Dostoevsky (in English) (4)
Lecture—3 hours. Reading and analysis of Dostoevsky’s principal works such as Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Diary. Study of social and political views as reflected in Dostoevsky’s works. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—(III.)
141. Tolstoy (in English) (4)
Lecture—3 hours. Study of Leo Tolstoy’s literary evolution and moral quest. Readings include his Confession, a major novel such as War and Peace or Anna Karenina, and representative shorter fiction. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—I.
142. Women’s Autobiography (in English) (4)
Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; term paper. Prerequisite: any introductory course in literature. An examination of Russian women’s autobiography from the 18th through the 20th centuries, emphasizing the way in which the genre of autobiography serves as a means of the writer’s creation of herself, as opposed to her definition by others. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
143. Alexander Solzhenitsyn (4)
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: any introductory literature course or consent of instructor. Examination of the literary and political writings of the major Russian dissident in the biographical context in which they were created. Knowledge of Russian not required. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—(II.)
144. Christ and Literature (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Consideration of the intersection of literature, culture, and (at times heretical/blasphemous) theology in Russia and elsewhere. Analysis of texts; discussion of historical contexts and related philosophical approaches to the New Testament. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—III. (III.)
150. Russian Culture (4)
Discussion—3 hours; term paper. Knowledge of Russian not required. Study of Russian culture in nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Brief introduction of the beginnings up to nineteenth century. Russian art, music, philosophy, church, traditions, and daily life. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.)
151. Writers and Censorship in Russia and the Soviet Union (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: any introductory literature course or consent of instructor. Literature and censorship in Russia. Personal responsibility of the author vs. conformism to state morality. Russian myths and Russian realities. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.—I.
154. Russian Folklore (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Knowledge of Russian not required. Russian folklore, rituals, and history will be analyzed and compared with folklore of other peoples. Sociological implications of attitudes toward family unit, children, etc. Influences of folklore on Russian literature and historiography. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.—II. (II.)
159. Yiddish Literature in Translation (4)
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; term paper. Major writers of Yiddish in English translation; major genres of Yiddish literature from the mid-19th century to the present. GE credit: ArtHum, Div.—III.
166. Representations of Sexuality in Russian Literature (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: Women’s Studies 50 or introductory psychology. Sexuality in Russian oral and written literature from a dual, feminist-psychoanalytic perspective. Monogamy, free love, sexism, homosexuality, incest, androgyny, and others as depicted by such writers as Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Akhmatova, Blok, Tolstaia, and others. GE credit: ArtHum, Div, Wrt.
192. Research Essay (2)
Prerequisite: a Russian literature course (may be taken concurrently). A research essay, based on primary and secondary sources, dealing in depth with a topic arising from or related to the prerequisite literature course. May be repeated for credit.
194H. Special Study for Honors Students (4)
Independent study—4 hours. Prerequisite: open only to majors of senior standing who qualify for honors program. Guided research, under the direction of a faculty member, leading to a senior honors thesis on a topic in Russian studies.
195H. Honors Thesis (4)
Independent study—4 hours. Prerequisite: course 194H. Writing an honors thesis, under the direction of a faculty member, on a topic in Russian studies.
198. Directed Group Study (1-5)
(P/NP grading only.)
199. Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5)
(P/NP grading only.)
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