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4.00 Credits
Vocabulary building, idiomatic expressions, and drills in spoken Russian. Completion of this course satisfies the CAS foreign language requirement.
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4.00 Credits
Designed for students who speak some Russian at home but have virtually no reading and writing skills.
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4.00 Credits
Completion of this course satisfies the CAS foreign language requirement. The department offers courses in Advanced Russian (RUSSN-UA 107-109). All are repeatable for credit. Topics for these courses are offered on a rotating basis (consult the current schedule of classes): EnterReplacementCharacter Russian Film (viewing and discussion of Russian and Soviet films) EnterReplacementCharacter Russian Press (reading and discussion of newspaper and magazine articles) EnterReplacementCharacter Readings in Russian Literature (reading and discussion of short stories by Russian and Soviet writers) EnterReplacementCharacter Soviet and Russian Theatre (reading, viewing, and analysis of Russian dramatic works, with background readings on Russian theatre) EnterReplacementCharacter Social Issues in Russian Culture (reading and discussion of articles on important social and cultural topics)
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A survey of the Russian literature of the first half of the 19th century, from romanticism to the beginning of realism. The reading list includes major works by Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, and Dostoevsky. All works are read in translation.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of the Russian literature of the second half of the 19th century, as well as selected works from the period between 1900 and 1917. Authors covered include Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Chekhov. All works are read in translation.
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4.00 Credits
A critical examination of the great Ukrainian- Russian humorist's short stories and of his unfinished novel Dead Souls.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of contemporary novels and short stories from Central and Eastern Europe (Poland, the former Czechoslovakia, the former Yugoslavia, Albania, and Hungary), primarily the literature of the last 50 years. The problems of "minor" literature, postmodernism, and the attempt to articulate "authentic" experience are emphasized. Authors read include Kafka, Kundera, Hrabal, Kosinski, Schulz, Gombrowicz, Kristof, Kadare, Kis, Pavic, and Ugresvi. All works are read in translation.
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4.00 Credits
The development of utopianism in literature, philosophy, and political theory, as well as attempts to put utopian theory into action. What does it mean to posit a perfect world, and what is the relationship between such an ideal world and our less-than-perfect reality? What are the impulses behind anti-utopianism? The recent resurgence of utopianism and apocalypticism is examined (for example, millenarian "cults," the millennium bug). Readings include Plato, More, Bellamy, Dostoevsky, Marx, Zamyatin, Orwell, Huxley, LeGuin, and Revelation.
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4.00 Credits
Study of major techniques in Chekhov's short story writing; analysis of his influence on the development of the Russian and European novella; a close analysis of Chekhov's drama (Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, and Uncle Vanya) and its impact on Russian playwrights of the 20th century, as well as its relation to the development of Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theatre.
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4.00 Credits
The major philosophical and religious themes of Dostoevsky as they are reflected in his works. Notes from the Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov, and major short stories form the main part of the course. Examines Dostoevsky's concepts of freedom, history, and Christianity.
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