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3.00 Credits
In this course we will study the Jewish experience in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and Post-Soviet Russia, with an emphasis on the 20th century, debunking many of the myths with which many students may have been familiar from the film “Fiddler on the Roof”. We will read, in translation, excerpts from memoirs, works of literature and history, and view films, with subtitles by Jewish and non-Jewish scholars, authors, poets, and filmmakers about what Russians have called “The Jewish Question” for more than two centuries. We will also take up issues of anti-Semitism and xenophobia and consider them in the context of European and American history. This course requires no knowledge of Russian, Yiddish, or Hebrew; all works are read in translation or viewed with subtitles.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH C050/1002/0802 or the equivalent
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3.00 Credits
Survey of Slavic literature; reading of representative works from Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian literature.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of East, West, and South Slavic literature; reading of representative works from Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian literature.
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3.00 Credits
Students will study the transformation of Russian society and the Russian economy, focusing on the 20th and 21st centuries. We will closely examine Russian economic transitions from a market to a planned economy (in the 1920s and 1930s) and from a planned economy back to a market economy (after 1991), as well as analyses of the Russian economy and society in periods of great stress (civil war, collectivization, famine, terror, war and occupation, arms race). We will also read memoirs and works of prose fiction and watch films in order to learn about the consequences of economic decisions on the lives of actual Russian citizens. The course will culminate with interviews with Russian businessmen visiting the United States. No knowledge of Russian required; all works read in translation or viewed with subtitles.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH C050/1002/0802 or equivalent
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3.00 Credits
In this course we will study the Russian city, analyzing the nexus of physical geography, climate, natural resources, ethnography, history, commerce, politics and culture on the development of urban centers in Russia. The study of Moscow and St. Petersburg will occupy much of our attention in this course, but we will also examine Russia’s medieval cities (“the Golden Ring”), as well as cities in Siberia and the Far East. We will read works from the disciplines of geography, history, anthropology, and sociology, as well as works of fiction; we will also view Russian films in which a city (or the city) plays an important role. No knowledge of Russian is required; all works will be read in translation or viewed with subtitles.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH C050/1002/0802 or the equivalent
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3.00 Credits
Students will read and study a short history of Russia and then read literary works and watch films depicting various periods, topics, events, figures, and issues in Russian history. No knowledge of Russian is required; all works are read in translation or viewed with subtitles.
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3.00 Credits
Students in this course will read a wide range of literary and critical texts and view films from before, during (1985-1991) and after (1991-present) the Perestroika Era in Russia in order to gain an understanding of Russian cultural history and trends during and after the collapse of the Soviet Union. This is an HONORS course.
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3.00 Credits
In this honors course, students read and study a short history of Russia and then read literary works and watch films depicting various periods, topics, events, figures, and issues in Russian history. Students in the course develop an understanding of the depiction of history in literature and film as contingent on the ideological perspective of the storyteller; students also learn to identify ideological perspective through attention to symbol, metaphor, and theme in both literature and film and, in addition, in film, through attention to lighting, sound and other filmic devices.
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4.00 Credits
Students completing Russian 3001 will improve their listening, speaking and writing skills (the latter in the context of both formal and informal letter writing). Upon completion of this course, they will be prepared to function in predictable situations in Russia on study abroad or tourist travel. Perhaps most importantly, students completing this course will improve their understanding of Russian cultural perspectives on the world. In this course students will read important Russian cultural texts (e.g., poetry by Pushkin), newspaper articles, and popular Russian fiction, analyzing both for cultural and linguistic patterns. Students will be graded on their performance on quizzes, oral and written tests, written papers, and presentations.
Prerequisite:
Russian 2002 (0062) or equivalent
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4.00 Credits
Students completing Russian 3002 will build on skills gained in listening, speaking and writing skills (the latter in the context of both formal and informal letter writing) in Russian 3001. In this course we will pay special attention to syntactical structures typically found in written discourse. Upon completion of this course, they will be prepared to function in predictable situations in Russia on study abroad or tourist travel. Perhaps most importantly, students completing this course will improve their understanding of Russian cultural perspectives on the world. In this course students will read important Russian cultural texts (e.g., poetry by Akhmatova), newspaper articles, and popular Russian fiction, analyzing both for cultural and linguistic patterns. Students will be graded on their performance on quizzes, oral and written tests, written papers, and presentations.
Prerequisite:
Russian 3001 (0225) or equivalent
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