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3.00 Credits
A close study, in the original, of selected texts of five representative lyric poets: Tuitchev, Fet, Blok, Tsvetaeva, and Brodsky. Attention given to metrics, formal analysis of style and structure, and the relationship to literary and philosophical movements. Class discussion is conducted in English. Prerequisites: Three years of college Russian or the instructor's permission. Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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Close reading in the original of Chekhov's prose (principally his shorter stories) and one drama. Prerequisites: Three years of college Russian or the equivalent, or the instructor's permission. Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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3.00 Credits
A close study, in the original, of several representative Russian plays, with emphasis on problems of translation, literary technique, and dramatic presentation. Prerequisites: three years of college Russian and the instructor's permission. Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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"A good reader, a major reader, an active and creative reader is a re-reader"--V. Nabokov. The name of the game is reading Nabokov Nabokov's way. The course examines with Nabokovian scrutiny--and with special emphasis on bilinguialism, translation, and untranslatability--some of the writer's major works in their Russian and English versions, including his double take on Lolita. Knowledge of Russian helpful but not required. - V. Izmirlieva Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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Close reading in the original of representative works by the 20th century Russian writer Andrei Platonov. Discussion, in English, of the meaning, style, and context of Platonov's writings. - Christopher Hardwood Prerequisites: three years of college Russian or the instructor's permission. Not offered in 2009-2010.
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3.00 Credits
Reading of four major works of Russian science fiction from the 20th century. Focuses on answering the question "Is science fiction best understood as a literary genre or literary device " Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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3.00 Credits
A close study, in the original, of the works of Isaak Babel and Yuri Olesha. Class discussion conducted in English. - R. Stanton Prerequisites: Three years of college Russian or the instructor's permission. Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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3.00 Credits
Close reading, in the original, of representative works by 20th-century Russian writers. The prose we will read not only represents different periods of Russian, Soviet, and post-Soviet literature, but also "maps" the multicultural space of the former USSR and present day Russia. Authors include Bely, Babel, Bunin, Mandelshtam, Abramov, Iskander, Dovlatov, and Tolstaia, as well as some contemporary authors. Discussion, in English, of the meaning, style, and context of their writing, as well as the way geographical and/or architectural space may be "transcribed" into literary space. - T. Smoliarova Prerequisites: Three years of college Russian or the equivalent, or the instructor's permission. Not offered in 2009-2010. 3 points
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4.00 Credits
A research and writing workshop designed to help students plan and execute a major research project, and communicate their ideas in a common scholarly language that crosses disciplinary boundaries. Content is determined by students' thesis topics, and includes general sessions on how to formulate a proposal and how to generate a bibliography. Students present the fruits of their research in class discussions, culminating in a full-length seminar presentation and the submission of the written thesis. - R. Stanton 4 points
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Departmental permission. 2-4 points.
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