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  • SIGN 0300: American Sign Language III

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    Explores sociolinguistic aspects of ASL within the Deaf cultural context. Focuses on classifiers, linguistic principles related to dialogues and storytelling techniques (e.g., role-shifting, narrative structure). Deaf culture is experienced by attending events and by voluntary service to the Deaf community. Prerequisite SIGN 0200 or placement interview.
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  • SIGN 0400: American Sign Language IV

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    Intensive use of expressive and receptive skills in complex grammatical structures, advanced classifiers, dialogues, and storytelling techniques. Discussion of social factors that give rise to code-switching; regional and ethnic sign variations; social, political, and cultural evolution of U.S. Deaf community. Interaction with Deaf community in directed and non-directed activities. Prerequisite SIGN 0300 or placement interview.
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  • SIGN 0500: American Sign Language V

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    Focuses on the use of ASL discourse in formal as well as informal settings. Students will explore and present the advanced ASL genres of public speaking, artistic expression, formal discussion, interview, and narrative projects. Development of ASL vocabulary in specialized area not covered in previous courses. Prerequisite: ASL IV (SIGN 0400) or equivalent.
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  • SIGN 0900: Introduction to Deaf Studies

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    Introduction to the Deaf Community and Deaf Culture. Discussion of similarities to, and differences from, mainstream hearing culture. Supplemental videotapes focus on aspects of the culture including Deaf education and history, autobiographical sketches, Deaf norms and values, and Deaf literature, art and folklore. Theoretical issues of culture and linguistics applied to Deaf culture, American Sign Language, and the variety of cultural perspectives of the Deaf community. Students also engage in a research project related to course content. Voice interpreter wil be provided; all students are welcome; no previous knowledge of American Sign Language or Deaf Studies is needed.
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  • SIGN 1910: Independent Study in Sign Language/Deaf Studies

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    Independent study in an area of special interest to the student, with close guidance by a member of the faculty, and leading to a major paper/project. Required of candidates for honors, and recommended for third year students. Section numbers vary by instructor. Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course. Prerequisite: SIGN 0500 or instructor permission.
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  • SLAV 1200: Slavic Fantasy and Science Fiction

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    Slavic literatures, with emphasis on fairy tales, utopias, and dream sequences to science fiction, which depict altered states of reality. Readings in English, supplemented with films in March and April. Seminar with discussion. Slavic concentrators and graduate students expected to cover much of the readings in the original. Familiarity with Slavic literary histories is not required.
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  • SLAV 1300: Sociolinguistics

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    This course examines the relationship of language to society. In particular, we will explore the role of language when people define and maintain group (ethnic, national) identity and social relationships. Major topics include language and social class, language as a marker of ethnic identity, language and gender, language in social interaction, language contracts, language and nationalism, and language policy. Case-study readings cover (but are not limited to) linguistic situations in Russia, Central and Southeastern Europe, and the former republics of the USSR. Knowledge of Slavic languages is not required. Open to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Freshmen and sophomores who demonstrate their knowledge of the basic notions in linguistics or their familiarity with the former USSR and East Europe may enroll with the instructor's permission.
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  • SLAV 1760: Film, Theater and Culture of Poland

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    This course explores Polish twentieth-century culture with a special stress on literature, theatre, film, visual arts, and architecture. After the examining of the romantic roots of Polish twentieth-century culture through the works of two famous Polish poets, Mickiewicz and Krasinski, the course will explore the works of representative Polish modernist and avant-garde artists such as Przybyszewski, Wyspianski, Witkacy, Schulz, or Gombrowicz. The third part of the course is devoted to the Polish contemporary theatre and film, including the workshops of the two legendary European theaters Cricoteka and Gardzienice, and films of the famous Polish Film School. In English. First year students require instructor permission.
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  • SLAV 1770: Prague and St. Petersburg: A Tale of Two Cities

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    An exploration of the mythopoetic universe of Prague and Petersburg through literature and film. Both - one, ancient, the other "modern" - served at one point of the historical continuum as capitols of multinational empires (Holy Roman and Russian), yet also as loci of national identity, both factors thus contributing to their respective enigmatic states. The course will attempt to identify these enigmas and discuss their possible futures in the global polity and culture. Enrollment limited to 20.
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  • SLAV 1780: Economies and Politics of Transition

    1.00 Credits
    Brown University

    The course identifies, describes, and explains major social, economic and political processes that have started in the late 1980s and early 1990s with the collapse of the communist systems in Poland and other East-Central European countries. The transition from the centrally planned to free market economies and the present challenges and problems associated with joining the European Union will be discussed in the context of the political and social changes and related to specific historical conditions. The course puts a special stress on Poland, which in turn will allow students to develop models of patterns of transition applicable to the entire region of East-Central Europe. In English. First year students require instructor permission.
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