|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
3.00 Credits
G.Pahomov, E.Allen A survey of novels, novellas and short stories highlighting Dostoevsky's conception of human creativity and imagination. Texts prominently portraying dreams, fantasies, delusions and visual and aural hallucinations, as well as artists and artistic creations, permit exploration of Dostoevsky's fundamental aesthetic, psychological and moral beliefs. Readings include The Brothers Karamazov, The Double, " The Dream of a Ridiculous Man," "The Gentle Creature," The Idiot, Notes from Underground, and White Nights. Not offered in 2008-09.
-
3.00 Credits
T.Harte This course explores the major trends and most significant works of Russian and Soviet cinema. Emphasis placed on the wildly disparate phases of Soviet and Russian cinema: Russia's silent films; the innovations of the 1920s; Stalinist cinema; "thaw" films; and post-Soviet experimentation. All films shown with subtitles; no knowledge of Russian required. Not offered in 2008-09.
-
3.00 Credits
G.Pahomov A history of Russian culture-its ideas, its value and belief systems-from the origins to the present that integrates the examination of works of literature, art and music . Not offered in 2008-09.
-
3.00 Credits
E.Allen A study of 19th- and 20th-century Russian novels focusing on their strategies of opposing or circumventing European literary conventions. Works by Bulgakov, Dostoevsky, Nabokov, Pushkin and Tolstoy, are compared to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and other exemplars of the Western novelistic tradition. All readings, lectures and discussions in English.
-
3.00 Credits
T.Harte A study of Vladimir Nabokov's writings in various genres, focusing on his fiction and autobiographical works. The continuity between Nabokov's Russian and English works is considered in the context of the Russian and Western literary traditions. All readings and lectures in English. Not offered in 2008-09.
-
3.00 Credits
V.Dunn This course focuses on stylistic variations in oral and written Russian. Examples are drawn from contemporary film, television, journalism, fiction and nonfiction. Emphasis is on expansion and refinement of speaking and writing skills.
-
3.00 Credits
D.Davidson This advanced undergraduate seminar introduces students to the language and literary activities of Kyivan Rus (11th-14th century). Students will gain a reading knowledge of Old Church Slavonic and Old Russian sufficient for close reading and analysis of such seminal texts as the earliest translations of the Gospels, the Primary Chronicle, Ilarion's Sermon on Law and Grace, the legend of Boris and Gleb, and others. The political and cultural background of the period will be addressed. Conducted in Russian and English. Not offered in 2008-09.
-
3.00 Credits
D.Davidson This seminar introduces advanced undergraduates and graduate students to the linguistic structure of contemporary standard Russian. Topics to be discussed include theoretical and practical issues in the description of Russian phonology, phonetics and intonation; verbal and nominal morphology; and accentuation. Conducted primarily in Russian. Followed by RUSS 331.
-
3.00 Credits
M.Shardakova This seminar introduces advanced undergraduate students to the study of pragmatic norms in contemporary spoken and written Russian. Based on the understanding of language as a series of actions or communicative functions, the course will explore topics in speech act theory, politeness theory and relevance theory. Discussions will also address practical issues for the acquisition of Russian, such as cross-cultural pragmatics, interlanguage pragmatics and the teaching of foreign languages.
-
3.00 Credits
S.Bain Examines language use in cross-cultural contexts and the acquisition of conversational Russian. Compares the linguistic structure of speech acts in Russian and English, such as requests, commands, apologies, complaints and threats and explores communication and social relationships between learners of Russian and native speakers. Other topics include the pragmatics of gender, body language and etiquette in Russian. Prerequisites: RUSS B101, B102 or equivalent.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|