CZCH

• Introductory Czech

  Introduces the performance of basic tasks in Standard Czech, highlights of Czech culture, and a worldview of a nation uniquely located on the threshold of western and eastern Europe. Emphasis on oral communication. CZCH 0200 includes readings of annotated literary texts on the Web. Five meetings per week and use of audio/visual materials. Enrollment limited to 18.

  CZCH 0200 S01

  Primary Instructor

  Fidler

• Introductory Czech

  Introduces the performance of basic tasks in Standard Czech, highlights of Czech culture, and a worldview of a nation uniquely located on the threshold of western and eastern Europe. Emphasis on oral communication. Five meetings per week and use of audio/visual materials. Enrollment limited to 18.

  CZCH 0100 S01

  Primary Instructor

  Fidler

PLSH

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RUSS

• Independent Study

  Independent research project on topics related to Russian culture. Enrollment permitted only after the written proposal (instructions in the department office) is submitted to the Concentration Advisor and Chair of the department (deadline: the last day of Add a course without fee period during the semester when the project is undertaken). Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course. Each section limited to 10 students; instructor permission required.

  RUSS 1960 S01

  Primary Instructor

  Fenghi

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  RUSS 1960 S02

  Primary Instructor

  deBenedette

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  RUSS 1960 S03

  Primary Instructor

  Fidler

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  RUSS 1960 S04

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  RUSS 1960 S05

  Primary Instructor

  Golstein

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  RUSS 1960 S06

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  RUSS 1960 S07

  Primary Instructor

  Levitsky

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  RUSS 1960 S08

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  RUSS 1960 S09

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  RUSS 1960 S10

  Primary Instructor

  Oklot

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

• Advanced Reading and Research

  Only for graduate students. Independent research project on topics related to Russian culture. Enrollment permitted only after the written proposal (instructions in the department office) is submitted to the DGS and Chair of the department (deadline: the last day of Add a course without fee period during the semester when the project is undertaken). Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course. Each section limited to 10 students; instructor permission required.

  RUSS 2980 S01

  Primary Instructor

  Golstein

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  RUSS 2980 S02

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  RUSS 2980 S03

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  RUSS 2980 S04

  Primary Instructor

  Levitsky

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  RUSS 2980 S05

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

• Preliminary Examination Preparation

  For graduate students who have met the tuition requirement and are paying the registration fee to continue active enrollment while preparing for a preliminary examination.

  RUSS 2970 S01

  Schedule Code

  E: Graduate Thesis Prep

• Thesis Preparation

  For graduate students who have met the residency requirement and are continuing research on a full time basis.

  RUSS 2990 S01

  Schedule Code

  E: Graduate Thesis Prep

• Tolstoy

  Close readings of Tolstoy's major novels (War and Peace and Anna Karenina, in particular) and shorter narratives with special emphasis on his iconoclastic ideas about art, religion, philosophy, and society. Considers Tolstoy's formal innovation in a broader historical and cultural context. The course will discus Tolstoy's contribution to the European novel. Focus on improving writing skills and critical thinking. Lectures and discussion. No knowledge of Russian required.

  RUSS 1810 S01

  Primary Instructor

  Evdokimova

• Russian Cinema

  This seminar will provide a chronological overview of Russian cinema from its beginning to the present. The films will be considered against the background of some historical, political, and theoretical readings. The students will also be encouraged to juxtapose Russian and non-Russian films in order to evaluate the place of Russian cinema within a global film culture. Enrollment limited to 20.

  RUSS 1250 S01

  The class will be taught synchronically: in person and on Zoom, so that the students have a choice. In case, more than nineteen students desire to take class in person, students would be rotated.

  Primary Instructor

  Golstein

• Advanced Russian

  Examines selected topics in Russian culture and history as depicted in readings, the media, and Russian and Soviet films. Language work emphasizes increasing facility with spoken Russian and developing writing skills. Includes work on advanced grammar and syntax. Four class meetings per week. Prerequisites: RUSS 0500 or placement. Enrollment limited to 18.

  RUSS 0600 S01

  Two asynchronous online days: Tuesday and Thursday

  Primary Instructor

  deBenedette

• Intermediate Russian

  Continues development of language proficiency while broadening understanding of Russian culture via readings in literature and history. Includes expansion of vocabulary for dealing with conversational topics and review of Russian grammar. Features literary and nonliterary readings in Russian, as well as video and computer resources. Five class meetings per week. Prerequisite: RUSS 0300 or placement by exam. Enrollment limited to 18.

  RUSS 0400 S01

  One asynchronous online day: Thursday

  Primary Instructor

  deBenedette

  RUSS 0400 S02

  One asynchronous online day: Thursday

  Primary Instructor

  deBenedette

• Nabokov

  The course examines Vladimir Nabokov's (1899-1977) major achievements in prose in both Russian and American periods, paying particular attention to their cultural context (Russian émigré culture of the 1920s and 30s); the questions of his aesthetics, ethics, and metaphysics, as well as his engagement in the dialogue with other European modernist writers, especially with the existentialists. Readings include Nabokov's selected short stories and novels, such as The Defense, Invitation to a Beheading, Despair, The Eye The Gift, Pnin, or Lolita. In English.

  RUSS 1840 S01

  Primary Instructor

  Oklot

• Bakhtin, Formalism, and Soviet Avant-Garde Aesthetics

  This course examines the two approaches to literature, which in many respects changed the course of humanistic scholarship: Russian Formalism (1920s) focused on literary “devices” and “structures,” and credited by many for inventing “literary theory” as an autonomous scholarly discipline, and the theories developed by Mikhail Bakhtin (1895–1975) and his circle of philosophers, poets, and literary critics, for whom the most important task of literary discourse was to create multiple, living personalities. The course discusses these theories in the context of Soviet and European modernist art and aesthetics of the 1920 and 30s. In English.

  RUSS 1895 S01

  Primary Instructor

  Oklot

• Introductory Russian

  Introduction to Russian language and culture. Oral and written communication in Russian; emphasis on the literary and everyday culture of Russia and the former U.S.S.R., including the changes that have reshaped everyday life for citizens of Russia. Five meetings per week, plus use of audio, video, and web materials. Enrollment limited to 18.

  RUSS 0100 S01

  One asynchronous online day: Tuesdays

  Primary Instructor

  deBenedette

  RUSS 0100 S02

  Asynchronous online day: Tuesdays

  Primary Instructor

  deBenedette

• Introductory Russian

  Introduction to Russian language and culture. Oral and written communication in Russian; emphasis on the culture of Russia and the former U.S.S.R., including the changes that have reshaped everyday life for citizens of Russia. Five meetings per week, plus use of audio, video, and Web materials. Prerequisite: RUSS 0100 or RUSS 0250. Enrollment limited to 18.

  RUSS 0200 S01

  One asynchronous online day: Tuesday

  Primary Instructor

  deBenedette

• Special Topics in Russian Studies II: Advanced Reading and Conversation

  A continuation of Russian 1110. Examines aspects of Russian culture as manifested in Russian literature. Readings range from fairy tales to contemporary works. Extensive classroom discussion and frequent writing assignments. Prerequisite: RUSS 1110, 1700, or written permission. May be repeated once with permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 18.

  RUSS 1120 S01

  Primary Instructor

  Richter

• Russian Fantasy and Science Fiction

  Survey of Russian literature, from 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 emphasis on discussion. Russian concentrators and graduate students expected to cover most of the readings in Russian. Familiarity with Russian literary history is not required.

  RUSS 1200 S01

  Primary Instructor

  Dukhanova

SLAV

• Independent Study

  Independent research project on topics in Slavic Studies. Enrollment permitted only after the written proposal (instructions in the department office) is submitted to the Concentration Advisor and Chair of the department (deadline: the last day of Add a course without fee period during the semester when the project is undertaken). Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course. Each section limited to 10 students; instructor permission required.

  SLAV 1950 S01

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1950 S02

  Primary Instructor

  Golstein

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1950 S03

  Primary Instructor

  Evdokimova

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1950 S04

  Primary Instructor

  Fidler

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1950 S05

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1950 S06

  Primary Instructor

  Cook

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1950 S07

  Primary Instructor

  Levitsky

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1950 S08

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1950 S09

  Primary Instructor

  Oklot

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

• Independent Research in the Slavic Language(s)

  Independent research on various topics in Slavic cultures. Reading, discussion, research must be done in the chosen Slavic language (Czech/Russian). Close work with faculty on project is expected. Prerequisites: minimum RUSS0600/CZCH 0610 (3rd year-level) or placement evaluation by Russian or Czech language coordinator. Enrollment permitted only after the written proposal (instructions in the department office) is submitted to the Concentration Advisor and Chair of the department (deadline: the last day of Add a course without fee period during the semester when the project is undertaken). Each section limited to 10 students; instructor permission required.

  SLAV 1981 S01

  Primary Instructor

  deBenedette

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1981 S02

  Primary Instructor

  Fidler

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1981 S03

  Primary Instructor

  Oklot

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1981 S04

  Primary Instructor

  Golstein

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1981 S05

  Primary Instructor

  Pollock

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

• Senior Thesis

  Only for Slavic concentrators writing their senior theses. For requirements and schedule, contact the department. Each section limited to 10 senior Slavic Studies concentrators.

  SLAV 1990 S01

  Primary Instructor

  Fidler

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1990 S02

  Primary Instructor

  Evdokimova

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1990 S03

  Primary Instructor

  Levitsky

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1990 S04

  Primary Instructor

  Golstein

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1990 S05

  Primary Instructor

  Oklot

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1990 S06

  Primary Instructor

  Cook

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 1990 S07

  Primary Instructor

  Fenghi

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

• Advanced Reading and Research

  Only for graduate students. Independent research project on topics in Slavic Studies. Enrollment permitted only after the written proposal (instructions in the department office) is submitted to the DGS and Chair of the department (deadline: the last day of Add a course without fee period during the semester when the project is undertaken). Please check Banner for the correct section number and CRN to use when registering for this course. Each section limited to 10 students; instructor permission required.

  SLAV 2980 S01

  Primary Instructor

  Oklot

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 2980 S02

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 2980 S03

  Primary Instructor

  Fidler

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 2980 S04

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 2980 S05

  Primary Instructor

  Levitsky

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 2980 S06

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

  SLAV 2980 S07

  Schedule Code

  I: Independent Study/Research

• Preliminary Examination Preparation

  For graduate students who have met the tuition requirement and are paying the registration fee to continue active enrollment while preparing for a preliminary examination.

  SLAV 2970 S01

  Schedule Code

  E: Graduate Thesis Prep

• Thesis Preparation

  For graduate students who have met the residency requirement and are continuing research on a full time basis.

  SLAV 2990 S01

  Schedule Code

  E: Graduate Thesis Prep