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RUSS 101 First-Year Russian (5)
Introduction to Russian. Emphasis on oral communication with limited vocabulary. Short readings and writing exercises. Basic grammar. Conducted mostly in Russian. First in a sequence of three. Offered: A.
RUSS 102 First-Year Russian (5)
Introduction to Russian. Emphasis on oral communication with limited vocabulary. Short readings and writing exercises. Basic grammar. Conducted mostly in Russian. Second in a sequence of three. Prerequisite: minimum grade of 2.0 in RUSS 101. Offered: W.
RUSS 103 First-Year Russian (5)
Introduction to Russian. Emphasis on oral communication with limited vocabulary. Short readings and writing exercises. Basic grammar. Conducted mostly in Russian. Third in a sequence of three. Prerequisite: minimum grade of 2.0 in RUSS 102. Offered: Sp.
RUSS 110 Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization (5) I&S/VLPA
Introduction to Russian culture and history from pre-Christian times to the present, as seen through literary texts, music, film, visual art, and historical works. All lectures and written materials in English. No prior knowledge of Russian necessary. Offered: jointly with EURO 110.
Instructor Course Description:
Barbara J Henry
RUSS 120 Topics in Russian Literary and Cultural History (5) VLPA
Introduction to important issues in Russian literary and cultural history. Topics and instructors vary. Offered in English.
Instructor Course Description:
Galya Diment
Jose Alaniz
RUSS 150 Intensive First-Year Russian (15)
Covers material of 101, 102, 103 in one quarter. Meets three to four hours daily. For continuation, see 250 or 201, 202, 203. See credit note above. Offered: S.
RUSS 201 Second-Year Russian (5) VLPA
Comprehensive review of Russian grammar with continuing oral practice and elementary composition. Conducted mostly in Russian. First in a sequence of three. Prerequisite: either 2.0 in RUSS 103 or 2.0 in RUSS 150. Offered: A.
RUSS 202 Second-Year Russian (5) VLPA
Comprehensive review of Russian grammar with continuing oral practice and elementary composition. Conducted mostly in Russian. Second in a sequence of three. Prerequisite: RUSS 201. Offered: W.
RUSS 203 Second-Year Russian (5) VLPA
Comprehensive review of Russian grammar with continuing oral practice and elementary composition. Conducted mostly in Russian. Third in a sequence of three. Prerequisite: RUSS 202. Offered: Sp.
RUSS 230 Masterpieces of Russian Literature (5) VLPA
Examines the greatest authors and masterpieces of Russian literature, including Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov. All readings, discussions, and assignments are in English.
Instructor Course Description:
Galya Diment
RUSS 250 Intensive Second-Year Russian (15) VLPA
Covers material of 201, 202, 203 in one quarter. Meets three to four hours daily. See credit note above. Prerequisite: either 2.0 in RUSS 103 or 2.0 in RUSS 150. Offered: S.
RUSS 301 Third-Year Russian (5) VLPA
Extensive practice in spoken and written Russian based on a variety of prose readings. Intensive review and supplementation of strategic grammatical concepts. First in a sequence of three. Prerequisite: either 2.0 in RUSS 203 or 2.0 in RUSS 250. Offered: A.
RUSS 302 Third Russian (5) VLPA
Extensive practice in spoken and written Russian based on a variety of prose readings. Intensive review and supplementation of strategic grammatical concepts. Second in a sequence of three. Prerequisite: RUSS 301. Offered: W.
RUSS 303 Third-Year Russian (5) VLPA
Extensive practice in spoken and written Russian based on a variety of prose readings. Intensive review and supplementation of strategic grammatical concepts. Third in a sequence of three. Prerequisite: RUSS 302. Offered: Sp.
RUSS 304 Reading and Translation (1, max. 3) VLPA
Translation techniques with emphasis on development of vocabulary and reading skills. Primarily for Russian regional studies majors. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: either RUSS 203 or RUSS 250. Offered: AWSp.
RUSS 313 Business Russian (5) VLPA
Emphasizes the language and practice of business in Russia today. Prerequisite: either RUSS 203 or RUSS 250.
RUSS 321 Russian Literature and Culture 1700 - 1840 (5) I&S/VLPA
Introduction to literary works, art, and architecture in relation to the development of Russian thought, both secular and religious. Attention given to the influences of Western Europe and what is distinctly Russian, and to the formation of national self-awareness. Offered: A.
Instructor Course Description:
Galya Diment
James D West
RUSS 322 Russian Literature and Culture 1700-1900 (5) I&S/VLPA
Literature as an element in Russian culture. Art, architecture, music, and philosophy also treated. Periods covered include the age of Peter the Great, romanticism, realism, and impressionism. Offered: W.
Instructor Course Description:
James D West
RUSS 323 Russian Literature and Culture of the Twentieth Century (5) I&S/VLPA
Literature as an element in modern Russian culture. Art, architecture, and music also treated. Periods covered include symbolism, revolution, postrevolution, Stalinist, the "thaw," and contemporary. Offered: Sp.
RUSS 324 Russian Folk Literature in English (5) I&S/VLPA
Russian popular tradition, including paganism and its survival into modern times. Genres of the oral tradition, including the folktale, the epic, spiritual and historical songs, and legends. Special attention to modern theories and western European analogues.
Instructor Course Description:
Barbara J Henry
RUSS 350 Intensive Third-Year Russian (15) VLPA
Covers material of 301, 302, 303 in one quarter. Meets three hours daily. See credit note above. Prerequisite: either 2.0 in RUSS 203 or 2.0 in RUSS 250. Offered: S.
RUSS 351 Intermediate Russian Phonetics (3) VLPA
Systematic study of the Russian sound system, including phonetic transcription and intonational patterns. Instruction in correcting individual pronunciation errors. Conducted partly in Russian. Prerequisite: either RUSS 203 or RUSS 250.
RUSS 352 Intermediate Russian Morphology (3) VLPA
Examination of Russian morphology with emphasis on topics that help to prepare the student for advanced courses in Russian. Conducted partly in Russian. Prerequisite: either RUSS 203 or RUSS 250.
Instructor Course Description:
James E. Augerot
RUSS 401 Fourth-Year Russian (5) VLPA
Class discussion, oral presentations, and composition, based on reading a variety of texts, both literary and non-literary. Advanced grammar. Translation one full course period per week. First in a sequence of three. Prerequisite: either 2.0 in RUSS 303 or 2.0 in RUSS 350. Offered: A.
RUSS 402 Fourth-Year Russian (5) VLPA
Class discussion, oral presentations, and composition, based on reading a variety of texts, both literary and non-literary. Advanced grammar. Translation one full course period per week. Second in a sequence of three. Prerequisite: RUSS 401. Offered: W.
RUSS 403 Fourth-Year Russian (5) VLPA
Class discussion, oral presentations, and composition, based on reading a variety of texts, both literary and non-literary. Advanced grammar. Translation one full course period per week. Third in a sequence of three. Prerequisite: RUSS 402. Offered: Sp.
RUSS 420 Topics in Russian Literary and Cultural History (5, max. 20) VLPA
A special topic in the literary and cultural history of Russia. Topics vary.
Instructor Course Description:
Barbara J Henry
Eugene Webb
Galya Diment
James D West
Jose Alaniz
RUSS 421 Post-Soviet Literary and Cultural Scene (5, max. 15) VLPA
Russian literature of the second half of the twentieth century. In English.
RUSS 422 Russian Literature in Emigration and Exile (5) VLPA
Examines writers who left the Soviet Union during the post-Stalin period up to the fall of communism or who, though they resided in the USSR, published through unofficial channels. Discussion of Aksyonov, Siniavsky, Voinovich, Zinoviev, and others.
RUSS 423 Russian Film (5, max. 15) VLPA
Early Russian, Soviet, and post-Soviet film. Featured filmmakers include Sergei Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov, Vsevold Pudovkin, and others. Focuses on critical materials pertaining to filmmaking and film theory.
Instructor Course Description:
Galya Diment
RUSS 424 Topics in Ethnicity and Cultural Identify (5, max. 15) I&S/VLPA
Issues of cultural and ethnic identities and neo-colonialism. Special focus on Russian and East European Jewish literature and culture, and central Asian literature, art, and culture. Taught in English.
RUSS 425 Russian Drama (5, max. 15) VLPA
Analysis of history and development of Russian drama from the 18th century to present times. Playwrights featured include Alexander Griboedev, Alexander Ostrovsky, Anton Chekhov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and others. Taught in English.
Instructor Course Description:
Barbara J Henry
RUSS 426 Russian Art and Architecture (5) VLPA West
Survey of Russian art and architecture from the middle ages to the twentieth century, covering the place of the visual arts in Russian culture, the relationship between visual and verbal art, and the appropriate reading of works of Russian art of all periods.
Instructor Course Description:
James D West
RUSS 430 Major Authors (5, max. 15) VLPA
Major Russian writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Among authors read are Pushkin, Gogol, Lermontov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Babel, Ilf and Petrov, Olesha. Content varies.
Instructor Course Description:
Barbara J Henry
Galya Diment
RUSS 450 Intensive Fourth-Year Russian (15) VLPA
Covers material of 401, 402, 403 in one quarter. Meets three hours daily. See credit note above. Prerequisite: either 2.0 in RUSS 303 or 2.0 in RUSS 350. Offered: S.
RUSS 451 Structure of Russian (5) VLPA
Descriptive analysis of contemporary standard Russian. Detailed phonetic transcription, discussion of major Great Russian dialects as well as variations in popular speech, examination of common roots and productive derivational elements in Russian words, and elementary principles of syntax. Prerequisite: either RUSS 303 or RUSS 350; LING 200. Offered: W.
Instructor Course Description:
James E. Augerot
RUSS 452 Structure of Russian (5) VLPA
Descriptive analysis of contemporary standard Russian. Detailed phonetic transcription, discussion of major Great Russian dialects as well as variations in popular speech, examination of common roots and productive derivational elements in Russian words, and elementary principles of syntax. Prerequisite: RUSS 451.
RUSS 461 Introduction to Russian Literature in Russian (5) VLPA
Analysis of original Russian literary texts representative of different varieties of Russian writing. Vocabulary of Russian literary analysis; typically Russian approaches to literature, some readings of secondary critical texts; discussion in Russian of passages studied. Prerequisite: RUSS 403 or RUSS 450.
RUSS 481 Russian Language in Russia (5, max. 15) VLPA
Daily work in phonetics, grammar, conversation, translation, analytical reading, stylistics, newspaper analysis, and advanced syntax. Prerequisite: either RUSS 203 or RUSS 250. Offered: AWSpS.
RUSS 482 Research Project in Russia (3, max. 15) VLPA
Supervised research in student's selected area of concentration, combined with language instruction tailored to the student's field. Successful completion of course requires a 15-page term paper in Russian. Prerequisite: either RUSS 203 or RUSS 550. Offered: AWSpS.
RUSS 483 Russian Literature in Russia (3, max. 15) VLPA
Selection of courses on specialized topics in Russian literature; specific authors or periods. Prerequisite: either RUSS 203 or RUSS 250. Offered: AWSpS.
RUSS 486 Culture in Russia (3, max. 15) I&S/VLPA
Lectures on education, history, economics, law, the arts, ethnography, architecture; complemented by visits to places of cultural and historical interest and meetings with Russian groups. 4 credits for summer program, 6 for semester program. Prerequisite: either RUSS 203 or RUSS 250. Offered: AWSpS.
RUSS 490 Studies in Russian Literature (3-5, max. 15) VLPA
In either Russian or English. Topics vary.
RUSS 499 Directed Study or Research (1-5, max. 15)
Individual study of topics to meet specific needs. By arrangement with the instructor and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures office. Offered: AWSpS.
RUSS 501 Russian Language for Graduate Students (2, max. 10)
Develops skills of particular use to graduate students. Emphasis on rapid assimilation of variety of written materials with sophisticated understanding and maximum retention of vocabulary, and ability to discuss in Russian the more theoretical and abstract kinds of material. Prerequisite: RUSS 403 or equivalent and graduate standing in Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies.
RUSS 502 Russian Translation (3)
Introduction to the theory of translation; translation to and from Russian of selected prose passages in a variety of styles, with emphasis on idiomatic accuracy and stylistic compatibility. Prerequisite: two quarters of RUSS 501 or permission of instructor.
RUSS 512 Russian Literary Criticism (3)
A study of critical positions, problems, and literary values of major Russian literary critics from Belinsky to the present.
RUSS 520 Topics in Russian Literature and Culture (5, max. 20)
Detailed study of a single author or a movement, theme, or short period in Russian literature or culture.
Instructor Course Description:
Barbara J Henry
RUSS 521 Russian Literature to 1800 (5)
Representative works of East Slavic, Muscovite, and Russian literature from the beginnings to 1800. Studies include a varied selection of primary texts. Intended as an introduction to the study of modern literature for beginning graduate students in Russian literature. Offered: alternate years.
RUSS 522 Russian Literature of the Nineteenth Century (5)
Survey of nineteenth-century Russian poetry and prose. Representative works of Russia's major and minor authors, literary trends, and genres. Offered: alternate years.
RUSS 523 Russian Literature of the Twentieth Century (5)
Survey of twentieth-century Russian poetry and prose. Pre-revolutionary, Soviet, and Émigré authors, trends, and genres. Includes survey of twentieth-century Literary Criticism as well, in particular Russian Formalists and Mikhail Bakhtin. Offered: alternate years.
RUSS 526 Modern Russian Literary, Cultural, and Film Studies (5, max. 15)
Modern literature and film. Topics include post-colonialism, gender, reflections of social upheavals, artistic experimentation, issues of commercialism in art, search for new cultural expressions and identity. Readings in both Russian and English. Offered: Sp.
Instructor Course Description:
Galya Diment
RUSS 542 Seminar in Russian Poetry (5, max. 20)
One specific problem or theme in Russian poetry, seen in its widest possible dimensions. Students read, in Russian, the literary works involved and become familiar with the social, historical, and philosophical backgrounds that inspire them.
Instructor Course Description:
James D West
RUSS 543 Seminar in Contemporary Russian Prose (5, max. 20)
Analysis of Russian prose fiction. Selected authors and topics.
Instructor Course Description:
Galya Diment
RUSS 554 History of the Russian Literary Language (5)
Russian literary language from the eleventh through the twentieth centuries, with special attention to syntax and lexicon and to the development of notions of literary styles. Offered in Russian. Prerequisite: RUSS 555 or SLAV 565, or permission of instructor. Offered: alternate years.
RUSS 570 Research Seminar in Russian Literature (5, max. 40)
Working in consultation with a faculty adviser, students formulate a topic and prepare a 30-minute oral presentation to be delivered at the seminar and submit a written paper to be read and critiqued. by all participants.
RUSS 577 Russian Folk Literature (5)
Analysis of representative works of the various genres of folk literature, including the byliny, skazki, historical and lyrical songs, and the spiritual stikhi.
RUSS 600 Independent Study or Research (*)
