Fall 2019 Class Schedule: Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Fall 2019 Class Schedule

Course	Title	Instructor	Day/Time
POLISH 108-1	Elementary Polish	Kinga Kosmala	MTWF 12-12:50pm
POLISH 108-1 Elementary Polish This course is the first in a three-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to Polish language and culture. We learn the basic Polish grammar and vocabulary, focusing on speaking, reading, writing, and listening.
POLISH 208-1	Intermediate Polish: Language and Culture	Kinga Kosmala	MTWF 2-2:50
POLISH 208-1 Intermediate Polish: Language and Culture The primary goal of Intermediate Polish is to expand the student's speaking, reading and writing skills by building on grammar and vocabulary learned during the first year of study. As a complement to the linguistic side of the course, the student will gain a greater familiarity with Polish history and culture through varied means including readings of literary works, articles from contemporary Polish newspapers and movies.
RUSSIAN 101-1-20	Elementary Russian	Natalia Malinina	MTWF 9-9:50am
RUSSIAN 101-1-20 Elementary Russian Elementary Russian 101-1 is the first in a three-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the Russian language and contemporary Russian culture. In this course, students will continue to develop the fundamentals of speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Emphasis will be placed on practical communication so that students can function at a basic level in several authentic situations by the end of the year.
RUSSIAN 101-1-21	Elementary Russian	Natalia Malinina	MTWF 2-2:50pm
RUSSIAN 101-1-21 Elementary Russian Elementary Russian 101-1 is the first in a three-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the Russian language and contemporary Russian culture. In this course, students will continue to develop the fundamentals of speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Emphasis will be placed on practical communication so that students can function at a basic level in several authentic situations by the end of the year.
RUSSIAN 102-1	Intermediate Russian	Nadia Vinogradova	MTWF 12-12:50
RUSSIAN 102-1 Intermediate Russian Intermediate Russian 102-1 is the first in a three-quarter sequence designed to continue exploring the Russian language and contemporary Russian culture. In this course, students will develop the skills of speaking, listening, writing, and reading through a variety of activities. They will be able to function in many authentic situations at an intermediate level by the end of the year.
RUSSIAN 302-1	Russian Language and Culture	Natalia Malinina	MWF 11-11:50am
RUSSIAN 302-1 Russian Language and Culture Добро пожаловать! Welcome back! Slavic 302 is a yearlong combined third- and fourth-year multi-skill course. It is recommended for students who are familiar enough with Russian basic grammatical concepts and vocabulary and are willing to continue moving beyond this level to acquire more advanced language skills–- speaking, reading, writing, and listening. The goal is to help students master all major structures of Russian and to begin to function in a wide range of settings and topics. The course acquaints students with aspects of Russian culture that are familiar to most educated native Russian speakers, through literature, videos and Russian movies). Students are encouraged to pursue and develop their own interests in Russian culture, history and social life.
RUSSIAN 304-1	Advanced Contemporary and Professional Russian	Thomas Feerick	MWF 10-10:50am
RUSSIAN 304-1 Advanced Contemporary and Professional Russian Russian for advanced speakers, including heritage speakers. Stress on skills in speaking, reading, and writing in professional and formal environments. Taught entirely in Russian. Content varies; may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of language director.
SLAVIC 105-6	First-Year Seminar	Elisabeth Elliott	MW 9:30-10:50
SLAVIC 105-6 First-Year Seminar In this course we will explore some of the sociolinguistic issues in Slavic speaking countries and areas (the Russian Federation, the former Soviet Union, the former Czechoslovakia, etc.) and in Central Europe (specifically, Turkish in Germany). We will look at contemporary issues in Russia and the Ukraine, especially the annexation of the Crimea, anti-gay laws in Russia, and censorship of Pussy Riot. We will explore language policies, minority language rights, language vs. dialect, language planning, language and identity, and language and nationalism.
SLAVIC 210-2	Introduction to Russian Literature	Gary Saul Morson	TTh 12:30-1:50pm
SLAVIC 210-2 Introduction to Russian Literature In this course, we will examine two of the greatest works of world literature, The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky, and Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, in depth. These two novels raise profound questions and offer challenging answers to the most important issues of life: What gives life meaning, how to understand evil, the nature and kinds of love, the significance of death, faith and despair, how to make ourselves and the world around us better, and the way human minds work. We will see why Tolstoy and Dostoevsky are often considered the greatest psychologists who ever lived and why Russian literature conveys a sense of urgency perhaps unmatched anywhere else in human culture. Students will also learn skills for understanding novels that will make it easier and more rewarding to read great fiction generally.
SLAVIC 314	Chekhov	Susan McReynolds	MW 2-3:20
SLAVIC 314 Chekhov Anton Chekhov was born into a family of former serfs, worked his way through medical school while supporting his parents and siblings, and became one of the most admired story-tellers in the modern world. He represents a profound departure from his Russian context and pioneered modernist literary form, yet his work is also rooted in the culture of late imperial Russia. This course introduces elements of Chekhov's biography and his Russian context, and follows the trajectory of his development, from the early short stories to mature prose. No previous background in Russian literature is required.
SLAVIC 360	Survey of 19th-Century Russian Poetry	Ilya Kutik	M 3:30-6:20
SLAVIC 360 Survey of 19th-Century Russian Poetry Poetry in Russian culture is a powerful and unique catalyst. This course offers a survey of the main trends in 19th Century Russian poetry, which, at the time, became a national symbol through the works of Zhukovsky, Pushkin, Baratynsky, Lermontov, Tiutchev, and others. Although the topics of this so-called Golden Age of Russian literature were many, particular emphasis was on the genre of elegy.
SLAVIC 368	Andrei Tarkovsky’s Aesthetics and World Cinema	Ilya Kutik	T 2-4:50pm
SLAVIC 368 Andrei Tarkovsky’s Aesthetics and World Cinema (Co-listed with RTVF 321-0-20) In this course, we will review major films of Tarkovsky and of Russian and non- Russian directors whose work is related to his (Eisenstein, Wenders, Bergman, Kurosawa).
SLAVIC 390	The Russian Writer and the State, from Stalin to Putin	Ian Kelly	TTh 2-3:20pm
SLAVIC 390 The Russian Writer and the State, from Stalin to Putin (Co-listed with Int St 390) We examine the relationship of the Russian writer to the State. While the Tsars sought to place limits on Tolstoy, Pushkin, and others, they had a privileged place in society. But Stalin’s regime expected the writer not just to enlighten the masses, but to mobilize them to accomplish the goals of the State. Repressive measures continued until the 1980s, when Gorbachev allowed more free debate (“glasnost”). Under Putin, repression returns, rewarding those who support the State, and intimidating or silencing those who don’t.