RUSS 1 Beginner’s Russian
For Engineering students with no previous knowledge of Russian. The elements of Russian grammar, reading and translation.
3 lectures.
Russian (RUSS)
10 courses in the 1964–65 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Notes
Notes: (1) All courses above 100 are honours courses. Those marked with an asterisk are particularly recommended for general students.
(2) Russian 270 meets the requirement otherwise referred to in the calendar as cultural or civilization course.
RUSS 1-50 Beginner’s Russian
For Arts and Science students with no previous knowledge in Russian. The elements of Russian grammar, reading, oral practice, composition.
RUSS 15 Scientific Russian
A review of the fundamentals of grammar is followed by a more advanced study of grammatical structure and idiom. Readings and translation from contemporary scientific writings in the Physical Sciences with the aim of helping the student to acquire a greater vocabulary and to master the stylistic difficulties peculiar to technical writing. The reading material will be selected in accordance with the field of study of the individual student. (For Engineering students—can be taken together with Russian 50 for Science students.)
Prerequisite: Russian 1 or equivalent.
3 lectures.
RUSS 25 Russian Thought and Culture (taught in English)
This course is divided into two parts. Part I deals with the chronological development of art, literature, social, political and religious aspects during the time of Imperial Russia. Emphasis will be placed on the Byzantine influence and Mongol domination which caused the eventual isolation of Russia from Western culture. Special lectures are devoted to the “Westernization” of Russia under Peter the Great and Catherine II, the coming of the Slavophiles and the Russian Intelligentsia, a thorough discussion of social and political conditions, literary and philosophical contributions of the 19th century which ultimately led to the overthrow of the Czarist regime. Part II is entirely devoted to the Soviet Union - cultural, political, nationality problems, the establishment of new social institutions, education, Soviet philosophic thought and scientific achievements are discussed in detail.
3 lectures.
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RUSS 50 Scientific Russian
This course aims to make it possible for students of the Physical Sciences to read scientific writing. Emphasis will be placed on translation and reading skill. The fundamental principles of Russian grammar will be reviewed. (For Science students - can be taken jointly with Russian 15 for Engineering students.)
3 lectures.
RUSS 100 Introduction to Russian Literary Movements
Reading and interpretation of representative works of major Russian authors from Pushkin to the present. Oral practice, composition, grammar.
Prerequisite: Grade 13, Russian 1-50 or equivalent.
3 lectures.
250.* Introductory Russian Conversation, Composition and Phonetics. Review of grammar, presentation of oral and written reports.
Prerequisite: Russian 100, first class honours in Grade 13 or equivalent.
3 lectures.
RUSS 260 The Golden Age of Russian Literature
(Krylov, Zhukovsky, Pushkin, Lermontov, etc.) Reading, interpretation and critical analysis of prescribed prose, drama, and poetry. Prerequisite: Russian 100.
270.* Russian Thought and Culture. A study of the major thought movements and masterpieces of philosophy, literature, history, music, art, etc. The second half of the course will place emphasis on developments during the last forty years. This course is taught in English.
3 lectures.
350.* Intermediate Conversation and Composition. Written reports on prescribed themes and topices. Oral drill.
Prerequisite: Russian 250 or equivalent.
2 lectures.
360.* Russian Realism. (Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Gorki, etc.) Reading, interpretation and critical analysis of prescribed prose, drama and poetry.
Prerequisite: Russian 100.
3 lectures.
RUSS 370 Russian Literature from its Beginning to the 18th Century
An introduction to the History of the Language. Study of the Epics and Byliny. Reading and interpretations of representative works of Lomonosov, Derzhavin, Fonvizin, Radishchev.
Prerequisite: Russian 100.
3 lectures.
RUSS 380 The Peoples of the Soviet Union
Especially emphasized will be the influence of the non-Slav peoples (the Uralic, Mongol, Caucasian, etc.) on Russian race and culture. Czarist and Soviet policy towards national minorities, assimilation and integration problems in the light of linguistic divisions; development of literary languages. Some achievements of Soviet anthropology. 3 lectures.
RUSS 390 The Image of Russia and the Russians in Western Thought and Writings
This is a critical appraisal of the changing image of the Russian and Russia as presented by West European writers, poets and thinkers. Consideration will also be given to the image of western man in Russian literature.
3 lectures.