24 courses in the 1966–67 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Notes: (1) All courses above 100 are Honours courses. Those marked with a + are particularly recommended for general students.
(2) Russian 270 meets the requirement otherwise referred to in the calendar as cultural or civilization course.
(3) The number of hours or lectures shown after the course description is an attempt to indicate the “normal”; each instructor determines how often his particular class will meet.
For Engineering students with no previous knowledge of Russian. The elements of Russian grammar. reading and translation. 3 lectures.
Russian 10. Scientific Russian. For Graduate students with no previous knowledge of Russian. Usage and structure of Russian scientific writings. Translation in fields of specialization.
3 lectures.
For Arts and Science students with no previous knowledge in Russian. The elements of Russian grammar, reading, oral practice, composition.
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.
(taught in English). This course is divided into two parts. Part I deals with the chronological development of art, literature, social, political and regional 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 to the 19th century which ultimately led to the over-
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throw 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.
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.)
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.
Reading in Russian of selected texts of 18th, 19th, and 20th century authors: Radishchev, Karamzin, Griboedov, Nekrasov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Pasternak, etc.
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 topics. Oral drill.
Prerequisite: Russian 250 or equivalent.
2 lectures.
360.+ Russian Realism. (Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, etc.) Reading, interpretation and critical analysis of prescribed prose, drama and poetry.
Prerequisite: Russian 100.
3 lectures.
(Krylov, Zhukovsky, Pushkin, Lermontov, etc.) Reading, interpretation and critical analysis of prescribed prose, drama, and poetry. Prerequisite: Russian 100.
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.
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.
This course is conducted in Russian and provides intensive practice in spoken Russian on the advanced level.
Prerequisite: Russian 350 or equivalent.
2 lectures.
(Gorki, Mayakovsky, Babel, Fedin, Pasternak, Sholokhov, etc.) Reading, interpretation and critical analysis of prescribed prose and drama.
Prerequisite: Russian 100.
3 lectures.
Major works by Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, and Gorki.
Prerequisite: At least one course in any other literature.
3 lectures.
A study of themes, forms and schools. (Pushkin, Lermontov, Essenin, Mayakovsky, Pasternak, etc.) Prerequisite: Russian 100.
2 lectures.
Graduate Courses
(Problems and Methods)
631". Dostoevski.
641 - 645. Reading Course in Approved Topics.
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Note: All 600 courses are one term courses with the exception of 620, 621, and 699.
Ukrainian
Review of Ukrainian grammar; the place of Ukrainian in the Slavic family of languages; reading and interpretation of representative selections chosen from the works of Skovoroda, Kotliarevsky, Shevchenko, Franco, L. Ukrainka, Stefanyk, Kobylians’ka, Tychyna, Ryl’s’ky, and other contemporary writers.
3 lectures. Admission by consent of the instructor.
Kharkov and Kiev as literary centers; the Brotherhood of SS. Cyril and Methodius; the literary revival in Western Ukraine. Reading and critical analysis of prescribed prose, drama, and poetry (Shevchenko, Kostomariv, Kulish, Shashkevych, and others).