Russian (RUSS)
63 courses in the 1968–69 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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Notes.
RUSS 2 Half courses are designed for the convenience of students (Engineering and other Co-operative) who are enrolled in term-programmes
Nevertheless, to obtain credit students must follow up: 1-51 with 1-52; 101 with 102; 251 with 252; 271 with 272; 351 with 352; 381 with 382; 451 with 452.
RUSS 3 Any other two half (one term) courses constitute one full course
RUSS 4 Russian 271 plus 272 meets the requirement otherwise (see: The General Course; Honours Courses) referred to in the calendar as Culture and Civilization Courses
RUSS 5 Except for those numbered beiow 101, all the following courses are Honours courses, but are also open to students enrolled in General programmes
RUSS 10 Reading and Translation
This course is designed to assist graduate students in acquiring a reading knowledge of Russian. Usage and structure of Russian scientific writings. Translation in fields of specialization.
Two terms. Lectures arranged.
Open to graduate students of all departments.
RUSS 1-51 Beginner’s Russian
For students with no previous knowledge of Russian. The elements of Russian grammar, reading, oral practice, composition. Language Lab for Arts students. Special section for Science students with emphasis on readings and translations of writings in the principal sciences.
One term. 3 lectures; (2 labs. for Arts students).
Open to undergraduate students of all departments.
RUSS 1-52 Intermediate Russian
For students with some knowledge of Russian. The elements of Russian grammar, reading, oral practice, composition. Otherwise as 1-51. Prerequisite: Russian 1-51 or equivalent. Permission of instructor.
One term. 3 lectures; (2 labs. for Arts students).
RUSS 51 Scientific Russian
A review of the fundamentals of grammar is followed by a more advanced study of language structure and idiom. Readings and translation from contemporary scientific writing 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.
One term. 3 lectures.
Prerequisite: Russian 1-52 or equivalent. Permission of instructor.
RUSS 52 Intermediate Scientific Russian
Course description as in 51. Prerequisite: Russian 51 or equivalent. Permission of instructor. One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 101 Second Year Russian
Reading in selected texts of major Russian authors. Oral practice, grammar review, composition.
Prerequisite: open to all stuents.
One term. 2 lectures; 1 lab.
RUSS 102 Second Year Russian
Course description as in 101. Prerequisite: Russian 101 or permission of instructor. One term. 2 lectures; 1 lab.
RUSS 251 Conversation, Composition, Grammar and Phonetics
This course is conducted in Russian and provides intensive practice in spoken Russian. Vocabulary building, comprehension, pronunciation and intonation are stressed.
Prerequisite: Russian 1-52, 102, or equivalent. Permission of instructor.
One term. 3 lectures (mostly in Lang. Lab.)
RUSS 252 Conversation, Composition, Grammar and Phonetics
As 251. Prerequisite: Russian 251 or equivalent. One term. 3 lectures (mostly in Lang. Lab.)
RUSS 261 Introduction to Russian Literary Movements
Reading of representative works from Russian Classicism, Romanticism, 19th century Realism, and various periods of 20th century Russian literature.
Prerequisite: Russian 102 or permission of instructor.
One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 262 Introduction to Russian Literary Movements
As 261. Prerequisite: Russian 261. One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 271 Russian Thought and Culture
A study of the major thought movements and masterpieces of philosophy, literature, history, music, art, etc. to 1861. This course is taught in English.
Prerequisite: none.
One term. 3 lectures.
272*, Russian Thought and Culture. A study of the major thought movements and masterpieces of philosophy, literature, history, music, art, etc. from 1861 to the present. This course is taught in English.
Prerequisite: none.
One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 351 Intermediate Conversation and Composition
Written reports on prescribed themes and topics. Oral drill.
Prerequisite: Russian 252 or equivalent.
One term. 3 lectures.
Department of German and Russian
RUSS 352 Intermediate Conversation and Composition
As 351. Prerequisite: Russian 351. One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 361 Russian Realism
(Aksakov, Gogol, Goncharov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Ostrovsky) Reading, interpretation, and critical analysis of prescribed prose and drama. Prerequisite: Russian 101 and 102.
One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 362 Russian Realism
(Chernyshevsky, Leskov, Dostoevsky, Saltykov-Shchedrin, Chekhov) Reading, interpretation, and critical analysis of prescribed prose and drama.
Prerequisite: Russian 101 and 102.
One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 371 The Golden Age of Russian Literature
Reading and interpretation of prescribed prose, drama and poetry from Lomonosov to Pushkin.
Prerequisite: Russian 101 and 102.
One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 372 The Golden Age of Russian Literature
Reading and interpretation of prescribed prose, drama and poetry from Pushkin to the 1860's.
Prerequisite: Russian 101 and 102.
One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 381 The Peoples of the Soviet Union
Especially emphasized will be the study of non-Slav peoples of the Caucasus and Central Asia, European Russia and Siberia. 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.
Prerequisite: none.
One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 382 The Peoples of the Soviet Union
As 381. Prerequisite: Russian 381. One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 391 Russian Literature in Translation
From Pushkin to Dostoevsky. Prerequisite: At least one course in any other literature. One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 392 Russian Literature in Translation
From Chekhov to Pasternak. Prerequisite: At least one course in any other literature. One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 451 Advanced Conversation, Grammar and Composition
This course is conducted in Russian and provides intensive practice in spoken Russian on the advanced level. Prerequisite: Russian 352 or equivalent.
One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 452 Advanced Conversation, Grammar and Composition
As 451. One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 461 Twentieth Century Russian Literature
(Gorky, Mayakovsky, Olesha, Kataev, Leonov, Zoshchenko) Reading, interpretation, and critical analysis of prescribed prose and drama.
Prerequisite: Russian 101, 102.
One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 462 Twentieth Century Russian Literature
(Sholokhov, A. N. Tolstoy, Fadeev, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, Kazakov) Reading, interpretation, and critical analysis of prescribed prose and drama.
One term. 3 lectures.
Prerequisite: Russian 461.
RUSS 471 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.
Prerequisite: none.
One term. 3 lectures.
472.*. The Image of Russia and the Russians in Western Thought and Writings. As 391.
Prerequisite: none.
One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 481 Russian Poetry
A study of themes and forms of representative authors of Classicism, Romantisism and Realism (Lomonosov, Derzhavin, Pushkin, Lermontov, Nekrasov, Fet, Tiutchev, etc.).
Prerequisite: Russian 101 and 102.
One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 482 Russian Poetry
A study of themes and forms of representative authors from Symbolism to the present (Blok, Esenin, Mayakovsky, Akhmatova, etc.). Prerequisite: Russian 101 and 102.
One term. 3 lectures.
495*-498*. Reading course in Approved Topics. Open for fourth year students only. One term each. 3 lectures.
Ukrainian
RUSS 201 Introduction to Ukrainian Literagure
The place of Ukrainian in the Slavic family of languages; review of grammar; reading of texts chosen from the works of Ukrainian authors. (Skovoroda, Kotliarevs’ky, Franko, L. Ukrainka, Ryls’ky and others).
Prerequisite: Admission by consent of the instructor.
One term. 3 lectures.
Department of German and Russian
RUSS 202 Introduction to Ukrainian Literature
A critical survey of Ukrainian literature from Kotliarevs’ky to the present.
Prerequisite: Ukrainian 201 or admission by consent of the instructor.
One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 301 Ukrainian Romanticism
Taras Shevchenko and his Time. Kharkov and Kiev as literary centers; the Brotherhood of SS. Cyril and Methodius; reading and critical interpretation of prescribed prose, drama and poetry. (Shevchenko, Kostomariv, Kulish, and others.).
Prerequisite: Ukrainian 202 or admission by consent of the instructor.
One term. 3 lectures.
RUSS 302 Ukrainian Romanticism
The literary revival in Western Ukraine. A critical study of the literary movement with special emphasis on the major authors (Shashkevych, Wahylevych, Holovats’kyj and others).
Prerequisite: Ukrainian 301 or admission by consent of the instructor.
One term. 3 lectures.
Graduate Courses
German
RUSS 600 German Literary Criticism
Research techniques, source material, bibliography.
RUSS 601 Intellectual Foundations of German Classicism
RUSS 620 Studies of a Modern Author
RUSS 621 Recent German Literature
RUSS 630 The German Novel
RUSS 631 The German Novelle
RUSS 640 Lessing
RUSS 641 Schiller
RUSS 650 Goethe
RUSS 651 Kleist
RUSS 660 The German Drama to 1889
RUSS 661 Twentieth Century German Drama
RUSS 670 Medieval German Literature
RUSS 671 History of the German Language
RUSS 680 Andreas Gryphius and his Time
RUSS 681 Heine and Young Germany
RUSS 690 Gothic
691*, Old High German.
692*, The History of German Literary Criticism. 695*-698*. Reading Course in Approved Topics. 699-M. Thesis.
699-D. Thesis.
All the courses with the exception of the Thesis are one term courses.
Russian
RUSS 600 Russian Literary Criticism
(Problems and methods)
RUSS 601 Pushkin or Lermontov
RUSS 620 Old Church Slavonic
RUSS 621 History of the Russian Language
RUSS 630 Tolstoy
RUSS 631 Dostoevsky
RUSS 640 The Russian Drama
RUSS 650 Contemporary Russian Literature
651*. Early East Slavic Literature (the epics, the byliny, the chronicles.) 695*-698*. Reading Course in Approved Topics. 699-M. Thesis.
Note: All 600 courses are one term courses with the exception of 620, 621, and 699.