30 courses in the 1976–77 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Russian Workshop
‘*Total Immersion’’ Russian Language Workshop. The programme consists of 2 sessions (12 days each) at the Russian Language Seminar in Dyuny (near Leningrad). Instruction is given daily for four hours by Russian professors on different levels according to the proficiency of the students.
Credits: | and '/2 (for students who completed.
a) first year Russian: 193*, 194*, 195.
b) second year Russian: 293*, 294*, 295.
c) third year Russian: 393*, 394*, 395.
d) fourth year Russian 493*, 494*, 495*.)
Students can receive up to six half credits prior to graduation. Prerequisite: Russian 102* or equivalent
¢ 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. Open to graduate students of all departments Two terms.
(Arts Oriented) For students with little or no knowledge of Russian. The elements of Russian grammar and composition; with emphasis on oral practice and pronunciation. Language Laboratory and Visual aids. Selected readings of major Russian authors.
Open to all university students, except those who have credit for Russian 111*/112*.
One term, 4 h. (lect. and language lab.)
As 101*
Prerequisite: Russian 101]* or equivalent One term, 4 hours
(Science Oriented) For students with little or no knowledge of Russian. Essential grammar, sentence structure. Reading and translation of scientific literature according to the students’ fields of interest.
Open to all university students, except those who have credit for Russian 101*/102*, One term, 3 hours
As 111*.
Prerequisite: Russian 111, Russian 101 or equivalent, One term, 3 hours
A review of the fundamentals of grammar is followed by a more advanced study of the 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.
Prerequisite: Russian 102*, 112* or equivalent
One term, 3 hours
One term, 3 hours
Course Descriptions 283 German and Slavic Languages and Literatures
The course is conducted largely in Russian and provides intensive practice in spoken Russian. Vocabulary building, comprehension, pronunciation and intonation are stressed.
Prerequisite: Russian 102*, 112* or equivalent
One term, 3 hours (lectures and language lab.)
As 251*.
Prerequisite: Russian 251* or equivalent
One term, 3 hours (lectures and language lab.)
Reading of representative works from Russian Classicism, Romanticism, 19th Century Realism, and various periods of 20th century Russian literature.
Prereq: Russian 102* or permission of instructor
One term, 3 hours
As 261*. Prerequisite: Russian 261*; One term, 3 hours
271* Russian Thought and Culture
A survey of cultural history from 862 to 1861. Lectures will focus on major developments in literature, religion, philosophy, art, architecture, and music as seen against the background of Russia’s historical past. Discussion will be devoted primarily to works of Russian literature.
This course is taught in English. One term, 3 hours
Note
Arts students can take this course in their second or subsequent years; students for other faculties, in any year (Chapter 8 for course requirements in the Faculty of Arts).
A survey of cultural history from 1861 to the present. Lectures will focus on major developments in literature, philosophy, art, and music as seen against the background of Russia’s historical past. Discussion will be devoted primarily to works of Russian literature.
This course is taught in English. One term, 3 hours
A study of the form and a detailed examination of Russian short stories by major representative writers. Prerequisite: Russian 102* or permission of instructor One term, 3 hours
A study of the origins and development of Russian drama up to 1905. Reading and critical analysis of major works in various genres with emphasis on authors of the nineteenth century.
Prerequisite: Russian 102* or permission of instructor One term, 3 hours
-351* Intermediate Conversation and Composition Written reports on prescribed themes and topics. Oral drill and translation.
Prerequisite: Russian 252* or equivalent One term, 3 hours
Prerequisite: Russian 351*; One term, 3 hours
381* The Peoples of the Soviet Union Not offered 1976/77.
382* The Peoples of the Soviet Union Not offered 1976/77.
From Pushkin to Dostoevsky (Pushkin: Eugene Onegin.
Gogol: Dead Souls, Turgenev: Fathers and Sons.
Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment, and others). Themes especially emphasized will be: the complex
society, its merits, responsibility or guilt in relation to the
individual; East-West confrontation; reform ideas.
Nihilism; the superfluous man; tears behind laughter, etc.
This course is taught in English
Open to all students. One term, 3 hours
Zamiatin: We, Pasternak: Doctor Zhivago, Solzhenitsyn: Cancer Ward, and others).
Themes as in Russian 391*. This course is taught in English Open to all students. One term, 3 hours
A study of the origins and development of the epic tradition in East Stavic literature as reflected in the byliny, military tales, and verse-tales from the earliest period to the end of the eighteenth century.
Prereq: Russian 102* or permission of instructor
One term, 3 hours
Reading and critical interpretation of selected epic works from Pushkin to the present.
Prereq: Russian 441*; One term, 3 hours
Course Descriptions German and Slavic Languages and Literature
This course is conducted in Russian and provides intensive practice in spoken and written Russian on the advanced
‘level.
Prereq: Russian 352* or equivalent; One term, 3 hours
As 451*. One term, 3 hours
Reading, interpretation, and critical analysis of selected fiction and drama (Andreev, Bunin, Gorky, Kataev, Sholokhov, A.N. Tolstoy).
Prereq: Russian 102*; One term, 3 hours
Reading, interpretation, and critical analysis of selected fiction and drama (Arbusov, Bulgakov, Erenburg, Nabokov, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn)..
Prereq: Russian 461*; One term, 3 hours
Not offered in 1976–77.
The first part deals with the emergence of the Russian national literature, emphasizing the cultural and intellectual setting from the beginnings to 1917. The second part deals with Russian literature up to the present. Literary movements and major representative works not studied in other courses will be discussed.
Prerequisite: Russian 102*; One term each, 3 hours
Open to fourth year students only. One term each, 3 hours