47 courses in the 1993–94 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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Introductory Note
Not alf courses listed in this section are available. Please consult the 1993-94 Course Offerings List or the Department for current course information.
Russian Language Study in Moscow
A “total immersion” Russian language course at the Pushkin Institute in Moscow, Russia. Daily instruction by Russian faculty at the elementary, intermediate, and advanced levels. Duration of program is normally four-six weeks, although longer periods in Russia are possible.
Prereq: At least one year of Russian language at the University level or equivalent
Credits: 1.5 for completion of
1. first-year Russian: 193, 194, 195 or
2. second-year Russian: 293, 294, 295 or 3. third-year Russian: 393, 394, 395 or
4. fourth-year Russian: 493, 494, 495.
This program may be attended more than once. However, a maximum of 1.5 credits will normally be granted towards a degree.
A rapid, intensive course, designed to enable the students to master reading and translating Russian. Special emphasis on international and scientific terminology, ranging over many of the main branches of science. Notwithstanding its simplified approach, the main features of Russian grammar are treated in fuil.
Taught in English
Open to all students with little or no knowledge of Russian, except those who have credit for RUSS 101 or 102
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 with the aim of helping the student to acquire a greater vocabulary and to master the stylistic difficulties peculiar to technical writing.
A survey of cultural history from the beginnings to 1905. Lectures will focus on major developments in literature, 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.
A survey of cultural history from 1905 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.
Theory, methodology, and techniques of translation. Pattems and problems in the translation of scholarly texts from the arts and sciences, with special emphasis on idiom and structure as compared with the target language.
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.
Taught in English.
Extra work in Russian required of Russian majors only
RUSS 351Intermediate Conversation and CompositionF 3C 0.5
In principle, this course is a continuation of RUSS 251/252. In terms of vocabulary building, apart from the spoken language, the comprehension of the literary language is especially stressed.
RUSS 356The Stage as Forum: Russian Drama in TranslationW 3C 0.5
Major Russian dramas will be studied from various points of view including historical importance, themes, and technique. The course includes theory and selected dramas of such playwrights as Gogol, Chekhov, Tolstoy, Gorky, Mayakovsky, and Pogodin.
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 division; development of literary languages. Some achievements of Soviet anthropology.
Reading and interpretation of 19th century novels selected from the works of Gogoi, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy. Lectures on social and intellectual background.
Taught in English.
Extra work in Russian required of Russian majors only
Reading and interpretation of 19th- and 20th-century novels selected from the works of Gorky, Zamyatin, Pasternak, and Solzhenitsyn. Lectures on social and intellectua] background.
Taught in English
Extra work in Russian required of Russian majors only
This course deals with the emergence of the Russian national literature, emphasizing the cultural and intellectual setting from the beginning to 1917. Literary movements and major representative works not studied in other courses will be discussed.
Taught in English
Extra work in Russian required of Russian majors only
This second part deals with Russian literature up to the present. Literary movements and major representative works not studied in other courses will be discussed. Taught in English Extra work in Russian required of Russian majors only Open to ail students