| RUSS 102-01 |
Elementary Russian
Instructor: Elena Duzs, Ekaterina Ausheva
Course Description:
An intensive study of the fundamentals of Russian grammar, with an emphasis on the development of reading, writing, speaking, and understanding skills. Short stories and songs will supplement the text.Prerequisite: 101 or the equivalent
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08:30 AM-09:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 222 |
| RUSS 102-02 |
Elementary Russian
Instructor: Elena Duzs, Ekaterina Ausheva
Course Description:
An intensive study of the fundamentals of Russian grammar, with an emphasis on the development of reading, writing, speaking, and understanding skills. Short stories and songs will supplement the text.Prerequisite: 101 or the equivalent
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09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 222 |
| RUSS 202-01 |
Intermediate Russian II
Instructor: Alyssa DeBlasio
Course Description:
Emphasis on the development of reading, speaking, and writing skills. Reading of simple texts to acquaint the student with a variety of styles of the Russian language, concentration on some of the more difficult problems in the Russian grammar, translation, written composition, vocabulary building, and intonation. Prerequisite: 201 or equivalent.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MTWRF
BOSLER 211 |
| RUSS 232-01 |
Russian for Narration and Analysis
Instructor: Ekaterina Ausheva
Course Description:
Reading and discussion of literary works by representative authors from the pre- and post-Revolutionary periods. Prerequisite: 202 or the equivalent.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
BOSLER 222 |
| RUSS 233-01 |
Phonetics
Instructor: Ekaterina Ausheva
Course Description:
Beginning students of Russianand even students who have already completed several semesters of the languageare beset with hesitation and even anxiety about their pronunciation. In this course, we will explore and analyze the phonetic dimensions of the Russian language that create special difficulties for non-native speakers. These include: articulatory phonetics, phonological rules, register effects and literary pronunciations, syllabic and metrical structure, intonation, and prosody. This course is intended as a supplement to students study of the Russian language in other classes. Students will apply what they learn to their own pronunciation, aided by in-class oral exercises and readings of plays, poetry, and prose. Along the way, students will increase their knowledge of Russian culture. May be offered as 0.5 or 1 credit. Prerequisite: RUSS 102
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04:30 PM-05:45 PM, R
BOSLER 319 |
| RUSS 248-01 |
Russian Culture and the Environment
Instructor: Alyssa DeBlasio
Course Description:
Russia is the largest country in the world. It contains some of our largest supplies of natural resources, including the most voluminous freshwater lake and the most square miles of forest. Russia and the Soviet Union have also been home to devastating environmental catastrophes, such as the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It is thus fitting that the theme of the environmentboth natural and man-madehave played a pivotal role in the Russian cultural imagination of the past two centuries. This course will look at how Russian and Soviet culture from the nineteenth century to the present engage with the theme of the environment over a variety of genres, including literature, film, journalism, and art. No knowledge of Russian is required. Taught in English. Offered every three years.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
BOSLER 213 |
| RUSS 360-01 |
Food and Culture in Russian Society
Instructor: Elena Duzs
Course Description:
Taught in English. This fourth year Russian course provides extensive practice in oral and written communication at the advanced level and is organized around the topic of Food Culture in Russia. We will examine Food in Russia through the lens of popular culture, film and literature, and will work with a variety of texts, including personal memoirs, cultural histories, fairy tales, proverbs, short stories, poems, and food reviews. You will research, write, and speak about how food and food culture reflect the human experience in Russia. Most readings will be assigned in Russian, but some in English, in order to speed up building the expertise in the food subject. All writing and the oral presentations will be in Russian.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
BOSLER 214 |
| RUSS 500-01 |
Reading Gogol in Russian
Instructor: Elena Duzs
Course Description:
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