| RUSS 100-01 |
Russia and the West
Instructor: Elena Duzs
Course Description:
An introductory and multi-disciplinary survey intended to explore the relationship between Russian culture and Western civilization. In the process, students will be exposed to aspects of Russia's history, literature, religion, philosophical traditions, music and art, politics, and economics. Suitable for those interested in a one semester introduction to Russia, and required for those who choose a major or minor in Russian.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
BOSLER 208 |
| RUSS 102-01 |
Elementary Russian
Instructor: Samuel Driver
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 310 |
| RUSS 102-02 |
Elementary Russian
Instructor: Samuel Driver
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: Ekaterina Ausheva
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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09:30 AM-10:20 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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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
BOSLER 313 |
| RUSS 254-01 |
Revolution, War, and Daily Life in Modern Russia
Instructor: Karl Qualls
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 254-01. Taught in English. This course explores Russia's attempts to forge modernity since the late 19th century. Students will explore the rise of socialism and communism, centralization of nearly all aspects of life (arts, politics, economics, and even sexual relations), and opposition to the terror regime's attempts to remake life and the post-Soviet state's attempts to overcome Russia's past.This course is cross-listed as HIST 254.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
DENNY 211 |
| RUSS 260-01 |
Art from the Underground: Currents of Soviet Nonconformist Art
Instructor: Samuel Driver
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARTH 205-04. Taught in English. What is Soviet underground art and from where did it arise? Is it a continuation of the avant-garde, a Western knock-off, a kind of political protest or pacifist dissent, or something else? What can the various groups and movements tell us about the changes in the political, historical, and cultural context of the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia? The purpose of this course is to introduce students not only to the world of Soviet Nonconformist visual art, but also to the historical and political context that shaped the period and the artistic movements therein. The course begins by laying a critical foundation concerning what preceded the underground movements, from the Russian and Soviet avant-garde to Stalinist Socialist realism, before examining the development of Soviet Nonconformist art from the mid 1950s to current day Russian art activism. A close analysis of Soviet underground movements within the context of their respective eras permits for a novel understanding of much more than just visual art, namely, the turbulent evolution of the Soviet self. By opening up the discourse to the Baltics, Georgia, Ukraine, and Central Asia, among others, it is the goal of the course to move beyond the solely Russian-centric approach to Soviet Nonconformist art toward a more comprehensive understanding of what was occurring across the Soviet Union.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
BOSLER 213 |
| RUSS 333-01 |
Advanced Seminar in Russian Culture and Literature
Instructor: Elena Duzs
Course Description:
Authentic Russian texts in different genres and disciplines present specific sets of challenges, including specialized vocabulary, narrative conventions, and idiosyncratic grammar. This course prepares students for reading, analyzing, and discussing challenging, authentic Russian texts in a variety of disciplines and genres, with an emphasis on close reading and cultural context. The course is taught in Russian and includes a variety of texts or focus on one literary text. May include courses taken in Russia. Prerequisite: 231, 232 or equivalent.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
BOSLER 222 |
| RUSS 500-01 |
Independent Study
Instructor: Alyssa DeBlasio
Course Description:
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