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RUSSN 2 - Elementary Russian
Instructor(s):
Anna Kudyma
Lecture, five hours; laboratory, one hour. Requisite: course 1 or Russian placement test. P/NP or letter grading.
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RUSSN 5 - Intermediate Russian
Instructor(s):
Anna Kudyma
Lecture, five hours; laboratory, one hour. Requisite: course 4 or Russian placement test. P/NP or letter grading.
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RUSSN 25W - Great Russian Novel
Instructor(s):
Gail Lenhoff
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: English Composition 3. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 25. Designed for nonmajors. Knowledge of Russian not required. Study of major works by great 19th-century Russian novelists. Satisfies Writing II requirement. Letter grading.
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RUSSN 31 - Introduction to Russian Film
Instructor(s):
Vadim Shneyder
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; film screening, two hours. Key works, names, events, and concepts of Russian cinematic tradition. Development of skills in analyzing and interpreting films and acquisition of critical terminology of film studies. How film form and aesthetics are conditioned by technology, ideology, economics, theory, tradition, and culture. How cinema in Russia has created and contested narratives of history and identity, how cinema has served interests of state, and how it has defied them. P/NP or letter grading.
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RUSSN 100B - Literacy in Russian
Instructor(s):
Anna Kudyma
Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 100A or Russian placement test. For students who speak Russian but have difficulty reading and writing. Focus on improving reading and writing skills, increasing vocabulary, and developing speaking skills required for academic discourse. P/NP or letter grading.
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RUSSN 101B - Third-Year Russian
Instructor(s):
Susan Kresin
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Enforced requisite: course 101A or Russian placement test. Advanced grammar, reading, and conversation, with strong multimedia component. P/NP or letter grading.
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RUSSN 102B - Topics in Advanced/Superior Russian
Instructor(s):
Anna Kudyma
Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 102A or Russian placement test. Discussion and composition, with emphasis on vocabulary development and review of selected grammar topics. Readings in fiction and nonfiction, films, and videos, and use of Internet. May be taken independently and may be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.
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RUSSN 107B - Russian for Social and Cultural Studies
Instructor(s):
Anna Kudyma
Lecture, three hours. Recommended preparation: third-year Russian. Lectures and readings in Russian. Exploration of texts and media in social sciences and culture, with emphasis on press, television, and Internet. Each course may be taken independently and may be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.
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RUSSN 111B - Russian Flagship Program Abroad: Superior Russian
Instructor(s):
Ronald Vroon
Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 111A or equivalent coursework as determined by department. Taught in Russian. Designed for students with advanced proficiency. Development of skills in Russian phonetics, conversation, and grammar. Acquisition of advanced syntactical structures and expansion of lexical repertoire. Emphasis on formal interpersonal and presentational modes. Letter grading.
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RUSSN 112B - Russian Flagship Program Abroad: Russian Literature and Culture
Instructor(s):
Ronald Vroon
Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 112A or equivalent coursework as determined by department. Taught in Russian. Critical reading, analysis, and discussion of Russian literature, with exposure to Russian cultural and intellectual norms. Readings and essays, with emphasis on formal and academic writing. Letter grading.
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RUSSN 113B - Russian Flagship Program Abroad: Professional and Academic Russian and Experiential Learning
Instructor(s):
Ronald Vroon
Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisite: course 113A or equivalent coursework as determined by department. Taught in Russian. Use of discourse practices (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) to participate effectively in discussions of professional topics and situations outside of course. Opportunity to communicate in Russian in authentic contexts by participating in courses with local students, providing service to community, or interning in one business. Letter grading.
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RUSSN C124D - Studies in Russian Literature: Dostoevsky
Instructor(s):
Gail Lenhoff
Lecture, three hours. Lectures and readings in English. In-depth reading of major fictional works such as Crime and Punishment, Notes from the Underground, and The Brothers Karamazov. Concurrently scheduled with course C224D. P/NP or letter grading.
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RUSSN 126 - Russian Theater: Plays and Performance
Instructor(s):
Yelena Severina
Lecture, three hours. Lectures and readings in English. Major Russian plays and living tradition of performance from classical to avant-garde. P/NP or letter grading.
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RUSSN 130A - Russian Poetry: Introduction to Analysis of Russian Poetry
Instructor(s):
Igor Pilshchikov
Lecture, three hours. Preparation: third-year Russian recommended. Lectures and readings in Russian. Role of biography, cultural subtexts, rhetoric, and form in interpreting poetic texts. May be repeated for credit with topic and/or instructor change.
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RUSSN M145 - Literary Texts and Literary Languages: Strategies of Analysis and Digital Tools
Instructor(s):
Igor Pilshchikov
(Same as Digital Humanities M145.) Lecture, three hours. Lectures and readings in English. Non-obligatory additional materials in Russian. Formal, quantitative, and computational methods for analysis of poetry and prose. Digital tools for analysis. P/NP or letter grading.