Slavic Aab. Beginning Russian (Intensive)
Catalog Number: 4441
Patricia R. Chaput and others
Full course (fall term; repeated spring term). M. through F., at 9. EXAM GROUP: 2, 11
Covers the same material as Slavic A but in one semester.
Note: See sectioning note above.
Slavic Ac. Intermediate Grammar and Vocabulary Review I
Catalog Number: 0496
Patricia R. Chaput and others
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10, with an additional hour Tu., at 10 or 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
For students who would benefit from additional work on grammar before continuing on to more advanced courses. Oral and written exercises focus on speaking and writing accurately and on developing confidence with vocabulary.
Note: See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: One or more years of college-level Russian or equivalent and consultation with the instructor.
Slavic B. Intermediate Russian
Catalog Number: 3262
Vladimir Y. Gitin and others
Full course. M., W., F., sections at 9 or at 10, with two additional hours of speaking practice: Tu., Th., at 9, 10, or 11. EXAM GROUP: 1
Major emphasis on the development of vocabulary and oral expression with continuing work on difficult grammar topics. Vocabulary thematically organized to include such topics as self and family, education, work, human relationships, politics, and national attitudes. Includes practice in the etiquette of common social situations. Vocabulary reinforced through film and the reading of classical and contemporary fiction and history. Computer exercises on selected topics.
Note: See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: Slavic A, Aab, Ac, or placement at the intermediate level. Familiarity with fundamentals of Russian grammar, particularly case endings of the noun, pronoun, and adjective. One year’s practice in spoken Russian.
Slavic Ba. Intermediate Russian: First Semester
Catalog Number: 0638
Vladimir Y. Gitin and others
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 10, with two additional hours of speaking practice Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3, 12
Covers the material of the first semester of Slavic B.
Note: See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: Slavic A, Aab, Ac, or placement at the intermediate level. One year’s practice in spoken Russian.
Slavic Bab. Intermediate Russian (Intensive)
Catalog Number: 1657
Vladimir Y. Gitin and others
Full course (fall term; repeated spring term). Meets eight hours per week. Fall: M., through F., at 9, with an additional hour of speaking practice M., W., F., at 11; Spring: M., through F., at 10, with an additional hour of speaking practice M., W., F., at 10 or 1. EXAM GROUP: Fall: 2, 11; Spring: 3, 12
Covers essentially the same material as Slavic B, but in one semester. Readings may vary.
Note: See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: Slavic A, Aab, Ac, or placement at the intermediate level.
Slavic Ca. Beginning Czech I
Catalog Number: 2173
Alfred Thomas and assistant
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10, and an additional hour for speaking practice to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
An introductory course in modern Czech for students with no previous knowledge of the language. Emphasis on the development of oral proficiency as well as on reading and listening comprehension skills. Written work for practice and reinforcement. Reading of simple poetry and prose.
Slavic Cb. Beginning Czech II
Catalog Number: 7117
Alfred Thomas and assistant
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 10, and an additional hour for speaking practice to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
Continuation of modern Czech grammar and the further development of reading, writing, and oral skills. Reading and discussion of simple literary texts by Hašek, Capek, Havel, and Kundera.
*Slavic Cr. Supervised Readings in Intermediate/Advanced Czech
Catalog Number: 0847
Patricia R. Chaput and assistant
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Emphasis on reading with some practice in speaking and writing. Conducted as a tutorial based on student course proposals.
Note: Interested students should contact Professor Chaput before the first day of class to apply. No applications accepted after the third day of classes.
Slavic Da. Beginning Polish I
Catalog Number: 8158
Anna Baranczak
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 9, and an additional hour for speaking practice to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 2
Introduction to the fundamentals of Polish designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language. Emphasis on oral practice of essential grammar structures in naturally occurring conversational patterns. Reading and discussion of simple prose and/or poetry.
Slavic Db. Beginning Polish II
Catalog Number: 6907
Anna Baranczak
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 9, and an additional hour for speaking practice to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 2
Continuation of Slavic Da. Continued work on Polish grammar with increasing emphasis on reading. Continued oral work and writing for practice and reinforcement.
*Slavic Dr. Supervised Readings in Intermediate/Advanced Polish
Catalog Number: 1096
Patricia R. Chaput and assistant
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Emphasis on reading with some practice in speaking and writing. Conducted as a tutorial based on student course proposals.
Note: Interested students should contact Professor Chaput before the first day of class to apply. No applications accepted after the third day of classes.
Slavic Ea. Beginning Croatian and Serbian I
Catalog Number: 3163
Thomas Joseph Butler
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10, and an additional hour for speaking practice to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
Formerly called Serbo-Croatian. An introductory course for students with no prior knowledge of these languages. Fundamentals of grammar; work on listening and reading comprehension. Students will choose either Serbian or Croatian for their oral and written work; listening and reading comprehension will include both variants.
Slavic Eb. Beginning Croatian and Serbian II
Catalog Number: 2683
Thomas Joseph Butler
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 10, and an additional hour for speaking practice to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
Continuation of Slavic Ea. Continued work on vocabulary expansion with further development of written and oral skills. Readings and discussion of simple or adapted poetry and prose.
*Slavic Er. Supervised Readings in Intermediate/Advanced Croatian and Serbian
Catalog Number: 7413
Patricia R. Chaput and assistant
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Emphasis on reading with some practice in speaking and writing. Conducted as a tutorial based on student course proposals.
Note: Interested students should contact Professor Chaput before the first day of class to apply. No applications accepted after the third day of classes.
Slavic Ga. Beginning Ukrainian I
Catalog Number: 5536
Patricia R. Chaput and assistant
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 9, and an additional hour for speaking practice to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 2
Introduction to the fundamentals of Ukrainian designed for students with no previous knowledge of the language. Emphasis on oral practice of essential grammar structures in naturally occurring conversational patterns. Reading and discussion of simple prose and/or poetry. Writing for practice and reinforcement.
Slavic Gb. Beginning Ukrainian II
Catalog Number: 7126
Patricia R. Chaput and assistant
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 9, and an additional hour for speaking practice to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 2
Continuation of Slavic Ga. Continued work on Ukrainian grammar with further development of vocabulary, oral expression and comprehension. Readings of short stories and poems with discussion of texts in Ukrainian.
*Slavic Gr. Supervised Readings in Intermediate/Advanced Ukrainian
Catalog Number: 1260
Patricia R. Chaput and assistant
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Emphasis on reading with some practice in speaking and writing. Conducted as a tutorial based on student course proposals.
Note: Interested students should contact Professor Chaput before the first day of class to apply. No applications accepted after the third day of classes.
Slavic 101. Advanced Intermediate Russian: Reading, Grammar Review, and Conversation
Catalog Number: 7234
Natalia Pokrovsky (fall term) and Alfia A. Rakova
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Fall: M., W., F., at 9 or 11, with two additional hours of speaking practice Tu., Th., at 10, 11, or 1; Spring: M., W., F., at 11, with two additional hours of speaking practice Tu., Th., at 1. EXAM GROUP: Fall: 2, 4; Spring: 4
Continuing development of speaking and reading proficiency. Vocabulary work emphasizes verbs and verb government as essential to effective communication. Work on word formation to increase reading vocabulary. Texts for reading and discussion include works by Chekhov and Dostoevsky, poetry, and film.
Note: See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: Slavic B, Bab, Bb, or placement at this level.
Slavic 102. Advanced Russian: Introduction to the Russian Press and Historical Writing
Catalog Number: 3280
Helen Martikainen
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 9, and a fourth hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 2
Introduction to the language of Russian newspapers, journals, historical writing, and TV programming. Basic vocabulary for areas of current interest, including politics, history, economics, political philosophy, and popular culture. Intended for students who desire a professional level of reading proficiency in the topic areas listed. Supplementary work on oral comprehension. One hour per week devoted to discussion of television and reading.
Note: See sectioning note above. Conducted largely in English.
Prerequisite: Slavic 101, 103, 104, or Slavic B, Bb, or Bab with permission of instructor.
Slavic 103. Advanced Russian: Reading, Composition, and Conversation
Catalog Number: 8638
Natalia Pokrovsky
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Fall: M., W., F., at 11, with two additional hours of speaking practice Tu., Th., at 1. Spring: M., W., F., at 11, with two additional hours of speaking practice Tu., Th., at 10 or 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Continuing work on vocabulary and grammar centering on verbs and verb government. Readings (a satirical tale by Shvartz, poetry of Akhmatova) and film (Bykov’s Scarecrow) address personal and social aspects of Soviet totalitarianism.
Note: See sectioning note above. Strongly recommended for students who plan to continue on in Russian.
Prerequisite: Slavic 101, or placement at the 103 or 104 level.
Slavic 104. Advanced Russian: Topics in Russian Culture
Catalog Number: 0795
Alfia A. Rakova
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 1, with two additional hours of speaking practice Tu., Th., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 6
Work on vocabulary, reading, and writing with continued emphasis on verbs. Through literary texts, non-fiction, and film, this course explores and seeks to identify Russian cultural attitudes in contrast with those of American and other cultures. Topics include explorations of attitudes toward the individual in society, gender roles, prestige and success, truth and falsehood, and justice and the law.
Note: See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: Slavic 103, 113 or permission of instructor.
Slavic 109. Theater Workshop
Catalog Number: 1221
Patricia R. Chaput and members of the Department
Half course (fall term). M., W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Intensive work on pronunciation, intonation, syntax, and vocabulary of spoken Russian using short plays of the 19th and 20th centuries as a vehicle for practice. Students prepare readings of plays and may stage one short piece. Written work to reinforce vocabulary and composition skills.
Note: See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: Slavic B, Bab, or placement at the third-year level or above.
Slavic 110. Russian for Business
Catalog Number: 6212
Helen Martikainen
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Introduction to the language of business, both oral and written, and to the etiquette of business situations. Development of vocabulary in the areas of management, economics, and politics. Discussion of cultural attitudes to business, both unofficial and official. Reading and discussion of articles from current periodicals in the areas of business, economics, and politics.
Note: See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: Slavic 101, 102, or 103, or permission of instructor.
*Slavic 111. Advanced Russian: Readings in Russian/Post-Soviet Studies
Catalog Number: 1594
Alexander Babyonyshev
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 11. EXAM GROUP: 4
Reading and discussion of topics in the areas of history, economics, politics, and current events. Continued work on grammar and vocabulary with written exercises and compositions. TV viewing for comprehension development.
Note: See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: Slavic 101 and 102, Slavic 103, or placement at the level of Slavic 111/113r.
*Slavic 112. Advanced Russian: Russian Press and Television
Catalog Number: 3290
Natalia Pokrovsky
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 1, with an additional hour of TV viewing to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 6
For students who already have experience reading Russian periodicals. Readings in and analysis of current topics and their presentation in the Russian press. Examination of the history of selected periodicals. Viewing of Russian news programs and analysis of language and content. Class conducted in Russian.
Note: See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: Slavic 102 plus an additional course at the level of Slavic 101 or above.
Slavic 113. Advanced Russian: Readings in Russian Literature
Catalog Number: 0955
Natalia Pokrovsky
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 1, and an additional hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 6
Reading and discussion of classic and contemporary Russian literature. Continued work on vocabulary expansion and composition. Written exercises for reinforcement. Readings from authors such as Gogol, Chekhov, Bulgakov, Pasternak, Brodsky, and Bitov.
Note: See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: Slavic 103 or 104 or placement at this level or above.
[Slavic 116. Stylistics]
Catalog Number: 3480
Vladimir Y. Gitin
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Reading and analysis of selections from Russian literature of the 19th and 20th centuries focusing on interpretation of style and usage. Exercises in lexical, phraseological, and syntactic “synonymy.” Reinforcement through translation and composition.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Prerequisite: Slavic 121.
*Slavic 117r. Advanced Russian: Special Topics
Catalog Number: 4671
Alexander Babyonyshev
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 6
Russian/post-Soviet studies, including the political, economical and judicial system, parliamentary and presidential elections, the role of political parties, domestic affairs (including environmental policy), and foreign policy. Special topics include Russia as a federal state, the status of regions and republics, urban and rural areas. Also religions, human rights problems, the new social structure of the society.
Note: See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: Slavic 111, 112, 119, 120, or permission of instructor.
Slavic 118. Readings in Russian Poetry
Catalog Number: 5356
Vladimir Y. Gitin
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 6
Analysis of selections from Russian poetry from the point of view of language, poetic context, and literary tradition. Fet, Tiutchev, Annensky, Pasternak, Tsvetaeva.
Note: Expected to be omitted in 2000–01. See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: Slavic 121.
*Slavic 119. Contemporary Issues: Nationalities of the Former Soviet Union
Catalog Number: 0636
Alexander Babyonyshev
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
The former Soviet Union as a multinational state, seen in its historical development and in the light of recent events. Questions of national identity and their political and academic consequences. Introduction to related demographic issues. Reading, discussion, composition, and supplementary written work, as needed.
Note: See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: Slavic 102 and 103 or Slavic 111a, 111b, 112, or 120.
*Slavic 120r (formerly Slavic 120). Supervised Readings in Advanced Russian
Catalog Number: 7121
Patricia R. Chaput and members of the Department
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Reading, discussion, and writing on special topics not addressed in other courses. Conducted as a tutorial with topics determined by student interest. Requires a course proposal to apply; acceptance is not automatic.
Note: See sectioning note above. Interested students should contact Professor Chaput before the first day of class to apply. No applications accepted after the third day of classes.
Prerequisite: Slavic 102, and additional course at the level of Slavic 101 or above, or Slavic 111, 112, 113 or permission of instructor.
Slavic 121. Advanced Russian: Reading Literary Texts
Catalog Number: 4812
Vladimir Y. Gitin
Half course (fall term). M., at 12, F., 12–2, W., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 5, 6
A course designed to further develop students’ sensitivity to the reading of literary texts. Topics to include the nature of lexical meaning including both denotation and meaning associations, syntactic meaning, aspects of morphology, word order and intonation, and colloquial language. Texts will include both prose and poetry.
Note: Intended primarily for graduate students in the Slavic Department. See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: Slavic 103 or placement at this level or above.
[Slavic 122. Advanced Russian: Introduction to Academic Writing]
Catalog Number: 4540
Helen Martikainen
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Workshop in academic writing and lecturing for students who expect to be making written and oral presentations in Russian on academic topics. Consideration of traditions and conventions in academic writing in Russian and English, and in cross-cultural presentation. Students will rewrite existing course papers, create abstracts, and prepare topics in Russian literature and culture for both written and oral presentation.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. Recommended for students who have completed other coursework and are working on the dissertation. See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: An appropriate score on the placement exam or permission of the instructor.
*Slavic 96. Tutorial — Sophomore Year
Catalog Number: 4728
Alfred Thomas and others
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4.
Note: For concentrators in Russian Literature and Culture.
*Slavic 97. Tutorial — Sophomore Year
Catalog Number: 7595
Alfred Thomas and others
Full course. Th., 2–4.
Note: For concentrators in Russian Studies.
*Slavic 98. Tutorial — Junior Year
Catalog Number: 1684
Julie A. Buckler (fall term) and John E. Malmstad (spring term)
Full course. W., 2–4.
Note: Required of junior concentrators in Russian Literature and Culture. Other students may enroll for one or both semesters.
*Slavic 99r. Tutorial — Senior Year
Catalog Number: 5592
Alfred Thomas and members of the Department
Full course. Hours to be arranged.
Note: May be divided upon petition. Students who wish to enroll must obtain the signature of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. If, for any reason, students do not submit an honors thesis, they must hand in a special course paper in order to receive credit for Slavic 99 in the spring term.
Slavic 126a. Structure of Modern Russian: Phonology and Morphology
Catalog Number: 3083
Sue Brown
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
Introduction to transliteration, transcription, articulatory phonetics, phonemics, morphophonemics, inflection, and derivation. Examines why the spelling system only sometimes corresponds with its pronunciation; why conjugation and declension are more regular than they might seem; how to figure out the meaning of a word by looking at its parts, and in turn how it relates to other words that you might already know. Course goal is to give a deeper understanding and appreciation of the regularities and complexities of Russian through the study of its structure.
Prerequisite: Slavic B, Bab or placement at the third-year level.
Slavic 126b. Structure of Modern Russian: Morphosyntax
Catalog Number: 3508
Sue Brown
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 3
Introduction to traditional and generative approaches to Russian syntax and grammatical categories. Topics include negation, case marking, reflexives, interrogatives, among others.
Prerequisite: Slavic B, Bab, or placement at the third-year level.
Slavic 130a. Survey of Czech Literature from the Beginnings to 1774
Catalog Number: 1484
Alfred Thomas
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10, and a third hour for those who wish to consider the texts in the original. EXAM GROUP: 12
A survey of Czech literature from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the National Revival. Attention is paid to the historical, political, and social context, including questions of gender, race, and class. In addition to reading representative works of Czech literature, students are exposed to the most important aspects of Czech music, painting, and architecture from these periods.
Note: No knowledge of Czech required.
[Slavic 130b. Survey of Czech Literature from 1774 to the Present]
Catalog Number: 2258
Alfred Thomas
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 10, and a third hour for those who wish to consider the texts in the original. EXAM GROUP: 12
A survey of modern Czech literature from the beginning of the National Revival to the present. Attention is paid to the historical, political, and social context, including questions of gender, race and class. In addition to reading representative works of Czech literature, students are exposed to the most important aspects of Czech music, painting, and architecture from these periods.
Note: No knowledge of Czech required.
Slavic 132. Post-War Czech Literature and Film
Catalog Number: 3925
Half course (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Examines the development of Czech poetry, fiction, drama, and cinema from 1945, through the Stalinist era, the post-Stalinist “thaw” of the late 50s and 60s, the “normalization” of the 1970s, up to the Velvet Revolution and its aftermath. Special attention to works by Chytilová, Forman, Havel, Holub, Holan, Hrabal, Kundera, Linhartová, Lustig, Menzel, Páral, Škvorecký, Topol, Vaculik, and Weil.
Note: No knowledge of Czech required.
[Slavic 133. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Slavic Literatures]
Catalog Number: 0988
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Explores “classical” Freudian and post-Freudian psychoanalytic approaches to selected works of 19th- and 20th-century Czech, Polish and Russian literature by Capek, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Kriseová, Kundera, Lem, Mácha, Nemcová, Pushkin, Reymont and Zamyatin with special reference to theoretical readings by Bersani, Borch-Jacobsen, Cixous, Freud, Kristeva, Lacan and others.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. No knowledge of Slavic languages required.
[Slavic 140. 18th-Century Russian Literature: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 6495
Julie A. Buckler
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Survey of period literature emphasizing generic diversity and cultural context. Discussion of major intellectual and literary movements, cultural practices, court life, urban landscape, origins and education of the Russian intelligentsia, public and private spheres. Examines European models for Russian literary production and the evolving tradition for Russian literature.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Prerequisite: Good reading knowledge of Russian.
[Slavic 141. Soviet Literature and Culture 1950s–1990s: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 1286
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines the culture of the post-Stalin period from Socialist realism to the art of glasnost’ and post-communism. Literary texts (poetry, fiction, memoir), films, works of conceptual art, songs, and television programs are discussed and supplemented by readings in cultural theory. Special topics include the rewriting of history in literature and film, conceptions of utopia and kitsch, the relationship between art and mass culture, representations of sexuality, and exploration of national identity.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Russian. Most materials also available in English.
[Slavic 144. Russian Dramatic Genres: Texts and Contexts]
Catalog Number: 8117
Julie A. Buckler
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Samples a wide variety of Russian dramatic texts (18th century to present) within the context of the theater as an institution: performance traditions, dramatic theory, artists, directory, repertoire, criticism, and theater-going practices. Explores the prevalence of performativity and theatricality in Russian culture. Compares Russian dramatic tradition with that of Russian national opera. Surveys popular theatrical genres such as comic opera, vaudeville, operetta, and cafe-theater.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. No knowledge of Russian is required.
[Slavic 145a. Russian Literature in Translation: The 19th-Century Tradition]
Catalog Number: 5191
Julie A. Buckler
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 11, and a discussion hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 13
A survey of major works, chiefly fiction, from Pushkin through Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[Slavic 145b. Russian Literature in Translation: The 20th-Century Tradition]
Catalog Number: 6663
Svetlana Boym
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 5, 14
A survey of major works and trends in pre- and post-Revolutionary Russian literature from Chekhov through Brodsky and Tolstaya.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[Slavic 146 (formerly Slavic 284). Mapping St. Petersburg]
Catalog Number: 2221
Julie A. Buckler
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Petersburg’s cultural history and culturally-defined topography. Revisits well-known literary texts by Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Goncharov, Blok, Mandelshtam, Akhmatova, Bely, and others in terms of urban and textual space theory. Considers memoirs, physiological sketches, feuilletons, myths, anecdotes, urban legends, visual representations, and photographs. Concludes with post-Soviet Petersburg’s invocations of its pre-revolutionary identity.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. No knowledge of Russian required.
Slavic 152. Pushkin
Catalog Number: 8023
William Mills Todd III
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
A survey of the lyrics, narrative poems, fiction, and critical prose of Russia’s “national poet.” Close reading of the texts; attention to contemporary cultural issues. Lecture and discussion.
Prerequisite: Good reading knowledge of Russian.
[Slavic 155. Dostoevsky]
Catalog Number: 6850
William Mills Todd III
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Reading of Dostoevsky’s major works, with a view to showing how the problems they contain (social, psychological, political, metaphysical) are inseparable not only from his time but from the distinctive novelistic form he created.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. No knowledge of Russian required.
[Slavic 156. Vladimir Nabokov: A Cross-Cultural Perspective]
Catalog Number: 8650
Svetlana Boym
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Examines Nabokov’s poetry, fiction, film scripts, and essays from Russian, European and American periods. Attention to issues of literary modernism, cultural translation and memory. Additional readings from Chekhov, Proust, Bergson, Borges and others.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Russian desirable but not required.
[Slavic 157. Tolstoy]
Catalog Number: 2005
Julie A. Buckler
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Tolstoy’s development as a writer and thinker, beginning with his early diaries and progressing through the great novels, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, to the late stories and plays. Examines Tolstoy’s work in light of recent critical approaches to authorship, artistic biography, literary canon, 19th-century notions of sexuality and morality. How has Tolstoy been variously interpreted in Russian, Soviet, and Western-humanistic contexts? How did Tolstoy view his own work at various points in his life?
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. No knowledge of Russian required.
[Slavic 158. Some Versions of Russian Pastoral ]
Catalog Number: 0581
William Mills Todd III
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Readings of 18th- through 20th-century Russian literature, including prose and verse by Karamzin, Pushkin, Sergei Aksakov, Goncharov, Turgenev, Saltykov-Shchedrin, Tolstoy, and Gorky. Discussion focuses on contemporary cultural contexts and on theoretical issues.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. No knowledge of Russian required.
[Slavic 162e. Survey of Polish Literature from the Beginnings to 1795]
Catalog Number: 5477
---------------
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Introductory course to show the birth and growth of Polish literature against the general cultural background of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque, and the Age of Enlightenment.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. No knowledge of Polish required.
Slavic 162f. Survey of Polish Literature, 1795–1890
Catalog Number: 1117
Lidia Stefanowska
Half course (fall term). M., W., at 12, and a third hour for those who wish to consider the texts in the original. EXAM GROUP: 5
Introductory course to analyze selected works from Polish Romantic and Positivist literature, up to the years of anti-Positivist crisis. Special emphasis on representative works for the formation of modern historical consciousness in Polish literature.
Note: No knowledge of Polish required.
[Slavic 162g. Survey of Polish Literature, 1890–1939]
Catalog Number: 7750
----------
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Analysis of selected works representing the turn-of-the-century neo-Romantic movement of Young Poland and literature of the two decades between the world wars. Special emphasis on literary experiment in works of such authors as Witkacy, Gombrowicz, Schulz, and others.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. No knowledge of Polish required.
[Slavic 162h. Survey of Polish Literature, 1939–Present]
Catalog Number: 3293
Lidia Stefanowska
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., at 10, and a third hour for those who wish to consider the texts in the original. EXAM GROUP: 12
Analysis of selected works representing literature of the World War II period, literature written in Poland under Communist rule as well as in exile between 1944 and 1989, and literature of the most recent years.
Note: No knowledge of Polish required.
Slavic 162r. Readings in Polish Literature: From the Golden Age of the Renaissance to the Masterpieces of Our Time
Catalog Number: 8395
Anna Baranczak
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 12. EXAM GROUP: 5
A close-reading course to analyze selected masterpieces of Polish literature (poems, short stories, fragments of novels and plays) in the original, from the birth of Humanism in the 16th-century to 19th-century Romanticism to the modern and postmodern periods. Reading and discussion of the works of Jan Kochanowski (16th c.), Ignacy Krasicki (18th c.), Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Slowacki, Cyprian Norwid, Boleslaw Prus (19th c.), Witold Gombrowicz, Bruno Schulz, Czeslaw Milosz, Wislawa Szymborska, Zbigniew Herbert and others, with emphasis on their artistic structure and role in the historical process.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Polish.
[Slavic 165. Survey of Modern (19th- and 20th-Century) Ukrainian Literature ]
Catalog Number: 0410
George G. Grabowicz
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
An introduction to Ukrainian literary and intellectual culture with a special focus on literature as a social and cultural institution, on its central role in articulating ethnic awareness and shaping national identity, and its function, in various periods of Ukrainian history (the late 19th century, the 1920s, the late Soviet period) as the prime medium of political discourse. Students are introduced to films of related interest such as “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors,” “Arsenal,” “Babyi Yar,” and others.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. No knowledge of Ukrainian required.
[Slavic 166. Russian-Ukrainian Literary Relations in the 19th Century: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 3513
George G. Grabowicz
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of the broad gamut of Russian-Ukrainian literary relations from 1798 to 1905, with special focus on canon formation, the formation of ethnic and national identity, the movement from a unified imperial frame to separate national literary contexts, and the interrelation of literature, society, and ideology. Topics include early historicist concerns (the Decembrists), the role of Romantic poetics, folklore and ethnographism, the role of ideology (Belinsky, the Slavophiles, populism), the functions of bilingualism and the uses of translation, the reception of major writers (Gogol, Ševcenko, and others), official suppression and the debate over “Ukrainophilism” and the place of Ukrainian literature within “all-Russian” literature, literature as subversion (kotljarevscyna) and as social, political, and aesthetic program.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Russian.
Slavic 174. Studies in Russian 20th-Century Prose
Catalog Number: 1886
Donald Fanger
Half course (spring term). W., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
Through a combination of lecture, discussion, and short written exercises, investigates some of the major changes within the institution of Russian literature from 1890 to the present, with particular emphasis on formal and stylistic experiments in post-realistic fiction. Among authors considered (for the most part via short texts): Merezhkovsky, Chekhov, Andreev, Gorky, Sologub, Bely, Babel’, Olesha, Zoshchenko, Platonov, Nabokov, Sinyavsky.
Note: Reading is expected to be done in Russian; lectures (in English) quote texts in the original.
Prerequisite: Slavic 101 or an equivalent acceptable to the instructor.
[Slavic 175. Theory of Narrative: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 2094 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Studies of narrative (fictional, psychoanalytic, historical, sacred) as verbal structure, representation, rhetoric, and social phenomenon. Readings by Jakobson, Barthes, Bakhtin, Iser, Lukács, Foucault, and others. Analysis of the theoretical readings with reference to Russian and European narratives.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. Open to advanced undergraduates and graduates. Recommended for potential teaching fellows for Literature and Arts A-60.
[Slavic 179. Literature as Institutions: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 6120 Enrollment: Limited to 15
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
A study of literary production, dissemination, and reception in selected periods of Russian literature from the Middle Ages to the present. Readings in social theory, cultural studies, literary criticism, and imaginative literature.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. Please pick up a syllabus in Barker 374 before the term begins, as there will be a brief assignment for the first class meeting.
[Slavic 180. Russian Symbolist Poetry]
Catalog Number: 6333
John E. Malmstad
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
A survey of the history of the Symbolist movement in Russian with emphasis on close reading of poetry by its major figures.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Prerequisite: Slavic 101 or an equivalent acceptable to instructor.
[Slavic 181a (formerly Slavic 153a). Russian Poetry of the 19th Century]
Catalog Number: 3307
John E. Malmstad
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
The major themes and modes of Russian poetry from pre-Romanticism to “pure art.” Selections from Zhukovsky, Batiushkov, Baratynsky, Yazykov, Lermontov, Tiutchev, Nekrasov, Fet, and others.
Note: Expected to be omitted in 2000-01.
Prerequisite: Slavic 101 or an equivalent acceptable to instructor.
[Slavic 182. Problems in 20th-Century Poetry: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 3489
John E. Malmstad
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of the poetry and poetics of three writers — Annensky, Kuzmin, and Khodasevich — whose works raise questions about the validity and usefulness of the ways in which scholarship categorizes early 20th-century poetry in terms of “isms” like Symbolism and Acmeism.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Prerequisite: Slavic 101 or an equivalent acceptable to the instructor.
[Slavic 202. Introduction to West Slavic Languages]
Catalog Number: 6877
Michael S. Flier
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Introduction to the structure and history of Czech, Polish, Slovak, and Serbian.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Prerequisite: Linguistics 250. Reading knowledge of a West Slavic language desirable.
[Slavic 203. Introduction to South Slavic Languages]
Catalog Number: 1665
Sue Brown
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Introduction to the structure and history of Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, and Bulgarian.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. Reading knowledge of a South Slavic language desirable.
Prerequisite: Linguistics 250.
Slavic 211. History of Muscovite Literature, 1500–1700: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 3019
Edward L. Keenan
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Survey of Muscovite literary works, translated and original, in various genres, with some attention to Kievan and other antecedents.
Note: All readings in original languages.
[Slavic 212. The History of the Languages of Muscovy: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 7353
Edward L. Keenan
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
The history and structure of languages used in Muscovy (1500–1700); Muscovite vernacular, chancery language (prikaznyi iazyk) and various recensions of Slavonic. Deals with the evolution and interaction of these languages and with conventions of their use.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. All readings in the original.
Prerequisite: A firm command of modern Russian.
[Slavic 213. Lessons of “The Igor Tale”: Antecedents, Text, Posterity]
Catalog Number: 4649
Edward L. Keenan
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An examination of the text, of its history, and recent scholarly analysis.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Prerequisite: Firm command of modern Russian.
[Slavic 222. 20th-Century Ukrainian Poetry, 1905 to World War II]
Catalog Number: 8407
George G. Grabowicz
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
[Slavic 224r. Ukrainian Literature: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 8393
George G. Grabowicz
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Topic for 1998–99: Taras Sevcenko
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Slavic 250. Structure of Ukrainian
Catalog Number: 3547
Michael S. Flier
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Survey of the phonology, morphology, and syntax of modern Ukrainian.
Prerequisite: Slavic 201 and reading knowledge of Ukrainian.
Slavic 269. Structure of Russian for Instructors
Catalog Number: 7807
Patricia R. Chaput
Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Survey of the structures and rules of Russian from the viewpoint of the instructor. Linguistic description of basic structures and its translation into pedagogical form. Discussion of the nature of grammatical “rules” and their formulation at different levels of study. Consideration of problems of identification of acceptable versus unacceptable usage and questions of varying and changing norms. Includes practice in difficult constructions.
[Slavic 271. Russian Phonetics and Phonology]
Catalog Number: 1565
Michael S. Flier and others
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Analysis of current issues in Russian phonetics and phonology.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Prerequisite: Slavic 126a.
[Slavic 272. Russian Morphology]
Catalog Number: 2058
Michael S. Flier and others
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Analysis of current issues in Russian inflection and derivation.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Prerequisite: Slavic 126a.
[Slavic 273. Russian Syntax and Discourse Grammar]
Catalog Number: 5149
Sue Brown
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Topic for 2001–02: Survey of topics in Russian syntax and discourse grammar.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. Students are expected to choose one of the Slavic languages and to gather data relating to the given topic.
Prerequisite: Linguistics 112a or its equivalent (112b preferred but not mandatory) or permission of instructor. Knowledge of a Slavic language helpful but not required.
[Slavic 280r. Slavic Culture: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 1909
Michael S. Flier
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Topic for 2000–01: The Culture of Medieval Rus’: Art, architecture, ritual, literature.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01. Recommended for potential teaching fellows for Literature and Arts C-28.
[Slavic 285r. Modern Russian Literature: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 5182
John E. Malmstad
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Topic for 2000–2001: The culture of Russian avante-garde.
Note: Expected to be given in 2000–01.
Prerequisite: Slavic 101 or an equivalent acceptable to the instructor.
Slavic 286 (formerly Slavic 176). Russian Autobiographical Writing in the 20th Century: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 3550
Svetlana Boym
Half course (fall term). W., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Examines various autobiographical, fictional, poetic and theoretical texts from post-revolutionary times to the present. Close reading of the text with attention to the issues of cultural self-fashioning, bilingualism and exile. Readings from Mayakovsky, Pasternak, Shklovsky, Jakobson, Tsvetaeva, Mandel’shtam, Nabokov and Brodsky.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Russian required. Most materials also available in English.
Slavic 287. Poetic Self-Creation in 20th-Century Russia: Seminar
Catalog Number: 8028
Stephanie Sandler (Amherst College)
Half course (spring term). Th., 12–2. EXAM GROUP: 14, 15
Examines how poems create self-images for poets working in and after Russian modernism, with special attention to the emergence of strong women poets in this century. Concentrates on Akhmatova, Mandelshtam, Tsvetaeva, and Pasternak, followed by the reactions, rebellions, and fresh self-inventions of Petrovykh, Lisnianskaia, Sedakova, and Shvarts. Ends with an inquiry into modern rediscoveries of Pavlova.
Note: All readings in the original. Open to qualified undergraduates by permission of instructor.
Slavic 291. Problems in the History of Early Ukrainian Literature
Catalog Number: 0643
George G. Grabowicz
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
An examination of the major developments and phases of Kievan and early Ukrainian literature. Topics include the interrelation of written and oral literature, the system of genres of Kievan literature (with special focus on hagiography), the Renaissance and the interrelation with Polish literature, the confraternities, Vyshens’kyj, the Baroque, the Mohyla Academy, Skovoroda.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Ukrainian.
Slavic 292. 20th-Century Ukrainian Prose
Catalog Number: 5733
George G. Grabowicz
Half course (fall term). M., 12–2. EXAM GROUP: 5, 6
A survey of the major figures and tendencies in Soviet and emigré prose from 1917 to the 1990s. Special attention to be paid to the avant-garde of the 1920s–1940s (Khvyl’ovyj, Johansen, Domontovych, Kosach) and of the most recent period (Andijevs’ka, Andrukhovych, and others).
Slavic 296r. Slavic Linguistics: Seminar
Catalog Number: 5196
Sue Brown
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). M., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
Topic for 1999-00: Fall: Negaton in Slavic. Considers negation in Slavic both historically and synchronically, with special focus on such phenomena as negative concord, genitive of negation, expletive negation, and negative interrogatives. Compares negation in Slavic to negation in other languages, including Catalan, Spanish, Italian, West Flemish, and Southern English. Spring: Comparative Slavic Morphosyntax. Survey of cross-linguistic variation and similarity within Slavic from a historical and synchronic perspective. Specific topics may include negation, WH-movement, indefinites, anaphora, null subjects, secondary predication, case, yes/no questions, quantification, clitics, and others.
Note: Students are expected to choose one of the Slavic languages and to gather data relating to the given topic.
Prerequisite: Linguistics 112a or its equivalent (112b preferred but not mandatory) or permission of instructor. Knowledge of a Slavic language helpful but not required.
*Slavic 299. Proseminar
Catalog Number: 7972
Stephanie Sandler (Amherst College)
Half course (fall term). Th., 12–2. EXAM GROUP: 14, 15
Introduction to graduate study in Slavic. Selected topics in literary analysis, history, and theory.
Note: Open to qualified undergraduates by permission of the chairman.
*Slavic 301. Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 3385
Svetlana Boym 1926, Sue Brown 2926, Julie A. Buckler 2960, Patricia R. Chaput 6222, Michael S. Flier 2878, George G. Grabowicz 4511 (on leave spring term), Edward L. Keenan 1825, John E. Malmstad 1219 (on leave fall term), Alfred Thomas 1344, and William Mills Todd III 1634
*Slavic 302. Language Teaching: Content and Conduct
Catalog Number: 5961
Patricia R. Chaput 6222
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Required in the first year of language teaching. Includes orientation, discussion of topics in teaching language at the college level, and supervised teaching.