Slavic Aab. Beginning Russian (Intensive)
Catalog Number: 4441
Alfia A. Rakova (fall term) and Patricia R. Chaput and assistant (spring term)
Full course (fall term; repeated spring term). Meets eight hours per week: Section Meeting Times: M. through F., at 9; and Speaking Practice: M., W., F., at 10 or 1. EXAM GROUP: 2
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: 3
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., at 10, with two additional hours of speaking practice: Tu., Th., at 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 11, with two additional hours of speaking practice Tu., Th., at 10. EXAM GROUP: 4
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. M., through F., at 9, with three additional hours of speaking practice M., W., F., at 11. . EXAM GROUP: Fall: 2, 11; Spring: 2
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
Patricia R. Chaput 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. EXAM GROUP: Spring: 2
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 Dc. Intermediate Polish
Catalog Number: 8994
Anna Baranczak
Half course (fall term). M., W., F., at 10.
For students with an elementary knowledge of Polish. Emphasis on further development of reading, writing, and oral skills, with a systematic review of grammar. Readings to be selected according to student interest.
*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
Ellen Elias-Bursac
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
Ellen Elias-Bursac
Half course (spring term). M., W., F., at 11, and an additional hour for speaking practice to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 4
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
Alfia A. Rakova
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Fall: M., W., F., at 11, with two additional hours of speaking practice Tu., Th., at 10, 11, or 1; Spring: M., W., F., at 9, with two additional hours of speaking practice Tu., Th., at 1. EXAM GROUP: Fall: 4; Spring: 2
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 1, and a fourth hour to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 6
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 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 to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 6
Work on vocabulary, reading, and writing with continued emphasis on verbs. Through literature, non-fiction, and film, this course explores and seeks to identify Russian cultural attitudes. 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 101 or permission of instructor.
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 111/113.
*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 largely in Russian.
Note: See sectioning note above.
Prerequisite: Slavic 102 plus an additional course at the level of Slavic 101 or above, or Slavic 111.
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). M., W., F., at 1. EXAM GROUP: 6
A course in practical stylistics designed to give students a better command of style and register, both for recognition and in their own speaking and writing. The course will cover such topics as conversational speech, formal speech, and such practical tasks as letter writing, among others. Intensive work on vocabulary and phrasing.
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). Hours to be arranged.
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 given in 2001–02. 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
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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: Expected to be given in 2001–02. 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
Vladimir Y. Gitin
Half course (fall 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: Recommended for students who have completed other coursework and are working on the dissertation.
Prerequisite: An appropriate score on the placement exam or permission of the instructor.
*Slavic 96. Tutorial — Sophomore Year
Catalog Number: 4728
Sue Brown and others
Half course (spring term). Tu., 2–4.
Note: For concentrators in Russian Literature and Culture.
[*Slavic 97. Tutorial — Sophomore Year]
Catalog Number: 7595
Sue Brown (spring term), Julie A. Buckler (fall term) and others
Full course. Th., 2–4.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. For concentrators in Russian Studies.
*Slavic 98. Tutorial — Junior Year
Catalog Number: 1684
John E. Malmstad
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
Sue Brown (spring term), Julie A. Buckler (fall term) 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 (spring term). M., W., F., at 10.
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). Hours to be arranged.
Explores the syntax of Russian from a formal/comparative perspective. After an introduction to generative approaches to grammar (á la Noam Chomsky), students perform close readings of important articles in the field of Slavic syntax, in both the traditional and generative frameworks, on such topics as negation, quantifier expressions, agreement, Case marking, reflexives, and interrogation.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Prerequisite: Slavic B, Bab, or placement at the third-year level. No knowledge of linguistics required.
[Slavic 130a. Survey of Czech Literature from the Beginnings to 1774]
Catalog Number: 1484
Alfred Thomas
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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: Expected to be given in 2001–02. 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). Hours to be arranged.
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: Expected to be given in 2001–02. No knowledge of Czech required.
Slavic 131. Imagining Prague: The City in Literature, Art, and Film
Catalog Number: 1388
Alfred Thomas
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., at 10, with a third hour for those who wish to consider the texts in the original. EXAM GROUP: 12
Like Venice, Prague is as much a state of mind as it is a real place. This course examines the representation of the Czech capital as a nationalistmyth, a modernist icon, a surrealist fantasy, and a totalitarian prison in modern poetry, prose, painting, photography, and cinema. Selected works by Apollinaire, Capek, Hrabal, Kafka, Karasek, Kundera, Meyrink, Nemcova, Neruda, Nezval, Perutz, Rilke, Seifert, and Tsvetaeva. Includes Paul Wegener’s silent film classic “The Golem” and the photographs of Josef Sudek.
Note: All readings in English.
[Slavic 132. Post-War Czech Literature and Film]
Catalog Number: 3925
Alfred Thomas
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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, Menzel, Škvorecký, Topol, and Weil.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02. No knowledge of Czech required.
[Slavic 133. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Slavic Literatures]
Catalog Number: 0988
Alfred Thomas
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, 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 2001–02. No knowledge of Slavic languages required.
Slavic 140. 18th-Century Russian Literature: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 6495
Julie A. Buckler
Half course (fall term). Th., 12–2. EXAM GROUP: 14, 15
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.
Prerequisite: Good reading knowledge of Russian.
[Slavic 141. Soviet Literature and Culture 1950s–1990s: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 1286
Svetlana Boym
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 2001–02.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Russian. Most materials also available in English.
Slavic 142. Authorship and the Post-Revolutionary Russian Novel
Catalog Number: 5524
Justin Weir
Half course (fall term). M., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 7, 8
Considers theories of authorship, literary tradition, and the novel in the context of 1920-1950 Russian prose literature, and examines in particular how modernist creations of literary tradition functioned as a means of self-presentation. Essays by Bakhtin, de Man, Foucault, Gadamer, Tynianov, and others. Novels by Bulgakov, Pasternak, and Nabokov.
Prerequisite: Good reading knowledge of Russian.
[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 2001–02. 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). Hours to be arranged.
A survey of major works, chiefly fiction, from Pushkin through Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Slavic 145b. Russian Literature and Revolution
Catalog Number: 6663
Justin Weir
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 10, and a third hour for discussion to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 3
Examines the 20th-century Russian literary tradition and its attempts alternately to inspire, record, and undermine the great social upheaval of October 1917. Works by Babel, Bely, Blok, Bulgakov, Gorky, Kataev, Kharms, Mandelshtam, Mayakovsky, Nabokov, Olesha, Pasternak, Platonov, and Solzhenitsyn.
Note: All readings in English.
[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 as manifested in 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 2001–02. No knowledge of Russian required.
[Slavic 152. Pushkin]
Catalog Number: 8023
William Mills Todd III
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
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). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
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.
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 2001–02. 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
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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 2001–02. No knowledge of Polish required.
[Slavic 162f. Survey of Polish Literature, 1795–1890]
Catalog Number: 1117
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Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
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: Expected to be given in 2001–02. No knowledge of Polish required.
[Slavic 162g. Survey of Polish Literature, 1890–1939]
Catalog Number: 7750
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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 2001–02. No knowledge of Polish required.
[Slavic 162h. Survey of Polish Literature, 1939–Present]
Catalog Number: 3293
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Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
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: Expected to be given in 2001–02. No knowledge of Polish required.
[Slavic 162r. Readings in Polish Literature: 1945-2000, Between Literary Tradition and Sociopolitical Realities]
Catalog Number: 8395
Anna Baranczak
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
A close-reading course to analyze selected works, in the original, of the Polish post-WWII period. The selection of reading material will range from the Nazi-deathcamp stories of T. Borowski, to excerpted fiction of fiction of W. Gombrowicz and S. Lem, to the poetry of C. Milosz, Z. Herbert and W. Szymborska, to the poets of the “Generation ’68” and new fiction in the 90s.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
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 2001–02. 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). W., 1:30–3:30. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7, 8
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.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Russian.
[Slavic 170. The Waning of the Muscovite Middle Ages]
Catalog Number: 3159
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
A study of the poetry, drama, historical and autobiographical writing of 17th-century Muscovy. Some attention to developments in religion, art, architecture, politics, linguistics, and social history.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Prerequisite: Slavic 101, Linguistics 250, or permission of the instructor.
[Slavic 174. Studies in Russian 20th-Century Prose]
Catalog Number: 1886
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Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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: Expected to be given in 2001–02. 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. Limited to 15.
William Mills Todd III
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.
William Mills Todd III
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 2002–03. 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). M., 3–5. EXAM GROUP: 8, 9
A survey of the history of the Symbolist movement in Russia with emphasis on close reading of poetry by its major figures.
Prerequisite: Slavic 101 or an equivalent acceptable to instructor.
[Slavic 181a. 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 given in 2001–02.
Prerequisite: Slavic 101 or an equivalent acceptable to instructor.
[Slavic 181b (formerly Slavic 153br). 20th-Century Russian Poetry]
Catalog Number: 5560
John E. Malmstad
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
An introduction to the major trends of post-Symbolist poetry, with emphasis on the poets traditionally called the “Futurists” or “avant-garde.” Selections from Khlebnikov, Mayakovsky, Pasternak, Burliuk, Guro, and others.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Prerequisite: Knowledge of Russian required.
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.
Prerequisite: Slavic 101 or an equivalent acceptable to the instructor.
Slavic 185. Two Poets: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 1115
Stephanie Sandler
Half course (spring term). Tu., 12–2. EXAM GROUP: 14, 15
Compares two poets in their aesthetic inclination and temperament, response to public and private events, and reactions to other poets and to each another. Asks what kind of theories help read each poet, and how they in turn read others’ work. In 2000—2001, the poets will be Joseph Brodsky and Ol’ga Sedakova.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Russian required.
[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 Sorbian.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
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 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 2001–02.
Slavic 223. 19th-Century Ukrainian Poetry
Catalog Number: 2097
George G. Grabowicz
Half course (spring term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Note: Expected to be omitted in 2001–02.
[Slavic 224r. Ukrainian Literature: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 8393
George G. Grabowicz
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Topic for 2001-2002: Taras Sevcenko
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
[Slavic 250. Structure of Ukrainian]
Catalog Number: 3547
Michael S. Flier
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Survey of the phonology, morphology, and syntax of modern Ukrainian.
Note: Expected to be given in 2002–03.
Prerequisite: Slavic 201 and reading knowledge of Ukrainian.
Slavic 269. Structure of Russian for Instructors
Catalog Number: 7807
Patricia R. Chaput and Vladimir Y. Gitin
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 2001–02.
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 2001–02.
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 (spring term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
Topic for 2000–01: The Culture of Medieval Rus’: Art, architecture, ritual, literature.
Note: Recommended for potential teaching fellows for Literature and Arts C-28.
Slavic 283. Commemorating Pushkin: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 4002
Stephanie Sandler
Half course (spring term). Th., 12–2. EXAM GROUP: 14, 15
Studies Russia’s myth of a national poet beginning with elegies on his death in 1837 and concluding with the anniversary celebration in 1999. Attention to poems, essays, films, literary museums, and cultural spectacles that have created public myths of the poet, and to the creative responses to these myths by such figures as Tsvetaeva, Akhmatova, Sinyavsky, and Bitov.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Russian required.
Slavic 284. Tolstoy and Modernism: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 2923
Justin Weir
Half course (spring term). M., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
Investigates critically the notion that Tolstoys literary art derives from a strictly realist or didactic aesthetics. Works to be read include Sevastopol Stories, The Cossacks, Anna Karenina and several post-conversion stories and novellas. It is recommended that students be familiar with War and Peace.
Note: All readings are in Russian.
[Slavic 286 (formerly Slavic 176). Russian Autobiographical Writing in the 20th Century: Conference Course]
Catalog Number: 3550
Svetlana Boym
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
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
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
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: Expected to be given in 2001–02. All readings in the original. Open to qualified undergraduates by permission of instructor.
Slavic 288. Sex, Self, and Russia: Conference Course
Catalog Number: 0106
Stephanie Sandler
Half course (fall term). Tu., 12–2. EXAM GROUP: 14, 15
Explores the relationship among ideas of sexuality, identity, and desire in the cultural debates and creative psyches of modern Russian literary figures. Concentrates on three periods, roughly 1820-1840; 1890-1917; and 1930-1953; informed by recent feminist literary, historical, post-modern, and psychoanalytic criticism.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Russian required.
[Slavic 291. Problems in the History of Early Ukrainian Literature]
Catalog Number: 0643
George G. Grabowicz
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Ukrainian.
[Slavic 292. 20th-Century Ukrainian Prose]
Catalog Number: 5733
George G. Grabowicz
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
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).
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.
[Slavic 296r. Slavic Linguistics: Seminar]
Catalog Number: 5196
Sue Brown
Half course (fall term). Hours to be arranged.
Topic for 2001-02: To be announced.
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 299. Proseminar
Catalog Number: 7972
William Mills Todd III
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17
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 (on leave fall term), Julie A. Buckler 2960 (on leave spring term), Patricia R. Chaput 6222, Michael S. Flier 2878, George G. Grabowicz 4511, John E. Malmstad 1219, Stephanie Sandler 1343, Alfred Thomas 1344 (on leave fall term), William Mills Todd III 1634 (on leave spring term), and Justin Weir 3407
[*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.
Note: Expected to be given in 2001–02.