Lower Division Courses
Russian 3 - Elementary Russian
Zoya Stanchits Popova, Lecturer
M-F 9:00am - 9:50am
CRN 89888
Course Description: Continuation of grammar and language skills developed in course
2.
Format: Discussion - 5 hours.
Prerequisite: course 2.
Textbooks: Robin et al., A Basic Course in Russian book 1 Lab/Workbook; Robin, et al, A Basic Course in Russian Book 1.
Russian 6 - Intermediate Russian
Liliana Avramenko, Lecturer
MTRF 10:00am - 10:50am
CRN 89889
Course Description: Grammar review, introduction to literature, and conversational practice.
Format: Discussion - 4 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.
Prerequisite: course 5.
Textbook: Olga Kagan, Russian Grammar in Context; Olga Kagan, Russian Grammar in Context Student Activities Manual - V Puti 2/E.
Upper Division Courses
Russian 101C - Advanced Russian
Diana Lysinger, Lecturer
MWF 11:00 am - 11:50am
CRN 89901
Course Description: This course is designed for participants with a solid background in the language and emphasizes the expansion of vocabulary, improvement of grammar, advanced reading and writing skills. In 101C, students will read and discuss contemporary and classic texts, learn about most interesting aspects of the Russian culture, and will be able to take part in engaging conversations about a variety of topics. Conducted in Russian.
Prerequisite: course 101B.
Format: Lecture -- 2 hours weekly; Discussion -- 1 hour weekly; There will be two written tests, three to four short quizzes or dictations, one essay, oral presentations, and a final exam.
Textbooks: Olga Kagan, Russian for Russians.
Russian 103 - Literary Translation
Olga Stuchebrukhov, Associate Professor
TR 9:00am - 10:20am
CRN 92929
Course Description: Practice and theory of literary translation. Translation of literary texts from Russian into English and from English into Russian. Learning the techniques of poetry, prose, and drama translation. Discussing the issues of language and culture, types of translation, problems of equivalence, untranslatability, etc.
Prerequisite: course 101C.
Format: Discussion - 3 hours; Term Paper
Textbooks: Lauren Leighton, Two Worlds, One Art: Literary Translation in Russian and America.
Russian 123 - 20th Century Russian Prose
Rimma Garn, Lecturer
TR 3:10pm - 4:30pm
CRN 93009
Course Description:"In the USSR there were two literature: official literature, ruled by Socialist Realism, and underground literature, typed in secret on carbons and circulated clandestinely or smuggled to the West for publication, at great danger to the writer." We will take a closer look at the texts on both sides of the ideological "wall": at the samples of Socialist Realism, such as Kataev's Time, Forward! that exemplifies the vision of the new Soviet man and the new society, and at the texts that subvert these visions through parody and science fiction. We will read and discuss, among others, the grotesque (mis)adventures of Zoshchenko's "little man," Zamiatin's futuristic dystopia We and Bulgakov's version of a Soviet Frankenstein, Heart of a Dog. Conducted in Russian. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt.
Prerequisite: course 101C or consent of instructor.
Format: Discussion - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Textbooks: A Course Reader
