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LOWER DIVISION COURSES
Russian 002. Elementary Russian (5 units)
Maria Usacheva
MTWRF 9:00-9:50A
293 Kerr Hall
CRN 40281
Course Description: This course is the continuation of Russian 001 in areas of grammar and development of all language skills in a cultural context with special emphasis on communication.
Prerequisite: Russian 001 or Language Placement Exam.
GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.
Format: Discussion - 5 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- Richard Robin, et al., Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian, Book 1 [5th Edition] (Prentice Hall, 2011)
- Richard Robin, et al., Student Activities Manual for Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian, Book 1 [5th Edition] (Prentice Hall, 2011)
Russian 005. Intermediate Russian (5 units)
Elizabeth Matthews
MTWR 10:00-10:50A
293 Kerr Hall
CRN 40281
Course Description: This is the second course in the Intermediate Russian sequence. Students will continue to review grammar, be introduced to short literature, and practice intermediate level conversations.
Prerequisite: Russian 004 or Language Placement Exam.
GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.
Format: Discussion - 4 hours; Laboratory - 1 hour.
Textbooks:
- Olga Kagan, et al., V Puti: Russian Grammar in Context [2nd Edition] (Prentice Hall, 2005)
- Olga Kagan, et al., V Puti: Russian Grammar in Context Student Activities Manual [2nd Edition] (Prentice Hall, 2005)
UPPER DIVISION COURSES
Russian 101B. Advanced Russian (4 units)
Liliana Avramenko
MWF 11:00-11:50A
101 Olson Hall
CRN 40295
Course Description: This is the second course in the Advanced Russian sequence. Students will continue to refine their reading comprehension, writing skills, conversational competence, and grammar knowledge. Materials for discussion will include articles from the contemporary media, recent films, classic and modern literature. Goals of the course are to complete a study of the basic elements of Russian grammar (nouns, verbs, adjectives, gender and case agreement, plural), spelling rules, to increase active and passive vocabulary, to initiate speaking ability, to develop advanced reading and writing skills, and to learn more about Russian culture. Homework will consist of reading texts, writing answers to questions, grammar exercises and short essays. Students will make oral presentations in class.
There will be two written tests, three to four short quizzes or dictations, two essays, oral presentations, and a final exam.
Prerequisite: Russian 101A or consent of instructor (lavramenko@ucdavis.edu).
GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities and World Cultures.
Format: Lecture - 2 hours; Discussion - 1 hour.
Textbook:
- Olga Kagan, et al., Russian for Russians (Slavica Publishers, 2002)
Russian 122. 19th-Century Russian Literature (4 units)
Olga Stuchebrukhov
TR 9:00 - 10:20A
90 Social Sciences Building
CRN 43453
Course Description: This course surveys 19th-Century Russian prose, poetry and drama in light of such literary movements, as neoclassicism, sentimentalism, Romanticism, and various forms of realism. The course includes the works of such representative writers of the period as Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Ostrovsky, Fet, Leskov, and others. All course lectures, reading, writing, and discussions are in Russian.
Course Objectives:
In taking this course, students will:
- Improve their reading, writing, and oral skills in Russian;
- Develop or improve their critical skills in analyzing and writing about literature;
- Gain basic knowledge about the history of 19th-Century Russian prose, poetry, and drama;
- Learn to recognize various literary movements.
Prerequisite: Russian 101C.
GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities and Writing Experience.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, World Cultures, and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Textbooks:
- A Course Reader
Russian 141. Tolstoy (4 units) IN ENGLISH
Olga Stuchebrukhov
TR 12:10-1:30P
244 Olson Hall
CRN 43454
Course Description: This course examines Tolstoy’s great novel, Anna Karenina, in the context of Tolstoy’s philosophy of life, family, and the woman’s question. The course will also include Tolstoy’s short works, such as “Family Happiness,” “The Kreutzer Sonata,” and others, and the screening of Michael Hoffman’s 2009 film about Tolstoy, “The Last Station.”
Prerequisite: None.
GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities, Diversity and Writing Experience.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, Oral Literacy and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Textbooks:
- Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (Penguin Classics, 2004)
- Leo Tolstoy, Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy, translated by various (Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2004)
Russian 142. Women in Russian Culture (4 units) IN ENGLISH
Jenny Kaminer
TR 3:10-4:30P
117 Olson Hall
CRN 43455
Course Description: This course focuses on the representation of (and by) women in Russian fiction and film, with special attention devoted to the late-Soviet and post-Soviet periods. Beginning with Anna Akhmatova’s classic narrative poemRequiem, set during the darkest years of the Stalinist terror, the readings will span over five decades and take place against the backdrop of profound social, cultural and political shifts, including perestroika/glasnost of the 1980s and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The texts and films covered in the course will explore such issues as family dynamics/motherhood, sexuality, work, and women’s relationship to the state. Fictional texts will be supplemented by sociological readings that illuminate the conditions of women's lives during the Soviet and post-Soviet periods. Students will become familiar with the works of several prominent contemporary female authors, including Liudmila Petrushevskaia, Svetlana Vasilenko, Liudmila Ulitskaia, Tatyana Tolstaya, and recent Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Svetlana Alexeivich. We will also watch several important films featuring female characters from the past decades. No knowledge of Russian required.
Prerequisite: Any introductory course in literature.
GE credit (Old): Arts & Humanities.
GE credit (New): Arts & Humanities, World Cultures, and Writing Experience.
Format: Lecture/Discussion - 3 hours; Term Paper.
Textbooks:
- Lydia Chukovskaya, Sofia Petrovna, translated by Aline Werth (Northwestern University Press, 1994)
- A Course Reader