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Russian

Courses

Spring 2006 Courses

102. Elementary Russian II

Elena Monastireva-Ansdell M 9:30 - 10:25, W 9:30 - 10:25, F 9:30 - 10:25

Continuation of Russian 101. Emphasis on the acquisition of language skills through imitation and repetition of basic language patterns; the development of facility in speaking and understanding simple Russian. Conversation hour with native speaker.

204. Intermediate Russian II

Raymond Miller M 10:30 - 11:25, W 10:30 - 11:25, F 10:30 - 11:25

A continuation of Russian 203. Emphasis on maintaining and improving the student’s facility in speaking and understanding normal conversational Russian. Writing and reading skills are also stressed. Conversation hour with native speaker.

223. Dostoevsky and the Novel

Raymond Miller T 1:00 - 2:25, TH 1:00 - 2:25

Examines Dostoevsky’s use of the novel to portray the “fantastic” reality of the city and its effects on the human psyche. Special attention is given to the author’s quest for guiding principles of freedom and love in a world of violence and cynicism. Emphasis on Dostoevsky’s anti-Western and anti-materialist bias in his portrayal of the struggle between extreme individualism and self-renunciation in a Utopian brotherhood. Russian, American, and Japanese film versions of Dostoevsky’s novels are viewed and discussed. Russian majors are required to do some of the reading in Russian.

225. Re-Imaging Russia in Contemporary Russian Film and Fiction

Elena Monastireva-Ansdell T 10:00 - 11:25, TH 10:00 - 11:25

A survey of fictional and cinematic depictions of Russia’s dramatic transition to democracy and capitalism following the breakdown of the Soviet system. Topics include defining Russia’s position vis-à-vis capitalism, the West, and Western values; making sense of organized crime and re-division of political and economic power; struggling for a positive vision of Russian national identity; reassessing the Stalinist past; re-negotiating gender roles; evaluating Soviet imperial ambitions and their enduring legacy; and exploring the place of non-Russians within the Russian Federation.

310. Modern Russian Literature

Elena Monastireva-Ansdell

An introduction to twentieth-century Russian literature from Symbolism to Postmodernism. Reading of poetry by Blok, Akhmatova, Mayakovsky, Evtushenko, and Okudzhava, along with short prose by Zamiatin, Babel, Zoshchenko, Kharms, Shalamov, Aksenov, Shukshin, Petrushevskaya, Tolstaya, Ulitskaya, Sadur, and Pelevin. Close readings of the assigned works are viewed alongside other artistic texts and cultural phenomena, including the bard song, film, animation, conceptual and sots-art, and rock- and pop-music.