Course Descriptions
Spring 2004
Russian 112F: Elementary Russian II
(5 credits)
Zaharkov
Continuation of 111, practice with conversation and grammatical patterns. Prerequisite: Russian 111 or equivalent.
Russian 130A/C: Journey into the Fantastic
(4 credits )
Zaharkov
Join us in this course as each hero/ine takes a journey into a fantastic world! While it may be as “normal” as a hero/ine in a fairy tale on a quest, it might be as fantastic as a journey into the future 600 years from now or maybe to another planet! While journeying into the world of the fantastic, readers will be introduced to the best writers of 19th and 20th century Russian literature who use this medium just for fun, or maybe to discover other truths! No Russian is required! All readings in English. Fulfills either the Literary Arts or Non-Western culture General Education goals.
Russian 230: Conversation Through Film
(4 credits)
Zaharkov
Want to keep up with Russian conversation as well as watch some of the great films of Russian cinema? Discuss the current problems of Russian society and its youth? Films are subtitled. Some of the issues to be discussed are Russian’s conflict of East vs. West, the generation gap, women’s roles, to name only a few! Prerequisite: Russian 210 or permission of the instructor.
Soci 301S 1W: Special Topics: Who Are The Russians? The Russian Idea In History And Contemporary Affairs
(4 Credits)
Pankhurst
The question of this course concerns how all of the disjunctions of national identity for Russians and other groups in the Russian Federation have been managed by the people who lived in the region of Russia and what impact these historical disjunctions might have on the formation of a national identity for the Russia of the twentieth-first century. How can this country recapture an old sense of self (which one would it choose?), or must it build a completely new one for the new millennium? In exploring this question, we will venture into philosophical, political, social and artistic aspects of history, and then consider the range of contemporary affairs that have an impact on the construction and sustenance of national identity. The richness of Russian culture is our basic object of study. Course format: Seminar format with several writing assignments consistent with the “W” designation of the course, a term project and two book critiques.
Russian 310 1W: Advanced Conversation & Composition
(4 credits)
Zaharkov
Advanced conversation techniques and idiomatic expressions. Advanced grammar topics and composition practice. Required for study abroad programs. Writing intensive. Prerequisite: Russian 210.
HIST 390: Reading Colloquium: Stalin
(4 credits)
O’Connor
The course will deal with the changing images of Stalin, from his radical youth in Georgia through the “Cult of Personality” in the 30’s and 40’s to the post-Soviet era. There will be a research paper, a good deal of reading, writing, and student discussion. Writing intensive.. Prerequisite: One class in Modern European history or permission of instructor.
