Russian Language [RUSS]
V1101-V1102. First-Year Russian, I and II 5 pts. Staff
Students must register concurrently for the grammar lecture V1103x-V1104y. Grammar, reading, composition, and conversation.
F1101-F1102. First-Year Russian, I and II 5 pts. Staff
Students must register concurrently for the grammar lecture V1103x-V1104y. Same course as V1101-V1102.
V1101-V1102. First-Year Russian, I and II 5 pts. Staff
"Off-sequence." Grammar, reading, composition, and conversation.
V1201-V1202. Second-Year Russian, I and II 5 pts. Staff
Prerequisite: RUSS V1102 or the equivalent. Drill practice in small groups. Reading, composition, and grammar review.
F1201-F1202. Second-Year Russian, I and II 5 pts. Staff
Prerequisite: RUSS V1102 or the equivalent. Drill practice in small groups. Reading, composition, and grammar review.
V1202-V1201. Second-Year Russian, I and II 5 pts. Staff
"Off-sequence" Prerequisite: RUSS V1102 or the equivalent. Drill practice in small groups. Reading, composition, and grammar review.
V1103-V1104. First-Year Russian Grammar Lecture, I and II 0 pt. A. Smyslova
Must be taken concurrently with V1101x-V1102y.
W3010. Russian Grammar Review 1 pt. F. Miller
Prerequisites: must be enrolled in either V3339 or V3340. Optional grammar review for native speakers of Russian.
V3101-V3102. Third-Year Russian, I and II 4 pts. E. Boudovskaya
Enrollment limited. Prerequisites: two years of college Russian or instructor's permission. Recommended for students who wish to improve their active command of Russian. Emphasis on conversation and composition. Reading and discussion of selected texts and video tapes. Lectures. Papers and oral reports required. Conducted entirely in Russian.
V3421. Russian Phonetics and Intonation 2 pts. Staff
Prerequisites: three years of college Russian instructor's permission. Review of principles of phonetics and intonation for advanced students. Intensive drill for the development of correct speech habits. Attention to expressive reading and poetry recitation. Conducted entirely in Russian.
V3430-V3431. Russian For Heritage Speakers 3 pts. A. Smyslova
Review of Russian grammar and development of reading and writing skills for students with a knowledge of spoken Russian.
V3443-V3444. Fourth-Year Russian, I and II 4 pts. M. Kashper
Prerequisites: three years of college Russian and instructor's permission. Enrollment limited. Either term may be taken separately. V3443: systematic study of problems in Russian syntax; written exercises, translations into Russian, and composition. V3444: discussion of different styles and levels of language, including word usage and idiomatic expression; written exercises, analysis of texts, and compositions. Conducted entirely in Russian.
W4432. Contrastive Phonetics and Grammar of Russian and English 4 pts. F Miller
Prerequisite: four years of college Russian. Comparative phonetic, intonational, and morphological structures of Russian and English, with special attention to typical problems for American speakers of Russian.
W4433. Specific Problems in Mastering Russian 4 pts. F. Miller
Prerequisite: four years of college Russian. The Russian verb (basic stem system, aspect, locomotion); prefixes; temporal, spatial, and causal relationships; word order; word formation.
W4434. Practical Stylistics of the Russian Language 3 pts. I. Reyfman
Prerequisite: four years of college Russian or instructor's permission. The course will focus on theoretical matters of language and style and on the practical aspect of improving students' writing skills. Theoretical aspects of Russian style and specific Russian stylistic conventions will be combined with the analysis of student papers and translation assignments, as well as exercises focusing on reviewing certain specific difficulties in mastering written Russian.
W4910. Literary Translation 3 pts. R. Meyer
Prerequisite: four years of college Russian. A workshop in literary translation from Russian into English focusing on the practical problems of the craft. Students spend the bulk of the semester working on the translation of a literary text and discussing their work in class.
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Russian Literature and Culture in Translation [RUSS]
V3220. Literature and Empire: The Reign of the Novel in Russia. 3 pts. C. Popkin
Formerly "Nineteenth-Century Prose." Explores the aesthetic and formal developments in Russian prose -- especially the rise of the monumental nineteenth-century novel -- as one manifestation of a complex array of national and cultural aspirations, humanistic and imperialist ones alike. Works by Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov. Knowledge of Russian is not required.
V3221. Literature and Revolution: A Century of Russian Modernisms. 3 pts. R. Stanton
Formerly "Twentieth-Century Prose." Survey of Russian literature from Symbolism to the culture of high Stalinism and post-Socialist realism of the 1960s and 1970s, including major works by Bely, Blok, Olesha, Babel, Bulgakov, Platonov, Zoshchenko, Kharms, Kataev, Pasternak, and Erofeev. Literature viewed in a multi-media context featuring music by Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, avant-garde and post-avant-garde visual music (from Malevich and Kandinsky to Komar and Melamid), and film. Knowledge of Russian is not required.
V3222. Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. 3 pts. R. Belknap
Knowledge of Russian is not required. Analysis of the major works of the two writers.
W4006. Modern Russian Religious Thought. 3 pts. R. Gustafson
Knowledge of Russian is not required. The concepts of God, man, nature, history, and culture. Readings from Chaadayev, Khomyakov, Solovyov, Fyodorov, Florensky, Bulgakov, Shestov, Lossky, Frank, and others. The relationship to Eastern Christian thought and Western philosophy.
W4015. Russian Drama from Pushkin to Chekhov 3 pts. R. Belknap
Readings from the selected 19th-century texts. Some attention to theatrical background. Parallel reading list in translation and in the original; students who wish to receive credit for department major or concentration are required to do the reading in the original.
W4016. Russian Drama from Chekhov to the Present 3 pts. R. Belknap
Parallel reading lists in English and Russian. Graduate majors must read in the original. Emphasis on literary texts, the history of literary movements, and on competing theatrical and dramatic theories.
W4027. Poetry and Prose of the 1860s 3 pts. Staff
Readings, lectures, and discussion on the fiction, lyric, drama, and journalism of a crucial decade. A longer reading list is provided for those who cannot read Russian.
W4032. The Culture of Russian Modernism 3 pts. Staff
A knowledge of Russian is not required, but a special list of readings in the original is provided for those interested. The major writers and trends, with emphasis on prose fiction. Garshin, Kuprin, Andreev, Gorky, Bely, Pasternak, Bunin, Remizov, and others.
W4033. The Making of Socialist Realism 3 pts. R. Stanton
The major writers and literary developments, 1917-1934. Special attention to the role of literature in reflecting and shaping social and political values. Readings assigned in English; those with knowledge of Russian expected to read in the original as much as possible.
G4039. Literature, Politics and Tradition after Stalin 3 pts. C. Nepomnyashchy, R. Stanton
Advanced undergraduates may register if the instructor gives permission. The major writers and trends in Russian literature from the death of Stalin to the present. Emphasis on the rethinking of the role of literature in society and on formal experimentation engendered by relaxation of political controls over literature. Readings assigned in English; those with knowledge of Russian expected to read in the original as much as possible.
W4036. Russian Women in Literature and Culture 3 pts. C. Nepomnyashchy
Literary and historical records are studied chronologically, with emphasis on women's social position, their literary image, and their contribution to culture. Special attention to the Soviet period.
W4050. Post-Soviet Russian literature 3 pts. Staff.
A survey of the prose and poetry of the major writers to have entered Russian literature in the 1980s and 1990s. Special attention to writing by women authors. Parallel reading lists available in English and in Russian.
See also Comparative Literature--Russian [CLRS].
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Russian Literature and Culture [RUSS]
V3333-V3334. Introduction to Russian Literature, I and II 3 pts. Staff
Prerequisites: two years of college Russian and the instructor's permission. For non-native speakers of Russian. A close study in the original of representative works of Russian literature from Pushkin to present.
V3319. Masterpieces of 19th-Century Russian Literature 3 pts. M. Kashper
Prerequisites: native or near-native knowledge of Russian and the instructor's permission. A close study, in the original, of representative works by Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Leskov, and Chekhov.
V3320. Masterpieces of 20th-Century Russian Literature 3 pts. M. Kashper/Staff
Prerequisites: native or near native knowledge of Russian and the instructor's permission. A close study, in the original, of representative works by Bunin, Mandelstam, Tsvetaeva, Babel, Bulgakov, Nabokov, Platonov, Akhmatova, Solzhenitsyn, Brodsky and Pelevin.
V3332. Vvedenie v russkuiu literaturu: Scary Stories. 3 pts.
Two years of college Russian or the instructor's permission. For non-native speakers of Russian. The course is devoted to the reading, analysis, and discussion of a number of Russian prose fiction works from the eighteenth to twentieth century. Its purpose is to give students an opportunity to apply their language skills to literature. It will teach students to read Russian literary texts as well as to talk and write about them. Its goal is, thus, twofold: to improve the students' linguistic skills and to introduce them to Russian literature and literary history. A close study in the original of the "scary stories" in Russian literature from the late eighteenth century. Conducted in Russian.
V3333. Vvedenie v russkuiu literaturu: Poor Liza, Poor Olga, Poor Me. 3 pts.
Two years of college Russian or the instructor's permission. For non-native speakers of Russian. The course is devoted to the reading, analysis, and discussion of a number of Russian prose fiction works from the eighteenth to twentieth century. Its purpose is to give students an opportunity to apply their language skills to literature. It will teach students to read Russian literary texts as well as to talk and write about them. Its goal is, thus, twofold: to improve the students’ linguistic skills and to introduce them to Russian literature and literary history. A close study in the original of the "fallen woman" plot in Russian literature from the late eighteenth century. Conducted in Russian.
V3344. Vvedenie v russkuiu kul'turu: Russian Culture in NYC. 3 pts. M. Kashper.
Prerequisites: Five semesters of classroom Russian or the equivalent and the instructor's permission. A study of Russian culture as it is represented in New York City. Conducted in Russian.
V3345. Vvedenie v russkuiu kul'turu: Advanced Russian Through History. 3 pts.
Prerequisites: Five semesters of classroom Russian or the equivalent and the instructor's permission. Advanced Russian through History is a language course designed to meet the needs of those foreign learners of Russian as well as heritage speakers who want to develop further their reading, speaking and writing skills and be introduced to the history of Russia.
W3400. Moscow on the Hudson: Russian Culture in New York City 4 pts. M. Kashper
The practice and perfection of Russian language skills through the study of Russian art, opera, ballet, theater and film. Class lectures and discussions supplemented by attendance at musical and dramatic performances as well as the viewing of films and visits to museums. Six field trips.
V3461. Pushkin 3 pts. I Reyfman
Conducted mainly in Russian. Examinations in English. A close study in the original of Pushkin's narrative, dramatic and lyrical verse.
V3463. Tolstoy 3 pts. R. Gustafson
Prerequisite: three years of college Russian or instructor's permission. A close study in the original of Anna Karenina. Class discussion conducted in English.
V3464. Dostoevsky 3 pts. V. Izmirlieva
Prerequisites: three years of college Russian and instructor's permission. A close study, in the original, of selections of representative work.
V3465. Russian Poetry of the 19th and 20th Centuries 3 pts. R. Gustafson
Prerequisites: three years of college Russian and instructor's permission. A close study, in the original, of selected texts from five representative lyric poets: Tiutchev, Fet, and Blok, Tsvetaeva, and Brodsky. Attention given to metrics, formal analysis of style and structure, and the relationship to literary and philosophical movements. Class discussion will be conducted in English.
V3467. Twentieth-Century Russian Prose Writers 3 pts. R. Stanton
Prerequisites: three years of college Russian or instructor's permission. A close study, in the original, of representative Soviet writers such as Babel, Olesha, Zamiatin and/or Bulgakov. Class discussion conducted in English.
V3472. Platonov 3 pts. C. Harwood
Prerequisite: three years of college Russian or instructor's permission. Close reading, in the original, of representative works by the twentieth-century Russian writer Andrei Platonov. Discussion, in English, of the meaning, style and context of Platonov's writings.
V3595. Senior seminar 4 pts. R. Stanton
Required of all Barnard Slavic majors and any Columbia majors who are writing a thesis. A research and writing workshop designed to help students (1) plan and execute a major research project, and (2) communicate their ideas in a common scholarly language that crosses disciplinary boundaries. Content is determined by students’ thesis topics; also includes general sessions on how to formulate a proposal and how to generate a bibliography. Students present the fruits of their research in class discussions, culminating in a full-length seminar presentation and the submission of the written thesis.
V3596. Supervised individual research 2-4 pts. Staff
Prerequisites: senior standing and the instructor's permission. Supervised research culminating in a critical paper.
W4025. The Russian Memoir 3 pts. R. Belknap
A sampling of family, political, travel, prison, literary, theatrical, military, court, religious, and other memoirs from several centuries, with attention to the characteristics of the different subgenres and literary periods; the interplay between the memoir and other literary genres.
G4026. Nineteenth-Century Russian Opera: Musical and Literary Discourses 3 pts. B. Gasparov
Prerequisite: either a reading knowledge of Russian or the ability to read scores. Six Russian operas: Glinka’s Ruslan and Liudmila, Musorgsky’s Boris Godunov and Khovanshchina, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh are examined as an interplay between trends in Western musical theater and Russian popular musical culture (romances, folk songs, liturgical music). Emphasis on music’s relation to its literary sources and contemporary ideological discourses.
W4032. History of Russian Film 3 pts. Staff
Survey course on the history of Russian film (in translation) from the pre-revolutionary period to the present. Explores roles of cinema in Russian society and in creation of Russian national identity. Films include October, Bed and Sofa, Mirror, and Burnt by the Sun.
W4056. The Brothers Karamazov 3pts. R. Belknap
Prerequisite: the ability to read sixty pages of Dostoevsky's Russian per week. A careful reading of the text in the original, with attention to historical, literary, religious, political, psychological, and other questions.
W4200. Russian Theatre--Hands On 3 pts. M. Kashper
The study and staging, in the original, of a Russian play. Concentrates on exploration of character and style through language, phonetics, detailed textual analysis, and oral presentation.
See also Comparative Literature--Russian [CLRS].
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Czech Language and Literature [CZCH]
W1101-W1102. Elementary Czech, I and II 4 pts. Staff
Essentials of the spoken and written language. Prepares students to read texts of moderate difficulty by the end of the first year.
W1201-W1202. Intermediate Czech, I and II 4 pts. C. Harwood
Prerequisite: CZCH W1102 or the equivalent. Rapid review of grammar. Readings in contemporary fiction and nonfiction, depending upon the interests of individual students.
W3333. Readings in Czech Literature, I 3 pts. Staff
Prerequisite: CZCH W1202 or the instructor's permission. Extensive readings in Czech literature in the original, with emphasis depending upon the needs of individual students.
W3998. Supervised individual research 2-4 pts. Staff
Prerequisite: departmental permission.
W4038. Prague Spring of '68 in Film and Literature 3 pts. Staff
Explores the unique period in Czech film and literature during the '60s that emerged as a reaction to the imposed socialist realism. The new generation of writers (Kundera, Skvorecky, Havel, Hrabal) in turn had an influence on young emerging filmmakers, all of whom were a part of the Czech new wave.
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Comparative Literature-Czech [CLCZ]
W4030. Postwar Czech Literature 3 pts. Staff
A survey of postwar Czech fiction and drama. Knowledge of Czech not necessary. Parallel reading list available in translation and in the original.
W4035. The Writers of Prague 3 pts. Staff
A survey of the Czech, German, and German-Jewish literary cultures of Prague from 1910 to 1920. Special attention to Hašek, Čapek, Kafka, Werfel, and Rilke. Parallel reading lists available in English and in the original.
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Comparative Literature-Russian [CLRS]
W4011. Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and the English Novel. 3 pts. L. Knapp.
A close reading of works by Dostoevsky (Netochka Nezvanova; The Idiot; "A Gentle Creature") and Tolstoy (Childhood, Boyhood, Youth; "Family Happiness"; Anna Karenina; "The Kreutzer Sonata") in conjunction with related English novels (Bronte's Jane Eyre, Eliot's Middlemarch, Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway). No knowledge of Russian is required.
W4012. Russian, French, and American Novels of Adultery. 3 pts. L. Knapp.
Adultery is a driving concern of the works read. Authors include Pushkin, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Chekhov; Lafayette, Flaubert; Hawthorne, Chopin. As we study the nineteenth-century novels that define the novel of adultery as a literary category, as well as some precursors and later offshoots, we articulate a morphology of the novel of adultery. We also focus on the narrative technqiues used to represent the consciousness of the protagonists, in an effort to determine how the subject matter and the poetics of the novel of adultery interact. No knowledge of Russian is required; all works read in English.
W4015. Dostoevsky and Nabokov: Narratives of Transgression and Madness. 3 pts. D. Martinsen
A close reading of works by Dostoevsky (The Double, Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, "The Meek One," The Brothers Karamazov) and Nabokov (Despair, Lolita). Paying particular attention to narrative strategies, the course will prepare students to apply their knowledge of Dostoevskian plot, thematics, and literary technique to two novels by the great Dostoevsky-denier Nabokov.
W4020. Slavic Literary Theory 3 pts. B. Gasparov
A survey of Russian and Central European theories of poetic language, literary evolution, and codes of special behavior from the turn of the twentieth century to the 1980's. Their relation to European twentieth-century intellectual history.
W4032. Emancipation of the Self in (Early 20th Century) Russia and the European Modern. 3pts. J. Wermuth-Atkinson.
A survey of the conceptual commonalities in 20th century Russian and Western European literature, art, architecture, theater, and music. Emphasis will be on the views of the Self, the relationship between matter and psyche, and reality and appearance, discussed in the context of Russian Symbolism, analytical psychology, and the Modern.
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Comparative Literature-Slavic [CLSL]
W4001. Contemporary East European Literature: When the Wall Came Down 3 pts. Staff
A course focusing on the changes in the literary situation in East European countries that have accompanied and followed the end of communist rule. The reading list includes works by representative authors from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Ukraine.
W4005. Construction of Gender and Sexuality in East European Writing 3 pts. Staff
A seminar focusing on the changes in the literary situation in Eastern European countries that have accompanied and followed the end of the Communist rule. The reading list includes works by authors from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Ukraine. Readings in translation.
W4030. How to Do Things with Literature 3 pts. C. Popkin, J. Dauber.
Knowledge of Russian or Yiddish not required; readings available in the original for students with requisite language proficiency. Explores the multiple tasks assumed by, or thrust upon, Russian and Yiddish literatures as each strove to establish a distinctive prose tradition in a shared cultural space.
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Slavic and General Linguistics [SLLN, CLLN, LING]
Slavic Linguistics:
SLLN G4005. Introduction to Old Church Slavonic. 3 pts. A. Timberlake, V. Izmirlieva
An
abridged course in Old Church Slavonic phonology and morphology, with
some attention to the role of Church Slavonic in shaping the lexicon of
modern Russia.
General Linguistics:
CLLN W3101. Introduction to Linguistics. 3 pts. B. Gasparov, A. Timberlake.
Parameters of the structure of language: phonology, grammar,
semantics, concepts and methods of theoretical linguistics and their
role in the study of cognitive, communicative and social functions of
language.
CLLN W4108. Language History. 3 pts. Staff.
The
nature and mechanisms of change in language, including the topics of comparative
reconstruction, analogy, semantic change, language in space and time, prehistory
and migration.
CLLN W4204 Linguistic Theory. 3 pts. B. Gasparov.
In-depth treatment of the structure and use of language
(especially syntax, semantics and discourse), with attention to theoretical
issues. Discussion of scholarly literature representing various fields of
linguistics
CLLN W4903. Semantics and Generative Transformational Syntax. 3
pts. Staff.
Contemporary approaches to the relation between linguistic meaning
and form, with special emphasis on work within the Chomskian tradition.
Transformational and phrase structure grammar, x-bar syntax, government and
binding, lexical decomposition, logical form, minimalist theory.
LING W4800. Language and Society: Power, Ideology, Identity. 3 pts. A. Berezovenko.
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Polish Language and Literature [POLI]
W1101-W1102. Elementary Polish, I and II 4 pts. Staff
Essentials of the spoken and written language. Prepares students to read texts of moderate difficulty by the end of the first year.
W1201-W1202. Intermediate Polish, I and II 4 pts. A. Frajlich-Zajac
Prerequisite: POLI W1102 or the equivalent. Rapid review of grammar; readings in contemporary nonfiction or fiction, depending on the interests of individual students.
W3101-W3102. Advanced Polish, I and II 4 pts. A. Frajlich-Zajac
Prerequisite: POLI W1202 or the equivalent. Extensive readings from 19th- and 20th-century texts in the original. Both fiction and nonfiction, with emphasis depending on the interests and needs of individual students.
W3998. Supervised Individual Research 2-4 pts. Staff
Prerequisite: departmental permission.
W4003. History of Polish Literature 3 pts. Staff
A knowledge of Polish is not required, but students knowing the language are expected to read in the original and are given special assignments. A general survey of Polish literature from the Renaissance to the First World War and the establishment of an independent Polish state. Lectures and assigned readings.
W4030. Post-World War II Polish Literature 3 pts. Staff
Readings in English translation. Students with a knowledge of Polish are expected to do some work in the original. An introduction to major developments in Polish prose, fiction, poetry, and drama since the end of World War II and the establishment of the present government.
W4040. Mickiewicz 3 pts. A. Frajlich-Zajac
Analyzing the major works of Adam Mickiewicz. Students with sufficient knowledge of Polish are required to do the readings in the original. Parallel reading list for readers and non-readers of Polish.
W4042. Bestsellers of Polish Literature 3 pts. A. Frajlich-Zajac
Reading knowledge of Polish desirable but not required. Parallel reading lists are available in the original and in translation. A study of the 20th-century Polish novel during its most invigorated, innovative inter-war period. A close study of the major works of Kuncewiczowa, Choromanski, Wittlin, Unilowski, Kurek, Iwaszkiewicz, Gombrowicz and Shulz. The development of the Polish novel will be examined against the background of new trends in European literature, with emphasis on the usage of various narrative devices.
W4044. Twentieth-Century Polish Drama and Theater 3 pts. Staff
A reading knowledge of Polish is desirable but not required. Primarily the plays of such avant-garde dramatists as Witkiewicz, Gombrowicz, Mrożek, and Różewicz, and the theater work of Grotowski.
W4048. Masterpieces of Nineteenth-Century Polish Poetry 3 pts. A. Frajlich-Zajac
Analysis of the major works of the nineteenth-century poets, including Mickiewicz, Slowacki, Krasiński, Fredro, and Norwid. Parallel reading lists for readers and non-readers of Polish. Students with sufficient knowledge of the language are required to read in the original.
W4050. Contemporary Polish Poetry 3 pts. A. Frajlich-Zajac
A close study of representative works of post-World War II Polish poetry. A reading knowledge of Polish is desirable but not required.
W4110. The Polish Novel 3 pts. Staff.
A consideration of the evolution of the novel form in Polish literature from the Baroque memoir through the Enlightenment, Positivism, modernism, and the avant-gardists of the twentieth Century. Reading knowledge of Polish desirable but not required. Papers and discussion in English.
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Romanian [RMAN]
W1101-W1102. Elementary Romanian, I and II 4 pts. M. Momescu
Provides students with an introduction to the basic structures of the Romanian Language.
W1201-W1202. Intermediate Romanian, I and II 4 pts. M. Momescu
Prerequisite:
RMAN W1101-W1102 or instructor's permission. Further explores the
grammatical and linguistic structures of the Romanian language.
W4008. Introduction to Romanian Culture 3 pts. Staff
Prerequisite:
intermediate or advanced language skills in Romanian. Introduces
students to the rich culture of Romania and is of particular interest
to students planning to conduct scholarly research or fieldwork in
Romania. Further develops students' abilities in speaking, listening,
reading, and writing Romanian. Required texts are supplemented by
additional readings as well as by films, music, and videos.
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Serbo-Croatian (Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian) Language and Literature [SRCR]
W1101-W1102. Elementary Serbo-Croatian, I and II 4 pts. R. Gorup
Essentials of the spoken and written language. Prepares students to read texts of moderate difficulty by the end of the first year.
W3333-W3334. Readings in Serbo-Croatian literature, I and II 3 pts. R. Gorup
Prerequisite: SRCR W1102 or the equivalent. Readings in Serbo-Croatian literature in the original, with emphasis depending upon the needs of individual students.
W3998. Supervised individual research 2-4 pts. Staff
Prerequisite: departmental permission.
W4100. Central Europe and the Orient in the Works of Yugoslav Writers 3 pts. R. Gorup
Analyzing works of Vladan Desnica, Miroslav Krleža, Ivo Andric and Meša Selimovic. Parallel reading lists will be available in English and Serbo-Croatian
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Ukrainian Language and Literature [UKRN]
W1101-W1102. Elementary Ukrainian, I and II 3 pts. Staff
Essentials of grammar, basic oral expression, with emphasis on drills, reading, writing, and listening comprehension. Reading of simple texts; discussion of readings in Ukrainian. Conducted increasingly in Ukrainian.
W1201-W1202. Intermediate Ukrainian, I and II 3 pts. A. Berezovenko
Prerequisite: UKRN W1102 or the equivalent. Intensive rapid review of grammar, with some emphasis on conversational skills. Strong emphasis on reading/translating skills using selections from contemporary Ukrainian periodicals.
W3998. Supervised individual research 4 pts. Staff
Prerequisite: departmental permission.
W4021. Introduction to Ukrainian Literature and Culture 3 pts. Staff
A survey of the emergence and development of a distinct Ukrainian literary and cultural tradition, from the medieval period through the beginning of the 20th century, with some examples of the contributions and influences of other contemporary arts such as opera, painting, and film.
W4022. Introduction to Ukrainian Literature and Culture: The Twentieth Century 3 pts. Staff
A survey of the turbulent history of Ukrainian literature and culture during the course of the 20th century, with examples of the contributions and influences of other contemporary arts, expecially film.
W4040. Twentieth-Century Ukrainian Prose 3 pts. Staff
Prerequisite: A reading knowledge of Ukrainian or fluency in another Slavic language. A survey of the major works from the turn of the century through the1990s with a brief overview of 19th-century Ukrainian prose and its connection to later development.
W4058. The Ukrainian Cultural Renaissance: 1917-1934 3 pts. Staff
A course focusing on the literary and cultural politics in Ukraine during the period of relative liberalization and the national revival in 1917-1934. The reading list includes fiction, poetry, drama, films, manifestoes and theoretical and polemical writings by Mykola Khvyl’ovyi, Valerian Pidmohyl’nyi, Mykola Kulish, Mykhail’ Semenko, Pavlo Tychyna, Mykola Zerov, Maksym Ryl’s’kyi, Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Les’ Kurbas and others.
W4060. Cultural Currents and Their Political Context in Twentieth-Century Ukraine 3 pts. Staff
Prerequisite: a reading knowledge of Ukrainian or fluency in another Slavic language. A survey of the major cultural currents in twentieth-century Ukraine in the context of contemporary political developments, with emphasis on five separate fields: literature, film, theater, music, and art. All readings in English; a knowledge of Ukrainian not required.
W4070. Twentieth-Century Ukrainian Drama 3 pts. Staff
Prerequisite: a reading knowledge of Ukrainian or fluency in another Slavic language. The main developments in Ukrainian drama from the turn of the century to the present. A discussion of the authors and their works within the context of the various styles active in Ukrainian literature and against the background of the stylistic movements and events in the literature of the West.
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Slavic Literature and Culture [SLLT]
W4001. Contemporary East European Literature 4 pts. Staff
Knowledge of language is not required. A seminar focusing on the changes in the literary situation in East European countries that have accompanied and followed the end of the Communist rule. The reading list includes works by representative authors from Poland, the Czech Republlic, Slovakia, Hungary, the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Ukraine.
W4003. Central European Drama In The Twentieth Century 3 pts. I. Sanders
Focus will be on the often deceptive modernity of modern Central and East European theater and its reflection of the forces that shaped modern European society. It will be argued that the abstract, experimental drama of the twentieth-century avant-garde tradition seems less vital at the century's end than the mixed forms of Central and East European dramatists. Emphasis on the achievements of Central and East European theater will also provide a postmodern perspective on the various stylistic"isms" of the early twentieth century.
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Slavic Cultures [SLCL]
W4001. Slavic Peoples, Their Languages and Cultures 3 pts. Staff
A survey of Slavic peoples, their languages and cultures, followed by a concentration on the history, economic and social organization, culture and civilization of Kievan Rus and its interaction with the outside world.
W4120. Exploring East European Identities through Literature and Film 3 pts. Staff
An advanced introduction to East European literature and culture through a discussion of the articulations of East European identity-shaping experiences in several major twentieth-century films and literary texts. Readings include Joseph Roth, Stanislaw Wyspiański, Bruno Schulz, and Danilo Kiš. Readings in English.
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Film
R4016. Seminar in International Film: Poland
History
W3361. The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union
W3560. The Turbulent Century: East Central Europe, 1914-89
W3967. Personality and Society in 19th-Century Russia
W4343. Imperial Russia, 1682-1918
Political Science
W3522. The Life-Cycle Of Communist Regimes
V3675. Russia And The West
W4491. Post-Soviet States And Markets
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