The Department of European Languages, Literatures, and Cultures offers the following courses in Slavic Languages. These courses are not only for its majors and minors, but also for students in other disciplines interested in language, literature and culture.

All courses are 3 credits, unless otherwise stated.

Section A - Courses Taught in Russian

RUS 111 Elementary Russian I (4 credits)

An introduction to Russian. Class work will be supplemented by practice in the language laboratory. No student who has had two or more years of Russian in high school (or who has acquired an equivalent proficiency) may receive credit for RUS 111 without written permission from the supervisor of the course.

TuTh: 12:50-2:10 / Tu: 2:20-3:15 — C. Bethin

RUS 211-S3 Intermediate Russian I

An intermediate course in Russian stressing an active command of the language.
Prerequisite: RUS 112.

TuTh: 12:50-2:10 — Pustovoit

RUS 213 Intermediate Russian for Students of Russian Speaking Background

A course intended for students who already speak Russian and who need training in writing, reading, and grammar.

Remark: Not for credit for students who have completed RUS 211 and/or RUS 212.

Prerequisite: Native-speaking proficiency in Russian.

Tu-Th: 12:10-2:10 — A. Geisherik

RUS 331 Russian Online
The study of Russian Literature and culture past the intermediate level through the use of the internet resources.
Remarks: Intended for students of Russian-speaking background.
Prerequisite: RUS 312 or equivalent proficiency in Russian.
On-line course — A. Geisherik

Section B - Courses Taught in English

HUR 141-B: Russian Literature and Empire
A survey of major Russian writers of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Pushkin, Dostoevsky, and Solzhenitsyn. The course offers a brief history of Russian literary masterpieces in the context of world literature and of major cultural movements such as the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and 20th-century totalitarianism.
MW: 2:20-3:40 — I. Kalinowska

HUR 231-I: Saints and Fools
An introduction to literature about the lives of saints and the holy fool tradition in major texts from Russian and English literature. Emphasis is placed on the ways authors have used fundamental religious values of humility, the transcendent irrational, and kenosis -- Jesus's humbling himself by taking the form of a man -- to comfort their own times. Authors considered include Charles Dickens, Chaucer, Nikolai Gogol, and Aleksandr Pushkin; films include Murder in the Cathedral and Forrest Gump.
Remark: Crosslisted with EGL 231.
TuTh: 5:20-6:40 — Grenkov

HUR 235-G: Crime and Punishment in World Literature
An exploration of crime and its punishment focusing Dostoevsky's response to intellectual history and to literary depiction of criminals, villains, detectives, acts of violence, and prevalent moral codes. Prerequisite: Fulfillment of D.E.C. category B.
ThTu: 2:20-3:40 — N. Rzhevsky/Grenkov
HUR 241-D Russian Cinema
Survey of major developments in Soviet and Russian cinema extending from the groundbreaking innovations of Soviet montage to the popular cinema of the post-communist period.
M: 3:50-6:40 / W: 3:50-5:10— I. Kalinowska

For further information on courses in Russian and Polish, please contact the department office at 632-7440, Library N4004, or send an e-mail to Prof. Tim Westphalen, coordinator for the Slavic program.

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Last updated: 03/29/08