Winter 2019 Class Schedule
Course | Title | Instructor | Day/Time | |
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SLAVIC 101-2 | Elementary Russian | Natalia Malinina | MTWF 2-2:50 | |
SLAVIC 101-2 Elementary RussianWelcome to continuing Elementary Russian! This is the second part in a three-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the Russian language and contemporary Russian culture. Students will continue to develop the fundamentals of speaking, listening, writing, and reading through a variety of communicative and content-based activities. Emphasis will be placed on practical communication so that students should be able to function at a basic level in authentic situations by the end of the year. | ||||
SLAVIC 101-2 | Elementary Russian | Anthony Topoleski | MTWF 9-9:50am | |
SLAVIC 101-2 Elementary RussianWelcome to continuing Elementary Russian! This is the second part in a three-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the Russian language and contemporary Russian culture. Students will continue to develop the fundamentals of speaking, listening, writing, and reading through a variety of communicative and content-based activities. Emphasis will be placed on practical communication so that students should be able to function at a basic level in authentic situations by the end of the year. | ||||
SLAVIC 102-2 | Intermediate Russian | Natalia Malinina | MTWF 12-12:50 | |
SLAVIC 102-2 Intermediate RussianДобро пожаловать! Welcome back to Intermediate Russian! This is the second part in a three-quarter sequence focusing on the Russian language and contemporary Russian culture. Students continue to develop the skills of speaking, listening, writing, and reading through a variety of communicative and content-based activities. Emphasis will be placed on practical communication so that students should be able to function in many authentic situations by the end of the year. | ||||
SLAVIC 108-2 | Introduction to Polish | Kinga Kosmala | MTWF 10-10:50 | |
SLAVIC 108-2 Introduction to PolishSlavic 108-2 is the second part in a three-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to Polish language and culture. We will continue to learn the basic grammar of Polish, building on the material acquired in first quarter. Our focus will be on speaking, reading, writing, and listening. | ||||
SLAVIC 208-2 | Intermediate Polish | Kinga Kosmala | MTWF 1-1:50 | |
SLAVIC 208-2 Intermediate PolishIn Winter Quarter of Second Year Polish, the students expand their speaking, reading and writing skills by building on grammar and vocabulary. As a complement to the linguistic side of the course, the students will gain a greater familiarity with Polish history and culture through varied means including readings of literary works, articles from contemporary Polish newspapers and movies. | ||||
SLAVIC 210-1 | Introduction to Russian Literature | Ilya Kutik | MW 2-3:20 | |
SLAVIC 210-1 Introduction to Russian LiteratureBefore Tolstoy and Dostoevsky came three canonical nineteenth-century Russian writers: Pushkin, Gogol, and Lermontov. In this early era, Russia was heavily in dialogue with Western European culture, which introduced Russia to a new genre of writing—the novel. Steeped in poetry, the gothic, and the Romantic, these writers' groundbreaking works resounded through the generations that followed. We explore the history, culture, and society that produced these long-studied classics of Russian literature. | ||||
SLAVIC 211-1 | 20th Century Russian Literature | Christopher Pike | TTh 11-12:20 | |
SLAVIC 211-1 20th Century Russian Literature(Co-listed with CLS 202) This course focuses on interconnections between new ideas in literature, culture and politics in the early 20th century. Texts include great Modernist novels Peterburg (1913) by Andrei Bely, Master and Margarita (1940) by Mikhail Bulgakov, and Evgeny Zamiatin's We (1921); poetry by Aleksandr Blok, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and Osip Mandelstam. These major works are discussed in the broad Russian and European cultural and historical context. | ||||
SLAVIC 255 | Slavic Civilizations: The Balkans | Elisabeth Elliott | TTh 12:30-1:50 | |
SLAVIC 255 Slavic Civilizations: The Balkans(Co-listed with LING 222) Students will examine and analyze political and identity issues in terms of the languages and dialects of the Balkans (particularly Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romani, and Serbian). Topics include: linguistic nationalism, language laws, rights of minority languages, language discrimination, language and religion, alphabet issues, language and dialect as ethnic identity, standard language, and others. We explore key issues that have plagued the Balkans and continue to shape its future. Area IV, Historical Studies, in SLAVIC 255 and Area V, Ethics and Values, in LING 222. | ||||
SLAVIC 303-2 | Modern Russian Readings and Language | Natalia Malinina | MWF 11-11:50am | |
SLAVIC 303-2 Modern Russian Readings and LanguageThis course is the second part of a three-quarter sequence focusing on communication, cultural understanding, connections of Russian language and culture with other disciplines (such as history and sociology), and comparisons of Russian and American culture and language. It is a combined third- and fourth-year all skills language and culture class. This course includes topics in grammar, a focus on developing discussion and conversational skills and writing, and readings from a range of contemporary Russian writers. It is taught in Russian and is intended for students who have completed the SLAVIC 302 series and/or the SLAVIC 102 series. | ||||
SLAVIC 390-0 | Introduction to Polish Literature | Kinga Kosmala | T 3-5:50 | |
SLAVIC 390-0 Introduction to Polish LiteratureThis course investigates the richness and complexity of historical and cultural aspects, myths, and multi-religious traditions that have shaped Polish literature in the modern period (1800-2010) —especially the works of Polish-Jewish writers, such as Bruno Schulz, Zuzanna Ginczanka (Sara Ginzburg), and Julian Tuwim. Readings are offered both in English translation and original Polish. Discussion in class is in English, with optional Polish discussion section. | ||||
SLAVIC 393 | Prague: City of Cultures, City of Conflict | Martina Kerlova | MW 3:30-4:50pm | |
SLAVIC 393 Prague: City of Cultures, City of Conflict(Co-listed with German 346) This course examines Prague, one of the most beautiful and culturally vibrant cities in Europe. Its magnificent streets and buildings both conceal and reveal a past full of multiethnic coexistence and interethnic conflict. We explore the development over the past two centuries from a multicultural, democratic city to a homogeneous, communist one, and ultimately to its present open and capitalist incarnation. We will read a range of literary and historical sources, including the story of the Golem and writings by Milan Kundera, Václav Havel, and Franz Kafka, and will study Prague’s architecture and watch several films set on its streets. | ||||
SLAVIC 396-0 | Economics & the Humanities: Understanding Choice | Saul Morson and Morty Schapiro | TTh 12:30-1:50 | |
SLAVIC 396-0 Economics & the Humanities: Understanding Choice(Co-listed with HUM 260) This course offers a cross-disciplinary approach to the concept of alternatives and choices. At any given moment, how many alternatives are possible? Is there really such a thing as chance or choice? On what basis do we choose? How does our understanding of the past affect the future? Can we predict the future? Professor Gary Saul Morson, a specialist in literature, and Professor Morton Schapiro, a labor economist specializing in the economics of higher education, will themselves offer alternative approaches to these questions based on the presuppositions of their disciplines. | ||||
SLAVIC 438-0 | Studies in 20th Century Russian Literature | Nina Gourianova | W 2-4:50 | |
SLAVIC 438-0 Studies in 20th Century Russian LiteratureContent varies. |