Language Courses
Literature, Culture, Film, and Linguistics Courses
Language Courses
(4 credits unless otherwise noted)
BCS 1101: ELEMENTARY BOSNIAN-CROATIAN-SERBIAN I
MTWR 3:00-3:55PM, Derby Hall 038, Instructor: Anna Cesnjevar
BCS 1103: INTERMEDIATE BOSNIAN-CROATIAN-SERBIAN I
MWF 10:10-11:00AM, Hagerty Hall 120, Instructor: Distance Learning
CZECH 1101: ELEMENTARY CZECH I
MTWR 1:25-2:25PM, Hagerty Hall 120, Instructor: Distance Learning
POLISH 1101: ELEMENTARY POLISH I
TWRF 12:40-1:35PM, Hagerty Hall 145, Instructor: Izolda Wolski-Moskoff
POLISH 1103: INTERMEDIATE POLISH I
TWRF 4:10-5:05PM, Hagerty Hall 045, Instructor: Izolda Wolski-Moskoff
POLISH 3101: ADVANCED POLISH I
TR 11:15AM-12:30PM, Hagerty Hall 120, Instructor: Distance Learning
ROMANIAN 1101: ELEMENTARY ROMANIAN I
TWRF 3:00-3:55, Derby Hall 047, Instructor: Adela Lechintan-Siefer
RUSSIAN 1101.01: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN I
• Section 0010, TWRF, 8:00-8:55, Mendenhall Lab 129, Instructor: Ekaterina Kibler
• Section 0020, TWRF, 9:10-10:05, Campbell Hall 119, Instructor: Ray Alston
• Section 0030, TWRF, 10:20-11:15, Hagerty Hall 186, Instructor: Seogyoung Gu
• Section 0040, TWRF, 3:00-3:55, Derby Hall 024, Instructor: Joseph Schlegel
• Section 0050, TWRF, 4:10-5:05, Hagerty Hall 351, Instructor: Joseph Schlegel
RUSSIAN 1101.51: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN I (SELF-PACED)
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Marina Pashkova
RUSSIAN 1102.01: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN II
• Section 23503, TWRF, 9:10-10:05, University Hall 074, Instructor: Katya Rouzina
• Section 23504, TWRF, 5:20-6:15PM, University Hall 047, Instructor: David McVey
RUSSIAN 1102.51: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN II (SELF-PACED)
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Marina Pashkova
RUSSIAN 1103.01: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN II
• Section 0010, TWRF, 8:00-8:55, Derby Hall 062, Instructor: Greg Ormiston
• Section 0020, TWRF, 11:30-12:25, Hagerty Hall 045, Instructor: David McVey
• Section 0030, TWRF, 12:40-1:35, Derby Hall 062, Instructor: David McVey
RUSSIAN 1103.51: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN I (SELF-PACED)
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Marina Pashkova
RUSSIAN 2104.51: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN II (SELF-PACED)
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Marina Pashkova
RUSSIAN 3101: THIRD-YEAR RUSSIAN I
Section 0010, TR, 10:20AM-11:15AM, Journalism 353, Instructor: Helen Myers
Section 0010, WF, 10:20AM-11:15AM, Macquigg Lab 162, Instructor: Helen Myers
*Please note, these listings are for the same class. It will meeting in the Journalism Building on Tuesday/Thursday and in Macquigg Lab on Wednesday/Friday
RUSSIAN 3121: ADVANCED READING RUSSIAN I (SELF-PACED) -- 3 credits
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Marina Pashkova
Developing reading skills and strategies from a variety of authentic Russian sources, with special emphasis on contemporary materials Prereq: 2104.01 (407.01 or 402.01) or 2104.51 (407.51 or 402.51), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 580.51 or 581.51. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 cr hrs.
RUSSIAN 3122: ADVANCED READING RUSSIAN II (SELF-PACED) -- 3 credits
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Marina Pashkova
Further development of reading skills & strategies from authentic Russian sources, with emphasis on contemporary materials. Students register for 1-3 cr hrs during sem. Progress is sequential from one cr hr to next; 80% is required to advance. Prereq: 3121 (581.51), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 582.51. Repeatable to a maximum of 3 cr hrs.
RUSSIAN 3140: RUSSIAN CONVERSATION -- 1 credit
M 3:00PM-3:55PM, Hagerty Hall 045, Instructor: Larysa Stepanova
Maintaining and further developing conversational skills in Russian at the intermediate level. Taught in Russian as round-table discussion. Prereq: 2104.01 (402.01) or 2104.51 (402.51), or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 2 cr hrs.
RUSSIAN 4101: ADVANCED RUSSIAN I-- 3 credits
MWF 1:50PM-2:45PM, Journalism Bldg 295, Instructor: Marina Pashkova
Continuation of Russian 4101: speaking, listening, reading, and writing practice in Russian at the advanced level, with a focus on Russian culture and national identity.
Prereq: 4101 (601) or 609, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 610.
RUSSIAN 4135: PRACTICAL RUSSIAN PRONUNCIATION
TR 2:20-3:40, University Hall 024, Instructor: Ludmila Isuirn
RUSSIAN 5101: FIFTH YEAR RUSSIAN I-- 3 credits
TR 8:00-9:20AM, Enarson Classrooms 218, Instructor: Helen Myers
RUSSIAN 6171: BASIC READING RUSSIAN FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (SELF-PACED) -- 3 credits
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Marina Pashkova
Russian alphabet, basic vocabulary, and basic elements of grammar for graduate students who need to develop reading skills for professional research. Taught in self-paced format. Continued by Russian 6172. Prereq: Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 571.
RUSSIAN 6172: READING RUSSIAN FOR RESEARCH (SELF-PACED) -- 3 credits
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Marina Pashkova
Continuation of Russian 6171: further development of reading skills, vocabulary, and grammar for graduate students who need to read Russian for professional research. Taught in self-paced format.
Prereq: 6171 (571), and Grad standing. Not open to students with credit for 572 or 573.
Linguistics, Literature, Culture, and Film Courses (3 credits unless otherwise noted)
RUSSIAN 2250/H: MASTERPIECES OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE
Section 0010, TR 11:10-12:30, Orton Hall 110, Instructor: Alex Burry
Section 0020, WF 11:10-12:30, Hayes Hall 005, Instructor: Daniel Pratt
Section 0030, TR 8:00-9:20AM, Hagerty Hall 046, Instructor: Ana Kabakova
Honors Section, MWF 9:10-10:05AM, Jennings Hall 140, Instructor: Alisa Ballard
Reading and analysis of great works of Russian literature from the 19th century to the present by authors such as Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Akhmatova, Bulgakov, Solzhenitsyn, and Ulitskaya. Taught in English.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 2250H (250H and 251H), 250, or 251.
GE Literature and GE Diversity Global Studies course
RUSSIAN 2335.01/.99: RUSSIAN CULTURE/ONLINE
Section 0010, TR 9:35AM-10:55AM, University Hall 090, Instructor: Anastasiia Gordiienko
Online Section, N/A, N/A, Instructor: Marina Pashkova
Russia has always been a fascinating place, with its mixture of globe-shaking politics and world-class culture. The future -- whatever it holds -- promises nothing less. Through an analysis of literature, films, and the visual arts, we will learn about Russia and the USSR in the twentieth century and its impact on the world; try to understand the present of post-Soviet Russia; and imagine Russia in the future. In an attempt to comprehend the Western puzzlement in dealing with unique Russian contradictions, we will discuss the magnificence of Russian culture as well as look into the dark side of the Russian tradition, the destructive impulses of Stalinism and most recently of the return of Soviet Style politics with Vladimir Putin and the Russian Mafia. Taught in English. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 135 or 235.
GE Cultures and Ideas and GE Diversity Global Studies course
RUSSIAN 2345: RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES AND FOLKLORE
TR 11:10-12:30PM, Mendenhall Lab 185, Instructor: Helena Goscilo
Examines four categories of texts, both verbal and visual: (1) a survey of Russian demonology; (2) a large selection of the best-known Russian fairy tales,; (3) scholarly articles analyzing the differences between folklore and literature; and (4) visual materials (film, paintings, graphics, and handicrafts) and music inspired by Russian fairy tales. Taught in English.
GE cultures and ideas and diversity global studies course
RUSSIAN 3350: RUSSIAN CULTURE AND POLITICS
Section 0010, WF 9:35-10:55, Dulles Hall 012, Instructor: Jennifer Suchland
RUSSIAN 3460: THE MODERN RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH FILM
• Section 0010, WF 12:45-2:05PM, Mendenhall Lab 185, Instructor: Yana Hashamova
• Section 0020, WF 2:20-3:40PM, University Hall 038, Instructor: Helen Myers
Section 0030, TR 2:20-3:40PM, Bolz Hall 314, Instructor: Helen Myers
Exploration of some of the most revealing hopes and disappointments of Russian people presented in internationally acclaimed Russian films. Taught in English. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 360.
GE Visual and Performing Arts and GE Diversity Global Studies course
POLISH 5230: POLISH LITERATURE
Section 0010, M 2:15-5:00PM, Denney Hall 207, Instructor: Daniel Pratt
Polish cultural and intellectual history as represented in the major works of Polish literature and in contemporary media. Taught in English. Readings in English, but students of Polish will do portions of the readings in the original.
Prereq: 6 cr hrs of Literature courses at the 2000 level or above, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 630 and 631.
RUSSIAN 5701: HISTORY OF RUSSIAN I
WF 9:35-10:55AM, Caldwell Lab 183, Instructor: Daniel Collins
RUSSIAN 5194 (GROUP STUDIES): UTOPIA AND DYSTOPIA IN RUSSIAN LITERATURE
TR 5:30-6:50PM, Hagerty Hall 071, Instructor: Alexander Burry
Russian writers of the past two centuries have been fascinated with both the idea of utopia and its reverse image of a dystopian society whose aim of perfection has led to the very opposite. In this course, we will explore the interplay between these genres in realist, modernist, Soviet, and post-Soviet utopian and dystopian novels, stories, plays, and essays. Primary readings will include works by Chernyshevsky, Dostoevsky, Zamyatin, Gladkov, Platonov, Mayakovsky, Pelevin, and Sorokin. In addition to these texts, readings will include excerpts from the Bible, Plato’s Republic, and Thomas More’s Utopia, as well as criticism of the fictional works.
SLAVIC 2230: VAMPIRES, MONSTROSITY, AND EVIL: FROM SLAVIC MYTH TO TWILIGHT
• Section 0010: WF 12:45-2:05PM, Orton Hall 110, Instructor: Daniel Collins
Section 0020: TR 9:35-10:55AM, Campbell 243, Instructor: Hope WIlson
• Section 0030: TWR 4:10-5:05PM, Jennings 160, Instructor: Daniel Collins
Changing approaches to evil as embodied in vampires in East European folk belief & European & American pop culture; function of vampire & monster tales in cultural context, including peasant world & West from Enlightenment to now. Taught in English.
Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 130.
GE cultures and ideas course, GE diversity global studies course
SLAVIC 2345: INTRODUCTION TO EASTERN EUROPEAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE
MWF 9:10-10:05AM, Caldwell 102, Instructor: Joseph Schlegel
Literature of a selected Slavic or East European country or countries in cultural and historical context; may include film, drama, art, music, and other media. Taught in English. May be repeated with topic change. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 245 except by permission of instructor.
Repeatable to a maximum of 9 credit hours.
GE Literature; GE Diversity Global Studies course
SLAVIC 2367: THE EAST EUROPEAN EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA
• Section 0010: WF 2:20-3:40PM, Hagerty Hall 359, Instructor: David McVey
• Section 0020: WF 11:10-12:30, Hagerty Hall 359, Instructor: Izolda Wolski-Moskoff
Experiences of East European immigrants; assimilation vs. multiculturalism, American Dream, stereotypes, identity formation; development of written & oral communication skills. Taught in English.
Prereq: Level 1 writing course (1110), or English 110 or 111 with permission of instructor; Not open to students with credit for 367.
GE Writing and Communication: Level 2, and GE Diversity Social Diversity in the US course.
SLAVIC 3310: SCI-FI: EAST VS WEST
TR 12:45-2:05PM, Mendenhall Lab 191, Instructor: Helena Goscilo
SLAVIC 6000: SLAVIC LITERATURE, FILM, AND CULTURAL STUDIES PROFESSIONALIZATION FORUM -- 1 credit
TBA, Instructor: TBA
Biweekly colloquium for presentations and discussion of research by graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars. Required for M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Slavic Linguistics.
Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 8 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.
SLAVIC 6500: PROSEMINAR IN SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN LITERARY & CULTURAL STUDIES
T 2:20-5:00PM, Derby Hall 060, Instructor: TBA
SLAVIC 6600: SLAVIC LINGUISTICS PROFESSIONALIZATION FORUM
W 3:55-5:15PM, TBA, Instructor: TBA
SLAVIC 7801: COLLEGE TEACHING OF SLAVIC & EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
M 8:45-11:45AM, Hagerty Hall 045, Instructor: Larysa Stepanova
SLAVIC 8803: LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND COGNITION
TR 11:10-12:25, Denney 213, Instructor: Ludmila Isurin