Language
Linguistics, Literature, Culture and Film
Language Courses
(4 credits unless otherwise noted)
BOSNIAN/CROATIAN/SERBIAN 1102: ELEMENTARY BOSNIAN-CROATIAN-SERBIAN 2
MTWR 3:00-3:55, Baker Systems Engineering 0184, Instructor: Lejla Bilal
BOSNIAN/CROATIAN/SERBIAN 2104: INTERMEDIATE BOSNIAN-CROATIAN-SERBIAN 2
MTWR 4:10-5:05, Baker Systems Engineering 0184, Instructor: Lejla Bilal
SLAVIC 5194: GROUP STUDIES (= ADVANCED BOSNIAN/CROATIAN/SERBIAN 1) -- 3 credits
Section 0010, MWF 11:30-12:25, location TBA, Instructor: Vedrana Mihalicek
This section will be Advanced Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language (=third year). Prerequisite: BCS 2104 (or Serbo-Croatian 407 under quarters).
POLISH 1102: ELEMENTARY POLISH 2
TWRF 12:40-1:35, Derby Hall 0047, Instructor: Izolda Wolski-Moskoff
POLISH 2104: INTERMEDIATE POLISH 2
TWRF 3:00-3:55, Derby Hall 38, Instructor: Izolda Wolski-Moskoff
ROMANIAN 1111: INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE ROMANIAN -- 8 credits
TWRF 1:50-3:55, Location TBA, Instructor: Andrei Cretu
This course offers a full year of Romanian (1102 + 1103) on an intensive basis, in only one semester. Prerequisite: Romanian 1101 (101).
SLAVIC 5194: GROUP STUDIES (= INTERMEDIATE ROMANIAN 2) -- 3 credits
Section 0020, TWRF 11:30-12:25, Journalism 0295, Instructor: Andrei Cretu
This section will be Intermediate Romanian 2 (= second year, second semester). Prerequisite: Romanian 1103 (405).
RUSSIAN 1101.51: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN 1 (SELF-PACED)
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Yuliia Aloshycheva
RUSSIAN 1102.01: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN 2 (CLASSROOM)
Section 0010, TWRF 8:00-8:55, University Hall 0151, Instructor: Taylor White
Section 0020, TWRF 4:10-5:05, Mendenhall Laboratory 0173, Instructor: James Stevens
Section 0030, TWRF 1:50-2:45, Journalism Building 0274, Instructor: Gregory Ormiston
RUSSIAN 1102.51: ELEMENTARY RUSSIAN 2 (SELF-PACED)
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Yuliia Aloshycheva
RUSSIAN 1103.51: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN 1 (SELF-PACED)
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Yuliia Aloshycheva
RUSSIAN 2104.01: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN 2 (CLASSROOM)
Section 0010, TWRF 9:10-10:55, Central Classrooms 0243, Instructor: Michael Furman
Section 0020, TWRF 12:40-1:35, Hagerty Hall 0351, Instructor: Marina Pashkova
RUSSIAN 2104.51: INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN 2 (SELF-PACED)
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Yuliia Aloshycheva
RUSSIAN 3101: THIRD-YEAR RUSSIAN 1: CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN (CLASSROOM)
Section 0010, TWRF 8:00-8:55, Hagerty Hall 0056, Instructor: Katerina Rouzina
Section 0020, TWRF 4:10-5:05, Hagerty Hall 0351, Instructor: Robert Reynolds
Further develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills and grammar competence while discussing topics of contemporary Russian life and literature. Prereq: 2104.01 or 4 cr hrs of 2104.51, or 402.01 or 407.01, or 5 cr hrs of 402.51 or 407.51, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 501 or 560.
RUSSIAN 3102: THIRD YEAR RUSSIAN 2: CURRENT EVENTS THROUGH RUSSIAN MEDIA (CLASSROOM)
Section 0010, TWRF 8:00-8:55, Mendenhall Lab 0174, Instructor: Marina Pashkova
Section 0020, TWRF 4:10-5:05, Hagerty Hall 0359, Instructor: Marina Pashkova
Introduction to the Russian mass media with an emphasis on current events; further development of speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills and grammar competence. Prereq: 3101 (501 and 502), or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 503 or 562
RUSSIAN 3121: ADVANCED READING RUSSIAN 1 (SELF-PACED) -- 3 credits
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Yuliia Aloshycheva
Developing reading skills and strategies from a variety of authentic Russian sources, with special emphasis on contemporary materials Prereq: 2104.01 (407.01) or 2104.51 (407.51), 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 2 (SELF-PACED) -- 3 credits
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Yuliia Aloshycheva
Further development of reading skills & strategies from authentic Russian sources, with emphasis on contemporary materials. Students register for 1-4 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 4102: ADVANCED RUSSIAN 2 (CLASSROOM) -- 3 credits
TWRF 8:00-8:55, Journalism Building 0221, Instructor: Andrei Cretu
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 5102: ADVANCED RUSSIAN 4 (CLASSROOM) -- 3 credits
MWF 8:00-8:55, Central Classroom Building 0238, Instructor: Jamilya Nazyrova
Continuation of Russian 5101. Development of speaking, listening, reading, & writing skills at the advanced level, with a focus on a specific theme of interest for area specialists (e.g., history, literature, culture, linguistics, health issues). Prereq: 5101, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
RUSSIAN 6171: BASIC READING RUSSIAN FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS (SELF-PACED) -- 3 credits
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Yuliia Aloshycheva
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: Yuliia Aloshycheva
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: MASTERPIECES OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE
Section 0010, MWF 12:40-1:35, Central Classrooms 0226, Instructor: S. Ceilidh Orr
Section 0020, MWF 10:20-11:15, Central Classrooms 0226, Instructor: Justin Wilmes
Section 0030, MWF 3:55-5:15, Central Classrooms 0226, Instructor: Robert Mulcahy
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 lit and diversity global studies course.
RUSSIAN 2335: RUSSIAN CULTURE
Section 0010, WF 11:10-12:30, Hagerty Hall 0062, Instructor: Jeff Parker
Section 0020, TR 12:45-2:05, Denney Hall 0250, Instructor: Anastasia Kostetskaya
Russian culture from its foundations to the 21st century through analysis of literature, film, music, visual arts, beliefs, and customs. Taught in English. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 135 or 235. GE cultures and ideas and diversity global studies course.
RUSSIAN 3460: MODERN RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH FILM
Section 0010, TR 11:10-12:30, Arps Hall 0383, Instructor: Kate White
Section 0020, TR 11:10-12:30, Arps Hall 0387, Instructor: David McVey
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 VPA and diversity global studies course.
RUSSIAN 4191: INTERNSHIPS FOR RUSSIAN MAJORS
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Helena Goscilo
Intensive work experience or research assistance relating to Russia or Russian, conducted under the supervision of a faculty member. Prereq: Enrollment in major or minor in Russian, and permission of the Undergraduate Studies Coordinator. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs and 2 completions. This course is graded S/U.
RUSSIAN 4575: CAPSTONE COURSE FOR RUSSIAN MAJORS
TR 11:10-12:30, Mendenhall Lab 0115, Instructor: Ludmila Isurin
Junior-senior seminar explores issues of Russian language and literature, focusing on reading in Russian and on honing Russian and English oral and writing skills. Required for Russian major. Taught in Russian and English. Prereq: English 2367 or equiv. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 cr hrs.
RUSSIAN 5194: GROUP STUDIES (= RUSSIAN FOLKLORE)
MWF 11:30-12:25, Central Classroom Building 0209, Instructor: Jamilya Nazyrova
In Spring 2013 the topic of this course will be Russian Folklore. The course introduces students to the rich variety of genres and forms of Slavic folklore from ancient times to the modern day. Our readings include stories, legends, fairy tales, historical songs, anecdotes, superstitions, riddles and proverbs. In addition, we examine rituals and traditions, as well as the visual images and material objects they employ. The role of the collective in folklore production, the relationship among identity, beliefs, and environment, and the transformation of human experience into cultural forms are some of the areas we shall investigate. By analyzing Slavic folklore and conducting their own folklore projects students will become acquainted with diverse genres and folklore theory as well as the elementary techniques necessary for field work. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs or 2 completions.
RUSSIAN 6254: RUSSIAN LITERARY GENRES -- THE NOVEL
M 2:15-5:00, Mendenhall Lab 0129, Instructor: Helena Goscilo
Readings in Bakhtin and Lukács for conceptual framework. Novels by Pushkin, Lermontov, Turgenev, Dostoevskii, Saltykov-Shchedrin, and Belyi as primary texts. Good ability to read Russian recommended. Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
RUSSIAN 6701: HISTORY OF RUSSIAN 1
WF 11:00-12:30, Hagerty Hall 0046, Instructor: Daniel Collins
Survey of the most important developments in the Russian writing system, phonology, morphology, and syntax from Old East Slavic to modern times; Russian among the Slavic languages; main methodologies in historical linguistics. Prereq: 3102 or 503, or Grad standing, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 720.
SLAVIC 2230: VAMPIRES, MONSTROSITY, AND EVIL
MWF 12:40-1:35, Jennings Hall 0060, 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: INTRO TO SLAVIC AND E.E. LIT AND CULTURE
TWF 10:20-11:15, Biological Sciences Building 0668, Instructor: Izolda Wolski-Moskoff
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 cr hrs. GE lit course, GE diversity global studies course.
SLAVIC 2367: EAST EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA
Section 0010, MWF 9:10-10:05, Caldwell Lab 0115, Instructor: Andrea Sims
Section 0020, TR 12:45-2:05, Derby Hall 0030, Instructor: Jessie Labov
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; Soph standing. Not open to students with credit for 367. GE writing and comm course: level 2, and diversity soc div in the US course.
SLAVIC 3360: SCREENING MINORITIES: SLAVIC FILM
TR 12:45-2:05, Page Hall 0060, Instructor: Elizabeth Angerman
Film representations of ethnic and religious others in East European cinema. Taught in English. Prereq: Not open to students with credit for 360. GE VPA course.
SLAVIC 4520H: THE CITY OF SARAJEVO
WF 12:45-2:05, Arps Hall 0384, Instructor: Jessie Labov
The City of Sarajevo is most often treated as a symbol or symptom: standing in for Bosnia, Yugoslavia, the Balkans, or even Europe itself. This course treats it first and foremost as a city, and approaches it as an urban space with the capacity to reveal layers upon layers of history and cultural expression. We will use a wide range of disciplines to access different dimensions of Sarajevo: history to explore its medieval, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian past; art and architecture to reveal present-day traces of that past; anthropology, folklore, and religious studies to chart the intersection of Orthodox, Muslim, Catholic, and Sephardic Jewish practices in this city; political science and international relations to explain the tensions which arose in Sarajevo periodically in the twentieth century, as well as the language of human rights which developed during the siege of 1992-1996. Prereq: Honors standing, and English 1110 or equiv, or permission of the instructor. Not open to students with credit for 520.01H, except by permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 cr hrs.
SLAVIC 6000: SLAVIC LITERATURE/CULTURE PROFESSIONALIZATION FORUM
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Jessie Labov
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 Literatures and Cultures. Prereq: Grad standing. Repeatable to a maximum of 8 cr hrs. This course is graded S/U.
SLAVIC 6500: PROSEMINAR IN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
TR 3:55-5:15, Scott Lab N0056, Instructor: Gyorgy Tury
Selected survey of modern and postmodern literary and cultural studies, designed with advanced students of Slavic literature and post-socialist culture in mind. Will trace the path of literary studies as it has evolved into the larger, interdisciplinary field we now call cultural studies. First half of the course: formalism, Marxism, structuralism, poststructuralism, and deconstruction. Then theories of identity (race, gender, and class) that have made a big impact on the post-socialist world. Postcolonial theory will also be considered in light of various attempts to deploy it in the post-Soviet and post-socialist context. Finally, the specific role of the “Second World” in contemporary accounts of globalization and post-welfare capitalism. Prereq: Grad standing in dept, or 25 hrs of Russian and/or Slavic and East European literature, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for Russian 660.
SLAVIC 6600: SLAVIC LINGUISTICS PROFESSIONALIZATION FORUM
TBA, TBA, Instructor: Brian Joseph
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 7622: SOUTH SLAVIC LINGUISTICS
TR 3:55-5:15, Hagerty Hall 0251, Instructor: Andrea Sims
This course explores the structure of the Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian standard languages. It will focus on issues that have been of particular significance to linguistic theory. The final list of topics will partly depend on student interests, but will likely be chosen from among: the prosodic system, clitic ordering, morphosyntactic agreement, inflectional paradigm structure, or aspectual usage. Assignments will include leading a class discussion, writing an article review, and a term project. This course is offered once every four years. Prerequisites: Ling 4000 (formerly 601) or permission of instructor. The course is designed for graduate students specializing in linguistics (in any department), but is open to undergraduates on a case-by-case basis. Slavic 7621 (Reading B/C/S, formerly 671), or similar knowledge of the basic structure of the languages, is preferable but not required. All required readings will be in English. Linguists who have no background in Slavic languages are welcome and encouraged to enroll.
SLAVIC 8802: LANGUAGE AND MEMORY
TR 2:20-3:40, Central Classroom Building 0238, Instructor: Ludmila Isurin
Discussion of psycholinguistic works related to memory and its role in language processing, second language learning, and forgetting. Taught in English. Elective for the GIS in Second Language Studies. Prereq: Grad standing or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 804.
Advanced students should also consider related courses being offered in other Departments, such as Linguistics 5351: Morphological Theory (Sims); Linguistics 5901: Introduction to Historical Linguistics (Joseph); Linguistics 7902: Historical Linguistics -- Morphology (Joseph). More information can be found under the Department of Linguistics Course Descriptions.