Russian Literature Required Coursework

In accordance with Graduate School rules, students holding an M.A. must complete a minimum of 90 graduate credit hours in order to qualify for the Ph.D. degree. Of these, 45 must be completed while in residence at the university prior to candidacy, while 20 must be completed after admission to candidacy. In addition, doctoral students must be in residence for at least three out of four consecutive quarters and enrolled during that time in at least ten graduate credit hours per quarter.

Courses Required for Candidacy in Russian Literature

2 Literature Surveys , to be selected from the following:

• Russian 650 (Dostoevsky)
• Russian 651 (Tolstoy)
• Russian 656 (Russian Women Writers)
• Russian 750 (Pushkin and His Time)
• Russian 751 (Gogol' and 19th-Century Russian Satire)
• Russian 752 (Turgenev, Chekhov, and Aspects of Russian Realism)
• Russian 754 (Late 20th- and 21st-Century Russian Literature)

Or: another relevant course with approval from the student's advisor.

2 courses in Poetry/Drama , to be selected from the following:

• Russian 653 (Russian Drama)
• Russian 723 (Topics in Russian Poetry)
• Russian 750 (Pushkin and his Time)

2 courses in Pre-19th-century literature , to be selected from the following:

• Russian 829 (Old Russian Literature)
• Russian 831 (18th-century Russian Literature)
• Slavic 834 (Medieval Slavic literature)

2 courses in another Slavic Literature, to be selected from the following :

• Polish 631
• Polish 632
• South Slavic Literature

* The literature chosen must be that in the student's second Slavic language. These courses must include close reading in the original language in order to fulfill the requirement.

2 5-credit seminars in the department.

1 required course in Slavic Linguistics , to be selected from the following:

• Russian 640 (Structure of Russian)
• Russian 720 (History of Russian).

• Russian 823 (History of the Russian Literary Language)
• Slavic 810 (Old Church Slavonic)

*Students entering the Ph.D. program with an M.A. from outside the Department may substitute Russian 640 (Structure of Russian) or Russian 720 (History of Russian).

VII.4 COURSES REQUIRED AFTER CANDIDACY

Research in Slavic (Slavic 999) . The Graduate School minimum for 999 after candidacy is 20 hours; with the above departmental minima and no other courses, 25 hours of Slavic 999 are needed to meet the 90 hours required for graduation.