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MA Program in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies.

The Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies is a two-year multidisciplinary program that offers advanced training for those qualified students who seek an integrated knowledge of the language, history, society and culture of the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Eurasia. This graduate degree offers the opportunity to create an individually tailored program. Upon graduation, students will have an extensive understanding of the country or countries of specialization, including a working knowledge of one of the region languages. The program primarily serves students preparing for professional careers and those seeking an M.A. before pursuing a professional career trajectory or Ph.D. in a particular discipline.

This region of the world covers over one-sixth of the globe and comprises countries, which differ enormously in language, ethnicity, religion, culture, political history and economic development. Since the mid-1980s, the process of reform, collapse and reconstruction in the region has led to a heightened interest in the area and the need for serious and scholarly understanding of the region. It is the mission of the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies to facilitate such understanding.

The M.A. program offers either a thesis or report option.

In addition to the standard M.A. program, we currently offer five dual-degree programs, in which students can work towards M.A.s in two disciplines at The University of Texas. These programs are structured in such a way that students can earn both masters degrees simultaneously in approximately three years students must fulfill all requirements for both degrees.

Students have found that this multidisciplinary approach allows them to respond to an increased need in both the public and private sectors for specialists with a thorough understanding of the culture, economics, geography, history and politics of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Students must to both programs in order to be considered for the dual-degree program. Please note that the admission deadlines for other programs may be earlier than the deadline for the CREEES program.

Master of Public Affairs Master of Arts in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies.

The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs offer a dual-degree program that combines advanced policy studies with interdisciplinary area studies and language. Please note that the admission deadline for the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs is earlier than the deadline for the CREEES program.

Master of Global Policy Studies Master of Arts in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies.

The LBJ School and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) also offer a dual-degree program leading to a Master of Global Policy Studies (MGPS) and a Master of Arts in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (MA). The dual-degree program combines advanced studies of globalization with a focus on the politics, economy and cultures of the former Soviet Union and East European world area. Again, please note that the admission deadline for the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs is earlier than the deadline for the CREEES program.

Master of Arts in Media Studies Master of Arts in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies.

The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies and the College of Communication offer a dual-degree program that combines interdisciplinary area studies and language with advanced communication studies.

J.D. Law Master of Arts in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies.

This dual-degree program is designed for those students who wish to study law and Russian, East European and Eurasian issues in an integrated and interdisciplinary manner. Students who expect to be involved in government service or legal practices with a Eastern European focus will benefit from this program.

Master of Business Administration Master of Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies.

The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies and the Red McCombs School of Business offer a dual-degree program that combines the skills needed to lead, build and manage enterprises in a dynamic, global economy with interdisciplinary area studies and language.

Graduate Portfolio Program in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies.

PhD candidates enrolled in other UT departments, who are pursuing coursework and or research in our region, may be interested in the Graduate Portfolio Program in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies.

Our students frequently travel to Russia, Eastern and Central Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, to pursue language study or independent research over the summer. Graduate students additionally participate in professional conferences within and beyond the United States. The annual Continued Funding Application and Progress Report is the medium through which students request additional funds.

Students may also apply for Fulbright, IREX or ACLS grants in order to pursue longer research projects during the academic year.

The Department offers two M.A. tracks. Only students in the Slavic Languages and Literatures track may request to proceed to the Ph.D. program.

Graduate courses are typically offered on a three-year cycle. Graduate students are expected to take available Slavic offerings. Requirements for the M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures include:.

Passing the Russian language proficiency examination (Native Speakers must pass a Russian-English translation test with excerpts from a literary critical article and the pedagogy portion of the Russian written exam).

Completion of RUSS 5050 each semester until the Russian language proficiency examination is passed.

The 30 semester hours of course work for the M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures consist of:.

Requirements for the M.A. in Contemporary Russian Studies include:.

Passing the Russian language proficiency examination (native speakers must pass a Russian-English translation test with excerpts from a scholarly article and the pedagogy portion of the Russian written exam.

Completion of RUSS 5050 each semester until the student passes the Russian language proficiency examination.

The 30 semester hours of course work for the M.A. in Contemporary Russian Studies consist of:.

Six hours of nineteenth and twentieth-century Russian literature.

Nine hours of Russian history and Russian politics course work is required in both fields.

Students pursuing an M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures take only the written and oral components. Students pursuing an M.A. in Contemporary Russian Studies take the written, oral and translation components.

Native Speakers pursuing an M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures must pass a Russian-English translation test with excerpts from a literary critical article and the pedagogy portion of the Russian written exam.

Must be passed before the comprehensive examination may be taken.

May be taken earlier in the same semester as the comprehensive examination or in a previous semester.

Should demonstrate a high level of performance in the case of students continuing on to the doctoral level.

For students pursuing an M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures the comprehensive examination consists of a written component and an oral component. The written component lasts three hours and consists of identifications and essay questions. It covers texts read in coursework and appearing on the MA reading list. After passing the written component, the student takes a one-hour oral examination.

For students pursuing an M.A. in Contemporary Russian Studies, the comprehensive examination is an oral defense of the thesis.

The comprehensive exam may be taken twice.

4 + 1 Master of Arts in Slavic Languages Literatures or Contemporary Russian Studies.

All SLL MA degrees are terminal Masters and Funding is not provided.

The following guidelines pertain to the M.A. programs in Slavic Languages and Literatures and Contemporary Russian Studies:.

The Russian proficiency examination should be taken by the end of the third semester of graduate study.

The Slavic Literature M.A. comprehensive examination should be taken by the end of the fourth semester of graduate study.

The thesis (for M.A. students in Contemporary Russian Studies) should be completed by the end of the fourth semester of graduate study.

The student must apply to graduate in the first month of the final semester of study.

The PhD in Slavic Literature and Culture is often combined with Certificates in Cultural Studies, Film and Media Studies or Russian, East European Eurasian Studies.

Many of our courses are taught in the Nationality Rooms in the historic Cathedral of Learning. Slavic also offers General Education courses in English that are popular with students of all majors, such as Russian Fairy Tales, which won Best Class in a student poll by The Pitt News.

In the past several years the department has helped organize a series of screenings from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Ukraine, Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia, as well as films from all of the newly independent nation states of Central Asia. Each May, the Slavic Department graduate program hosts the annual New East Cinema Symposium, a week-long series of films and discussions held on the university campus in Oakland, a tradition which began in 1999 as the Russian Film Symposium.

These Departmental Bylaws are adapted in large part from the Bylaws of the Departments of English, Theatre Arts, and Linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh. Some language in this document is derived either wholly or in part from those documents and this contribution is hereby acknowledged.

than half of the participants in the summer programs come from schools outside the University of Pittsburgh system.

Proceeds from the Summer Institute enable the Department to underwrite the Ivan Elagin graduate fellowship, which provides one year of support for an incoming graduate student without teaching responsibilities. 95% of participants in SLI receive partial and full scholarships.

Read student testimonials regarding Slavic Department programming here.

An integrative area-studies degree administered by the Slavic and Eastern Languages with the cooperation of the Center for East Europe, Russia and Asia (CEERA).

Students must have a working familiarity with Russian, including practical abilities, before beginning degree candidacy. Language expectations: Students should be able to show, over the course of their studies, a reading knowledge of French, German, Old Church Slavonic or Old Russian, and a second Slavic language. Students concentrating in early Slavic should also be prepared to work with Latin and Classical Greek. The Department expects students to have sufficient background to work successfully in graduate-level courses from other departments associated with their degree program. The Department does not require but welcomes GRE scores.

Ten approved courses (30 credits) on an advanced level from Slavic and East European offerings, normally from three of the following areas:.

At least four of the ten courses courses should come from the major 'emphasis' area and normally two from each minor area. A student may up to two courses (six credits) from advanced work at other universities or research institutes if this work has not been previously applied to another degree.

A written review, with critical bibliography, of a problem in the history of Slavic Studies.

A student should complete Sector I during the first year of degree study or the equivalent thereof.

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Slavic Linguistics are normally fulfilled during the first two years of study. All students are required to demonstrate graduate-level knowledge of the language of the major field. If a student’s major linguistic area is a Slavic language other than Russian, one of the four required courses for the major must be on Russian language. Graduate students will study at least one language in addition to their major language. Many students choose to pursue a second Slavic language (Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, or BCS). It makes sense to begin this study in the first year, perhaps followed up by a summer program abroad after the first and/or second year of study.

Columbia University Slavic Languages, one of the oldest in the US, aims to educate new generations of scholars dedicated to advancing the field of Slavic studies. It strongly emphasizes the rigorous study of literary texts, discourses, and cultural history. It also encourages its students to pursue original and innovative projects that further the development of the field.

In recent years, the area of Slavic studies has undergone major changes, challenging scholars in the field to reach out and build many interdisciplinary ties.

The Slavic Languages offers degrees in Russian, Czech, Polish, South Slavic, and Ukrainian literature. For the MA degree, students work in their primary literature.

The Columbia University Slavic Department enjoys close cooperation with many of Columbia other programs, departments, and institutes in the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts, including the Linguistics program, the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society, the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality, the East Central European Center, and the W. Averell Harriman Institute. Students may pursue the institute Harriman Certificate and are encouraged to do so. Courses in the Harriman program provide broader historical, political, and cultural contexts for literature. They offer opportunities for practical alternatives to an academic career.

The department will also consider applicants with solid backgrounds in other literatures, history, philosophy, religion, or other disciplines in the humanities.

All applicants to the program in Slavic Languages should indicate their choice of subfield (Russian, Czech, Polish, South Slavic, or Ukrainian).

Elementary Russian 101-1 is the first in a three-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the Russian language and contemporary Russian culture. In this course, students will continue to develop the fundamentals of speaking, listening, writing, and reading. Emphasis will be placed on practical communication so that students can function at a basic level in several authentic situations by the end of the year.

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.

Elementary Russian 101-3 is the third part in a three-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to the Russian language and contemporary Russian culture. In this course, 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 several authentic situations by the end of the year.

Intermediate Russian 102-1 is the first in a three-quarter sequence designed to continue exploring the Russian language and contemporary Russian culture. In this course, students will develop the skills of speaking, listening, writing, and reading through a variety of activities. They will be able to function in many authentic situations at an intermediate level by the end of the year.

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.

In this course we will explore some of the sociolinguistic issues in Slavic speaking countries and areas (the Russian Federation, the former Soviet Union, the former Czechoslovakia, etc.) and in Central Europe (specifically, Turkish in Germany). We will look at contemporary issues in Russia and the Ukraine, especially the annexation of the Crimea, anti-gay laws in Russia, and censorship of Pussy Riot. We will explore language policies, minority language rights, language vs. dialect, language planning, language and identity, and language and nationalism.

Czech language and culture. Basic reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Must be taken in sequence.

This course is the first in a three-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to Polish language and culture. We learn the basic Polish grammar and vocabulary, focusing on speaking, reading, writing, and listening.

Slavic 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.

This is the third of a three-quarter sequence designed to introduce students to Polish language and culture. We continue to learn the basic grammar of Polish, focusing on speaking, reading, writing, and listening.

Intermediate Czech: Language and Culture.

Reading, writing, listening, and speaking on topics in Czech culture. Must be taken in sequence.

Intermediate Polish: Language and Culture.

The primary goal of Intermediate Polish is to expand the student speaking, reading and writing skills by building on grammar and vocabulary learned during the first year of study. As a complement to the linguistic side of the course, the student 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.

In 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.

In Spring Quarter of Second Year Polish, students expand their speaking, reading and writing skills by building on grammar and vocabulary learned during prior quarters. 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 302 is a yearlong combined third and fourth-year multi-skill course. The goal is to help students master all major structures of Russian and to begin to function in a wide range of settings and topics. The course acquaints students with aspects of Russian culture that are familiar to most educated native Russian speakers, through literature, videos and Russian movies). Students are encouraged to pursue and develop their own interests in Russian culture, history and social life.

While focusing on conversation, this year-long course promotes the development of all language skills- speaking, reading, writing, and listening--through a variety of communicative and content-based activities. The goal is to help students to master all of the major structures of Russian and to begin to function in a wide range of settings over a wide range of topics. Beyond assigned topics and themes, students will be encouraged to pursue and develop their own interests in Russian contemporary culture.

Slavic 302 is a yearlong combined third and fourth-year multi-skill course. It is recommended for students who are familiar with Russian basic grammatical concepts and vocabulary and are interested in acquiring advanced language skills--speaking, reading, writing, and listening. The course also acquaints students with aspects of Russian culture that are familiar to most educated native Russian speakers, through literature, videos and movies.

Modern Russian Readings and Language.

This course is the first 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.

This 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.

This course is the third 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.

Russian for advanced speakers, including heritage speakers. Stress on skills in speaking, reading, and writing in professional and formal environments. Taught entirely in Russian. Content varies may be repeated for credit.

History of the Russian Language.

Russian phonology and morphology from Proto-Indo-European to modern Russian. Effects of the changes on the contemporary language.

The goal of this course is to help students acquire and improve their reading and writing skills in Polish. It is taught entirely in Polish. All discussions and readings will also be in Polish students will learn discuss literature, culture and politics in Polish. Topics in grammar and stylistics will also be covered.

A graduate level seminar that addresses the complexities of teaching Russian language. The group explores teaching methods with an emphasis on communicative approach to language teaching, working with groups and individuals, and demonstrating and presenting ideas. This seminar is geared toward the student interested in teaching assistantships as well as professional education.

Before Tolstoy and Dostoevsky came three canonical nineteenth-century Russian writers: Pushkin, Gogol, and Lermontov. 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.

In this course, we will examine two of the greatest works of world literature, The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky, and Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, in depth. These two novels raise profound questions and offer challenging answers to the most important issues of life: What gives life meaning, understand evil, the nature and kinds of love, the significance of death, faith and despair, make ourselves and the world around us better, and the way human minds work. We will see why Tolstoy and Dostoevsky are often considered the greatest psychologists who ever lived and why Russian literature conveys a sense of urgency perhaps unmatched anywhere else in human culture. Students will also learn skills for understanding novels that will make it easier and rewarding to read great fiction generally.

In this course, Spiritual Autobiography and Russian Literature, we will read classic works of Russian literature that explore the challenges of achieving spiritual growth in an individual life, with focus on moments of heightened experience and consciousness. Students will have the (optional) opportunity to write a spiritual autobiography. Works by Tolstoy, Chekhov, Turgenev, and Bunin.

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 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.

20th-Century Russian Literature: Doctor Zhivago.

This course is designed as a following sequence to SLAV211-1, a general survey of early 20c. Russian Literature, focused on the interconnections between new ideas in culture and politics. It explores the legendary novel Doctor Zhivago (1957), written by the Noble Laureate Boris Pasternak. Doctor Zhivago was harshly criticized and censored in Soviet Union, then smuggled to the West with the help of the CIA to be preserved and published for the first time, finally becoming a literary sensation and winning the Nobel Prize.

Russian Culture in Revolution from Lenin to Putin.

Historical Studies (IV), Lit. Fine Arts (VI) or Ethics and Values (V). 2017 is the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. To make sense of the significance of this anniversary, this team-taught course integrates insights from Northwestern specialists in Russian and Soviet literature, art, music, theatre, film, graffiti, history, and politics. (These include Saul Morson, Clare Cavanagh and Ilya Kutik). to the new artistic revolutions that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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.

An introduction to the literature, culture and history of the country Norman Davies has called the heart of Europe. In the span of a hundred years, Poland has undergone an extraordinary range of transformations and traumas: Division among three empires (Russian, German, and Austro-Hungarian) the brief period of interwar independence Nazi and then Soviet subjugation Solidarity and the revolt against Soviet rule martial law and finally independence once again. We will explore the relationship between history and culture by way of novels, films, essays, memoirs, historical writing, and poetry. Authors and artists to be discussed include: Czeslaw Milosz, Wislawa Szymborska, Andrzej Wajda, Adam Michnik, Hanna Krall, and others. All work to be read in translation.

Czech Culture: Film, Visual Arts, Music.

Czech culture represented in film and visual arts.

Visual Art in the Context of Russian Culture.

Introduction to the history of Russian art: Survey of major trends in Russian visual art in the dual contexts of Russian culture and European visual art. Focus on interconnections among visual arts, literature, and political history: Russian art from the medieval period to the beginning of the 20th century.

Introduction to the history of Russian art: Survey of major trends in Russian visual art in the dual contexts of Russian culture and European visual art. Focus on interconnections among visual arts, literature, and political history: Russian art of the 20th century.

No previous background in Russian literature is required.

Northwestern University is a community, working to set goals, achieve them, defining and striving for excellence, etc. As such, we are a speech community, using language to describe and form our culture and identity. This includes jargon (e.g., Wildcat, distros, CAESAR, CTECs, DM, ASG, SafeRide, MMLC, etc.) and slang.

The goal of this course is to provide students with a firm understanding of the major contributions of Russian film art to world cinema, especially what is often termed Russian, or dialectical, montage, introduced in the early 20th century by Lev Kuleshov and developed by Sergei Eisenstein. of Meyerhold that were influential in shaping Russian film theory and history. and discuss them in class.

This course will examine how a rapidly growing pluralism of artistic perspectives and a series of wars, most notably the 1917 October Revolution, coincided with and contributed to one of the most prolific and innovative theatrical periods in history. We will also touch on visual art, opera, and ballet.

(Co-listed with Intl. Studies 390) We examine the relationship of the Russian writer to the State. While the Tsars sought to place limits on Tolstoy, Pushkin, and others, they had a privileged place in society.

East European Literature and Visual Arts: Postwar Polish Film.

This course will explore post-World War II film from Poland (with English subtitles). We will assess what the end of WWII, followed by joining the Eastern Bloc, the fall of communism, and the entry into post-Soviet Europe have meant for the film culture and the Polish national film tradition.

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.

This course offers a cross-disciplinary approach to the concept of alternatives and choices.

Studies in Old Russian Literature.

Content varies. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

Studies in 17th-Century Russian Literature.

Studies in 18th-Century Russian Literature.

This course offers a survey of Russian 18th-century culture in its major literary genres and generic trends. Students will be introduced to European classicism in literature as a bigger screen to project and compare with the Russian one, noting major theoretical and practical similarities and differences. We focus on works by Lomonosov, Trediakovsky, Sumarokov, Derzhavin, Bogdanovich, Knyazhnin, Fonvizin, and Karamzin, in comparison with Dryden and Pope (England), Boileau, Racine and Corneille (France).

Studies in 19th-Century Russian Literature.

Content varies. Recent offerings include the role of translation in Russian culture, the Poema, The Brothers Karamazov. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

Russian poema is a specific genre in Russian poetry that appeared in the 18th century and continues till now. Without knowing its originality in Russian literary culture it is impossible to imagine the development of Russian poetry through its all periods. Course covers all major poema masterpieces, including those by Pushkin, Baratynsky, Blok, Belyi, Tsvetaeva, Mayakovsky, Pasternak, and Akhmatova.

Studies in 20th Century Russian Literature.

Studies in Russian Literary Criticism.

20th Century Russian Literature and Cultural Criticism.

An examination of Bakhtin theories of the novel, culture, and time. Topics include Bakhtin key concepts: novelistic language, polyphony, the chronotope, menippean satire, dialogue, the non-alibi for responsibility.

Selected works of Russian masters. Lecture, readings, and discussion in Russian. 1940s to the present. Content varies may be repeated for credit.

Poetry in Russian culture is a powerful and unique catalyst. This course offers a survey of the main trends in 19th Century Russian poetry, which, at the time, became a national symbol through the works of Zhukovsky, Pushkin, Baratynsky, Lermontov, Tiutchev, and others. Although the topics of this so-called Golden Age of Russian literature were many, particular emphasis was on the genre of elegy.