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Fall 2012

• RUSS 101: Elementary Russian

  For students with no previous training in or minimal knowledge of Russian. Simultaneous development of skills in speaking, reading, aural comprehension, writing. Students with prior instruction or who speak Russian at home should consult the department for placement information. Class meets five days a week. 6 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; offered Fall 2012 -- D. Nemec Ignashev, A. Dotlibova

• RUSS 204: Intermediate Russian

  Continued four-skill development using texts and resources from a variety of sources. Emphasis on communicative skills. Prerequisite: Russian 103 or placement. Class meets five days a week. 6 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; offered Fall 2012 -- A. Dotlibova, D. Nemec Ignashev

• RUSS 400: Integrative Exercise

  6 credit; S/NC; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Fall 2012, Winter 2013, Spring 2013 -- L. Goering, D. Nemec Ignashev

Winter 2013

• RUSS 102: Elementary Russian

  Continues Russian 101. Prerequisite: Russian 101 or placement. Class meets five days a week. 6 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; offered Winter 2013 -- A. Dotlibova, L. Goering

• RUSS 205: Russian in Cultural Contexts

  In this course students continue to develop skills of narration, listening comprehension, and writing, while exploring issues of contemporary Russian life and consciousness. The issues are examined from the position of two cultures: American and Russian. The course draws on a variety of sources for reading and viewing, including the periodic press, film, and music. Prerequisite: Russian 204 or placement. 6 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, International Studies, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; offered Winter 2013 -- A. Dotlibova

• RUSS 261: Lolita

  Rejected by every major publisher to which the author submitted it, first published in France in 1955 by a press known for pornographic trash, Vladimir Nabokov’s scandalous novel of a middle-aged college professor obsessed with a twelve-year-old girl continues to feed controversy as well as to challenge and delight readers with its labyrinthian narrative, endless wordplay, innumerable meta-artistic allusions, and troublesome eroticism. Thus warned, you are invited to join the jury in deliberating the designs and delights of this twentieth-century literary classic. Conducted in English. 3 credit; Arts and Literature, Literary/Artistic Analysis, Writing Requirement; offered Winter 2013 -- D. Nemec Ignashev

• RUSS 336: Pushkin

  A study of the major poetry, drama and prose of Russia's most important poet. Prerequisite: Russian 205 or permission of the instructor. 6 credit; Arts and Literature, Literary/Artistic Analysis, International Studies; offered Winter 2013 -- L. Goering

• RUSS 400: Integrative Exercise

  6 credit; S/NC; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Fall 2012, Winter 2013, Spring 2013 -- L. Goering, D. Nemec Ignashev

Spring 2013

• RUSS 103: Elementary Russian

  Concludes introductory method of Russian 101-102. Prerequisite: Russian 102 or placement. Class meets five days a week. 6 credit; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement, Does not fulfill a curricular exploration requirement; offered Spring 2013 -- A. Dotlibova, L. Goering

• RUSS 395: Senior Seminar: The Cult of Stalin

  Drawing on materials from film, literature, architecture, and mass culture, we will examine the cult of Iosif Stalin during "the Leader's" lifetime and continuing into subsequent eras through both repudiation and periodic revivals. We will address the pagan and Christian foundations of the Stalin cult, as well as its connections with the cult of Lenin. Conducted entirely in Russian. Prerequisite: at least 6 credits at the level of Russian 330 or higher or permission of the instructor. 6 credit; Arts and Literature; offered Spring 2013 -- A. Dotlibova

• RUSS 400: Integrative Exercise

  6 credit; S/NC; Does not fulfill a distribution requirement; offered Fall 2012, Winter 2013, Spring 2013 -- L. Goering, D. Nemec Ignashev