SLAVIC 388: 20th century Russian Poetry: From Aleksandr Blok to Joseph Brodsky (SLAVIC 188)
Developments in and 20th-century Russian poetry including symbolism, acmeism, futurism, and literature of the absurd. Emphasis is on close readings of individual poems. Taught in Russian.
Last offered: Winter 2016
SLAVIC 390: Tolstoy's Anna Karenina in Dialogue with Contemporary Philosophical, Social, and Ethical Thought (COMPLIT 190, COMPLIT 390, SLAVIC 190)
Anna Karenina, the novel as a case study in the contest between "modernity" and "tradition," their ethical order, ideology, cultural codes, and philosophies. Images of society, women and men in Tolstoy v. those of his contemporaries: Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Weber, Durkheim, Freud. Open to juniors, seniors and graduate students. Requirements: three interpretive essays (500-1000 words each). Analysis of a passage from the novel; AK refracted through a "philosophical" prism and vice versa (30% each); class discussion and Forum (10%).
Last offered: Winter 2014
SLAVIC 394: Russia: Literature, Film, Identity, Alterity (SLAVIC 194)
How do Russian literature and film imagine Russian identity ¿ and, in contrast, the ethnic or national Other? Does political and literary theory analyzing national identity and the literary imagination elsewhere hold true in the Russian context? Texts include works by Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Blok, Mayakovsky, Platonov; Soviet and post-Soviet films; theory and history. Recommended for returnees from Moscow, Slavic majors, and CREEES MA students. Accepted for IR credit. Readings in English and films subtitled; additional section for Russian readers. Taught in English.
Last offered: Autumn 2012
SLAVIC 395: Russian and East European Theater (SLAVIC 195)
Evolution of modernist Russian/EEur. dramaturgy, theatrical practices, landmark productions from Chekhov-Meyerhold-Grotowski to present; re-performance of classics; techniques of embodiment. Taught in English.
Last offered: Autumn 2015
SLAVIC 398: Writing Between Languages: The Case of Eastern European Jewish Literature (JEWISHST 148, JEWISHST 348, SLAVIC 198)
Eastern European Jews spoke and read Hebrew, Yiddish, and their co-territorial languages (Russian, Polish, etc.). In the modern period they developed secular literatures in all of them, and their writing reflected their own multilinguality and evolving language ideologies. We focus on major literary and sociolinguistic texts. Reading and discussion in English; students should have some reading knowledge of at least one relevant language as well.
Last offered: Spring 2014
SLAVIC 399: INDIVIDUAL WORK
Open to Russian majors or students working on special projects. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 1-15
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Fleishman, L. (PI)
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Freidin, G. (PI)
;
Greenleaf, M. (PI)
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Instructors:
Fleishman, L. (PI)
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Freidin, G. (PI)
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Greenleaf, M. (PI)
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Ilchuk, Y. (PI)
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Safran, G. (PI)
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Skakov, N. (PI)
SLAVIC 801: TGR PROJECT
Terms: Sum
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
for credit
SLAVIC 802: TGR Dissertation
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum
| Units: 0
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Fleishman, L. (PI)
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Freidin, G. (PI)
;
Greenleaf, M. (PI)
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Instructors:
Fleishman, L. (PI)
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Freidin, G. (PI)
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Greenleaf, M. (PI)
;
Safran, G. (PI)
;
Skakov, N. (PI)
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