printer friendly pageSLAVIC 146: The Great Russian Novel: Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
War and Peace and Brothers Karamazov within the broader intellectual and historical context. Focus is on literary form and the novel as a medium for philosophical investigation. Central concerns include: the genre of the novel, depiction of history, concepts of the self, religious experience in fiction. Course taught in English.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Merrill, J. (PI)
;
Burke, A. (TA)
SLAVIC 181: Philosophy and Literature (CLASSICS 42, COMPLIT 181, ENGLISH 81, FRENCH 181, GERMAN 181, ITALIAN 181, PHIL 81)
Required gateway course for Philosophical and Literary Thought; crosslisted in departments sponsoring the Philosophy and Literature track: majors should register in their home department; non-majors may register in any sponsoring department. Introduction to major problems at the intersection of philosophy and literature. Issues may include authorship, selfhood, truth and fiction, the importance of literary form to philosophical works, and the ethical significance of literary works. Texts include philosophical analyses of literature, works of imaginative literature, and works of both philosophical and literary significance. Authors may include Plato, Montaigne, Nietzsche, Borges, Beckett, Barthes, Foucault, Nussbaum, Walton, Nehamas, Pavel, and Pippin. Taught in English.
Terms: Win
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Anderson, R. (PI)
;
Landy, J. (PI)
SLAVIC 187: History of 18th and 19th century Russian Poetry (SLAVIC 387)
Close analysis of lyrical poems of Russian classical poets from Mikhail Lomonosov to Vladimir Soloviev. Taught in Russian. Prerequisite: Two years of Russian
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Fleishman, L. (PI)
SLAVIC 199: Individual Work for Undergraduates
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: 1-5
| Repeatable
for credit
Instructors:
Fleishman, L. (PI)
;
Freidin, G. (PI)
;
Greenleaf, M. (PI)
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Fleishman, L. (PI)
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Freidin, G. (PI)
;
Greenleaf, M. (PI)
;
Safran, G. (PI)
;
Skakov, N. (PI)
SLAVIC 226: BAKHTIN AND HIS LEGACY
"Quests for my own word are in fact quests for a word that is not my own, a word that is more than myself," writes Mikhail Bakhtin towards the end of his life. It was this ceaseless pursuit of another word that allowed Bakhtin, one of the most distinguished literary critics of the twentieth century, to author several influential literary theory concepts, many of which deal with the ideas of multiplicity, diversity and unfinalizability. The seminar explores these core concepts through close reading of key texts in English and investigates their reverberations in the writings of other thinkers such as Kristeva, de Man and Derrida
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Skakov, N. (PI)
SLAVIC 236: The Russian Long Take
"Time flows in a film not by virtue but in defiance of montage-cuts," wrote the great Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. An exploration of the phenomenon of long take (a single continuous shot which presents `a vision of time') and its aesthetic and philosophical significance to the art of cinema. Key films by cult Russian/Soviet auteurs such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Sergei Paradzhanov and Aleksandr Sokurov will be used as case studies and read through the prism of film theory (Gilles Deleuze, Andre Bazin and Jean Epstein). Taught in English.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors:
Skakov, N. (PI)
SLAVIC 311: Introduction to Old Church Slavic
The first written language of the Slavic people. Grammar. Primarily a skills course, with attention to the historical context of Old Church Slavic.
Terms: Win
| Units: 2-4
Instructors:
Pereltsvaig, A. (PI)
SLAVIC 327: Boris Pasternak and 20th century Russian Modernist Poetry
An emphasis is made on close reading of the poetry of Boris Pasternak, Marina Tsvetaeva and Vladimir Mayakovsky. Taught in Russian.
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-5
Instructors:
Fleishman, L. (PI)
SLAVIC 387: History of 18th and 19th century Russian Poetry (SLAVIC 187)
Close analysis of lyrical poems of Russian classical poets from Mikhail Lomonosov to Vladimir Soloviev. Taught in Russian. Prerequisite: Two years of Russian
Terms: Win
| Units: 3-4
Instructors:
Fleishman, L. (PI)
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)
;
Freidin, G. (PI)
;
Greenleaf, M. (PI)
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Instructors:
Fleishman, L. (PI)
;
Freidin, G. (PI)
;
Greenleaf, M. (PI)
;
Safran, G. (PI)
;
Skakov, N. (PI)
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