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Course DescriptionsSlavic 1 & 2 (5 units each) Elementary Russian Comprehensive program for the study of Russian language and culture. Focus on proficiency in all four skills (listening, reading, speaking, writing). Weekly viewing of video that accompanies textbook. Classes conducted primarily in Russian. Daily homework assignments. Seven chapter tests and a final. Required Texts: (Available Through Asuc's Cal Textbooks) Slavic 1: Recommended: Edwina Cruise, English Grammar for Students of Russian (for students with little background in grammar) and/ or Natalia Lusin, Barron’s Russian Grammar (for students who want to see the overall picture or who want an additional reference). Slavic 2:
Recommended: Prerequisites: Slavic 2 - Slavic 1 or consent of instructor-in-charge. Slavic 3 & 4 (5 units each) Intermediate Russian Comprehensive review of Russian grammatical system (illustrated in works by classic and contemporary Russian authors). Focus on proficiency in all four skills (listening, reading, speaking, writing). Weekly viewing of popular animated film series. Classes conducted in Russian. Daily homework assignments. Special projects throughout semester. Twelve chapter tests and a final. Required Texts: (Available Through Asuc's Cal Textbooks) Slavic 3 & 4:
Rifkin, Grammatika v Kontekste: Russian Grammar in Literary Contexts, with cassette tapes and workbook/lab manual. Recommended: Natalia Lusin, Barron’s Russian Grammar Prerequisites: previous semester or consent of instructor-in-charge. Slavic R 5A, Section 1 (4 units) Reading and Composition Course Imposture: Con-men, Grifters, and Other Pretenders Throughout the semester, we will be investigating various figures of imposture. Beginning with Nikolai Gogol's classic figure of Chichikov from Dead Souls and his genre-bending reversal of the theme in The Inspector General, the course will examine confidence and imposture as it both reveals aspects of literature's own ploys, as well as exposes how such figures reflect and manipulate the cultural, political, and social dilemmas of their respective ages. To this end, we will also consider forms of imposture beyond just a hustle for money: in terms of race (as in Nella Larsen's Passing), in the realm of politics (as in Pushkin's Boris Godunov), and in relation to the Holocaust (as in Stefan Maechler's definitive report on the false memoirist Binjamin Wilkomirski). As this course fulfills the "A" portion of the Reading and Composition requirement, we will both examine these arts of confidence, as well as attentively work on your own arts of persuasion. Students will be required to write three papers of varying length, two of which will be substantially revised. Various writing exercises and short response papers will also be assigned. Although this is a course about confidence, students are expected to contribute actively in class discussion, not practice the art of the grift on their instructor, nor fail in completing their reading and writing assignments. Texts:
Possible films and operas: Prerequisites: Subject A or equivalent. This course fulfills the “A” portion of the Reading and Composition requirement. Slavic R 5B, Section 1 (4 units) Reading and Composition Course Empire and the Provinces in the Literatures of Russia, Ukraine, and Poland This writing course will explore the relationship between imperial power and provincial life as it was perceived in the literatures of Russia, Ukraine, and Poland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Readings will begin with Nicholas Gogol's depiction of Cossack Ukraine as the historical, cultural, and geographical province that infused Russia with the character and strength to be imperial. Anton Chekhov's negative conception of the internal provinces of Russia as "not Moscow" will be compared to the psychological isolation of Joseph Conrad's white man in the tropics, "not civilization." The delicate nature of policing the empire, issues regarding minority ethnicities and nationalities, and the role of violence in imperial power will be examined in other works by Conrad, Isaac Babel, Stanislaw Witkiewicz, and Bruno Schulz. All readings will be in English or English translation. Texts:
Nikolai Gogol, Taras Bulba Prerequisite: Fulfillment of the 1A or 5A portion of the Reading and Composition requirement or the equivalent. Slavic R 5B, Section 2 (4 units) Reading and Composition course Culture Clashes: East & West From Marco Polo's adventurous journey through Asia to the camel caravans laden with luxurious silks, fragrant teas and pungent spices, the lands to the east of Europe have long been a source of novelty, mystery and exoticism for the western European. The concept of the Orient constructed by the West is composed largely of the idea of the Orient as Islamic, versus the Christian Occident. This concept has not only served as a fruitful source of inspiration for western literature, art and music, but has also provided a model of "the other" against which the West could define itself. In this class we will read novels, short stories, essays and poetry written about the East, as well as one novel and several shorter writings by authors from the East. We will also read works from the Balkans, much of which for several centuries was "Turkey in Europe," and thus a major representative of Islamic culture on the European continent. Some of the authors represented in the course include Ivo Andric, William Beckford, Lord Byron, E.M. Forster, Mikhail Lermontov, and Edward Said. Texts:
Ivo Andric, A Bridge on the Drina In addition there will be a Course Reader with essays, short stories and poetry. Prerequisite: Fulfillment of the 1A or 5A portion of the Reading and Composition requirement or the equivalent. Slavic 25B (5 units) Introductory Polish COURSE SEQUENCE BEGINS IN THE FALL. Introduction to modern Polish. Emphasis on the spoken language through classroom exercises, dialogues and directed conversation. Some supplementary readings may be used. Daily homework assignments, quizzes, midterms and final. Texts: Polakiewicz, Supplementary Materials for First Year Polish Oscar Swan, First-Year Polish Prerequisites: Slavic 25A or equivalent. Slavic 26B (5 units) Introductory Czech COURSE SEQUENCE BEGINS IN THE FALL. This course continues Czech 26A, with emphasis on developing communicative skills, vocabulary, and grammatical competence. The textbook covers a broad range of communicative situations, the fundamentals of Czech grammar, and basic vocabulary. The course also provides an introduction to Czech culture through films, music, and short readings in Czech including excerpts from Czech poetry and prose, history, social studies, and current events. Daily homework, midterm, final exam.
Texts: Kresin, et al., Cestina Hrou, Czech for Fun Prerequisites: Slavic 26A or equivalent. Slavic 27B (5 units) Introductory Serbian/Croatian COURSE SEQUENCE BEGINS IN THE FALL. Continuation of 27A Integrated language skills, and commentary on the sociolinguistic situation of Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and the former Serbo-Croatian. Regular homework assignments, miderm and final exam. Text: BCS, A grammar of Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian with sociolinguistic commentary on the major differences (ms. available as reader) Prerequisite: Slavic 27A or equivalent Slavic 46 (3 units) 20th-Century Russian Literature L&S Breadth: Arts & Literature This course is devoted to close reading, discussion and analysis of significant works of Russian literature produced during the uniquely troubled 20th century. The works (mostly prose stories and novels) will be considered in their historical and cultural context, and as works of verbal art per se. The course surveys both emigre and Soviet literature, and inevitably considers the situation of the writer and creative artist under a state-imposed ideology. Readings include:
Lev Tolstoy, What is Art? Prerequisites: None. Lectures and readings in English Slavic 101 (1-3 units) Practical Russian Phonetics Designed for advanced students in order to improve their pronunciation of Russian and bring it closer to the native level (superior proficiency level). The course teaches an accepted standard pronunciation of educated Russians and makes wide use of remedial methodology to correct ingrained phonetic mistakes and develop stable articulation habits necessary for correct Russian pronunciation and intonation. The course is based on various types of oral and written exercises, reading of literary texts, dialogues of neutral ad emphatic intonational coloring, and includes extensive use of audio tapes. Workload: 12 lessons over 45 hours of instruction: student work is checked in each lesson by numerous exercises to evaluate performance level and change. Mid-term exam with both oral (reading of text, speaking with teacher) and written parts (transcribing a text). Final consists of oral and written parts also. Texts: Practical Russian Phonetics, text prepared by the instructor, with audio-tapes and reader. Other recommended and required supplementary readings. Prerequisites: Slavic 4, 14D, or equivalent. Slavic 103B (4 units) Advanced Russian (Part II) This course covers three main aspects of an advanced Russian course: grammar, syntax, and reading. The grammar is reviewed. Syntax deals with practical aspects of simple and compound sentences. Readings introduce mostly contemporary authors. The course is taught in Russian. There are weekly quizzes on grammar, syntax, and reading, one midterm and the final exam. Weekly discussion or conversation section. Grades based on 30% quizzes, 30% midterm, and 40% final. Texts: I. Pulkina, Russian Prerequisities: Slavic 103A or equivalent. SL 105B (4 units) Advanced Russian/English/Russian Translation Slavic 105B, being a continuation of Slavic 105A, will have both oral interpretation and written translation represented in it. This time, these two aspects will have equal emphasis in the course. Oral translation (interpretation) will be expanded to cover not only informal casual situations but also formal meetings using the methods of consecutive and simultaneous translation. The latter is an especially highly valued skill. Certified consecutive and simultaneous interpreters are in high demand in conferences and official meetings. The written translation part will build on the material studied in 105A by expanding its scope to include scientific, legal and economic texts. Literary translation, including poetic, will also be studied. Texts: Reader Prerequisites: Slavic 105A or consent of instructor. Slavic 114 (1-6 units) Advanced Self-Paced Russian for Native Speakers Students Take Note! Individual class sessions for students are arranged during the first week of classes. Please see the instructor during special office hours during the first week of classes to arrange tutorial schedules. The first week of classes office hours will be posted outside of the Slavic Department office at 6303 Dwinelle Hall at that time. The course can be taken for two semesters not to exceed the maximum of 6 units. The course is designed for native speakers of Russian who have not studied Russian formally or consistently. It aims at building a sophisticated and mature vocabulary, developing grammatical awareness and writing competency. Students with adequate linguistic preparation in both English and Russian may also work on translation skills. The course is organized around students' individual needs and abilities. Classes or individual consultations are held on a weekly basis as arranged during the first week of the semester. Grades are based on regular homework assignments, attendance, and two or three tests or a final paper. Open to undergraduate and graduate students with consent of instructor. Workload: weekly home assignments adjusted to the number of units declared. Texts: All materials to be offered by the instructor in the course of the semester. Prerequisites: native oral fluency. Slavic 115B (4 units) Advaced Polish This part of the Slavic 115 reading series covers excerpts from Polish literature and is conducted in Polish. Students read, comment on, and interpret the original texts from the point of view of content, literary technique and the peculiarities of the language. An overview of grammar is done mainly through exercises assigned from selected chapters of the textbook. Grades based on oral reports, class participation, written assignments and the final exam. Slavic 117B (4 units) Advanced Serbian/Croatian Spoken and written language; advanced grammar review. Reading of texts from various authors and cultural sources on Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia; advanced conversation and writing. Grades based on class participation, midterm and final exam. Texts: Available from the instructor once class begins. Prerequisites: Slavic 117A or equivalent. Slavic 118B (4 units) Advanced Bulgarian Continued practice in speaking and writing Bulgarian. Review of grammar as necessary, reading and discussion of selected texts from Bulgarian literature. Text: Alexander, Intensive Bulgarian, v. 2; additional texts available from instructor Prerequisite: Slavic 118A or consent of instructor. Slavic 120B (2 or 3 units) Advanced Russian Conversation and Communication Formerly Slavic 120. In this course students will continue to develop their listening and speaking skills. By the end of the semester they should acquire sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in informal and formal conversations on a variety of topics. The course is loosely based on the textbook, Let’s Talk About Life! which contains readings, vocabulary lists, speaking activities, and taped interviews on various topics related to life in Russia and the United States. (This semester, with special permission from the publisher, all materials from the textbook are included in the handouts. Other supplementary materials can be found on the Web.) We will also supplement the listening (no less important than speaking since communication breaks down completely when comprehension is poor) with documentary and other film clips, songs, newscasts, guest speakers, etc. Speaking activities might include discussing or retelling a reading from the textbook in small groups, giving an oral report, taking part in a focus group, or participating in a debate, among other things. There will be regular home assignments (mostly writing to prepare for speaking, but also listening or reading to prepare for speaking and vocabulary practice); both a written vocabulary and an oral speaking test (taped or one-on-one with the instructor) for each of the four chapters covered during the semester; and a final (oral interview). The course can be taken for two or three credits. Those students taking the course for two credits will come to class on Mondays and Wednesdays and do the assignments for those days. Students who choose to take the course for three credits will be expected to attend on Fridays as well. Together they will decide on a project (or projects) for the semester. It might be reading more challenging articles on the topic and discussing them in class, using the Internet to research a topic and write a report, conducting interviews among immigrants from the former Soviet Union, filming a movie, staging a play, or producing a newspaper in Russian, or any other project that the students and instructor agree on. The grade will be determined as follows: Prerequisite: Slavic 4 or consent of instructor. Students may take 120A or 120B depending on their level of proficiency and goals. Slavic 133 (4 units) Russian Novel and the West: “ Russian, French, and American Novels of Adultery” This Course is Cross-listed with English 166, Section 3 L&S Breadth: Arts & Literature We will read Russian, French and American novels and novellas that focus on adultery. The works read depict heroines and heroes who transgress familial, societal, sexual, and religious norms. The problem of adultery provides the driving force of these narratives. As we study the nineteenth-century novels that define the novel of adultery as a literary category, as well as some precursors and later offshoots, we will attempt to outline a morphology of the novel of adultery. We will also examine the narrative techniques used in these novels to represent the consciousness of the protagonists, in an effort to determine how the subject matter and the poetics of the novel of adultery interact. For one of the papers, students will read an additional novel of adultery (chosen from a list) and write about it in relation to the material discussed in class. The workload includes: the reading of assigned texts and of an additional novel of adultery, various short written assignments, two papers (3 pages and 8 pages), and a final exam. . Lafayette, Marie-Madeleine de: The Princess Of Cleves Slavic 133R (1 unit) Research in Russian Literature: Russian Novel and the West This course is designed to support a research project coordinated with Slavic 133 supervised by the instructor. Individual consultation with the instructor. Final research paper of 10-15 pages required. Prerequisites: Enrollment in Slavic 133; consent of instructor. Slavic 134C (4 units) Dostoevsky L&S Breadth: Arts & Literature OR Philosophy & Values A close reading of a range of works, including four major novels, (Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons and The Brothers Karamazov), a philosophical novella (Notes from the Underground), an unfinished novel written from a feminine point of view (Netochka Nezvanova), and essays and stories from the one-man journal of Dostoevsky’s later years (A Writer’s Diary). Particular attention to innovative features of Dostoevsky’s poetics and thought. Workload (number and types of papers, presentations, midterm, final exam) timely reading of required texts, regular attendance, various short written assignments, two papers (4 pages and 7 pages), final exam. Texts:
Dostoevsky, Netochka Nezvanova Prerequisites: None. Classes and readings in English. Additional option: with concurrent enrollment in 134R (1 unit), a student can write a research paper (10-15 pages) on a topic of choice, supervised by the instructor in individual consultations. Slavic 134R (1 unit) Olga Matich Research in Russian Literature: Dostoevsky This course is designed to support a research project coordinated with Slavic 134C "Dostoevsky" supervised by the instructor. Individual consultation with the instructor. Final research paper of 10-15 pages required. Prerequisites: Enrollment in Slavic 134C; consent of instructor. Slavic 134F (4 units) Vladimir Nabokov This Course is Cross-listed with English 166, Section 1 L&S Breadth: Arts & Literature We will study the work of Nabokov as a novelist on two continents over a period of nearly sixty years. The course will be structured chronologically and evenly divided between novels translated from Russian and written in English. After beginning with Nabokov's second novel and two short stories, we will examine the major fiction of his European period, which culminates with the publication in Paris of (most of) The Gift. We will devote a substantial part of the course to a close reading of Lolita. Competing interpretations of Nabokov will be considered, but our emphasis will be on metafiction, the theme of perversity and Nabokov's cultivation of a perverse reader. Since Nabokov was prolific and this course attempts to encompass nearly all phases of his career as a novelist, students should expect to devote a considerable amount of time to reading and should come to class prepared to discuss the assigned texts. Participants in the class should anticipate reading 300 pages per week. Written work will consist of two papers (5 to 10 pages) on topics to be chosen in consultation with the professor. Penalties will be assessed for late papers. The will be a midterm and a final examination. Prerequisites: None Slavic 134R (1 unit) Research in Russian Literature: Nabokov This course is designed to support a research project coordinated with Slavic 134F "Nabokov" supervised by the instructor. Individual consultation with the instructor. Final research paper of 10-15 pages required. Prerequisites: Enrollment in Slavic 134F; consent of instructor. Slavic 148 (4 units) Russian Cultural History: Early Modern Russian Culture L&S Breadth: Arts & Literature OR Historical Studies The course presents an introduction to the Early Modern Russian culture, it encompasses the period from the Time of Troubles (beginning of the seventeenth century) to the reign of Cathrine the Great (1762 - 1796). The formation of the particular Russian version of modernity will be traced from the crisis of medieval world-view in the virulent years of impostors, foreign adventurers, and civil disorder through later developments: the efforts to reform the Orthodoxy that resulted in the Great Schism; violent reign of Peter I the Great who tried to rebuild Russia along western European lines by force and terror; imperial grandeur of Cathrine the Great’s aotocracy. We will pay close attention to religious theories, political consciousness, progress in arts and architecture as well as literature. Lectures and readings (of historical summaries, interpretations, and primary sources) will be in English. Relevant films will be viewed. There will be one midterm paper of 4-6 pages, based on one of the topics discussed in the class (or another topic chosen by the students in consultation with the instructor), and one final examination. The final grade will be determined according to the following distribution: midterm paper 33%, class participation 17%, final examination 50%. Texts:
Paul Dukes, The Making of Russian Absolutism 1613 - 1801, Second edition Prerequisites: None Slavic 151 (4 units) Readings in Polish Literature L&S Breadth: Arts & Literature Readings; conversation; grammatical and stylistic analysis; translation; viewing of films related to some of the readings. Readings will be chosen from Polish historical novels, from works of literature that have served as the basis for Polish films, and from works related to the students’ academic interests. Grades will be determined on the basis of class participation and a translation project or a research paper, the topics of which to be established in consultation with the instructor. Prerequisites: Slavic 115B or the permission of the instructor. Slavic 162 (3 units) Topics in Czech Language and Literature L&S Breadth: Arts & Literature This course involves studies in Czech literature or linguistics, or conversation, depending on the needs of the students enrolled. This course is required for all Slavic majors and minors with a Czech emphasis. Texts: to be announced in class. Prerequisite: Slavic 116A which may be taken concurrently. Slavic 170 (3 units) Survey of Yugoslav Literatures L&S Breadth: Arts & Literature Selected works by major literary figures from the lands of the former Yugoslavia, focusing on Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia. The works will be read both as literature and as a prism giving insight into the history of these rich but troubled lands. Requirements: two essays, one book report, midterm and final. Texts will be chosen from among the following:
Ivo Andric. The Bridge on the Drina Prerequisites: None. Course and readings are in English. *Supplemented by short stories by a wider span of writers from these lands. Slavic 171 (4 units) Readings in Yugoslav Literatures L&S Breadth: Arts & Literature Reading and discussion of selected texts from Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian literatures. Attention paid both to text (internal analysis of texts being read) and context (literary and cultural history). All readings in Serbian/Croatian; discussion and writing in English and Serbian/Croatian. Considerable reading. Several short essay assignments, one long paper. No final exam. Texts: None. Works to be read will be determined according to needs and interests of students enrolled and will be read in library, xerox copies or loaned editions. Prerequisites: Slavic 117B or consent of instructor. Slavic 200 (0 units) Graduate Colloquium Reports on current scholarly work by faculty and graduate students. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Graduate students must enroll in this course every semester in residence. Slavic 201 (2 or 3 units) Advanced Russian Proficiency Maintenance Russian language maintenance course for graduate students from various disciplines. May be taken for 2-3 credits (2=2 classes per week; 3=3 classes per week). Mondays: focus on listening (and speaking) skills; Wednesdays: focus on reading and writing (as well as speaking) skills; Fridays: focus on speaking skills. Mid- and end-of-semester oral interviews. Texts: none Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Slavic 230 (4 units) Historical Grammar of Slavic Languages The historical development of the phonological system and its phonetic realization from late Common East Slavic to the modern East Slavic languages. Comparative grammar of standard Russian, Russian dialects, Belorussian, and Ukrainian. Some reading and analysis of texts of different dialects, genres, and periods. Texts: to be announced in class. Prerequisite: Slavic 210 Slavic 246A Russian Modernism (1890s-1920s) Russian Modernist literature will be studied in the context of Russian and European philosophy and the other arts. Russian Symbolism and its precursors will be the focus of the course. We will trace the culture wars between the representatives of Russian Modernism and their opponents from the pre-revolutionary 1890s through the Soviet 1920s. Some of the topics to be covered are the anti-nature impulse of the Decadence, especially in the spheres of sex and gender; the religious revival of the beginning of the twentieth century called the “Russian religious Renaissance;” the anti-historical tendency of Symbolist and avant-garde ideology in conjuring the “new man;” aesthetic experimentation in literature, visual arts, especially in relation to Bely’s Petersburg, and film; interdependence of literature and criticism, especially between Futurism and Formalism. We will read late Tolstoy, Merezhovsky, Solov’ev, Sologub, Blok, Bely, Rozanov, Kuzmin, Olesha, and selections from Symbolist poetry (especially Gippius), Fedorov, Nietzsche, Nordau, and Shklovsky. Texts in Russian:
Lev Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor; adequate knowledge of Russian. Slavic 280, Section 1 (4 units) THIS COURSE IS CANCELLED Graduate Literature Seminar: Tsvetaeva The course treats Tsvetaeva’s oeuvre, especially in relation to the works of other poets, from Homer and Sappho to her own time. For each class, we will read selected poems by Tsvetaeva and other relevant texts, from among her prose works, the poetry and prose of other poets, and secondary literature. The course will be divided into thematic units, arranged chronologically: 1) The Nursery and Beyond (Tsvetaeva, Voloshin, Briusov); 2) “Evism” and Women Poets in Search of a Muse (Tsvetaeva, Parnok, Pavlova, Akhmatova and the Adamists); 3) Stone, Sea, Sand (Tsvetaeva and Mandel'shtam); 4) Tsvetaeva’s Poetry and Revolution; 5) After Russia (the book of poems as an artistic unit); 6) Russian Hamlets and Ophelias (Tsvetaeva, Fet, Blok, Akhmatova, et al.); 7) Aphrodite and Mary Magdalene (Tsvetaeva, the Greek tradition, the Christian tradition; Rilke & Pasternak); 8) Metaphor and “Provoda”: Theory and Practice; 9) The Poema as the Genre of Exile and Adultery; 10) The Summer of 1926 and New Year of 1927 (Tsvetaeva, Rilke, Pasternak); 11) The Death of Poets (Pushkin, Mayakovsky, Esenin, Jakobson, et al.); 12) Tsvetaeva’s African Pushkin: “Blackest of Black”; 13) Portrait of an Artist as a Woman (Tsvetaeva and the Two Natalya Goncharovas; Kristeva, Cixous). Workload: Careful reading and preparation of assigned texts; class presentations; memorization of selected poems (to be written down or recited out loud, according to the student’s preference); one short paper (analysis of a poem; 3 pages); one longer paper (10-15 pages). Prerequisite: graduate standing, knowledge of Russian. Qualified undergraduates may enroll with the instructor’s permission. Slavic 280, Section 2 (4 units) Graduate Seminar: “Orthodox Religious Culture” This course is designed as an introduction into the religious background of the Russian cultural and literary developments. It is roughly divided into three parts. The first one will deal with Byzantine Christianity, christianization of the Roman empire, formation of the Orthodox doctrine, Byzantine mission among the Slavs. The second one will encompass Russian Christianity in pre-modern and early modern periods (including the beginnings of the Old Belief and Peter the Great’s religious policy). The third part will be devoted to the so called Russian religious renaissance (Dostoevsky, Vladimir Soloviev, Rozanov, and others) and the history of the Russian Orthodox church during the pre-revolutionary and first post-revolutionary years. Readings: to be announced in class. Prerequisites: sufficient knowledge of Russian (the course will be taught in Russian). Slavic 280, Section 3 (4 units) This Course is Cross-listed with History 280B, Section 1 & 285B, Section 1 Graduate Seminar: “Reformations East and West” DESCRIPTION AND READINGS FORTHCOMING. Slavic 280, Section 4 (4 units) Graduate Seminar: “Alexander Pushkin: The Writer and His Age” The course will examine the major writings of Pushkin, setting them in the context of contemporary literary movements and aesthetic trends. Close reading of Pushkin‚s poetry, prose, critical writings, will be the basis of a chronological survey in which emphasis will be paid to the problem of (auto)-biography and lyric; genre and formal revisionism; public and private lyric; Pushkin’s neo-classicism and romanticism; publishing strategies and shaping a readership; intertextuality; history and fate as philosophical concepts; problems in Pushkinian criticism and interpretation. Texts: to be announced Prerequisite: advanced knowledge of Russian (judged by the instructor). Slavic 282 (4 units) Proseminar: Aims and Methods of Linguistics Scholarship An introduction to the methods of Slavic linguistic analysis, organized by language domain (phonology, morphology, etc.). Texts: to be announced in class. Slavic 301 (3 units) Slavic Teaching Methods This course is required of all Graduate Student Instructors of Russian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, and Serbian/Croatian. Course to be repeated for credit each semester of employment as graduate student instructor. Group and individual conferences. Course on practical teaching methods, grading, testing, and design of supplementary course materials. Required of all graduate student instructors in Slavic. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Slavic 310 (2 units) Internship in the Teaching of Literature/Linguistics Weekly meetings with the instructor of the designated course. Discussion of course aims, syllabus preparation, lecture and assignment planning, grading and related matters. Students may prepare a representative portion of the work for such a course (e.g. lecture outline and assignments for a course segment) and may participate in presentation of the material and in evaluation of samples of student work. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: Slavic graduate student status and consent of instructor. NEW SPRING 2003: COURSES IN EURASIAN STUDIES NEW COURSE AS OF SPRING 2003 Eurasian Studies 289, Section 1 (2-4 units) Studies in the Languages of the Caucasus and Central Asia: The comprehensive grammatical presentation of the first year Georgian course will continue through the second year course. The second section of the second year course is designed for students who already have basic intermediate knowledge of Georgian grammar and have successfully passed a written test. The spring semester section of the course will focus on repeating and strengthening the basics of grammar along with presentation of a new grammatical material. Major attention will be paid to tenses and conjugations, compound sentences and clauses, vocabulary, and a structure of words and sentences. The reading and translation exercises will continue through the spring semester. The primary focus will be practicing of the learned grammar material in oral conversations and written translations. The spring semester assignments will also include conversations about Georgian culture and history, as well as conversations and translations based on materials from three documentary films. Text: Marcello Cherchi, Georgian NEW COURSE AS OF SPRING 2003 Eurasian Studies 289, Section 2 (2-4 units) Studies in the Languages of the Caucasus and Central Asia: Uzbek Prospective Uzbek Students, Take Note! The first class meeting for Uzbek will be an organizational meeting: Wednesday, Jan. 22nd, 8 a.m., 204 Dwinelle This is a trial initial offering of Uzbek, a language we plan to offer regularly in the future. The Eurasian Studies 289 series offers variable unit credit. For the initial offering of Uzbek we suggest the following: 4 units for work on all four skills, full homework There is some possibility of changing the time for the course, and/or adding another hour of class meeting if students wish. This will be decided at the organizing meeting. Elementary instruction in all four skills. Uzbek, the national language of Uzbekistan and a relative of Turkish, is a new offering in the Slavic Department. Prospective students for Spring 2003 are asked to contact Prof. Johanna Nichols in advance if at all possible: johanna@uclink.berkeley.edu. Texts: to be announced. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES: HUNGARIAN East European Studies 1B (3 or 4 units) Elementary Hungarian The course can be taken for either 3 or 4 units; the additional unit involves language laboratory work and additional written reading assignments. THIS COURSE SEQUENCE BEGINS IN THE FALL. The beginning course aims at developing the fundamentals of language proficiency through conversational practice, and oral and written assignments. Its most important goal is to provide the students with the requisite vocabulary and grammatical structures to carry on an idiomatic conversation in a variety of situations. It offers selections from Hungarian poetry and folk songs to help students gain a better understanding of Hungarian culture. Frequent oral and written assignments will be given; there will be a midterm and a final exam. Text: Zsuzsa Pontifex, Teach Yourself Hungarian Prerequisites: East European Studies 1A or consent of instructor. East European Studies 100 (2 units) Advanced Hungarian Readings The purpose of this class is to further develop the students' level of proficiency of Hungarian in speech as well as in writing. A major component of the curriculum is based on student presentation of a topic chosen by each student in the class. Each student is to give two oral presentations during the semester. Materials for reading are selected by the instructor as well as by the students for home reading. Workload will include a reasonable amount of reading and writing assignments. Midterm and final exams, and the student's attendance and participation will provide the basis for grading. Texts: photocopied materials chosen by the instructor and by the students. Prerequisites: East European Studies 1A-lB or consent of instructor. |
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