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Course DescriptionsSlavic 1 & 2 (5 units each) Elementary Russian Comprehensive program for the study of Russian language and culture. No knowledge of Russian is presumed for Slavic 1. Focus on proficiency in all four skills (“language in context” /listening, reading, speaking, writing/) and the fundamentals (“building blocks” /grammar and vocabulary/). Classes conducted primarily in Russian. By the end of Slavic 2, students will have most of the grammar, vocabulary, and cultural knowledge needed to begin functioning in Russian. Students who have completed this program have placed into the fourth and fifth semesters at Middlebury (a prestigious summer language immersion program). Grades based on participation, completion of homework assignments, oral interviews, written compositions, chapter tests, and a final (a computerized standardized test that is weighted less than a chapter test and may be taken anytime during the last two weeks up to the scheduled final time). Required Texts: (Available Through Asuc's Cal Textbooks) Slavic 1: Slavic 2: Prerequisites: For Slavic 2 - Slavic 1. (If you have not taken Slavic 1 here, you must meet with the instructor-in-charge to try to determine the best placement for you. If you speak Russian with your parents at home, you should look at the description for Slavic 6. /Offered only in the fall, but counts as Slavic 4./ If you were born in Russia or one of the former Soviet republics and went to school there or if you have been speaking and reading Russian regularly in this country, you should look at the description for Slavic 114.) Slavic 3 & 4 (5 units each) Intermediate Russian Comprehensive program for the study of Russian language and culture. Focus on proficiency in all four skills (“language in context” /listening, reading, speaking, writing/) and the fundamentals (“building blocks” /grammar and vocabulary/). Classes conducted in Russian. By the end of Slavic 4, students will have developed considerable control of the grammar, a fairly extensive vocabulary, and much of the functional and cultural knowledge needed to communicate effectively in Russian. Students who have completed this program have had great success in various summer programs in the U.S. and Russia and the Moscow EAP Advanced Program. Grades based on participation, completion of homework assignments, oral interviews, written compositions, chapter tests, and a final (a computerized standardized test that is weighted less than a chapter test and may be taken anytime during the last two weeks up to the scheduled final time). Required Texts: (Available Through Asuc's Cal Textbooks) Kagan and Miller, V Puti: Russian Grammar in Context, and workbook/lab manual.
Recommended: Prerequisites: Previous semester. (If you have not taken the previous semester here, you must meet with the instructor-in-charge to try to determine the best placement for you. If you speak Russian with your parents at home, you should look at the description for Slavic 6. Offered only in the fall, but counts as Slavic 4. If you were born in Russia or one of the former Soviet republics and went to school there or if you have been speaking and reading Russian regularly in this country, you should look at the description for Slavic114.) . PREREQUISITE REFERENCE FOR SLAVIC 1, 2, 3, AND 4 Slavic 6 (3 units) Fall 2005 Prerequisites: Oral proficiency in Russian; placement test and consent of instructor. The course is aimed at "heritage speakers" of Russian, i.e., those who grew up speaking Russian in the family without a native Russian's full educational and cultural background. Introductory course teaches basic skills of literacy, grammar, and reading. Students with advanced reading proficiency should consider Slavic 114. Slavic R5A, Section 1 (4 units) Reading and Composition Course "Poets and Painters: The Artist and Artistic Creation in Literature" What does it mean when we encounter an artist in a literary text? How does the artist or writer explain the process of artistic inspiration and creation? Is the act of artistic creation divine or demonic? Is it socially or sexually transgressive? Do the artist and the writer abide by the laws of nature or do they gain inspiration from a fantastic realm? This course will explore the figure of the artist and the creative process as it is represented in Russian literature and in representative texts from other literatures. We will look closely at various depictions of artists and of the representation of inspiration and creation. By examining artists and writers in both literary and visual texts, we will consider the role of the artist in society, the place of inspiration in creativity, the nature of the work of art, and the relationship between the artist, the subject, and the artwork. In addition to gaining the skills to analyze and discuss literary texts, a significant portion of this course will be devoted to the development and improvement of writing. During the semester, we will work on a variety of writing techniques, ranging from style to the formulation of persuasive arguments. There will be frequent short writing assignments, as well as three longer papers.
Texts:
Nikolai Gogol, The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol. Vintage (ISBN: 0375706151) There will also be a course reader that will include short stories, poetry, and other selections from E.T.A. Hoffmann, Isaac Babel, Vladimir Nabokov, and others.
Writing Handbook: Prerequisites: Successful completion of Subject A or its equivalent. Prerequisites: Completion of Subject A or the equivalent. Slavic R5B, Section 1 (4 units) Reading and Composition Course Authors and Their Influences At the beginning of his literary career, Henry James compared his writing with that of George Eliot, concluding that his work had less "brain" but more "form" than Eliot's. This course considers Russian, Polish, Estonian, and American authors as partners with their precursors, both acknowledged and denied. We will read a selection of short stories and critical articles by Henry James in tandem with George Eliot's Silas Marner, Nikolai Gogol's Mirgorod with Sir Walter Scott's short stories of the supernatural, Stanis?aw Lem's His Master's Voice with two plays by the absurdist dramatist Witkacy, and Jaan Kross' Treading Air with Eugene Ionesco's play, "The Rhinoceros." Harold Bloom's theory of the anxiety of poetical influence will inform our discussion of these pairs of writers, as will Michel Foucault's essay "Nietzsche, Geneology, History." Coursework will include four 5-page papers and a final 10-page paper. The reading load will be 100-125 pages per week. The short stories by Scott, the plays by Witkacy and Ionesco, the Foucault essay, and the novel by Jaan Kross will be organized in a course reader. Prerequisites: Completion of Subject A or the equivalent.Slavic R5B, Section 2 (4 units) Reading and Composition Course "Writing the Image: Exploring Literature and the Visual Arts" Oftentimes a literary text would describe a picture, a statue, or another art object at key moments in the narrative. What necessitates the description of such images? What is the aesthetic role of painting or sculpture in a literary text? Why do writers choose to suspend the narrative flow to render the static, frozen image of a portrait or a marble statue? What inherent qualities make the art object so compelling to the writer? What kind of effect is achieved? And how? In this class we will examine texts that resort to descriptions of art works and thus entail a relationship between verbal representation (word) and visual representation (image). We will investigate how and why the literary work transcends its verbal medium by incorporating an art object in its texture thus entering the purview of the visual arts. Particular attention will be paid to ekphrasis, the verbal representation of visual representation, which informs and structures many of our texts. We will also consider the role of vision and the processes of looking, viewing, or observing the still art object in the text. We will explore the relations between word and image in poems, novels, and short stories from the Russian, Anglo-American, and French literary traditions, and apply various theoretical and critical approaches. We will familiarize ourselves with the relevant art works such as paintings, sculpture, and architectural fragments, and engage in academic writing about them.
Texts: Prerequisites: Completion of the “A” portion of the Reading and Composition requirement or equivalent. Slavic R5B, Section 3 (4 units) Reading and Composition Course “Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in 20th Century Literature” While humans have committed atrocities on one another throughout their often violent recorded history, the 20th century has been the setting for events of genocide and ethnic cleansing that stand out for the extent of their horror. These atrocities have inspired many works of literature, much of it written by survivors of the events. In this course we will read works dealing with the Holocaust, Stalin’s purges and engineered famine, and the much more recent ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia. We will explore the function of literature in the aftermath of atrocity, and will discuss its role in bearing witness to what has been done and expressing the tragedy not only of those who died, but also of those who survived to live with their experiences. We will discuss all works extensively in class, and will focus on critical reading and written analysis. The written assignments will include a number of short responses, as well as four essays of varying lengths, three of which will undergo a process of revision. Students will improve their academic writing through the stimulus of this interesting and thought-provoking topic.
Course readings will include: There will also be a course reader which will include selections from Hannah Arendt, Isaac Babel, Paul Celan, Varlam Shalamov, Dubravka Ugresic, and others. Prerequisites: Completion of Subject A or the equivalent. Slavic 25B(5 units) Introductory Polish COURSE SEQUENCE BEGINS IN THE FALL . Texts: Prerequisites: Slavic 25A or equivalent. Slavic 26B (5 units) Introductory Czech THE 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: Prerequisites:Slavic 26A or equivalent. Slavic 27B (5 units) Introductory Serbian/Croatian COURSE SEQUENCE BEGINS IN THE FALL . Continuation of 27A. Development of communication skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing). Commentary on the sociolinguistic situation of Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and the former Serbo-Croatian. Regular homework assignments, midterm and final exam. Text: BCS, A grammar of Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian with sociolinguistic commentary on the major differences (ms. available as reader). Prerequisites:: Slavic27A or equivalent. Slavic 46 (3 units) 20th-Century Russian Literature L&S Breadth: Arts & Literature The beginning of the twentieth century was marked by artistic and cultural experiment in all of Europe. In Russia it coincided with major social and political changes brought about by the Revolution in 1917 and its aftermath. Literature played a central role in the process of transfiguring Russian society, providing models for the utopian future. In the first half of the course, we will examine the artistic and social experimentation inspired by Russian utopian ideology and its intent to construct a “new man” and “new woman.” We will also examine the later abandonment of the utopian dream and read key texts criticizing Soviet totalitarian society. The readings will include selections from the experimental teens, revolutionary twenties, Stalinist thirties, dissident sixties and seventies, and post-Soviet eighties. There will be two papers and in-class final examination. Texts: 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: 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: Prerequisites: Slavic 103A or equivalent. Slavic 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 MANDATORY
CONSULTATION/ORIENTATION FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES Slavic 114 (1-6 units) Advanced Self-Paced Russian for Native Speakers The course is aimed at “heritage speakers” of Russian, i.e., those who grew up speaking Russian in the family or had a limited learning experience, without a native Russian’s full educational and cultural background. The advanced course aims at building a sophisticated vocabulary, developing advanced reading ability, formal knowledge of grammar, and complete writing competency. The course is organized around students’ individual needs and abilities. Classes are held on a weekly basis as arranged during the first week of the semester. The course can be taken for two semesters not to exceed the maximum of 6 units. Prerequisites: advanced speaking and reading ability in Russian; placement test, and consent of instructor. Students with no or rudimentary reading proficiency should consider Slavic 6 (Introductory Russian for Heritage Speakers). Slavic 115B (4 units) Advanced 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 116B (4 units) Advanced Czech This course will be interactive; students will collaboratively work as a class unit, in small groups and pairs. We will spend most of our class time reading, discussing, interacting with and translating selected Czech readings. Students will also keep a reading journal. Texts: Reader Recommended book: 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: : BCS, A grammar of Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian with sociolinguistic commentary on the major differences (ms. available as reader). 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 (2-3 units) Advanced Russian Conversation and Communication SLAVIC 120B IS OFFERED IN THE SPRING; 120A IS OFFERED EACH FALL. Russian language and culture through communication. Emphasis on listening and speaking skills. Daily homework assignments. May be taken for 2-3 credits (2 units = MW; 3 units =MWF). Grades based on class participation, written vocabulary tests, oral tests, and final oral interview. Text: All materials to be supplied by instructor during the course of the semester. Prerequisites: Slavic 4 or consent of instructor. May be taken before 120A. Slavic 130 (3 units) Introduction to the Culture of Medieval Rus’ L&S Breadth: Historical Studies OR Arts & Literature The course presents an introduction to the medieval culture of East Slavic peoples, precursors of the Russians, Ukrainians, and Belorusians. The formation of the specific Russian worldview well known from the writings of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy is analyzed from a historical perspective, extending from the pagan prehistory through the slow advance of Christian civilization up to the turmoil of the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the sixteenth century. Particular attention is paid to the Orthodox spirituality and its Byzantine background. The repercussions of Christianization for cultural and political practices are described in the framework of political and intellectual history. Icon painting, rituals, folklore, and literature are discussed in their cultural and social context. All readings are in English. 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%.
Required books: Slavic 134C (4 units) Dostoevsky L&S Breadth: Philosophy & Values OR Arts & Literature The class will undertake a close reading of the major works of Fedor Dostoevsky with emphasis on: their ideological underpinnings; moral, religious, gender, and national-cultural issues they touch upon; intellectual-historical currents to which they respond and with which they wage polemics. A midterm, final exam, and final paper are required. Texts: Dostoevsky, Great Short Works of Dostoevsky Prerequisites: None. Classes and readings in English. Slavic 134R (1 unit) Research on Dostoevsky 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 137 (4 units) Introduction to Slavic Linguistics L&S Breadth: Social and Behavioral Sciences This course serves as an introduction to the field of Slavic linguistics. We will examine basic concepts of synchronic and diachronic language study, and discuss in detail many issues relevant to Slavic languages. We will cover topics in phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics, and text linguistics; we will also discuss approaches to language change. We will collect and discuss data from on-line and other sources. The focus of the course is on Russian, though a comparative survey of other Slavic languages will be offered. The workload includes homework assignments, midterm exam, class presentation, and a short paper. Texts: Prerequisites: 2 years of a Slavic language, or consent of instructor. Slavic 147 (4 units) Slavic and East European Folklore A survey of traditional Slavic verbal art, concentrating on South Slavic and Russian cultures, and considering both verse (including epic, lyric and other folk songs) and prose (primarily folk tales). These songs and tales will be studied both as "texts" and within the ethnographic context of traditional societies; as part of the latter rubric, the ideas of composition, performance, and transmission will also be studied. If time permits, certain aspects of music as traditional culture may also be included. Requirements: three short essays, final examination Tentative Texts: Slavic 147R (1 unit) Research in Slavic and East European Folklore This course is designed to support a research project coordinated with Slavic 147 "Slavic and East European Folklore” supervised by the instructor. Individual consultation with the instructor. Final research paper of 10-15 pages required. Prerequisites: Enrollment in Slavic 147; consent of instructor. Slavic 151 (4 Units) Readings in Polish Literature L&S Breadth Requirement: 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 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, with consent of instructor. Focus on advanced conversation, reading, and stylistic patterns. Texts: none Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Slavic 204 (4 units) RUSSIAN COMPOSITION AND STYLE: “DISCOURSE ANALYSIS” A practical study of different discourses, their lexical, grammatical, stylistic and narrative characteristics. Topics include: nineteenth-century narrative techniques (Gogol’s skaz, Dostoevsky’s polyphony, Tolstoy’s narrative), oral and folklore patterns, language of Imperial and Soviet power, discourse of Stalinist subjectivity, cognitive conventions of contemporary Russian scholarly prose, etc. The class is conducted in Russian. Required of all beginning (first- and second-year) graduate students in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, the course might be also of use for graduate students in history and social sciences. Requirements: weekly readings and participation in discussions; written home assignments; take-home final examinations. Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor; advance knowledge of Russian, both reading knowledge and oral fluency. Books: a xeroxed reader. Slavic 214 (4 units) Medieval Orthodox Slavic Texts The course will be in part devoted to elementary skills in Old Rus(s)ian, in part concerned with coverage of essential texts, and, time permitting, in part thematic. The thematic concern will be chronicles: their internal structure; questions of authorship, tradition, and the politics of chronicles; generic properties of segments (hagiography, historiography); significance of chronicles to later historiography. Texts: xeroxed readings to be provided. Prerequisites: Slavic 210; graduate standing. Slavic 245B (4 units) Russian Realism The course will examine Russian literature in the 1840s-1890s, focusing on the concept of "realism." Topics include: realism as an aesthetic theory and practice; institutions of literature (criticism, the press, writer's profession); the rise of the novel; ideology and literature; literature and science; Russia and the West, etc. Main texts: Belinsky "Rech' o kritike" and private letters; from Fiziologiia Peterburga; Goncharov, Oblomov; Turgenev, Otsy i deti; Pisarev, "Bazarov"; Chernyshevsky, Chto delat?; Nekrasov's poetry; from "populist" writers (Gleb Uspensky; Reshetnikov); from Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov. Also theoretical writings: Auerbach, Wellek, Bakhtin, Lukacs, Lidiia Ginzburg, and others. Workload: substantial reading (mostly in Russian), brief oral reports, research paper. Pass/no pass option: full class participation, no paper. Prerequisites: knowledge of Russian; graduate standing or consent of instructor. Plan to enroll? You might want to read large novels during the Winter break, say, Oblomov, Otsy i deti, Chto delat'?, Prestuplenie i nakazanie. Slavic 280. Sec. 1 (4 units) Graduate Seminar: “Topics in Russian Pre-Modern Cultural History” We will discuss a number of loosely related topics dealing with Russian pre-modern and early modern culture. The common feature of these topics is that they deal with continuities linking pre-modern and modern cultural practices. We will read simultaneously medieval texts and various writings of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (ideological manifestos, journalism, diaries, fiction). Theoretical issues related to the problems of continuity, of the reception and transformation of inherited and borrowed practices, of cultural and ethnic identity will be discussed. The topics on which our attention will be focused include: (1) Russian Christian identity. Peculiarities in the reception of Christianity in medieval Rus’; Christianity and paganism; the problems of the so-called “double faith” (dvoeverie), “popular” religion and religious syncretism, the legacy of Classical Antiquity in Russia; religious discourse in the reception of Petrine reforms and the revolution of 1917.
Participants in the seminar are supposed to write a research paper (topics will be chosen by participants in consultation with the instructor). One or two classes at the end of the semester will be devoted to the presentation of these papers. In exceptional cases a written exam can be substituted for the research paper. Prerequisites: Graduate standing; consent of instructor. Slavic 280, Section 2 (4 units) Graduate Linguistics Seminar: A Topic to be Announced A detailed description is forthcoming. Prerequisites: Graduate standing; consent of instructor. Slavic 280, Section 3 (4 units) Graduate Literature Seminar: Between 1898 and 1927, Russian theater became one of the most experimental and innovative arts, and intense artistic experimentation coincided with radical political and social changes in the Russian society. The course will explore the interaction between the political events (revolution of 1905 and 1917) and the aesthetic revolution in the theatre – from 1898 (the premiere of Chekhov's Seagull staged by Stanislavsky) to the productions of Russian Futurists, Dadaists, and Constructivists. We will address theories of performance central to modernist culture (like Evreinov's concept of theatricality or Viacheslav Ivanov's idea of theatre as ritual). After 1917, the mass festivals, circus, and multi media experiments of Vsevolod Meyerhold, Sergei Radlov, Sergei Eisenstein, and the Factory of Eccentric Actors demolish conventions of theatrical representation. The Futurist, Abstract, and Constructivist artists and architects, including Kazimir Malevich, Liubov’ Popova, and El Lissitzky created a new theatrical space. Conceptual schools of the expressive movement challenged the idea of psychological acting. The dramatic texts will include Naturalist, Symbolist, Expressionist, and Futurist plays by Chekhov, Andreev, Blok, Sologub, Evreinov, Kruchenykh, Maiakovksii, Tretiakov, and Platonov. We will analyze them in conjunction with the ideas and practices of European authors (Nietzsche, Ibsen, Wilde, Maeterlinck, Marinetti, Piscator, Artaud). There will also be a few screenings of contemporary productions and documentary materials. Knowledge of Russian is optional. Students fluent in Russian will read some of the texts in the original. Course Requirement:
Attendance and participation in the discussions: 30%;
Readings:
Media materials: General Literature recommended: Slavic 301, Section 1 (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. 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 301, Section 2 (3 units) Reading & Composition Methodology This course is required of all Graduate Student Instructors teaching Reading and Composition courses. Course to be repeated for credit each semester of employment as graduate student instructor. Course on practical teaching methods for composition courses. 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. Eurasian Studies CoursesEurasian Studies 2B (3 units) Beginning Georgian The Georgian Language course is designed for students who are interested in studying the non-Indo-European languages of the Caucasus. The course is based on widely used method of oral and situational language teaching, also grammar-translation and audio-lingual methods. Beginning course focuses on Georgian grammar and basic skills including reading, writing and conversation. No previous knowledge of Georgian is required. Continuing course focuses on using the learned essentials of Georgian grammar through reading, writing and conversation. Readings include Georgian folk tales, historical and ethnographic texts, literary pieces and poetry. Previous experience and knowledge of the essentials of Georgian grammar is required. The more detailed information on this course is available at the following web page: Grades are based on class participation, exercises, home assignment tests and a final. Texts: to be announced in class. Eurasian Studies 3B (3 units) Beginning Uzbek CANCELLED 12/1/04 Beginning course in Uzbek, with instruction in all four skills. Intermediate Uzbek, with instruction in all four skills. Continuing students of Uzbek should contact the Slavic Department in advance if possible, and attend a planning meeting to be scheduled during the first week of the semester, in which the pace, coverage, and level of intermediate Uzbek will be determined. Both courses are open to undergraduates. Texts: to be announced.Prerequisites: consent of instructor. Eurasian Studies 289, Section 3 (4 units) Studies in the Languages of the Caucasus and Central Asia: “Beginning Armenian” A detailed description with workload is forthcoming. Texts: to be announced in class. Prerequisites: First half of Beginning Armenian from Fall 2004; consent of instructor. EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES: HUNGARIAN LANGUAGEEast 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. 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.
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