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The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Quick reference to courses RUSSIAN: EAST EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN STUDIES:
Course DescriptionsSlavic 1 & 2 (5 units each) If you speak mostly Russian at home with your parents or grandparents (even if you cannot read or write in Russian and even if you make some mistakes in your spoken Russian or occasionally switch to English), please scroll further down to see the description of Slavic 114 below. Slavic 114 is usually the appropriate course for students with this background. 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) Note: If you buy the textbook online, please make sure you get the second edition. (McClellan should be listed as one of the authors.) In addition, you must buy the Workbook/Lab Manual, which will be sold shrink-wrapped with the textbook at a slight discount at Cal Textbooks in the ASUC. The bookstore package will also include the CD that goes with the textbook, which is important when you are learning the alphabet, but not as essential as the other two parts. Slavic 1: Slavic 2: Optional: Students who want to get a head start can begin learning the Russian alphabet: If you have already purchased Nachalo, you can start learning the printed and cursive letters (and their sounds) in the textbook and workbook. If you haven't, or want more practice, you can go to the following sites and see which ones work best for you: http://masterrussian.com/blalphabet.shtml Alphabet in print and cursive. Pronunciation of all the letters of the Russian alphabet – scroll to bottom if you want to hear all the letters read quickly all at once instead of one by one. (You might also want to click on the “live cams” button – or any of the others - on the left for fun.) http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/russian/quickstart.html Simple Russian words with pictures and sound. http://community.middlebury.edu/~beyer/RT/pages/signs/signs.shtml Alphabet in print + Russian signs for practice. Also: http://community.middlebury.edu/~beyer/publications/rabc/RABC.shtml individual words pronounced. http://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/index.html The Cyrillic alphabet (lots of cognates to practice the alphabet) and the rules of pronunciation [also lots of information about grammar at this site]. http://langintro.com/rintro/first.htm “A different game”: practice with sound and words. http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/RWT/welcome.html Need to have Nachalo textbook for this one. Extra practice. Prerequisites: Slavic 1 has no prerequisites as it assumes no previous knowledge of Russian. Slavic 1 is the prerequisite for Slavic 2. If you have not taken the previous semester here, screening and placement is mandatory with our department’s Russian Language Coordinator to determine the best placement for you. Prospective students must contact Lisa Little, our department’s Russian Language Coordinator, at: lclittle@berkeley.edu Slavic 3 & 4 (5 units each) Intermediate Russian L&S Breadth: Both Slavic 3 and 4 Count as International Breadth 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) Slavic 3 & 4: Note: If you buy the textbook online, please make sure you get the second edition. (McClellan should be listed as one of the authors.) In addition, you must buy the Workbook/Lab Manual, which will be sold shrink-wrapped with the textbook at a slight discount at Cal Textbooks in the ASUC. Kagan, Miller, & Kudyma, V Puti: Russian Grammar in Context, Second Edition and workbook/lab manual. Recommended: Prerequisites: Slavic 2 is the prerequisite for Slavic 3; Slavic 3 is the prerequisite for Slavic 4. If you have not taken the previous semester here, screening and placement is mandatory with our department’s Russian Language Coordinator to determine the best placement for you. Prospective students must contact Lisa Little, our department’s Russian Language Coordinator, at: lclittle@berkeley.edu Slavic R5A, Section 1 (4 units)
Reading
and Composition Course Long before the T.V. show “Survivor” hit top ratings, there was Russian literature. Scores of Russian literary heroes and heroines – like their real-life counterparts – have survived bleak landscapes and oppressive political regimes, while others were not... so lucky, so savvy? This course will explore a few examples of survival in Russian and American novels, short stories, plays and memoirs from the nineteenth century to the present. We will ask what survival actually entails; how survival happens; what there is beyond physical survival; and whether anything or anyone really survives. Further, we will discuss the limitations of reading for survival and what we miss in the text if we follow only the survival tale. The course will emphasize close reading and textual analysis, skills
which students will then practice and demonstrate in frequent short
papers. There will be opportunities to rewrite earlier papers for
a better grade; the better the revision, of course, the greater
the chance of academic survival. Texts (partial list): Prerequisite: Successful completion of the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement (formerly known as Subject A) or its equivalent. Slavic R5A, Section 2 (4 units) Reading
and Composition Course Welcome to Slavic R5A, a reading and composition and literature course that satisfies the first half of Reading and Composition requirement. This course is designed to engage you, in a recursive manner, in the reading and writing processes from different forms of prereading and prewriting processes, peer review to drafting of a final essay. By responding to ideas and issues in the stories, novellas, plays and novels we read, you will develop your critical reading and analysis, expository skills and themes to explore in your papers. The above skills will be practiced through an exploration of works of literature in the context of two main thematic units—literature that examines authority, submission and power relationships and literature that deals with transformations. We will investigate institutional authority, the interplay of dominance and submission, revolt and reorientation of power dynamics in Franz Kafka’s The Trial and David Mamet’s Oleanna. We will also examine the rich tradition of literature of metamorphosis, physical transformations that suggest multiple readings, unpacking such works as Nikolai Gogol’s “The Nose”, Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, and Philip Roth’s The Breast. When you have successfully completed this course,
you should have the practical strategies necessary to read and
analyze a variety of texts as well as, ideally, strategies which
you can then apply to other reading and writing tasks you encounter
in your academic and professional lives. Texts: Prerequisite: Successful completion of the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement (formerly known as Subject A) or its equivalent. Slavic R5B, Section 2 (4 units) Reading
and Composition Course Money has a dubious reputation. It is one of the most powerful, seemingly magical, and potentially dangerous objects in modern society. Although money might be seen as the ultimate object of desire, admitting that you want a lot of it can be embarrassing or appear morally suspect. Indeed, it is as common to associate money with greed, cruelty, and corruption as it is to oppose money to virtue, love and art. In this class, we will examine the dynamic interplay of three kinds of value—monetary, moral, and aesthetic—in English, French and especially Russian literature. We will consider various paradigms of monetary use—such as exchange, investment, gambling, counterfeiting, shopping, hoarding, squandering, usury, marriage and prostitution—as potential models for literary/aesthetic experience. How does money relate to other important elements of structure and plot (such as the use of figurative language or the representation of gender)? How does money work differently in texts from different places and different points in history? Most importantly, how does an exploration of money in literature contribute to our understanding of what art is, how it works, and why people bother to spend time on it or pay attention to it? These and other questions will provide the framework for our class discussions. In addition to literary texts, the syllabus includes films from the cinema’s early silent period as well as recent years. Three film screenings will be scheduled in addition to the regular class meeting times. While class discussions will be organized primarily around the role of money in literature, emphasis will be placed on acquiring critical thinking, reading, and writing skills. Class participation and regular writing assignments will be essential to meeting these goals. Texts: Films: The course reader will include works by Karamzin, Pushkin, Balzac, and Baudelaire. Prerequisite: Successful completion of the "A" portion of the Reading and Composition requirement or its equivalent. Slavic R5B, Section 3 (4 units) Reading
and Composition Course In popular perception, Russian literature of the nineteenth century is dominated by “loose, baggy monsters” – Henry James’s term for weighty novels that assail the reader with heavy ideas as well as heavy volumes. However, there are numerous slimmer works among Russia’s great books of the period. This course will examine both shorter and longer examples of significant nineteenth-century writing with the aim of better understanding what sets the two apart. We will consider what elements are essential to successful short stories and novels by contrasting these distinct forms as well as analyzing their moments of intersection. Through careful readings of major Russian and American authors, this course will address the nature of a great literary work and its limitations. Texts: Prerequisite: Successful completion of the “A” portion of the Reading and Composition requirement or its equivalent. Slavic R5B, Section 4 (4 units) Reading
and Composition Course The study of political rhetoric should not necessarily be thought of as an independent discipline. Rather, political speech is merely one of the many lenses through which we can study the human mind and cognition in general. Although often thought of as disconnected from their constituency, politicians are still human beings using the same cognitive processes as the rest of us. Political discourse, in a variety of forms, is full of metaphor and serves as a fruitful case study for connecting deep cognitive processes to prefabricated speech. This course will introduce students to the cognitive theory of metaphor analysis and use the theory as a tool for dissecting political discourse in both current American as well as Soviet and Russian politics. Background reading for this portion of the course will include Metaphors We Live By (Lakoff and Johnson) and Moral Politics (Lakoff). The basis for political analysis will come from in depth readings of literature pertaining to family structure in both cultures. To understand this structure, students will read excerpted background historical sketches from Daily Life in the Soviet Union (Eaton), as well as the short novel Envy (Yuri Olesha). Direct sources of political discourse will include State of the Union speeches from George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ronald Reagan, writings from Joseph Stalin, public addresses by Mikhail Gorbachev and Vladimir Putin, and Dreams from My Father, the memoir of Barack Obama. Specific instruction will address writing technique, and students will be asked to keep a bibliographic journal of their readings. The writing component of the course will be satisfied by three short papers and one longer research paper. This course satisfies the second half or the “B” portion of the Reading and Composition requirement. Texts: Course Reader Includes State of the Union
Addresses: Prerequisite: Successful completion of the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement (formerly known as Subject A) or its equivalent. Slavic 25B (5 units) Introductory Polish The 25B course, preceded by the fall 25A course, introduces the modern standard Polish language, and is taught in Polish with explanations in English if necessary. The course is designed for students who have completed the introductory 25A fall course, or students with equivalent skills in understanding and using Polish language. Class attendance as well as active participation in exercises and conversations is expected. Ability to work in team is a desired and especially valued skill. All assignments shall be completed on time. All missed assignments
and exams have to be made up for. Your final grade will be based
on your accumulation of points gained through attendance, completion
of homework assignments, midterm exams and the final exam. In addition
your final grade will be impacted by your active participation and
ability to cooperate with fellow students. Texts: Set of 2 books (the same as for the course 25A)
“HURRA!!! POLISH 1” with CDs (student’s
book + workbook): Prerequisites: Slavic 25A or permission of instructor. Slavic 26B (5 units) Introductory Czech COURSE SEQUENCE BEGINS IN THE FALL. Texts: Prerequisites: Slavic 26A or equivalent. Slavic 27B (5 units) Introductory Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian COURSE SEQUENCE BEGINS IN THE FALL. Required Text: Prerequisites: Slavic 27A or equivalent. Slavic 28B (5 units) Introductory Bulgarian COURSE SEQUENCE BEGINS IN THE FALL. Required Text: Prerequisites: Slavic 28A or equivalent. Slavic 46 (3 units) 20th-Century Russian Literature L&S Breadth: Arts & Literature The twentieth century was the richest and most tumultuous
period in modern Russian history. It began with the literary and
cultural ferment associated with artistic modernism, which coincided
in Russia with the collapse of the tsarist order and the hopes unleashed
by three revolutions, the last of which ushered in the communist
experiment. Before and after the revolution, Russian writers played
a vital role in transfiguring Russian society. They did so by linking
political change to artistic innovation (the avant-garde), conforming
to didactic models that celebrated the workers' utopia (socialist
realism), or by satirizing and questioning the authoritarian and
dystopian elements of Soviet society. Course requirements include four short papers, a midterm, and a final exam. Texts: Prerequisites: None. Lectures and readings in English. Slavic 50 (3 units) Introduction to Russian/East European/Eurasian Cultures: "Introduction to Slavic Peoples and Cultures" L&S Breadth: International Studies OR Social and Behavioral Sciences OR Arts & Literature Slavic peoples—Russians, Czechs, Poles, Serbs, Croats—have always played a central role in the history of Eastern Europe. In Slavic 50 we examine how the various Slavic peoples have developed, maintained, and represented their identities in the face of ideological and political forces. We proceed by examining selected moments in history, from the appearance of Slavs in history to the Slavic world after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. We work with a variety of materials and disciplines: short primary documents, interpretive histories, visual images, short stories and novels, and (extensively) films. Workload consists of reading a variety of texts and viewing films, lectures and class discussion and quizzes, and take-home exams in essay format (mid-term and final). The course is intended for a broad audience. Course discussion and all readings are in English. Knowledge of Slavic languages is not required. Slavic 50 is required of majors in Russian/East European/Eurasian cultures. Prerequisites: None. See Courseweb (https://courseweb.berkeley.edu/courseweb/index.jsp) Slavic 101 (1-3 units) Practical Russian Phonetics Watch this space! A detailed description is coming! Texts: Practical Russian Phonetics, text prepared by the instructor, with audio-tapes and reader. Other recommended and required supplementary readings. Prerequisites: Slavic 4 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 included scientific, legal and economic texts. Literary translation, including poetic, will also be studied. Texts:Reader Prerequisites: Slavic 105A or consent of instructor. DO YOU SPEAK (BUT NOT READ OR WRITE FLUENT) RUSSIAN? Slavic 114 (continuation of Slavic 6)
(3 units) Introductory Russian for Heritage Speakers A CONTINUATION OF FALL 2007'S SLAVIC 6 This 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 105A-B or 190. Required Text: Recommeded: Prerequisites: Slavic 6 is the prerequisite for Slavic 114. If you have not taken Slavic 6, screening and placement is mandatory with our department’s Russian Language Coordinator to determine the best placement for you. If you already read, but not fluently, this may be the right course for you. Prospective students must contact Lisa Little, our department’s Russian Language Coordinator, at: lclittle@berkeley.edu Slavic 115B (4 units) Advanced Polish The course gives you an opportunity to broaden your knowledge about Polish grammar and how to use it in active communication. The goal of the course is to improve the fluency of your oral and written communication skills in Polish. You will learn through classroom exercises based on a modern textbook, completion of individual and group assignments, work with various audio materials, and some supplementary readings as assigned. The course will contain the following major components: grammar, pronunciation, reading, writing short essays and other short texts, some translation of short texts, and conversation about a variety of topics. The advanced 115B course, preceded by the fall 115A course, focuses on the modern standard Polish language and is taught in Polish with explanations in English if necessary. The course is designed for students who have completed the 115A course and students with intermediate and advanced skills in understanding and using Polish language. Class attendance as well as active participation in exercises and conversations is expected. Ability to work in team is a desired and especially valued skill. All assignments shall be completed on time. All missed assignments and exams have to be made up for. Your final grade will be based on your accumulation of points through class attendance, completion of homework assignments, midterm exams and final exam. I addition your final grade will be impacted by your active participation and ability to cooperate with fellow students. Texts: Set of 2 books (the same as for the course Slavic
115A) “HURRA!!! POLISH 2” with CDs
(student’s book + workbook): Prerequisites: Slavic 115A or permission of the instructor. Slavic 116B (4 units) Advanced Czech L&S Breadth: International Breadth 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: Prerequisites: Completion of 116A; consent of instructor. Slavic 117B (4 units) Advanced Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian L&S Breadth: International Studies Spoken and written language; advanced grammar review; reading of texts from various authors and cultural sources on Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia; advanced writing and conversation; oral presentations. Grades based on class participation, completion of written and oral assignments, midterm and final exam. Texts: Prerequisites: Slavic 117A or equivalent. Slavic 133 (4 units) The Novel in Russia and the West: "History and the Novel" This Course is Cross-Listed with English 125C L&S Breadth: Arts & Literature Focusing on key texts from English, French, and Russian traditions, this course examines how the genre of the novel approaches and appropriates historical material as well as reflects its own particular historical contexts. We will consider major European novels from the nineteenth century, the “golden age” of the novel in Europe and a period, in which history and historical writing also came to dominate European intellectual discussions. Tracing the development of the historical novel genre, the course encourages a range of critical approaches, including close reading, the theory of the novel and genre theory as well as historicist and biographical inquiry. Workload/Requirements: Reading: 150-200 pages per week. Written work: 1 short essay (4-5 pages), a longer final paper (7-8 pages), in-class midterm and final exam. Texts: Prerequisites: None. Slavic 134C (4 units) Dostoevsky L&S Breadth: Philosophy & Values OR Arts & Literature We will read the major novels of Fedor Dostoevsky as great works of literature, looking closely at the way he develops ideas, characters, and plot. The main issues that we will consider are the ethical and religious dilemmas of Dostoevsky’s characters and their radical social utopianism. We will also look at his representation of the body and treatment of national identity, class, and gender. These will be discussed against the background of Russian literature’s moral and social role in restructuring public and private life and the reception of Western ideas. Texts: Prerequisites: None. Classes and readings in English. Slavic 134R (1 unit) Option: Research in Russian Literature for 134C This course is designed to support a research project coordinated with Slavic 134C 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 134E (4 units) Chekhov This course is Cross-Listed with Theater 166, Section 2 L&S Breadth: Arts & Literature The course is devoted to Chekhov’s narrative fiction and dramatic art, and the inner connections between his two major modes of writing. We will read closely his short stories and plays, and situate Chekhov’s work both in its contemporary literary and cultural context, and in a larger historical continuum. We will discuss Chekhov’s collaboration with the Moscow Art Theater, Konstantin Stanislavsky, and other leading artists of the day. In a larger trans-national perspective, we will follow the evolution of the concept and cultural myth of the ‘Chekhovian,’ and discuss the lasting impact of Chekhov’s art and artistic persona on modern imagination. The course will include classroom screenings and discussions. There will be several quizzes checking your textual knowledge, a mid-term examination, and a course paper. Required texts include two published collections of short stories and plays, and a course reader. Required Texts: Prerequisites: None. All readings and class discussion will be in English. Slavic 158, Sec. 1 (4 units) Topics in Russian/East European/Eurasian Cultures L&S Breadth: Historical Studies OR Social and Behavioral Sciences The term “Prague Spring” calls to mind various images, from the yearly music festival to the heady days of attempted political reform in 1968. We use the term here with conscious multiple meanings to evoke the hundreds of years of springs, winters, summers, and falls comprising the history of the Czech lands and to approach the cultural sources which contributed to the visual and aural impact of modern Prague and, more broadly, to the modern Czech experience. Course requirements: Midterm, short paper, final. Texts: Prerequisites: None. Slavic 158, Sec. 2 (4 units) Topics in Russian/East European/Eurasian Cultures L&S Breadth: Historical Studies OR Social and Behavioral Sciences The course will contain the following major components:
readings; viewing of films related to some of the readings; conversation;
lectures and presentations by the instructor and the students. The
course is taught in English by a Polish lecturer. Text: Norman Davies, God’s Playground,
vol. 2. Slavic 170 (3 units) Survey of Yugoslav Literatures L&S Breadth: Arts & Literature Readings of works by major Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian authors, considered both as art works on their own and as an overall prism through which one can better understand the 20th century phenomenon that was Yugoslavia. Readings follow the life-cycle of Yugoslavia in reverse order, normally with one text taken as characteristic of each decade. Lectures treat both literature (the authors as literary figures and their works as artistic achievements) and its historical-political context. No prior knowledge of Yugoslav history is assumed, and all readings are in English. Requirements: two essays, one book report, final examination. Texts: Prerequisites: None. Course and readings are in English. Slavic 190 (4 units) Russian Culture Taught in Russian: Country, Identity, and Language L&S Breadth: Historical Studies OR Social & Behavioral Sciences Watch this space! A detailed description is coming! Texts: will be available in a reader. Prerequisites: Advanced Russian, at least three years of college level or equivalent, and 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 course for graduate students from various disciplines. May be taken for 2-3 credits, with consent of instructor. Focus on advanced idiomatic vocabulary, stylistic awareness, advanced/academic conversation. Texts: None. Prerequisites: Graduate standing; consent of instructor. Slavic 222 (4 units) Introduction to Descriptive Grammar of Slavic Languages Survey of the phonology, morphology, and syntax of contemporary Russian, and some attention to selected issues in phonetics, semantics, sociolinguistics, colloquial usage, and discourse structure. The course is intended to serve as a review of Russian grammar, thorough description of important categories such as aspect and word order, and an introduction to best practice in applying linguistic analysis to concerns that come up in the Russian language classroom. Reading assignments approximately weekly. Analytic problems. Midterm exams (possibly take-home) and final. Text: Prerequisite: Slavic 103B or equivalent. Slavic 280, Section 1 (4 units) Graduate Seminar: "Pushkin, Gogol and the Rise of Russian Prose" This course will examine the 1830s-early 40s, a formative decade in the history of Russian prose. Our objective will be twofold: (1) to collectively piece together a ‘thick description’ of the period: its major social and artistic concerns, its dominant literary genres and critical debates, and the stylistic idiosyncrasies of its literary languages, and (2) to read closely most of Alexander Pushkin’s and Nikolai Gogol’s prose fiction, subjecting it to various contemporary critical approaches, ranging from the theory of the novel to anthropology and sociology. Texts: TBA Prerequisites: Graduate standing; consent of instructor. Slavic 280, Section 2 (4 units) Graduate Seminar: "The Novel" This course will focus on the novel as the paradigmatic genre of modern literature, used to plot histories of epochal styles and of individual lives, as well as to construct literary theories and histories. We will examine various overlapping approaches to the novel: developmental (the rise of the novel); structural/generic/narratological; sociological; psychoanalytic, etc. Theoretical readings will include selections from the classics, such as Hegel, Lukacs, Bakhtin, Ian Watt, Dorrit Cohn, Peter Brooks, Franco Moretti, and others. We will trace the Russian novel, in its European context, from realism to modernism to the crisis of the novel, discussing how the novel is implicated in the creation and crisis of literary movements and epistemological systems. Primary readings will be drawn from major novels, such as Balzac’s Père Goriot, Dostoevsky’s Prestuplenie i nakazanie, Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, Andrei Bely’s Petersburg (students' familiarity with most of these novels is presumed). We will discuss such traditional issues as the spatiality and temporality in the novel; subjectivity and consciousness in the novel, etc. Students will be asked to develop and present to class a topic of their own, choosing from various approaches to and aspects of the novel, both those mentioned above and others, drawn from personal interests. Requirements: Participation in class discussions, research paper; an S/U option may be arranged. Texts: Books have not been ordered through the University store; you may want to obtain (e.g., at amazon.com) Michael McKeon’s collection Theory of the Novel: A Historical Approach (John Hopkins University Press, 2000; ISBN 0-8018-6397-X). We will also use the Norton Critical Editions of Père Goriot, ed. Peter Brooks (ISBN 0-393-97166-x) and Madame Bovary, 2nd ed., ed. Margaret Cohen (ISBN 0-393-97917-2), along with the French originals; and we will rely on an array of other readings reserved in the Slavic Library. Prerequisites: Command of Russian
is a must; graduate standing or consent of instructor. Slavic 280, Section 4 (4 units) Graduate Linguistics Seminar: Topic TBA This Course is Cross-listed with Linguistics 290L Please contact the instructor for topic: johanna@berkeley.edu. Prerequisites: Graduate standing; consent of instructor. Slavic 280, Section 5 (4 units) Graduate Linguistics Seminar: Topic TBA Please contact the instructor for topic: timberlake@berkeley.edu. Prerequisites: Graduate standing; consent of instructor. Slavic 301, Section 1 (3 units) Teaching Methodology: Russian and Slavic Languages This course is required of all Graduate Student Instructors of Russian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian. 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) Teaching Methodology: Reading & Composition This course is required of all Graduate Student Instructors teaching Reading & Composition courses in the Slavic Department. Course to be repeated for credit each semester of employment as graduate student instructor. The purpose of this course is to introduce new GSIs to teaching Slavic 5A and 5B. It will focus on preparation of teaching materials, including syllabi, and discussion of questions of pedagogy (teaching literature and writing, lecturing, leading class discussions, designing writing assignments, grading and formulating responses to student papers, working with students individually and in small groups). The course will help you prepare for a career as a college teacher of literature and for the teaching component of job applications. 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. EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES COURSES East European Studies 1B (3 or 4 units) Elementary Hungarian Texts: East European Studies 100 (2 units) Advanced Hungarian Readings The readings in this class are all in Hungarian. Prior knowledge of the language is a must. 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: Prerequisites: East European Studies lB; consent of instructor. EURASIAN STUDIES COURSES Eurasian Studies 1B (3 units) Beginning Armenian This is part B of Beginning Armenian, which is a two semester sequence. This course is for students who have little previous knowledge of Armenian, or who have successfully completed part A. Proficiency in the four language skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing is developed. Modern Western Armenian is taught primarily, but students who would like to learn Eastern Armenian are also accommodated. Armenian is taught as one language. Commonalities are highlighted and the differences recognized and taught. Among the requirements are oral participation in class, homework, weekly assignments, a midterm project, and a term project with a final presentation. Text: Prerequisites: Eurasian Studies 1A; consent of instructor. Eurasian Studies 101B (3 units) Continuing Armenian This is part B of Continuing Armenian, which is a two semester sequence. The purpose of this course is to further develop students' Armenian proficiency in all four language skills, using discussion, oral presentations, written assignments and a variety of readings (literature, non-fiction, folklore, newspaper articles, etc.) chosen partly for their cultural significance and partly based on student needs and interests. Particular skills (e.g. reading) are emphasized, depending on student needs and interests. Three hours of class per week. Course may be repeated for credit. Among the requirements are participation in class, homework, weekly assignments, a midterm project, and a term project with a final presentation. Texts: Prerequisites: Eurasian Studies 101A; consent of instructor. Eurasian Studies 102B (3 units) Continuing Georgian NOTE: IF YOU PLAN TO START GEORGIAN AS A BEGINNER IN SPRING SEMESTER, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO ACCOMODATE YOUR NEEDS -- PLEASE CONTACT THE INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Vakhtang Chikovani: vchikovani@berkeley.edu This is part B of Continuing Georgian, which is a two semester sequence. Continuing course of Georgian Language 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. More detailed information on this course is available at the following web page: http://webdisk.berkeley.edu/~shorena/. Grades are based on class participation, exercises, home assignment tests and a final. Required Texts: Prerequisites: Eurasian Studies 102A; consent of instructor. |
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