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| Czech | |
| CZ 1210 | Introduction to Czech Language (3.00) |
| Introduces students to the essentials of Czech grammar with emphasis on speaking and reading. Prerequisite: Instructor permission; some knowledge of Russian recommended. | |
| CZ 1220 | Introduction to Czech Language (3.00) |
| Introduces students to the essentials of Czech grammar with emphasis on speaking and reading. Prerequisite: Instructor permission; some knowledge of Russian recommended. | |
| Polish | |
| POL 1210 | Introduction to Polish Language (3.00) |
| Introduces students to the essentials of Polish grammar with emphasis on speaking and reading. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html. | |
| POL 1220 | Introduction to Polish Language (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Introduces students to the essentials of Polish grammar with emphasis on speaking and reading. Prerequisite: POL 1210 or instructor permission. |
| POL 2210 | Intermediate Polish Language (3.00) |
| Second-year continuation of POL 1210, 1220. Prerequisite: POL 1210, 1220 and instructor permission. | |
| POL 2220 | Intermediate Polish Language (3.00) |
| Second-year continuation of POL 1210, 1220. Prerequisite: POL 1210, 1220 and instructor permission. | |
| Russian | |
| RUSS 1010 | First-Year Russian (4.00) |
| Introduces Russian grammar with emphasis on reading and speaking. Class meets five days per week plus work in the language laboratory. To be followed by RUSS 2010, 2020. | |
| RUSS 1016 | Intensive Introductory Russian (3.00) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. | |
| RUSS 1020 | First-Year Russian (4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Introduces Russian grammar with emphasis on reading and speaking. Class meets five days per week plus work in the language laboratory. To be followed by RUSS 2010, 2020. Prerequisite: A grade of C or above in RUSS 1010. |
| RUSS 1026 | Intensive Introductory Russian (3.00) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: RUSS 1016 or equivalent. | |
| RUSS 116 | Intensive Introductory Russian (0.00) |
| This is the non-credit option for RUSS 1016. | |
| RUSS 126 | Intensive Introductory Russian (0.00) |
| This is the non-credit option for RUSS 2026. | |
| RUSS 2010 | Second-Year Russian (4.00) |
| Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes practice in speaking and writing Russian and introduction to Russian prose and poetry. Class meets four days per week, plus work in the language laboratory. Prerequisite: RUSS 1020 (with grade of C- or better) or equivalent. | |
| RUSS 2016 | Intensive Intermediate Russian (3.00) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: RUSS 1016 & 1026 or equivalent. | |
| RUSS 2020 | Second-Year Russian (4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes practice in speaking and writing Russian and introduction to Russian prose and poetry. Class meets four days per week, plus work in the language laboratory. Prerequisite: grade of C or better in RUSS 2010. |
| RUSS 2026 | Intensive Intermediate Russian (3.00) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: RUSS 1016 , 1026 & 2016 or equivalent. | |
| RUSS 216 | Intensive Intermediate Russian (0.00) |
| This is the non-credit option for RUSS 2016. | |
| RUSS 226 | Intensive Intermediate Russian (0.00) |
| This is the non-credit option for RUSS 2026. | |
| RUSS 3010 | Third-Year Russian (3.00) |
| Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes intensive oral practice through reports, dialogues, guided discussions; composition of written reports and essays; readings in literary and non-literary texts. Class meets three hours per week, plus work in the language laboratory. Prerequisite: RUSS 202, 203 or equivalent with a grade of C or better. | |
| RUSS 3020 | Third-Year Russian (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes intensive oral practice through reports, dialogues, guided discussions; composition of written reports and essays; readings in literary and non-literary texts. Class meets three hours per week, plus work in the language laboratory. Prerequisite: RUSS 2020 with a grade of C or better. |
| RUSS 3030 | Intermediate Conversation (1.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Two hours of conversation practice per week. Prerequisite: RUSS 102, or equivalent. RUSS 202 is strongly recommended. |
| RUSS 3040 | Applied Russian Phonetics (1.00) |
| Examines the sound system of the Russian language with special attention to palatalization, vowel reduction, sounds in combination, and the relationship of sound to spelling. Prerequisite: RUSS 102. | |
| RUSS 3050 | Phonetics and Russian Word Formation (1.00) |
| Examines the sound system, lexicon, and word formative processes of the Russian literary language. Prerequisite: RUSS 102 | |
| RUSS 3060 | Russian for Business (3.00) |
| Russian for oral and written communication in business situations. Prerequisite: RUSS 202. | |
| RUSS 4010 | Fourth-Year Russian (3.00) |
| Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes oral practice, extensive reading, and work in Russian stylistics. Prerequisite: RUSS 301, 302 with a grade of C or better. | |
| RUSS 4020 | Fourth-Year Russian (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes oral practice, extensive reading, and work in Russian stylistics. Prerequisite: RUSS 4010 with a grade of C or better. |
| RUSS 4990 | Senior Honors Thesis (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Required of honors majors in Russian language and literature and Russian and East European studies. |
| RUSS 4993 | Independent Study (3.00) |
| May be repeated for credit. | |
| RUSS 4998 | Senior Thesis in Russian Studies (3.00) |
| For majors in Russian and East European studies, normally taken in the fourth year. | |
| RUSS 4999 | Senior Thesis in Russian Studies (3.00) |
| For majors in Russian and East European studies, normally taken in the fourth year. | |
| RUSS 5000 | Reading Techniques for Russian Newspapers and Periodicals (3.00) |
| Training in the translation of Russian newspapers and journal articles. Prerequisite: RUSS 202 or the equivalent. | |
| RUSS 5010 | Readings in the Social Sciences (3.00) |
| Based on a careful analysis of the social science texts, students are introduced to advanced topics in Russian morphology and syntax. Successful completion of the course enables students to read nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian non-fiction with minimal difficulty. Prerequisite: RUSS 302 and instructor permission. | |
| RUSS 5020 | Advanced Proficiency Russian (3.00) |
| Graduate-level translation, composition, and discussion. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: RUSS 402. | |
| RUSS 5030 | Advanced Russian I (3.00) |
| A thorough review of Russian grammar. Prerequisite: RUSS 201, 202, and instructor permission. | |
| RUSS 5040 | Advanced Russian II (3.00) |
| Development of advanced proficiency in the four skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. Prerequisite: RUSS 503 strongly recommended. | |
| RUSS 5050 | Advanced Conversation (1.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Two hours of conversation practice per week. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: RUSS 302. |
| RUSS 5060 | Stylistics (3.00) |
| Studies syntactic, lexical, and other stylistic features of literary Russian in various contexts. Prerequisite: RUSS 301, 302. | |
| RUSS 5080 | Methodology (3.00) |
| Course is designed as a combination of practical classroom procedures & techniques & the theoretical aspects of language teaching methodology. Active participation in unit & lesson planning will be accompanied by critical reading & further class discussion about the methods observed & current research on second language acquisition .The course is intended for advanced undergrad & grad students with at least four years of Russian language study. | |
| RUSS 5090 | Russian for Reading Knowledge (3.00) |
| RUSS 5110 | The Rise of the Russian Novel, 1795-1850 (3.00) |
| Studies the development of the Russian novel in the first half of the 19th century. Focuses on the major contributions of Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Dostoevsky, and Turgenev, and examines the social and literary forces that contributed to the evolution of the Russian novel. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html. | |
| RUSS 5120 | Age of Realism, 1851-1881 (3.00) |
| Studies the works of Russia's most celebrated writers during the middle of the 19th century. Explores the many forms that 'realism' assumed in Russia at this time, and investigates how Russian writers responded to the calls of their contemporary critics to use literature to promote socially progressive ends. | |
| RUSS 5123 | Dostoevsky and the Modern Novel (3.00) |
| Studies the major works of Dostoevsky. Emphasizes the various critical approaches employed in the study of Dostoevsky. Open to students from other departments with no knowledge of Russian. | |
| RUSS 5124 | Tolstoy (3.00) |
| RUSS 5140 | Russian Modernism (3.00) |
| Examines selected works by the leading writers of the early part of the twentieth century. Explores concepts of symbolism, acmeism, and futurism. Focuses on competing conceptions of literature that evolved in the 1920s until the establishment of the hegemony of socialist realism in the 1930s. Considers works written by Russian writers living in emigration. | |
| RUSS 5150 | Russian Formalism and Structuralist Poetics (3.00) |
| Studies the theory and practice of literary critics. Focuses on the Russian Formalists and the relationship of their theories to those of later critics in America (New Criticism) and the current European Structuralists. Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of French, German, or Russian suggested. | |
| RUSS 5160 | Contemporary Russian Literature (3.00) |
| Traces the evolution of Russian literature from the 'Thaw' period until the present. Examines how Russia's writers tried to accommodate, evade, or challenge the prevailing norms of Soviet literature during the 1960s and 1970s. Analyzes the forces shaping the development of contemporary Russian literature. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html. | |
| RUSS 5170 | Russian Poetry (3.00) |
| Studies Russian poetics and selected poets from Pushkin to the present. | |
| RUSS 5175 | The Golden Age of Russian Poetry (3.00) |
| Studies works by Zhukovsky, Batiushkov, Pushkin, Lermontov, Baratynsky, Tiutchev, and others. | |
| RUSS 5176 | The Silver Age of Russian Poetry (3.00) |
| Studies the poetry of Blok, Akhmatova, Mandelshtam, Pasternak, Tsvetaeva, and Mayakovsky. Includes symbolism, acmeism, and futurism. | |
| RUSS 5180 | Russian Satire (3.00) |
| Studies the theory and praxis of Russian literary satire. Examines some examples of Russian satire from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries; course focuses on 20th-century works. Students become familiar with the forms and functions of satire in Russian, Soviet, and émigré literary culture. | |
| RUSS 5190 | Russian Drama and Theatre (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Studies works from Fonvizin to Shvarts with emphasis on the major plays of Gogol, Chekhov, and Gorky. Includes production theories of Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, and other prominent Russian directors. |
| RUSS 5210 | The Structure of Modern Russian: Phonology and Morphology (3.00) |
| Study of linguistic approaches to the phonology and morphology of standard Russian. Prerequisite: LNGS 325, RUSS 202, and instructor permission. | |
| RUSS 5220 | The Structure of Modern Russian: Syntax and Semantics (3.00) |
| Studies linguistic approaches to the syntax and semantics of contemporary standard Russian. Prerequisite: RUSS 202 and instructor permission; LNGS 325 strongly recommended. | |
| RUSS 5230 | History of the Russian Literary Language (3.00) |
| History of literary (standard) Russian from its formation to the present day. Includes problems of vocabulary, syntax, and stylistics. Prerequisite: RUSS 202 and instructor permission. | |
| RUSS 5240 | History of the Russian Language (3.00) |
| Diachronic linguistic analysis of the Russian language. Prerequisite: RUSS 202, LNGS 325. | |
| RUSS 5350 | Russian and Soviet Film: Movies for the Masses (3.00) |
| An exploration of Soviet and Russian Cinema as artistic medium, industrial product, ideological and political tool, and meansof entertainment. This course devotes equal consideration to popular classics as well as the critically acclaimed masterpieces of russian film in order to engage questions of history theory, and aesthetics within broader cultural currents. | |
| RUSS 5360 | Gulag: Graduate Studies in History and Literature (3.00) |
| From the Bolshevik Revolution to the end of the Soviet order, the only evidence of the Gulag available to the outside world, apart from the Soviet propaganda, were the testimonies of witnesses and survivors. Their stories functioned as the only available history, thus shedding an interesting light on the traditional distinctions between literature and history. In this course, students will examine the Gulag¿s history via lit and film. | |
| RUSS 5500 | Selected Topics in Russian Literature (3.00 - 6.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Typical topics in various years include Tolstoy, Russian literary journalism, and the mid-nineteenth century Russian novel. In some years open to students from other departments with no knowledge of Russian. May be repeated for credit. |
| RUSS 5570 | Topics in Comparative Literature (3.00) |
| Studies various literary themes, movements, genres in an attempt to relate Russian literature to the literatures of other countries. The course is open to students from other departments with no knowledge of Russian, and may be repeateed for credit. | |
| RUSS 5580 | Topics in Comparative Literature (3.00) |
| Studies various literary themes, movements, genres in an attempt to relate Russian literature to the literatures of other countries. The course is open to students from other departments with no knowledge of Russian, and may be repeateed for credit. | |
| RUSS 7010 | Proseminar in Russian Literature (3.00) |
| Required of all candidates for the M.A. degree. | |
| RUSS 7020 | The Theory and Practice of Criticism (3.00) |
| Studies the major critical theories and their applicability in the Russian context. | |
| RUSS 7290 | Medieval and 18th-Century Russian (3.00) |
| Close reading of texts from the Kievan period to end of the 18th century. | |
| RUSS 7300 | Russian Literature of the Eighteenth Century (3.00) |
| Studies the development of literature in the post-Petrine period. Emphasizes the works of Lomonosov, Derzhavin, and Karamzin and the interaction between Russian cultural life and that of Western Europe. | |
| RUSS 7310 | Pushkin (3.00) |
| Close reading and analysis of major works. Emphasizes the narrative poems and lyrics. | |
| RUSS 7320 | Gogol (3.00) |
| Close reading and analysis of the major works. | |
| RUSS 7350 | Turgenev (3.00) |
| Study of the major works. | |
| RUSS 7360 | Tolstoy (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Study of the major works. |
| RUSS 7380 | Chekhov (3.00) |
| Study of the major works. Analysis of Chekhov's art as a short story writer and playwright. | |
| RUSS 7500 | Seminar in Russian Studies (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Advanced work on selected topics. A recent topic was 'utopian vision.' May be repeated for credit. |
| RUSS 7510 | Seminar in Russian Studies (3.00) |
| Advanced work on selected topics. A recent topic was 'utopian vision.' May be repeated for credit. | |
| RUSS 7730 | Graduate Seminar on Dostoevsky (3.00) |
| Study of the major and minor works. | |
| RUSS 7850 | The Russian and West European Novel: 1790-1880 (3.00) |
| Studies the formation and development of the great Russian realistic novel. Emphasizes internal processes and West European influences. | |
| RUSS 7860 | The Russian and West European Novel: 1790-1880 (3.00) |
| Studies the formation and development of the great Russian realistic novel. Emphasizes internal processes and West European influences. | |
| RUSS 7993 | Independent Study in Russian Literature (1.00 - 4.00) |
| May be repeated for credit. | |
| RUSS 8210 | Advanced Structure of Russian: Phonology and Morphology (3.00) |
| Prerequisite: LNGS 325 and instructor permission. | |
| RUSS 8220 | Advanced Structure of Russian: Syntax and Semantics (3.00) |
| Prerequisite: LNGS 325 and instructor permission. | |
| RUSS 8999 | Master's Thesis (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Research for and final preparation of M.A. thesis. |
| RUSS 9999 | Non-Topical Research, Doctoral (1.00 - 12.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | For doctoral research taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. |
| Russian in Translation | |
| RUTR 2320 | America Through Russian Eyes (3.00) |
| Changing Russian representations of America and American visions of Russia from revolution to post-communism (in literature, film, music and other forms of popular culture. | |
| RUTR 2340 | Russian Women's Literature (3.00) |
| Russia¿s literary tradition includes a rich vein of poetry, prose, and memoir written by women. This course examines works composed from the eighteenth to the twenty-first centuries; emphasis is on literature of the twentieth century and the contemporary period. This is primarily a literature class, but works are grounded in their historical and sociopolitical contexts. All readings are in English translation. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html. | |
| RUTR 2350 | Russian and Soviet Film: Movies for the Masses (3.00) |
| An exploration of Soviet and Russian Cinema as artistic medium, industrial product, ideological and political tool, and meansof entertainment. This course devotes equal consideration to popular classics as well as the critically acclaimed masterpieces of russian film in order to engage questions of history theory, and aesthetics within broader cultural currents.For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html. | |
| RUTR 2360 | Tales of Transgression (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This course examines how Russian writers engage with ethical questions ranging from lofty pursuits of freedom and the meaning of life to more prosaic issues of personal responsibility and happiness. In the context of literary analysis, we explore such conceptual terms describing human activity as love and justice, right and wrong, good and evil. Texts by Dostoevsky, Leskov, Tolstoy, Ostrovsky, Chekhov, Olesha, and Petrushevskaya. |
| RUTR 2400 | Russian Masterpieces (3.00) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies selected great works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century prose fiction. | |
| RUTR 2450 | Art of Scandal: Literature and Culture in Society (3.00) |
| Studies works of art that caused major controversy and debate in Russia. Why did certain texts resonate more loudly than others in society? How did this dynamic change between the imperial and post-Soviet periods? Includes works of art in a variety of media: literature and criticism, modern painting, architecture, film and music. | |
| RUTR 2460 | Civilization and Culture of Russia (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Surveys Russian civilization from the earliest times, with emphasis on literature, thought, and the arts. |
| RUTR 2470 | Understanding Russia: Symbols, Myths, and Archetypes of Identity (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This course explores different sources of Russian national identity from pre-Christian `Rus¿ to the present. We will investigate how the occidental and oriental elements blend into a unique Euro-Asian culture, nation, and world power. Our main aim is to provide an orientation to the symbolic world of Russian self-identification. We will employ the tools of the historian, geographer, psychologist, and student of literature and culture. |
| RUTR 2500 | Topics in Russian Literature (3.00) |
| Studies in English translation of selected authors, works, or themes in Russian literature. Topics in recent years were Solzhenitsyn, Nabokov. May be repeated for credit under different topics. | |
| RUTR 2730 | Dostoevsky and the Modern Novel (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the major works of Dostoevsky. |
| RUTR 2740 | Tolstoy in Translation (3.00) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the major works of Tolstoy. | |
| RUTR 3340 | Books Behind Bars: Life, Lit, & Community Leadership (4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Students will grapple in a profound and personal way with timeless human questions: Who am I? Why am I here? How should I live? They will do this, in part, by facilitating discussions about short masterpieces of Russian literature with residents at a juvenile correctional center. This course offers an integrated academic-community engagement curriculum, and provides a unique opportunity for service learning, leadership, and youth mentoring. |
| RUTR 3350 | Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature (3.00) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the major works of Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Goncharov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and others. Emphasizes prose fiction. This course is a prerequisite for 500-level literature courses. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html. | |
| RUTR 3360 | Twentieth Century Russian Literature (3.00) |
| This course surveys Russian literature (prose and poetry) of the twentieth century. Readings include works by Soviet and émigré writers. All works are read in English translation. | |
| RUTR 3370 | Russian Prose From 1881-1917 (3.00) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Russian prose. Concentrates on evolution of Russian realism and rise of symbolist and ornamentalist fiction. | |
| RUTR 3400 | Nabokov (3.00) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the evolution of Nabokov's art, from his early Russian language tales to the major novels written in English. | |
| RUTR 3500 | Topics in Russian Literature (3.00 - 6.00) |
| Studies in English translation of selected authors, works, or themes in Russian literature. Topics in recent years were Solzhenitsyn, Nabokov. May be repeated for credit under different topics. | |
| RUTR 3510 | Topics in Russian Literature (3.00 - 6.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Studies in English translation of selected authors, works, or themes in Russian literature. Topics in recent years were Solzhenitsyn, Nabokov. May be repeated for credit under different topics. |
| RUTR 3520 | Case Studies in Russian Literature (3.00) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. One great novel such as War and Peace or The Brothers Karamazov is studied in detail along with related works and a considerable sampling of critical studies. | |
| RUTR 3559 | Russian Litereature in Translation (3.00) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Russian in Translation. | |
| RUTR 3680 | The Russian Novel in European Perspective (3.00) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the evolution of the Russian novel, its thematic and structural features, from the early nineteenth century to the present. | |
| Slavic | |
| SLAV 1700 | Liberal Arts Seminar (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Seminar on selected topics in the field of Slavic studies designed primarily for first- and second-year students. Recent topics have included 'the arts in revolution,' 'war and peace,' and 'poetry writing: American and Russian perspectives.' | |
| SLAV 1710 | Liberal Arts Seminar (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Seminar on selected topics in the field of Slavic studies designed primarily for first- and second-year students. Recent topics have included 'the arts in revolution,' 'war and peace,' and 'poetry writing: American and Russian perspectives.' | |
| SLAV 2150 | Magic and Meaning (3.00) |
| Magic is the ineffable between categories. It is what we seek to understand and to control. It is also what we fear. In many senses, it is the essence of folklore. This course will examine the nature and the use of magic, both positive and negative, it will look at magic acts and magic people. | |
| SLAV 2250 | The Dark Side of the 20th Century: Between Auschwitz & Gulag (3.00) |
| The twentieth century was a period of humanity's unprecedented progress as well as its greatest recorded downfall into barbarity, genocide, and mass oppression. This course enables students to study and reflect on the latter. Some questions will be asked in the course: How do we construct cultural memories of traumatic experiences? Why do we want to remember them? Do we? | |
| SLAV 2360 | Dracula (3.00) |
| An introduction to Slavic folklore with special emphasis on the origins and subsequent manifestations of vampirism. Western perceptions, misperceptions, and adaptations of Slavic culture are explored and explicated. The approach is interdisciplinary: folklore, history, literature, religion, film, disease and a variety of other topics. | |
| SLAV 2500 | Topics in Slavic Literature and Culture (3.00) |
| Could include Polish, Czech, or Slovak fiction, poetry, drama, or culture. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. | |
| SLAV 3220 | The Spy in Eastern Europe (3.00) |
| The course will begin with a look at the root differences between Eastern Europe and the West followed by a brief sketch of their interface during the 20th century. Then, centering on case studies, which will serve as the basis of class discussion, the role of espionage both in reality and in perception in the process of information transfer during the Cold War will be studied. The cases will draw on CIA/KGB archival material, spies' memoirs, the press, fiction, and film. Group projects will center on technology and techniques of cryptography, covert operation, surveillance, and overt information gathering. Prerequisite: Knowledge of 20th century European history and permission of the instructor. Note: The following courses all require a reading knowledge of Russian, unless otherwise stated. | |
| SLAV 4500 | Topics in Slavic Literature and Culture (3.00) |
| Could include Polish, Czech, or Slovak fiction, poetry, drama, or culture. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. | |
| SLAV 5250 | Introduction to Slavic Linguistics (3.00) |
| SLAV 5310 | Slavic Folktale (3.00) |
| SLAV 5320 | Slavic Folklore and Oral Literature (3.00) |
| Treats the major genres of Russian oral literature and many of the minor genres. Also covers relevant folklore theory. | |
| SLAV 5330 | Slavic Heroic Epic (3.00) |
| SLAV 5340 | Slavic Ritual (3.00) |
| This course looks at two types of ritual and at the area of folklore called material culture, which studies objects and typically examines such things as folk housing, folk costume, tools/implements, and foodways. | |
| SLAV 5350 | Slavic Folklore in America (3.00) |
| SLAV 5360 | Slavic Mythology (3.00) |
| Survey of Slavic pre-Christian and Christian beliefs and customs, emphasizing their role in folklore. | |
| SLAV 5370 | South Slavic Folklore (3.00) |
| Surveys South Slavic ethnography and folklore, emphasizing the Bulgarians and the Serbs. | |
| SLAV 5500 | Selected Topics in Slavic Linguistics (3.00) |
| Prerequisite: LNGS 325 and instructor permission. May be repeated for credit. | |
| SLAV 5510 | Topics in West Slavic Literatures (3.00) |
| Includes Polish, Czech, or Slovak fiction, poetry, or drama. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. | |
| SLAV 5520 | Topics in South Slavic Literatures (3.00) |
| Includes Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bulgarian, or Macedonian fiction, poetry, or drama. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. | |
| SLAV 5530 | Topics in Ukrainian Literature (3.00) |
| Topics in Ukrainian Literature | |
| SLAV 7110 | Balkan Studies (3.00) |
| Studies Balkan languages and literatures other than Slavic, emphasizing linguistic and literary ties with the South Slavs. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. | |
| SLAV 7420 | Common Slavic (3.00) |
| Studies the historical phonology and morphology of Common Slavic. Prerequisite: LNGS 325 and instructor permission. | |
| SLAV 7430 | Old Church Slavonic (3.00) |
| Studies the history and structure of Old Church Slavonic. Reading of selected texts. Prerequisite: RUSS 102 and instructor permission. | |
| SLAV 7440 | Old Church Slavonic (3.00) |
| Studies the history and structure of Old Church Slavonic. Reading of selected texts. Prerequisite: RUSS 102 and instructor permission. | |
| SLAV 7500 | Topics in Slavic Civilization (3.00) |
| Includes specialized aspects of Slavic culture and society. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. | |
| SLAV 7993 | Independent Study in Slavic Linguistics (3.00) |
| Prerequisite: LNGS 325, RUSS 302, and instructor permission. May be repeated for credit. | |
| SLAV 8610 | Seminar in Slavic Linguistics (3.00) |
| Seminar in Slavic Linguistics Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| SLAV 8620 | Seminar in Slavic Linguistics (3.00) |
| Seminar in Slavic Linguistics Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| SLAV 8630 | History and Structure of the East Slavic Languages (3.00) |
| The diachrony, dialectology, and synchrony. Prerequisite: LNGS 325 and instructor permission. | |
| SLAV 8640 | History and Structure of the South Slavic Languages (3.00) |
| The diachrony, dialectology, and synchrony. Prerequisite: LNGS 325 and instructor permission. | |
| SLAV 8650 | History and Structure of the West Slavic Languages (3.00) |
| The diachrony, dialectology, and synchrony. Prerequisite: LNGS 325 and instructor permission. | |
| SLAV 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (3.00 - 12.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. |
| SLAV 8999 | Non-Topical Research (3.00 - 12.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. |
| SLAV 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (3.00 - 12.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. |
| SLAV 9999 | Non-Topical Research (3.00 - 12.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. |
| Slavic Folklore & Oral Literature | |
| SLFK 2010 | Introduction to Slavic Folklore (3.00) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Surveys Russian and Ukrainian oral folklore, including folktales, legends, incantations, laments, epics, and other songs. Discusses theories and functions of oral folklore and compares and contrasts Russian and Ukrainian genres with their American counterparts. Focuses on cultural beliefs and attitudes expressed in oral folklore in Russia, Ukraine, and America. | |
| SLFK 2030 | Terror and Taboo in Russian Childlore (3.00) |
| Children are exposed frequently to sex, violence, and other questionable material in such genres as lullabies, folk tales, jokes, rhymes, and ghost stories. Through application of contemporary folklore and psychological theories, students examine Russian and American children's folklore to determine their functions in socialization. Focuses on comparison of patterns of cultural identity to identity construction. | |
| SLFK 2040 | Story and Healing (4.00) |
| Explores the concept of healing from a variety of different perspectives including healing of the self, community, and nation. Examines how myth, epic, fairy tales, and other genres provide a means to reach such healing, or how they may describe or depict the process of healing. Emphasizes the folk literature of Russians, Ukrainians, and the indigenous tribes of Siberia, considering oral traditions of other cultures as a point of comparison. | |
| SLFK 2110 | Tale and Legend (3.00) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the folktale traditions of the Eastern Slavs, primarily the Russians and the Ukrainians. Covers theories of folk prose narrative and discusses the relationship between folktales and society, and folktales and child development. Topics include related prose narrative forms, such as legend, and related forms of child socialization, such as folk children's games. | |
| SLFK 2120 | Ritual and Family Life (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the rituals of birth, marriage, and death as practiced in 19th-century peasant Russia and in Russia today and the oral literature associated with these rituals. Topics include family patterns, child socialization and child rearing practices, gender issues, and problems of the elderly in their 19th century and current manifestations. |
| SLFK 2130 | Magic Acts (3.00) |
| Because associative thinking is often done outside of awareness, this course seeks to make it conscious by looking at magic practices in cultures different from our own. Specifically, students will examine east Slavic (Russian and Ukrainian) magic in its various forms. They will then look at phenomena closer to our own culture. Experimentation is part of this course. Its purpose will not be to ascertain whether magic 'works.' It will try to determine, and then describe, how associative thinking works and how people feel when they use this type of thinking. | |
| SLFK 2140 | Ritual and Demonology (3.00) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies Russian and Ukrainian folk belief as it manifests itself in daily life. Examines how Russian and Ukrainian peasants lived in the 19th century, and how this effects both living patterns and attitudes today. Includes farming techniques, house and clothing types, and food beliefs. Covers the agrarian calendar and its rituals such as Christmas and Easter, the manipulation of ritual in the Soviet era, and the resurgence of ritual today. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html. | |
| SLFK 2993 | Independent Study in East European Literature in Translation (1.00 - 6.00) |
| Examines a series of Eastern European literary works and films as insights into cultural responses to major historical and intellectual challenges in Eastern Europe from the outbreak of World War II to the present. Explores the role of cultural media in motivating and mythologizing historical events in Eastern Europe. (IRY) | |
| SLFK 4993 | Independent Study in Slavic Folklore (1.00 - 3.00) |
| For students wishing to pursue independent reading and research in Russian folklore or the folklore of other Slavic cultures. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| Slavic in Translation | |
| SLTR 2000 | Eastern Europe through Literature and Film (3.00) |
| This course examines a series of Eastern European literary works and films as insights into cultural responses to major historical and intellectual challenges in Eastern Europe from the outbreak of World War II to the present. The course will also explore the role of cultural media (literature and film) in motivating and mythologizing historical events in Eastern Europe. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html. | |
| Serbo-Croatian | |
| SRBC 1210 | Introduction to Serbian or Croatian Language (3.00) |
| Introduces students to the essentials of Serbian or Croatian grammar with emphasis on speaking and reading. Prerequisite: Instructor permission; some knowledge of Russian recommended. | |
| SRBC 1220 | Introduction to Serbian or Croatian Language (3.00) |
| Introduces students to the essentials of Serbian or Croatian grammar with emphasis on speaking and reading. Prerequisite: Instructor permission; some knowledge of Russian recommended. | |
| Ukrainian | |
| UKR 1210 | Introduction to Ukrainian Language (3.00) |
| Introduces students to the essentials of Ukrainian grammar with emphasis on speaking and reading. Prerequisite: Instructor permission; some knowledge of Russian recommended. | |
| UKR 1220 | Introduction to Ukrainian Language (3.00) |
| Introduces students to the essentials of Ukrainian grammar with emphasis on speaking and reading. Prerequisite: Instructor permission; some knowledge of Russian recommended. | |