UVa Course Catalog - Catalog of Courses for Slavic (Unofficial, Lou's List)

UVa Course Catalog (Unofficial, Lou's List)

Catalog of Courses for Slavic

These pages present data mined from the University of Virginia's student information system (SIS). I hope that you will find them useful. — Lou Bloomfield, Department of Physics

Polish
POL 1210	Introduction to Polish Language (3.00)
Offered Fall 2013	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. Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
POL 1220	Introduction to Polish Language (3.00)
	Introduces students to the essentials of Polish grammar with emphasis on speaking and reading. Prerequisite: POL 1210 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010
POL 2210	Intermediate Polish Language (3.00)
Offered Fall 2013	Second-year continuation of POL 1210, 1220. Prerequisite: POL 1210, 1220 and instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
POL 2220	Intermediate Polish Language (3.00)
	Second-year continuation of POL 1210, 1220. Prerequisite: POL 1210, 1220 and instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010
Russian
RUSS 1010	First-Year Russian (4.00)
Offered Fall 2013	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. Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
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. Course was offered Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010
RUSS 1020	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. Prerequisite: A grade of C or above in RUSS 1010. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010
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. Course was offered Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010
RUSS 1030	Russian Language Study in Russia (2.00)
	In this course, students will begin or continue their study of the Russian language. Students will be placed at the appropriate level and will be taught by instructors at UVA's partner institutions in Moscow and St. Petersburg. At either the beginning or intermediate level, the course includes reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Aimed to give students as high a level of proficiency in spoken and written Russian as possible.
RUSS 116	Intensive Introductory Russian (0.00)
	This is the non-credit option for RUSS 1016. Course was offered Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010
RUSS 126	Intensive Introductory Russian (0.00)
	This is the non-credit option for RUSS 2026. Course was offered Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010
RUSS 2010	Second-Year Russian (4.00)
Offered Fall 2013	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. Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
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. Course was offered Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010
RUSS 2020	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: grade of C or better in RUSS 2010. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 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. Course was offered Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010
RUSS 216	Intensive Intermediate Russian (0.00)
	This is the non-credit option for RUSS 2016. Course was offered Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010
RUSS 226	Intensive Intermediate Russian (0.00)
	This is the non-credit option for RUSS 2026. Course was offered Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010
RUSS 3010	Third-Year Russian (3.00)
Offered Fall 2013	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 2010, 2020 or equivalent with a grade of C or better. Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
RUSS 3020	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 2020 with a grade of C or better. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010
RUSS 3030	Intermediate Conversation (1.00)
Offered Fall 2013	Two hours of conversation practice per week. Prerequisite: RUSS 1020, or equivalent. RUSS 2020 is strongly recommended. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009
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 1020.
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 1020
RUSS 3060	Russian for Business (3.00)
	Russian for oral and written communication in business situations. Prerequisite: RUSS 2020. Course was offered Fall 2009
RUSS 4010	Fourth-Year Russian (3.00)
Offered Fall 2013	Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes oral practice, extensive reading, and work in Russian stylistics. Prerequisite: RUSS 3010, 3020 with a grade of C or better. Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
RUSS 4020	Fourth-Year Russian (3.00)
	Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes oral practice, extensive reading, and work in Russian stylistics. Prerequisite: RUSS 4010 with a grade of C or better. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010
RUSS 4520	Vvedenie V Russkuiu Literaturu (3.00)
	Introduction to Russian literary studies. Reading and analysis of literary works in the original. Texts are selected from classical and contemporary literature. Topic varies. All readings and discussion in Russian. Course is open to advanced students of Russian and heritage speakers. Course was offered Fall 2012
RUSS 4990	Senior Honors Thesis (3.00)
Offered Fall 2013	Required of honors majors in Russian language and literature and Russian and East European studies. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009
RUSS 4993	Independent Study (3.00)
	May be repeated for credit.
RUSS 4998	Senior Thesis in Russian Studies (3.00)
Offered Fall 2013	For majors in Russian and East European studies, normally taken in the fourth year. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
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 2020 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 3020 and instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2010
RUSS 5020	Advanced Proficiency Russian (3.00)
	Graduate-level translation, composition, and discussion. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: RUSS 4020.
RUSS 5030	Advanced Russian I (3.00)
Offered Fall 2013	A thorough review of Russian grammar. Prerequisite: RUSS 2010, 2020, and instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
RUSS 5032	Advanced Russian Grammar: Syntax (3.00)
	This course is a formal and systematic analysis of the basic syntactic structures of the contemporary Russian literary language with frequent comparison to English (and other, when possible) structures. The emphasis will be on data, not theoretical principles although the conventional theoretical machinery and language of syntax (phrase structure, complement, anaphora) will be used at all times in class and on assignments. Course was offered Spring 2013
RUSS 5040	Advanced Russian II (3.00)
	Development of advanced proficiency in the four skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening. Prerequisite: RUSS 5030 strongly recommended.
RUSS 5050	Advanced Conversation (1.00)
Offered Fall 2013	Two hours of conversation practice per week. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: RUSS 3020. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009
RUSS 5060	Stylistics (3.00)
	Studies syntactic, lexical, and other stylistic features of literary Russian in various contexts. Prerequisite: RUSS 3010, 3020.
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. Course was offered Spring 2011
RUSS 5090	Russian for Reading Knowledge (3.00)
	Russian for Reading Knowledge
RUSS 5110	The Rise of the Russian Novel, 1795-1850 (3.00)
Offered Fall 2013	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. Course was offered Fall 2010
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. Course was offered Spring 2011
RUSS 5122	Versions of Dostoevsky (3.00)
	Reading Dostoevsky's fiction alongside the critical contexts in which it was produced and received, we'll consider many different versions of Dostoevsky. Texts include Poor Folk, Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov, as well as Dostoevsky's critical and polemical writing.
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)
	Tolstoy Course was offered Spring 2010
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. Course was offered Fall 2011, Spring 2010
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. Course was offered Fall 2010
RUSS 5170	Russian Poetry (3.00)
	Studies Russian poetics and selected poets from Pushkin to the present. Course was offered Fall 2009
RUSS 5175	The Golden Age of Russian Poetry (3.00)
	Studies works by Zhukovsky, Batiushkov, Pushkin, Lermontov, Baratynsky, Tiutchev, and others. Course was offered Spring 2013
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. Course was offered Fall 2012
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. Course was offered Fall 2009
RUSS 5190	Russian Drama and Theatre (3.00)
	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. Course was offered Spring 2012
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 3250, RUSS 2020, 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 2020 and instructor permission; LNGS 3250 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 2020 and instructor permission.
RUSS 5240	History of the Russian Language (3.00)
	Diachronic linguistic analysis of the Russian language. Prerequisite: RUSS 2020, LNGS 3250.
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. Course was offered Fall 2011
RUSS 5370	Literature and Orthodoxy (3.00)
	Explores literature, religion, and their creative intertwining in Russia and the traditionally Eastern Orthodox regions of Europe and Asia.
RUSS 5380	Russian Postmodernism (3.00)
	Examines the exciting developments in late-20th- and early-21st-century Russian literature and art. Course was offered Fall 2012
RUSS 5500	Selected Topics in Russian Literature (3.00 - 6.00)
	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. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009
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)
Offered Fall 2013	Required of all candidates for the M.A. degree. Course was offered Spring 2011
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)
Offered Fall 2013	Close reading of texts from the Kievan period to end of the 18th century. Course was offered Fall 2010
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)
	Study of the major works. Course was offered Spring 2012
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)
	Advanced work on selected topics. A recent topic was 'utopian vision.' May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Spring 2012
RUSS 7510	Seminar in Russian Studies (3.00)
	Advanced work on selected topics. A recent topic was 'utopian vision.' May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Spring 2011, Fall 2010
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 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 3250 and instructor permission.
RUSS 8220	Advanced Structure of Russian: Syntax and Semantics (3.00)
	Prerequisite: LNGS 3250 and instructor permission.
RUSS 8500	Topics in Russian Language and Literature (3.00)
	Could include Russian language, fiction, poetry, drama, or culture. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
RUSS 8999	Master's Thesis (1.00 - 12.00)
Offered Fall 2013	Research for and final preparation of M.A. thesis. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009
RUSS 9999	Non-Topical Research, Doctoral (1.00 - 12.00)
Offered Fall 2013	For doctoral research taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009
Russian in Translation
RUTR 2310	UVA in Russia: Literary Places in Russia (4.00)
	This course will take students to visit the places associated with literature -- writers' museums and the locations where they site their works -- in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Visiting and studying these places can teach us much about Russian literary works, their creators and their readers. We will read and explore the works of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Mayakovsky, Bulgakov and other Russian writers.
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. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010
RUTR 2330	Russia and the Caucasus (3.00)
	This interdisciplinary course introduces students to the respective cultural histories of Armenia, Georgia, and Russia, relying heavily on literary and cinematic sources. We will also explore the more contemporary relationship between the Caucasus and Russia from the 19th century to the present.
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. Course was offered Fall 2010
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. Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010
RUTR 2360	Tales of Transgression (3.00)
	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. Course was offered Spring 2012
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 Fall 2013	Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Surveys Russian civilization from the earliest times, with emphasis on literature, thought, and the arts. Course was offered Fall 2012, Spring 2012
RUTR 2470	Understanding Russia: Symbols, Myths, and Archetypes of Identity (3.00)
	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. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2009
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. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012
RUTR 2730	Dostoevsky (3.00)
	Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the major works of Dostoevsky. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010
RUTR 2740	Tolstoy in Translation (3.00)
	Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the major works of Tolstoy. Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011
RUTR 3340	Books Behind Bars: Life, Lit, & Community Leadership (4.00)
	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. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011
RUTR 3350	Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature (3.00)
Offered Fall 2013	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 5000-level literature courses. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html. Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
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. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010
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)
Offered Fall 2013	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. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2009
RUTR 3510	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. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010
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. Course was offered Spring 2010
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? Course was offered January 2013, January 2012, January 2011, January 2010
SLAV 2360	Dracula (3.00)
Offered Fall 2013	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. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010
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. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012
SLAV 5250	Introduction to Slavic Linguistics (3.00)
	Introduction to Slavic Linguistics
SLAV 5310	Slavic Folktale (3.00)
	Slavic Folktale
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)
	Slavic Heroic Epic
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 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 3250 and instructor permission. May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Fall 2010, Fall 2009
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 5610	Polish Literature (3.00)
	A graduate-level survey of Polish literature from its Medieval beginnings to the contemporary period. Readings include Jan Kochanowski, Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Slowacki, Boleslaw Prus, Stefan Zeromski, Bruno Schulz, Witold Gombrowicz, Czeslaw Milosz, Tadeusz Rozewicz, Tadeusz Borowski, Wislawa Szymborska, Slawomir Mrozek, and others. Undergraduate students welcome with the permission by the instructor. All readings in English. Course was offered Fall 2012
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 3250 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 1020 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 1020 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 3250, RUSS 3020, and instructor permission. May be repeated for credit.
SLAV 8500	Topics in Slavic Languages and Literatures (3.00)
	Could include any Slavic languages, fiction, poetry, drama, or culture. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Course was offered Fall 2012
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 3250 and instructor permission.
SLAV 8640	History and Structure of the South Slavic Languages (3.00)
	The diachrony, dialectology, and synchrony. Prerequisite: LNGS 3250 and instructor permission.
SLAV 8650	History and Structure of the West Slavic Languages (3.00)
	The diachrony, dialectology, and synchrony. Prerequisite: LNGS 3250 and instructor permission.
SLAV 8998	Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1.00 - 12.00)
Offered Fall 2013	For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009
SLAV 8999	Non-Topical Research (1.00 - 12.00)
Offered Fall 2013	For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009
SLAV 9998	Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1.00 - 12.00)
Offered Fall 2013	For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009
SLAV 9999	Non-Topical Research (1.00 - 12.00)
Offered Fall 2013	For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009
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)
	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. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010
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)
Offered Fall 2013	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. Course was offered Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
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. Course was offered Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009
SLTR 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)
SLTR 3200	Poland: History and Culture (3.00)
Offered Fall 2013	This course takes students through more than 1000 years of Poland's history and culture. Explorations of literature, art, film, and music, as well as key historic events and biographies, will provide students with unique insight in the main sources of Polish identity, its central values, challenges, myths, symbols, and preoccupations in a larger European context. All materials in English.
SLTR 3300	Facing Evil in the Twentieth Century: Humanity in Extremis (3.00)
	The 20th century will most likely remain one of the most puzzling periods in human history, in which amazing progress was coupled with unprecedented barbarity of modern totalitarian regimes. The course helps students untangle this paradox by exploring a series of memoirs by survivors and perpetrators, as well as scholarly essays, films, and other cultural statements. Course was offered Spring 2013
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.