Slavic Department
2015 – 2016 Graduate Courses
Please note, courses with an x after the number are offered in the Fall. Courses with a y are offered in the spring.
Russian Language
RUSS V1101x – V1102y: First Year Russian I and II. 5 pts. Prerequisites: for V1102: RUSS
V1101 or the equivalent. Grammar, reading, composition, and conversation. MTWR.
Section 001, 8:50 – 9:55 – Avila, Molly
Section 002, 8:50 – 9:55 – Davis, Thomas
Section 003, 11:40 – 12:45 – Kun, Nataliya
Section 004, 1:10 – 2:15 – Hamlon, Will
Section 005, 2:40 – 3:45 – Harwood, Christopher
Section 006, 6:10 – 7:15 – Mortensen, Mie
RUSS V1201x-V1202y: Second-year Russian, I and II.
5 pts. Prerequisites: For V1201: RUSS
V1102 or the equivalent. For V1202: RUSS V1201 or the equivalent. Drill practice in small groups. Reading, composition, and grammar review. MTWR.
Section 001, 8:50 – 9:55, Kapilevich, Inna
Section 002, 11:40 – 12:55, Kun, Illya
Section 003, 1:10 – 2:25, Kun, Illya
RUSS V3101x-V3102y: Third-Year Russian I and II. 4 pts. Prerequisites: RUSS V1202 or the equivalent and the instructor’s permission. Enrollment limited. Recommended for students who wish to improve their active command of Russian. Emphasis on conversation and composition.
Reading and discussion of selected texts and videotapes. Lectures. Papers and oral reports required. Conducted entirely in Russian. MWF.
Section 001, 10:10 – 11:25, A. Smyslova
Section 002, 1:10 – 2:25, N. Kun
RUSS V3430x-V3431y: Russian For Heritage Speakers I and II. 3 pts. A. Smyslova.
Review of Russian grammar and development of reading and writing skills for students with knowledge of spoken Russian. MW, 2:40 – 3:55.
RUSS W4333x-W4334y: Fourth-Year Russian I and II.
4 pts. , Maria Doubrovskaia .
Prerequisites: Three years of college Russian and the instructor’s permission. Systematic study of problems in Russian syntax; written exercises, translations into Russian, and compositions.
Conducted entirely in Russian. MWF, 10:10-11:25.
RUSSW4350x: Language, Culture Society in Russia Today. 4 pts . A. Smyslova.
Prerequisites: Seven semesters of college Russian. The course is designed to enable advanced and highly-motivated undergraduate and graduate students to be able to discuss their interests and special fields of competence in Russian in formal and informal settings with fluency and

accuracy. The analysis in context of different representative texts of various kinds – verbal, visual, musical--will allow us to map cultural, sociopolitical and language complexities in Russia today. The course targets all four language competencies: speaking, listening, reading and writing, as well as cultural understanding. Conducted in Russian. MWF, 11:40 – 12:55.
RUSS W4433x: Special Problems in Mastering Russian. 3pts. F. Miller.
Prerequisite: four years of college Russian and instructor’s permission. The Russian verb (basic stem system, aspect, locomotion); prefixes; temporal, spatial, and causal relationships; word order; word formation. TR, 2:40 – 3:55.
RUSS W4434x: Practical Stylistics.
3pts. I. Reyfman . Focuses on theoretical matters of style and the stylistic conventions of Russian expository prose, for advanced students of
Russian who wish to improve their writing skills. MW, 1:10 – 2:25.
RUSS G4910x: Literary Translation.
3 pts. R. Meyer.
Workshop in literary translation from
Russian into English focusing on the practical problems of the craft. Each student submits a translation of a literary text for group study and criticism. The aim is to produce translations of publishable quality. W, 4:10 – 6:00. is to produce translations of publishable quality. W, 4:10 – 6:00.
Russian Literature and Culture (in English)
CLRS W4011x: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and the English Novel [In English]. 3 pts. L. Knapp . A close reading of works by Dostoevsky ( Netochka Nezvanova; The Idiot; A Gentle Creature ) and
Tolstoy ( Childhood, Boyhood, Youth; Family Happiness; Anna Karenina; The Kreutzer Sonata ) in conjunction with related English novels (Bronte’s
Jane Eyre
, Eliot’s
Middlemarch
, Woolf’s
Mrs. Dalloway ). Knowledge of Russian not required. MW, 10:10 – 11:25.
CLRS W4017y: Chekhov [English] 3 pts. C. Popkin.
A close reading of Chekhov's best work in the genres on which he left an indelible mark (the short story and the drama) on the subjects that left an indelible imprint on him (medical science, the human body, identity, topography, the nature of news, the problem of knowledge, the access to pain, the necessity of dying, the structure of time, the self and the world, the part and the whole) via the modes of inquiry (diagnosis and deposition, expedition and exegesis, library and laboratory, microscopy and materialism, intimacy and invasion) and forms of documentation (the itinerary, the map, the calendar, the photograph, the icon, the Gospel, the Koan, the lie, the love letter, the case history, the obituary, the pseudonym, the script) that marked his era (and ours).
No knowledge of Russian required. MW, 2:40 – 3:55.
CLRS W4022x: Russia and Asia: Orientalism, Eurasianism, Internationalism 3 pts. E.
Tyerman. This course explores the formation of Russian national and imperial identity through ideologies of geography, focusing on a series of historical engagements with the concept of
"Asia." How has the Mongol conquest shaped a sense of Russian identity as something distinct from Europe? How has Russian culture participated in Orientalist portrayals of conquered Asian

lands, while simultaneously being Orientalized by Europe and, indeed, Orientalizing itself? How do concepts of Eurasianism and socialist internationalism, both arising in the ealry 20th century, seek to redraw the geography of Russia's relations with East and West? We will explore these questions through a range of materials, including: literary texts by Russian and non-Russian writers (Pushkin, Lermontov, Tolstoy, Solovyov, Bely, Blok, Pilnyak, Khlebnikov, Planotov,
Xiao Hong, Kurban Said, Aitimatov, Iskander, Bordsky); films (Eisenstein, Tarkovsky,
Kalatozov, Paradjanov, Mikhalkov); music and dance (the Ballets Russes); visual art
(Vereshchagin, Roerich); and theoretical and secondary readings by Chaadaev, Said, Bassin,
Trubetskoy, Leontievm, Lenin, and others.CC/GS/SEAS: Partial Fulfillment of Global Core
Requirement. MW, 11:40 – 12:55.
RUSS W4250x: Soviet Avant-Garde Architecture and Film in 1917-1933 . 3 pts. K.
Vytuleva.
Soviet Avant-Garde Architecture and Film 1917 – 1933 considers the phenomenon of the Soviet Avant Garde as part of a broader cultural history. The response of artistic thought to the machine, as well as the intersection with new media, political and social propaganda will be examined. Special attention will be paid to the legacy of the experimental practices, such as oral histories, cultural anthropology, and temporary projects for international exhibitions, paper architecture, stage design, and projects for National Competitions. TR, 10:10 – 11:25.
Russian Literature and Culture (in Russian)
RUSS W4344y: Chteniia po russkoi kul’ture: Advanced Russian Through History.
3 pts. F.
Miller . Prerequisites: Three years of college Russian or the equivalent. A language course designed to meet the needs of those foreign learners of Russian as well as heritage speakers who want to further develop their reading, speaking, and writing skills and be introduced to the history of Russian. MW, 2:40 – 3:55.
RUSS W4346y: Chteniia po russkoi kul'ture: Russian Folklore and the Folkloric Tradition.
3 pts. F. Miller. Prerequisites: Three years of college Russian and the instructor's permission.
Reading and discussion of the principal genres of traditional and contemporary Russian folklore and readings about Russian folk customs. Conducted in Russian. TR, 2:40 – 3:55.
RUSS G6009y: Gogol.
4 pts. I. Reyfman.
A close study of the major works in the original. W, 4:10 – 6:00.
RUSS G6131x: Russian Twentieth Century Novel . 4pts. B. Gasparov.
This course offers a historical survey of the Russian novel in the epoch of modernism, from the beginning of the twentieth-century through the 1970s. The theoretical focus of the course concerns the evolution of modernist aesthetic, and the way this proce ss was reflected in the fundamental features of the genre and their transformation. M, 4:10 – 6:00.
RUSS G6132y: Studies in the 19 th Century Novel: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy & Their
French, English and American Precursors.
4pts. L. Knapp.
This graduate-level seminar

explores the relations between the novels of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and their compatriots and classic English, French and American novels. M, 4:10 – 6:00.
RUSS G6014y: Old Russian Literature.
4 pts. V. Izmirlieva . A survey of the principal genres of the original and translated literature, with class readings and explication of assigned texts.
T, 4:10 – 6:00.
RUSS G6204x: Reading Turgenev . 4pts. C. Popkin. A close study, in the original, of a number or Turgenev’s works, major and minor, with an eye to the methodological problems inherent in characterizing an author’s oeuvre. We will consider the ways he has been read and situated in the tradition in an effort to identify – or generate – productive modes of reading Turgenev. W, 4:10 –
6:00.
Slavic Literature and Culture
RMAN W4002x: Romanian Culture, Identity and Complexes 3 pts. M. Momescu.
This course addresses the main problems that contribute to the making of Romanian identity, as fragmented or as controversial as it may seem to those who study it. The aim is to become familiar with the deepest patterns of Romanian identity, as we encounter it today, either in history, political studies, fieldwork in sociology or, simply, when we interact with Romanians.
By using readings and presentations produced by Romanian specialists, we aim to be able to see the culture with an "insider's eye", as much as we can. This perspective will enable us to develop mechanisms of understanding the Romanian culture and mentality independently, at a more profound level and to reason upon them.
CLSL G4007x: National vs. Transnational Literature.
1 pt. D. Ugresic.
This course will address a wide range of contemporary issues - politics, nationalism, gender politics, cultural industries, fashions, and obsessions, publishing and the state of "corporate literature," modernity and digital culture, global and local - while always seeking to stay rooted in the literary texts.
CLSL G4008y: Slavic Avant-Garde Surfaces . 3 pts. A. Boskovic.
This seminar course will provide a punctual survey of the major trends and figures in the interwar visual culture and avant-garde poetry of the Soviet Russia and East Central Europe
(Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia), including the opulent field of their intersection. Topics include various interfaces of visual culture and graphic arts, such as public spaces, walls, propaganda trains, windows, postcards, posters, books, and screens. The course will address the innovative use of typography and photography, typophoto and photomontage, as well as the short written and hybrid genres such as manifesto, cinepoetry, photo essay, and photo frescoes. We will discuss poets and artists such as Mayakovsky, Lissitsky, Rodchenko, Klutsis,
Vertov, Teige, Nezval, Sutnar, Štirsky, Szczuka, Stern, Themersons, Kassák, Kertész,
Moholy-
Nagy, Goll, Micić, Vučo, Matić. Each session will include a lecture followed by discussion. M,
4:10 – 6:00.

CLSS G4017x: Literatures of the South Slavs . 4pts. R. Gorup. A survey course in
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Literatures. It discusses the key literary texts in Serbia and Croatia from the beginning of South Slavic literacy to the 20 th century. Topics include religion, literature, art, architecture and music, empires and wars, issues of history and identity. T, 10:10 – 12:00.
HNGR W4028x: Exposing Naked Reality . 3pts. I. Sanders . This course introduces students to representative examples of an essentially robust, reality-bound, socially aware literature. In modern Hungarian prose fiction, the tradition of nineteen th-century
"anecdotal realism" remained strong and was further enlivened by various forms of naturalism. Even turn-of-the century and early twentieth-century modernist fiction is characterized by strong narrative focus, psychological realism, and an emphas is on social conditions and local color. During the tumultuous decades of the century, social, political, national issues preoccupied even aesthetics -conscious experimenters and ivorytower dwellers. Among the topics discussed will be "populist" and "urban " literature in the interwar years, post-1945 reality in fiction, literary memoirs and reportage, as well as late-century minimalist and postmodern trends. TR, 6:10 – 7:25.
HNGR W4050y: The Hungarian New Wave: Cinema in Kadarist Hungary [In English] 3 pts. I. Sanders. Hungarian cinema, like film-making in Czechoslovakia, underwent a renaissance in the 1960's, but the Hungarian new wave continued to flourish in the 70's and film remained one of the most important art forms well into the 80's. This course examines the cultural, social and political context of representative Hungarian films of the Kadarist period, with special emphasis on the work of such internationally known filmmakers as Miklos Jancso, Karoly Makk,
Marta Meszaros, and Istvan Szabo. In addition to a close analysis of individual films, discussion topics will include the "newness" of the new wave in both form and content (innovations in film language, cinematic impressionism, allegorical-parabolic forms, auteurism, etc.), the influence of
Italian, French, German and American cinema, the relationship between film and literature, the role of film in the cultures of Communist Eastern Europe, the state of contemporary Hungarian cinema. The viewing of the films will be augmented by readings on Hungarian cinema, as well as of relevant Hungarian literary works. TR, 6:10 – 7:25.
CLSL W4075x: Post-Colonial/Post Soviet Cinema.
3pts. Y. Shevchuk.
The course will discuss how film making has been used as a vehicle of power and control in the
Soviet Union and in post-Soviet space since 1991. A body of selected films by Soviet and post-
Soviet directors that exemplify the function of film making as a tool of appropriation of the colonized, their cultural and political subordination by the Soviet center will be examined in terms of post-colonial theories. The course will also focus on the often over looked work of
Ukrainian, Georgian, Belarusian, Armenian, etc. national film schools and how they participated in the communist project of fostering a as well as resisted it by generating, in hidden and, since
1991, overt and increasingly assertive ways, their own counter-narratives. T, 6:10 – 10:00.
SLLT G8001x: Proseminar.
4pts. V. Izmirlieva.
The theory and practice of literary criticism.
Required of all candidates for the M.A. degree in Russian, Czech, Ukrainian, South Slavic, and
Polish Literature. T, 2:10 – 4:00.

HSPS G8445x: The Legacy of Russia. 4 pts . A. Cooley .
The course offers an introduction to multiple disciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches to the major issues defining the emergence, persistence, and transformation of the countries that once comprised the Soviet bloc. The course examines the history, politics, economies, societies, and cultures of Russia, the non-Russian republics of the former USSR, and East Central Europe in light of the legacies of the imperial and Soviet traditions in relation to the conceptual, methodological, and theoretical developments undergone by Soviet studies and related disciplines.
SLLT G9001x and y: Doctoral Research Seminar . 4 pts. C. Popkin The seminar provides strategic training in how to conduct scholarship in the field, how to conceptualize and plan a dissertation, how to write and defend a dissertation brief, and how to launch research on a dissertation, as well as in related aspects of the profession (including preparing fellowship and grant proposals, publications and conference papers based on dissertation work in progress).
Required of students in their fourth year of the doctoral program. R, 4:10 – 6:00.
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Literature and Culture
BCRS W1101x-W1102y: Elementary Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, I and II.
4 pts. A. Boskovic.
Essentials of the spoken and written language. Prepares students to read texts of moderate difficulty by the end of the first year. MWF, 10:10 – 11:25.
BCRS W1201x-W1202y: Intermediate Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, I and II.
3 pts. A.
Boskovic.
Prerequisites: BCRS W1102 or the equivalent. Readings in Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian literature in the original, with emphasis depending upon the needs of individual students. MW,
11:40 – 12:55.
BCRS W4331x-W4332y: Advanced Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, I and II.
3 pts. A. Boskovic.
Prerequisites: BCRS W1202. Further develops skills in speaking, reading, and writing, using essays, short stories, films, and fragments of larger works. Reinforces basic grammar and introduces more complete structures. MW, 1:10 – 2:25.
Czech Language and Literatures
CZCH W1101x-W1102y: Elementary Czech, I and II.
4 pts. C. Harwood.
Essentials of the spoken and written language. Prepare students to read texts of moderate difficulty by the end of the first year. TRF, 10:10 – 11:25.
CZCH W1201x-W1202y: Intermediate Czech, I and II.
4 pts. C. Harwood.
Prerequisites:
CZCH W1102 or the equivalent. Rapid review of grammar. Readings in contemporary fiction and nonfiction, depending upon the interests of individual students. TRF, 11:40 –
12:55.

CLCZ W4030y: Postwar Czech Literature [in English] 3 pts. C. Harwood .
A survey of postwar Czech fiction and drama. Knowledge of Czech not necessary. Parallel reading lists available in translation and in the original. TR, 2:40 – 3:55.
CLCZ W4333x – W4434y: Readings in Czech Literature I and II . 3 pts. C. Harwood .
Prerequisites: Two years of college Czech or the equivalent A close study in the original of representative works of Czech literature. Discussion and writing assignments in Czech aimed at developing advanced language proficiency. TR, 1:10 – 2:25.
Polish Language and Literatures
POLI W1101x-W1102y: Elementary Polish, I and II.
4 pts. A. Frajlich-Zajac. Essentials of the spoken and written language. Prepares students to read texts of moderate difficulty by the end of the first year. MWF, 10:10 – 11:25.
POLI W1201x-W1202y: Intermediate Polish, I and II.
4 pts. A. Frajlich-Zajac.
Prerequisites:
POLI W1102 or the equivalent. Rapid review of grammar; readings in contemporary nonfiction or fiction, depending on the interests of individual students. MWF, 1:10 – 2:25.
POLI W4101x-W4102y: Advanced Polish, I and II.
4 pts. A. Frajlich-Zajac.
Prerequisites:
Two years of college Polish or the instructor's permission. Extensive readings from 19th- and
20th-century texts in the original. Both fiction and nonfiction, with emphasis depending on the interests and needs of individual students. MW, 2:40 – 3:55.
CLPL G4042x: Bestsellers of Polish Literature 4 pts. A. Frajlich-Zajac.
A study of the 20thcentury Polish novel during its most invigorated, innovative inter-war period. A close study of the major works of Kuncewiczowa, Choromanski, Wittlin, Unilowski, Kurek, Iwaszkiewicz,
Gombrowicz, and Schulz. The development of the Polish novel will be examined against the background of new trends in European literature, with emphasis on the usage of various narrative devices. Reading knowledge of Polish desirable but not required. Parallel reading lists are available in the original and in translation. W, 4:10-6:00.
Ukrainian Language and Literature
UKRN W1101x-W1102y: Elementary Ukrainian, I and II.
4 pts.
Y. Shevchuk. Designed for students with little or no knowledge of Ukrainian. Basic grammar structures are introduced and reinforced, with equal emphasis on developing oral and written communication skills. Specific attention to acquisition of high-frequency vocabulary and its optimal use in real-life settings.
MWF, 8:40 – 9:55.

UKRN W1201x-W1202y: Intermediate Ukrainian, I and II.
3 pts. Y. Shevchuk.
Prerequisites:
UKRN W1102 or the equivalent. Reviews and reinforces the fundamentals of grammar and a core vocabulary from daily life. Principal emphasis is placed on further development of communicative skills (oral and written). Verbal aspect and verbs of motion receive special attention. MW, 10:10 – 11:25.
UKRN W4001x-W4002y: Advanced Ukrainian, I and II.
3 pts. Y. Shevchuk.
Prerequisites:
UKRN W1202 or the equivalent. The course is for students who wish to develop their mastery of
Ukrainian. Further study of grammar includes patterns of word formation, participles, gerunds, declension of numerals, and a more in-depth study of difficult subjects, such as verbal aspect and verbs of motion. The material is drawn from classical and contemporary Ukrainian literature, press, electronic media, and film. Taught almost exclusively in Ukrainian. MW, 2:40 – 3:55.
W4054. Creating Identity in Contemporary Ukrainian Culture. 3 pts. M. Andryczyk.
This course presents and examines post-Soviet Ukrainian culture. Students will learn about the significant achievements, names, events, scandals and polemics in contemporary Ukrainian culture and will see how they have contributed to Ukraine’s post-Soviet identity. Centered on the most important successes in literature, the course will also explore the key developments in music and visual art in this period. The course will look at what images have come to represent
Ukraine and how they were created. By also studying Ukrainian culture with regards to its relationship with Ukraine’s changing political life, students will obtain a good understanding of the dynamics of today’s Ukraine and the development of Ukrainians as a nation in the
21 st century. The course will be complemented by audio and video presentations and, through the Harriman Institute’s on-going Contemporary Ukrainian Literature Series, will offer students the unique opportunity to meet several leading Ukrainian writers in-person. Entirely in English with a parallel reading list for those who read Ukrainian. TR, 1:10 – 2:25.
Note about W4000-level classes in literature and culture: With the instructor's permission, graduate students taking a course for a letter grade may enroll in one point of Directed Research and do additional work in the subject area.