Russian Course Descriptions
Winter Quarter
| Dept | Course No and Title | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| RUSSIAN (W26) | 1B FUNDAMENTALS | MJOLSNESS, L. |
| No detailed description available. | ||
| RUSSIAN (W26) | 2B INTERMEDIATE | MJOLSNESS, L. |
| No detailed description available. | ||
| RUSSIAN (W26) | 50 VOICES OF EAST EURO | SANDALSKA, Z. |
| In this course, you will learn about Russian and Eastern European culture through the memoirs of famous authors and regular people. We will trace the ways in which the writers articulate the self and understand their larger societies. We will think about memoir as historical document but also as an aestheticized, often fictionalized literary piece of writing and the interaction between these two ideas. Readings will include works by Catherine the Great, Leo Tolstoy and contemporary authors such as Gary Shteyngart, Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Kapka Kassabova and others. All readings will be in English translation. | ||
| RUSSIAN (W26) | 99 SPECIAL STUDIES RUS | STAFF |
| No detailed description available. | ||
| RUSSIAN (W26) | 150 SOV RUSSIAN CINEMA | MJOLSNESS, L. |
| Soviet Cinema: From Russia With Love From the outset, the Soviet Union believed that film would be the ideal propaganda because of its widespread popularity among the established citizenry of the new land; Vladimir Lenin, in fact, declared it the most important medium for educating the masses. Joseph Stalin later echoed this position with the emergence of Socialist Realism. While censorship remained in the later years of the Soviet Union, filmmakers were given more freedom after the death of Stalin. This course will include films that revolve around the theme of love: romantic love, brotherly love, and love of country. All of these films illustrate the significant changes that have taken place in 20th-century Russia: social developments during the October Revolution, the Stalinist repression, the Khrushchev Thaw, Glasnost, and Post-Soviet films. These films are landmarks of Russian cinema, popular with viewers and film critics alike. | ||
| RUSSIAN (W26) | 199 INDEPENDENT STUDY | STAFF |
| No detailed description available. | ||
