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Sec. 000 Blanshei MWF 8:30 - 9:20
and TT 8:30 - 9:30 Max:5 Wrt: No
Sec. 001 Lunk MWF 10:40 - 11:30 and
TT 11:30 - 12:20 Max: 10 Wrt: No
Sec. 002 Lunk MWF 12:50 - 1:40 and
TT 1:00 - 1:50 Max:10 Wrt: No
Content: An introduction to Russian grammar with emphasis on conversation. The course will include discussion of contemporary Russian life and culture. Multi-media approach.
Text: Nachalo, When in Russia... , Book 2, by Lubensky, Ervin, Jarvis
Particulars: Sec. 000 is designed for distance learning. Students and instructors in the Emory classroom will be linked with students at the Oxford campus by television; course requirements include chapter quizzes, midterm and final exams. Both oral and written testing is done.
Section 000 Vishnevetsky MWF 9:35
- 10:25 and TT 10:00 - 10:50 Max 10 Wrt: No
Content: Intermediate Russian is designed to develop proficiency
in conversational and written usage of Russian. Although implementation
of new grammar is essential, the main focus is on Russian as a living means
of communication.
Text: Making Progress in Russian, P. Davis, et al
Particulars:Unit quizzes, mid-term, final exam. Prerequisite:
RUSS 201 or its equivalent. Required for Russian majors.
Section 000 Apkarian TT 2:30 - 3:45 Max: 20
Content: Nineteenth Century tsarist Russia produced some of the
greatest writers and composers of all time. In the era both of imperial
grandeur and of social upheaval, Russian writers and other artists offer
special insight into the state of their own country as well as into the
human condition more broadly. Their inquiries into the nature of "reality"
touched upon many issues still important to us: questions about crime and
violence; the meaning of life, love, and death; national and personal psychology;
the supernatural: and the interrelationship of art and politics. The course
will examine the artistic legacy of writers like Dostoevsky, Chekov, and
Tolstoy through their shorter works. It also will address works and ideas
of writers less well-known in the West, such as Pushkin and Gogol.
Text: TBA
Particulars: The course employs a multimedia approach, using slides, films, and music to elaborate the context of the times. In addition to students of literature, students interested in history, politics, art history, psychology, philosophy, and cultural studies should find the course useful. A paper, midterm exam, and final exam are required. No prerequisite.
Section 000 Cienki MW 12:50 - 1:40 and F 12:50 - 2:50 Max:20 Wrt: No
Content: The course is designed to develop fluency in spoken Russian and enhance writing skills, vocabulary development, and listening comprehension. Attention is given to complex grammar constructions and syntax.
Texts: Tall, E. and V. Vlasikova: Let's Talk About Life , Rosengrant and Lifschitz: Focus on Russian
Particulars: Grading: 20% attendance, class participation and homework; 20% compositions; 40% oral and written quizzes/exams; 20% oral and written final exam.
Section 000 Blanshei MWF 12:50 - 1:40 Max: 10
Content: Development of methods and skills for translating Russian-language texts in the natural and physical sciences. Exercises include actual scientific articles from current Russian periodicals.
Text: TBA
Particulars: Prerequisite: Consult instructor.
Section 000 Blanshei MWF 10:40 - 11:30
Content: Business Russian is designed to introduce students to the language of business communication, both oral and written. Both official and unofficial cultural attitudes will be discussed, including vocabulary building in management, economics and commercial law.
Text: Business Russian, S. Alexsandroff (Russian Information Services, Inc.)
Particulars: Unit quizzes, midterm and final. Prerequisite: Russian 202 or equivalent.
(cross-listed with CPLT 550, ILA 790U)
Section 000 Epstein Tue 4:00 - 7:00Max
(RUSS): 6 (+6 CPLT,+6 ILA = 18 ) Wrt: Yes
Content: In the 20th century, Russian Formal school, Marxist-Leninist
sociological approach, Soviet Structuralism and semiotics, and dialogic
poetics of Mikhail Bakhtin and his circle crucially influenced new trends
in European and American criticism. This course focuses on major schools
of Russian critical theory and their formative role on the international
intellectual scene. Subjects for discussion include revolutionary and nihilistic
criticism, Formalism (V. Shklovsky, V. Propp), Marxism (V. Lenin, L. Trotsky),
philosophical and psychological theories (N. Berdiaev, L. Vygotsky), dialogic
poetics (M. Bakhtin, V. Voloshinov), and Structuralism (R. Jakobson, Yu.
Lotman). The course explores the impact of Western theories in Russia and
Russian theories in the West and new possibilities for intellectual exchange
in the epoch of postcommunism/postmodernity.
Texts: TBA
Particulars: The course will be taught in ENGLISH; knowledge of Russian is not required. Assignments (variable for graduates and undergraduates) will include 2-3 class presentations and a 15-20 page term paper.
(cross-listed with ILA 790T)
Section 000 Cienki Mon 2-4 & 1 hour TBA Max: 6 (RUSS), 12 (ILA) = 18 WRT: Yes
Content: The course will provide an introduction to the theory that metaphorical expressions, observed most often in language but not limited to that medium, reflect conceptual mappings from one domain to another. We will consider some of the bases for this theory, applications of it, and criticism leveled against it. Additional topics will include the variety of forms of metaphorical expression (including both spoken and signed languages, gesture, and the visual arts); the interrelation of metaphor and metonymy in the linguistic and broader conceptual senses; conventionalized (idiomatic) versus creative metaphorical expressions; the connections between metaphor and iconicity, and between metaphor and cultural models; and the role of conceptual metaphors in our reasoning and moral understanding. Those signed up under RUSS and ILA will meet apart at agreed upon times one hour a week for separate readings and discussion, with readings for the RUSS section focusing on analyses of metaphor in Russian. Graduate (ILA) students will complete additional work for graduate credit. Lectures, discussion, and readings will be in English.
Texts:
Raymond W. Gibbs, The Poetics of Mind: Figurative Thought, Language,
and Understanding
Mark Johnson, The Body in the Mind: The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination
and Reason
Mark Johnson, Moral Imagination: Implications of Cognitive Science for
Ethics
George Lakoff, Moral Politics: What Conservatives Know that Liberals
Donít.
George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff and Mark Turner, More Than Cool Reason: A Field Guide
to Poetic Metaphor
Andrew Ortony, ed., Metaphor and Thought, second edition
Additional articles, including analyses of metaphor in Russian, will be
placed on reserve.
Particulars: Class attendance and participation (30%), leading
two discussions of readings in the Russian section meetings (20%), one
five-page paper (10%), and a 12-15 page paper and oral presentation (40%).
Prerequisite: RUSS 301 or consent of the instructor. Course can fulfill
the four-credit requirement in Russian linguistics for the joint major
in Russian Language and Linguistics, or can be used as an elective for
the other Russian majors or minor.
(cross-listed with REL 372B, ST 329, PHIL 482P)
Section 000 Epstein Thurs 4:00 - 7:00 Max: 4 (+4 REL,+4 ST,+4 PHIL = 16) Wrt: Yes
Content: Russian philosophical and religious thought is deeply rooted in the meditative practice of Eastern Christianity and at the same time is strongly influenced by the grand systems of Western rationalism. The typically Russian combination of philosophy and religion (or atheism) has produced social movements that crucially changed the historical fates of Russia and Eurasia, but their intellectual sources and potentials are insufficiently known to the West. This course explores the development of Russian philosophy from 19th century debate between idealists and nihilists through comprehensive theological and existentialist teachings of Solovyov and Berdyaev and atheist Soviet "dialectical materialism" to Bakhtin's theory of carnival and polyphony and contemporary debates between "metaphysicians" and "ironists." The latest trends of 1980s-90s such as Cosmism, Culturology, religious liberalism and fundamentalism, and postmodern Conceptualism are examined in the aspects of their Russian specificity and affinities with Western intellectual traditions.
Texts:
Edie, James M. et al. (ed.) Russian Philosophy [Anthology].
Schmemann, Alexander (ed). Ultimate Questions: An Anthology of Modern
Russian Religious Thought
Berdyaev, Nikolai. The Russian Idea
Photocopied materials
Particulars: The course will be taught in ENGLISH; knowledge of Russian is not required. Class participation, two tests and a term paper.
Section 000 Vishnevetsky TT 1:00 -
2:15 Max: 10
Content: Writing in two or more languages is a part of contemporary literacy. In Europe and in many Asian countries, the knowledge of two or more languages is a prerequisite for successful work in any field. Pushkin, Tiutchev, Turgenev, Tsvetaeva and other major Russian writers used to write poetry and prose in the languages other than their native one. This course will survey the writings of the Russian-born intellectuals such as Nabokov, Brodsky, Jakobson, et al., who also made a considerable contribution to American culture. The course will survey only the texts written in both languages, starting with excerpts of memoirs and prose fiction and progressing to poetry and theoretical writings. The questions of self-translation, of modal differences between writing in Russian and writing in English, of the 'true' identity of the writer, and of the language of the 'original' will be addressed.
Text: TBA
Particulars: Prerequisites: RUSS 302 or equivalent.
Faculty: Epstein, times are TBA
Permission only course. Contact the department at 727-6427.
Faculty: Lunk, times are TBA
Permission only course. Contact the Dr. Maria Lunk at 727-6428.
Faculty, times are TBA
Permission only course. Contact the department at 727-6427.