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4.15
3.00
3.64
Fall 2024
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.
4.56
2.67
3.73
Fall 2024
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.
4.00
3.20
3.44
Fall 2024
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.
5.00
1.00
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Fall 2024
Second-year continuation of POL 1210, 1220. Prerequisite: POL 1210, 1220 and instructor permission.
4.83
1.75
3.76
Fall 2024
This course is an introduction to and overview of the history of film in Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on Russia, though we will be discussing other countries that were once part of the Soviet Bloc. We will be covering a variety of films, long and short, as well as animation, and how these works of art reflect the time periods in which they were created.
4.66
1.58
3.78
Fall 2024
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.
4.33
3.00
3.81
Fall 2024
This course considers a medley of tales drawn from various cultural traditions, oral and written, including canonical European fairy tales, traditional Slavic texts, African folk narratives, and oral tales from other cultures collected and recorded more recently. We will sample different thematic groups of tales and analyze them in view of various interpretive methodologies: structuralism, sociology, feminism, and cultural studies. Particular attention will be paid to adaptations of familiar stories for different times and audiences. All readings in English. No prerequisites.
3.93
2.44
3.62
Fall 2024
No knowledge of Russian needed. Investigates 'being Russian' through the works of Russia's great writers, artists, architects, and composers. Focuses on the heroes, heroines, and villains, symbols, legends, and rituals central to Russian creativity.
4.05
2.69
3.73
Fall 2024
Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the major works of Dostoevsky.
4.50
2.00
3.50
Fall 2024
Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the major works of Tolstoy.
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Fall 2024
Russian House Conversation
2.33
2.00
3.71
Fall 2024
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.
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Fall 2024
Two hours of conversation practice per week. Prerequisite: RUSS 1020, or equivalent. RUSS 2020 is strongly recommended.
4.06
1.64
3.79
Fall 2024
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.
4.78
3.33
3.61
Fall 2024
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.
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3.93
Fall 2024
Could Include Polish, Czech, or Slovak fiction, poetry, drama, or culture. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
4.87
3.00
3.70
Fall 2024
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.
5.00
3.00
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Fall 2024
Two hours of conversation practice per week. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: RUSS 3020.
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Fall 2024
For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.
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Fall 2024
Research for and final preparation of M.A. thesis.
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Fall 2024
For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.
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Fall 2024
For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.
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Fall 2024
For doctoral research taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.
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Fall 2024
For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.
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