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206. Russian Modernism. Russian culture between the 1890s and the 1920s, including visual, musical, literary arts, and
developments ranging from Neo-Christian mysticism, cosmism, synthesis of the arts, and revolutionary activism. Focus
on literary-philosophical thought of that period. Taught in English. Instructor: Mickiewicz. 3 units.
208. Stylistic and Compositional Elements of Scholarly Russian. Intensive study of Russian scholarly and scientific
texts from a variety of disciplines, including biology, business, anthropology, economics, law, history, mathematics,
physics, political sciences, sociology, psychology, linguistics, and literary criticism. Mastery of stylistic and discourse
strategies. Analysis of cultural patterning in textual construction in the humanities, social and natural sciences. Taught
in Russian. Prerequisite: Russian 64 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Maksimova. 3 units.
211. Legal and Business Russian. Analysis of Russian language and culture in the area of legal studies and conducting
business in or with Russia and other Commonwealth of Independent States countries. Primary materials include legal
codes, law journals, contracts, advertising, financial documents, redactions of the Soviet and Russian constitutions
(1905-present). Specific attention given to the analysis of evolution of property and ownership legislation, the workings
of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the Russian Federation government and contrastive analysis of
Soviet, Russian (and where relevant Western) systems of jurisprudence. Taught in Russian. Prerequisite: Russian 102S
or equivalent. Instructor: Andrews or Maksimova. 3 units.
215. Theory and Methods of Comparative Linguistics. Diachronic and synchronic approaches to the study of
comparative linguistics in phonology, morphology, morphophonemics, syntax, and lexical categories in the context of
the world's languages. Both Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages. Topics include theories of reconstruction,
languages in contact, abductive processes, questions of linguistic typology and cultural-based approaches to the
analytical study of human languages. Research project required. Instructor: Andrews. 3 units.
218S. The Russian Intelligentsia and the Origins of the Revolution. 3 units. C-L: see History 201S
243. Contemporary Russian Culture: Detective Novels and Film. Popular novelists and film/television from 1900searly
twenty first century Russia. Theories of genre, anthropological approaches to defining cultural trends, mass
cultural phenomena, and impact of globalization. Authors include Marinina, Dashkova, Dontsova, Kunin, Ustinova, and
Serova. Readings and films in Russian. Research paper of publishable quality required. Instructor: Andrews. 1 unit.
245. Theory and Practice of Translation. Detailed study of the American, European, and Slavic scholarly literature on
translation combined with close analysis of existing literary and journalistic translations and a program of practical
translation exercises and projects from English to Russian and Russian to English. Prerequisite: three years of Russian
language study or consent of instructor. Instructor: Flath. 3 units.
246. Media in Post-Communist Societies (B). 3 units. C-L: see Public Policy Studies 243; also C-L: Political Science 276
258. The Russian Novel. Close reading of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Dostoevsky's Possessed, Andrey Bely's Petersburg,
Bulgakov's Master and Margarita, Nabokov's The Gift, and Makine's Memoirs of My Russian Summers. Discussions
will focus on these representative writers' changing perceptions of, and responses to social and ethical issues and of
creativity, itself, as the genre evolved in the modern times between the 1870s and now. Final research paper required
and can include in-depth discussion of one of the works or the comparison of one or more aspects of several texts. Taught
in English. Readings in Russian. Instructor: Mickiewicz. 3 units.
262. Masterpieces of Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature II. Selected authors, works, and genres from the second
half of the nineteenth century. Authors include Turgenev, Chernyshevsky, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Saltykov-Shchedrin,
and Chekhov. Taught in English. Readings in Russian. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
269. Women and Russian Literature. Issues of gender and society in women's writing in Russian from the eighteenth
to the twentieth centuries. Both autobiographical writings and prose fiction. Discussions of whether Russian women's
writings constitute a tradition and what role these works have played in Russian literature and culture. Taught in English.
Readings in Russian. Instructor: Gheith. 3 units.
271S. Bunin: Mystery of the Russian Soul and Metaphysical Memory. Same as Russian 171S, but includes additional
assignments. Taught in Russian. Readings in Russian. Intensive critical component. Instructor: Maksimova. 3 units.
275. Tolstoy. Introduction to life, works, and criticism, including Tolstoy's philosophical and ethical discourse.
Readings include: War and Peace, Anna Karenina, the shorter fiction, dramatic works and essays. Taught in English.
Readings in Russian. Instructor: Van Tuyl. 3 units.
276. Dostoevsky. Introduction to life, works, and criticism. Readings include: Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The
Brothers Karamazov. Taught in English. Readings in Russian. Instructor: Flath or Gheith. 3 units.
277S. Chekhov. Drama and prose works. Readings in Russian. Instructor: Flath. 3 units.
286S. Zamyatin. The novel We, short fiction, plays, and critical essays. In-depth textual analysis and study of Russian,
American, and European criticism on Zamyatin, including his role in science fiction and anti-utopian literature in Russia
and the West. Readings in Russian and English. Final research project required. Instructor: Andrews or Maksimova.
3 units.
288AS. Apocalyptic Visions and Diabolic Drama: The Works of Mixail Bulgakov. Critical analysis of Bulgakov's short
stories, novellas, plays and novels. In-depth exposure to major critical works on Bulgakov and influential figures.
Taught in Russian. Readings in Russian. Instructor: Andrews. 3 units.
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