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288B. 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 English. Readings in English and Russian. Instructor: Andrews. 3 units.
297. Russian Poetry. Focus on nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including the Golden Age and the Silver Age. Authors
include Pushkin, Lermontov, Bely, Blok, Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Mandelshtam, Pasternak, and Mayakovsky. Taught
in English or Russian, according to students' Russian language proficiency. Russian texts. Instructor: Van Tuyl. 3 units.
299S. Special Topics. Seminars in advanced topics, designed for seniors and graduate students. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
For Graduate Students Only
301. Elementary Russian. Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Audiolingual techniques are
combined with required recording-listening practice in the language laboratory. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
302. Elementary Russian. Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing. Audiolingual techniques are
combined with required recording-listening practice in the language laboratory. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
303. Intermediate Russian. Intensive classroom and laboratory practice in spoken and written patterns. Reading in
contemporary literature. Prerequisite: Russian 301, 302 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
304. Intermediate Russian. Intensive classroom and laboratory practice in spoken and written patterns. Reading in
contemporary literature. Prerequisite: Russian 301, 302 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
305. Advanced Russian Conversation and Readings. Nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature in the original.
Conducted in Russian. Prerequisite: Russian 303, 304 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
306. Advanced Russian Conversations and Readings. Nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature in the original.
Conducted in Russian. Prerequisite: Russian 303, 304 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
307. Advanced Russian. Advanced grammar review with an emphasis on the refinement of oral and written language
skills. Development of writing style through compositions and essays. Prerequisite: Russian 306 or consent of
instructor. Instructor: Andrews. 3 units.
308. Advanced Russian: Readings, Translation, and Syntax. Intensive reading and conversation with emphasis on
contemporary Russian literary and Soviet press texts. English-Russian translation stressed. Russian media, including
television and films. Prerequisite: Russian 307 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Andrews. 3 units.
309. Russian Stylistics and Conversation. Refinement of stylistic control and range in spoken and written Russian.
Emphasis on fluent discursive skills, as well as development of expository prose style. Prerequisite: Russian 307 and
308, or consent of instructor. Instructor: Maksimova. 3 units.
310. Russian Stylistics and Conversation. Refinement of stylistic control and range in spoken and written Russian.
Emphasis on fluent discursive skills, as well as development of expository prose style. Prerequisite: Russian 307 and
308, or consent of instructor. Instructor: Maksimova. 3 units.
311S. Advanced Russian Language and Culture. Advanced grammar review with additional emphasis on phonetics and
conversation. Culture component includes literature, films, museums, and theater performances. (Taught in St.
Petersburg in Russian.) Prerequisite: Russian 306 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
312S. Advanced Russian Language and Culture. Advanced grammar review with additional emphasis on phonetics and
conversation. Culture component includes literature, films, museums, and theater performances. (Taught in St.
Petersburg in Russian.) Prerequisite: Russian 306 or equivalent. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
335. Contemporary Russian Media. Analytical readings and study of change and development in all the primary forms
of former Soviet mass media from 1985 to the present (newspapers, journals, and television). Topics include censorship,
TASS, samizdat. Taught in English. Readings in Russian. Prerequisite: Russian 64 or equivalent. Instructor: Andrews.
3 units.
350. Methods in Teaching Russian. The theory and practice of teaching Russian language to English-speaking students.
Instructor: Andrews. 1 unit.
351. Topics in Teaching Methodology. Application of linguistic principles in the classroom. No prior knowledge of
linguistics required. Instructor: Staff. 2 units.
399. Special Readings. Advanced readings in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian literature in the original.
Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
BALTO-FINNIC (BALTFIN)
301. Elementary Estonian. Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Estonian. No preliminary
knowledge of Estonian necessary. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
302. Elementary Estonian. Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Estonian. No preliminary
knowledge of Estonian necessary. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
303. Elementary Finnish. Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Finnish. No preliminary
knowledge of Finnish necessary. Instructor: Staff. 3 units.
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