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CCST 233 The Art of Translation in the Age of the Machine 6 credits
In an era when AI tools can produce a translation that is indistinguishable from the work of a professional translator, what role is left for humans? In this course students study the history and theory of translation, while gaining practical experience in literary translation. Topics include the visibility of the translator, questions of identity, authority, and power, and challenges to Eurocentric traditions of translation. Students will become familiar with available translation tools and practice using them ethically and effectively in a workshop setting. The final project will be an annotated translation into English of a literary text of the student’s choice.
- Winter 2024
- Arts Practice International Studies
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Proficiency in a modern language taught at Carleton (204 or above). Native or near-native fluency in English.
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CCST 233.00 Winter 2024
- Faculty:Laura Goering 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- T, THHasenstab 109 10:10am-11:55am
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HIST 240 Tsars and Serfs, Cossacks and Revolutionaries: The Empire that was Russia 6 credits
Nicholas II, the last Tsar-Emperor of Russia, ruled over an empire that stretched from the Baltic to the Pacific. Territorial expansion over three-and-a-half centuries had brought under Russian rule a vast empire of immense diversity. The empire’s subjects spoke a myriad languages, belonged to numerous religious communities, and related to the state in a wide variety of ways. Its artists produced some of the greatest literature and music of the nineteenth century and it offered fertile ground for ideologies of both conservative imperialism and radical revolution. This course surveys the panorama of this empire from its inception in the sixteenth century to its demise in the flames of World War I. Among the key analytical questions addressed are the following: How did the Russian Empire manage its diversity? How does Russia compare with other colonial empires? What understandings of political order legitimized it and how were they challenged?
- Spring 2021, Fall 2023
- Humanistic Inquiry International Studies
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HIST 240.00 Spring 2021
- Faculty:Adeeb Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 132 11:30am-12:40pm
- FWeitz Center 132 11:10am-12:10pm
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HIST 240.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Adeeb Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:30
- T, THLeighton 305 10:10am-11:55am
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HIST 241 Russia through Wars and Revolutions 6 credits
The lands of the Russian empire underwent massive transformations in the tumultuous decades that separated the accession of Nicholas II (1894) from the death of Stalin (1953). This course will explore many of these changes, with special attention paid to the social and political impact of wars (the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, the Civil War, and the Great Patriotic War) and revolutions (of 1905 and 1917), the ideological conflicts they engendered, and the comparative historical context in which they transpired.
- Winter 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2022
- Humanistic Inquiry International Studies
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HIST 241.00 Winter 2019
- Faculty:Adeeb Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:30
- T, THLeighton 304 10:10am-11:55am
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HIST 241.00 Fall 2021
- Faculty:Adeeb Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 305 1:15pm-3:00pm
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HIST 241.00 Fall 2022
- Faculty:Adeeb Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 402 10:10am-11:55am
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HIST 242 Communism, Cold War, Collapse: Russia Since Stalin 6 credits
In this course we will explore the history of Russia and other former Soviet states in the period after the death of Stalin, exploring the workings of the communist system and the challenges it faced internally and internationally. We will investigate the nature of the late Soviet state and look at the different trajectories Russia and other post-Soviet states have followed since the end of the Soviet Union.
- Winter 2018, Winter 2020, Winter 2022, Winter 2024
- Humanistic Inquiry International Studies
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HIST 242.00 Winter 2018
- Faculty:Adeeb Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 304 10:10am-11:55am
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HIST 242.00 Winter 2020
- Faculty:Adeeb Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 305 3:10pm-4:55pm
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HIST 242.00 Winter 2022
- Faculty:Adeeb Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 304 3:10pm-4:55pm
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HIST 242.00 Winter 2024
- Faculty:Adeeb Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 304 3:10pm-4:55pm
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HIST 341 The Russian Revolution: A Centenary Perspective 6 credits
The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the seminal events of the twentieth century. It transformed much beyond Russia itself. This course will take stock of the event and its legacy. What was the Russian revolution? What was its place in the history of revolutions? How did it impact the world? How was it seen by those who made it and those who witnessed it? How have these evaluations changed over time? What sense can we make of it in the year of its centenary? The revolution was both an inspiration (to many revolutionary and national-liberation movements) and used as a tale of caution and admonition (by adversaries of the Soviet Union). The readings will put the Russian revolution in the broadest perspective of the twentieth century and its contested evaluations, from within the Soviet Union and beyond, from its immediate aftermath, through World War II, the Cold War, to the post-Soviet period. The course is aimed at all students interested in the history of the twentieth century and of the idea of the revolution.
- Fall 2017, Spring 2020, Spring 2022
- Humanistic Inquiry International Studies Writing Requirement
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One course in Modern European History or instructor consent
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HIST 341.00 Fall 2017
- Faculty:Adeeb Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLeighton 202 10:10am-11:55am
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HIST 341.00 Spring 2020
- Faculty:Adeeb Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THLeighton 202 10:10am-11:55am
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HIST 341.00 Spring 2022
- Faculty:Adeeb Khalid 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- T, THLeighton 202 10:10am-11:55am
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RUSS 100 From Underground Man to Invisible Man 6 credits
In 1864 Fyodor Dostoevsky created an unnamed character whose response to his own alienation was to retreat to a life under the floorboards, where he mused on the imperfectability of human society and the nature of free will. A century later, African-American writer Ralph Ellison, author of the novel Invisible Man, called Dostoevsky his “literary ancestor.” In this course we will study Notes from Underground in its original cultural context and then turn to how the book was adapted, contested, and reinterpreted by Dostoevsky’s literary descendants around the world, each in their own way investigating what it means to be human.
Held for new first year students
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RUSS 100.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Laura Goering 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WWeitz Center 233 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 233 2:20pm-3:20pm
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RUSS 204 Intermediate Russian 6 credits
Continued four-skill development using texts and resources from a variety of sources. Emphasis on communicative skills.
- Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Winter 2024
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Russian 103 or equivalent
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RUSS 204.00 Fall 2017
- Faculty:Diane Nemec Ignashev 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 202 12:30pm-1:40pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 202 1:15pm-2:20pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 202 1:10pm-2:10pm
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RUSS 204.00 Fall 2018
- Faculty:Sarah Lorenz 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 242 12:30pm-1:40pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 242 1:15pm-2:20pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 242 1:10pm-2:10pm
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RUSS 204.00 Fall 2019
- Faculty:Laura Goering 🏫 👤 · Anna Dotlibova 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 302 11:10am-12:20pm
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 302 10:45am-11:50am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 302 12:00pm-1:00pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 302 1:10pm-2:10pm
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RUSS 204.00 Fall 2020
- Faculty:Diane Nemec Ignashev 🏫 👤
- Size:16
- M, WLocation To Be Announced TBA 11:30am-12:40pm
- THLocation To Be Announced TBA 11:05am-12:20pm
- FLocation To Be Announced TBA 11:20am-12:20pm
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RUSS 204.00 Fall 2021
- Faculty:Diane Nemec Ignashev 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 243 12:30pm-1:40pm
- THLanguage & Dining Center 243 1:15pm-2:20pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 243 1:10pm-2:10pm
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RUSS 204.00 Fall 2022
- Faculty:Victoria Thorstensson 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 205 12:30pm-1:40pm
- TLanguage & Dining Center 205 1:15pm-2:20pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 205 1:10pm-2:10pm
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RUSS 204.00 Winter 2024
- Faculty:Victoria Thorstensson 🏫 👤
- Size:20
- Language & Dining Center 202 8:30am-9:40am
- TLanguage & Dining Center 202 8:15am-9:20am
- FLanguage & Dining Center 202 8:30am-9:40am
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RUSS 207 Moscow Program: Intermediate Grammar 4 credits
This course aims at vocabulary expansion and the assimilation and activation of formulaic conversational structures and speech etiquette at the same time it develops familiarity with more complex principles of Russian grammar. This course is conducted by members of Moscow State University Philological Faculty and supervised by the program director.
Participation in Carleton OCS Language & Culture in Russia program
- Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2023
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Russian 205 or equivalent
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RUSS 208 Moscow Program: Intermediate Phonetics 2 credits
This course is taken in combination with Russian 207. Students focus on the essentials of Russian pronunciation and correction. Preliminary work in intonation will be offered. This course is conducted by members of Moscow State University Philological Faculty and supervised by the program director.
Participation in Carleton OCS Language & Culture in Russia program
- Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2023
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RUSS 209 Moscow Program: Intermediate Conversation 3 credits
This course is taken in combination with Russian 207. Emphasis will be placed on socially relevant reading materials. This course is conducted by members of Moscow State University Philological Faculty and supervised by the program director.
Participation in Carleton OCS Russia program
- Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2023
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Russian 205 or equivalent
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RUSS 237 Beyond Beef Stroganoff: Food in Russian Culture 6 credits
How did the Russian peasant stove shape culinary culture? Why did Catherine the Great force her subjects to cultivate potatoes? How did the October Revolution change the way Soviet citizens ate? In this course we will study key aspects of Russian history and culture through the lens of culinary history. Topics will include: food and fasting in Russian Orthodoxy; food, class and power under the tsars; high Russian (or is it French?) culture of the nineteenth century; Soviet policies for feeding the worker; non-Russian cuisines in the Soviet Union; drinking culture and anti-alcohol campaigns; food and nationalism in the twenty-first century. Includes hands-on sessions on Russian food preparation. In English.
In translation
- Winter 2018, Winter 2020, Winter 2023
- Humanistic Inquiry International Studies
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RUSS 237.00 Winter 2018
- Faculty:Laura Goering 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 302 1:15pm-3:00pm
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RUSS 237.00 Winter 2020
- Faculty:Laura Goering 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 330 1:15pm-3:00pm
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RUSS 237.00 Winter 2023
- Faculty:Laura Goering 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 330 1:15pm-3:00pm
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RUSS 239 The Warped Soul of Putin’s Russia 6 credits
What is Russia’s problem? Why is the country famous for its great “soul” and culture waging a bloody war and becoming increasingly anti-Western? This course explores the cultural mythology that characterizes the state of contemporary Russian society and its “soul,” using critical approaches from trauma and memory studies, as well as theories of ressentiment and nostalgia. Authors to be studied include ideologues of Putin’s Russia (Surkov, Prilepin), its critics (Sorokin), and other writers, artists, and filmmakers who reflect, define, question, and challenge the direction in which country is moving and give it a cultural diagnosis. In English.
In translation
- Winter 2023
- International Studies Literary/Artistic Analysis
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RUSS 239.00 Winter 2023
- Faculty:Victoria Thorstensson 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 242 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 242 2:20pm-3:20pm
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RUSS 244 The Rise of the Russian Novel 6 credits
From the terse elegance of Pushkin to the psychological probing of Dostoevsky to the finely wrought realism of Tolstoy, this course examines the evolution of the genre over the course of the nineteenth century, ending with a glimpse of things to come on the eve of the Russian Revolution. Close textual analysis of the works will be combined with exploration of their historical and cultural context. No prior knowledge of Russian or Russian history is required.
In Translation
- Winter 2019, Fall 2023
- International Studies Literary/Artistic Analysis Writing Requirement
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RUSS 244.00 Winter 2019
- Faculty:Laura Goering 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 233 12:30pm-1:40pm
- FWeitz Center 233 1:10pm-2:10pm
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RUSS 244.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Victoria Thorstensson 🏫 👤
- Size:40
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 243 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 243 2:20pm-3:20pm
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RUSS 266 Dostoevsky 3 credits
An introduction to the works of Dostoevsky. Readings include Poor Folk, Notes from the Underground, and The Brothers Karamazov. Conducted entirely in English.
1st 5 weeks, in translation
- Spring 2017, Spring 2022, Spring 2023
- International Studies Literary/Artistic Analysis
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No prerequisites and no knowledge of Russian literature or history required.
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RUSS 266.00 Spring 2017
- Faculty:Laura Goering 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 133 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 133 2:20pm-3:20pm
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1st 5 weeks In translation
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RUSS 266.00 Spring 2022
- Faculty:Laura Goering 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 104 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 104 2:20pm-3:20pm
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1st 5 weeks
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RUSS 266.00 Spring 2023
- Faculty:Laura Goering 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 233 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 233 2:20pm-3:20pm
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RUSS 267 War and Peace 3 credits
Close reading and discussion of Tolstoy’s magnum opus. Conducted entirely in English.
2nd 5 weeks, in translation
- Spring 2017, Spring 2022, Spring 2023
- International Studies Literary/Artistic Analysis
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No prerequisites and no knowledge of Russian literature or history required.
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RUSS 267.00 Spring 2017
- Faculty:Laura Goering 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 133 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 133 2:20pm-3:20pm
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2nd 5 weeks, In translation
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RUSS 267.00 Spring 2022
- Faculty:Laura Goering 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 104 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 104 2:20pm-3:20pm
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2nd five week
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RUSS 267.00 Spring 2023
- Faculty:Laura Goering 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 233 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 233 2:20pm-3:20pm
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RUSS 307 Moscow Program: Advanced Grammar 4 credits
This course combines advanced work in Russian grammar (largely corrective) and fundamentals in composition, with conversational Russian.
Participation in Carleton OCS Russia program
- Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2023
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Six credits of Russian at the 300 level and participation in Russian OCS Program
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RUSS 308 Moscow Program: Advanced Phonetics and Intonation 2 credits
This course is taken in combination with Russian 307. Students focus on corrective pronunciation and theory and practice of Russian intonation. This course is conducted by members of Moscow State University Philological Faculty and supervised by the program director.
Participation in Carleton OCS Language & Culture in Russia program
- Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2023
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Six credits of Russian at the 300 level and Participation in Russian OCS program
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RUSS 309 Moscow Program: Advanced Practicum 3 credits
This course aims at skill development in speaking and oral presentation as well as in limited forms of composition. It is taken in combination with Russian 307 and conducted by members of Moscow State University Philological Faculty and supervised by the program director.
Participation in Carleton OCS Russia program
- Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2023
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Six credits of Russian at the 300 level
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RUSS 331 The Wonderful World of Russian Animation 3 credits
Beginning in the 1910’s, Russian and then the Soviet Union was home to some of the most creative and innovative animated films in the world. In this course we will examine selected animated shorts in the context of Russian history and culture. Topics to be considered include the roots of animated film in the folk tale, the role of cartoons in educating the model Soviet child, the language of Soviet colonial discourse, and the ways in which post-Soviet animated films perpetuated or subverted past traditions.
- Fall 2022
- International Studies Literary/Artistic Analysis
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Russian 205 or consent of the instructor
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RUSS 331.00 Fall 2022
- Faculty:Anna Dotlibova 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- TLanguage & Dining Center 242 3:10pm-4:55pm
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RUSS 332 Chekhov in Film, Film in Chekhov 3 credits
Chekhov’s literary oeuvre appeared at the same moment as the birth of cinematography, and the two are closely intertwined. His art rests on what Sergei Eisenstein called the central principle of film: montage, visuality, the constant changing of shots, and dislocation in time and space. It is no wonder that Chekhov’s stories were adapted for the screen in record numbers: to date we count 235 film adapatations plus 10 animated films. In this course we will read several of his best short stories, view films based on his works, and analyze the cinematographic qualities of Chekhov’s prose.
- Winter 2023
- International Studies Literary/Artistic Analysis
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Russian 205 (previous or concurrent) or instructor’s permission
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RUSS 332.00 Winter 2023
- Faculty:Anna Dotlibova 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- TLanguage & Dining Center 243 3:10pm-4:55pm
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RUSS 342 Post-Soviet film 6 credits
A study of selected post-Soviet films in their historical and cultural context. Conducted in Russian.
- Spring 2020, Fall 2023
- International Studies Literary/Artistic Analysis
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Russian 205 or instructor consent
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RUSS 342.01 Spring 2020
- Faculty:Anna Dotlibova 🏫 👤 · Diane Nemec Ignashev 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 330 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 330 2:20pm-3:20pm
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RUSS 342.02 Spring 2020
- Faculty:Anna Dotlibova 🏫 👤 · Diane Nemec Ignashev 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- M, WLanguage & Dining Center 330 3:10pm-4:20pm
- FLanguage & Dining Center 330 3:30pm-4:30pm
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RUSS 342.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Anna Dotlibova 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- Grading:S/CR/NC
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 302 1:15pm-3:00pm
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RUSS 345 Russian Cultural Idioms of the Nineteenth Century 6 credits
An introduction to the names, quotations and events that every Russian knows–knowledge which is essential to understanding Russian literature, history and culture of the last two centuries. We will study the works of Russian writers (Griboedov and Pushkin, Leskov and Dostoevsky), composers (Glinka, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky), artists (Briullov, Ivanov, the Itinerants) and actors (Mochalov, Shchepkin) in the context of social thought and the social movements of the nineteenth century. Conducted in Russian.
- Fall 2017, Fall 2019, Fall 2021
- International Studies
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Russian 205 or permission of the instructor.
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RUSS 345.00 Fall 2017
- Faculty:Anna Dotlibova 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 330 3:10pm-4:55pm
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RUSS 345.00 Fall 2019
- Faculty:Anna Dotlibova 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 242 3:10pm-4:55pm
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RUSS 345.00 Fall 2021
- Faculty:Anna Dotlibova 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THLanguage & Dining Center 302 3:10pm-4:55pm