Courses Presented in English
No prerequisite in Russian is required for the classes below.

SLAVIC 310 Tolstoy (1) Tolstoy's artistic and intellectual development through the medium of his major fiction.

SLAVIC 311 Dostoevsky (1) Dostoevsky's artistic and intellectual position in Russian literature as revealed in his major novels, shorter fictional works, and diaries.

SLAVIC 313 Nabokov (1) Vladimir Nabokov's major Russian and American prose, from his émigré years (The Defense, The Gift, Invitation to a Beheading) to his celebrated English-language works (Lolita, Speak, Memory, and Pale Fire).

SLAVIC 314 Chekhov (1) Intensive study of Chekhov's plays and short stories.

SLAVIC 318 19th-Century Russian Comedy and Satire (1) Concentration on Gogol and Chekhov; exploration of the nature of comedy, the types of satire, and the functions of laughter.

Courses with Prerequisites in Russian
The courses listed below may be presented in English or Russian or both.

SLAVIC 337 Pushkin (1) Critical analysis of Pushkin's major works.

SLAVIC 340 History of the Russian Language (1) Description of Old Russian grammar with readings and analysis of Old Russian texts.

SLAVIC 341 Structure of Russian (1) Description of the phonetics; phonemics, morphophonemics, and word formation of contemporary Russian.

SLAVIC 350 Russian Folklore (1) Russian folk literature as viewed through the calendar rituals, ceremonial works, byliny, historical songs, and tales.

SLAVIC 359-2 Russian Prose (1) Selected twentieth-century works of Russian masters.

SLAVIC 360 Survey of Russian Poetry - 19th Century (1) History of 19th-century Russian poetry and an introduction to the basic techniques of poetic study. Primary concentration on the "Golden Age" of Russian poetry. All readings in Russian.

SLAVIC 361 Survey of Russian Poetry - 20th Century (1) Russian 20th-century poetry; basic techniques for its study. All readings in Russian.

SLAVIC 369 20th-Century Russian Drama and Theater (1) Russian dramatic and theatrical tradition from the founding of the Moscow Art Theater to the institution of Socialist Realism in the mid-1930s. Dramatic texts, theories of theater, and theatrical productions. Readings available in Russian and English.

SLAVIC 370 Russian-Western Literary Relations (1) Interaction between the Russian and Western literary traditions.

SLAVIC 377 Theory and Practice of Literary Translation (1) This course introduces the student to the rich field of translation theory in diachronic perspective. It also allows for those theories to be tested against the student's own experience as an active translator. Course open to students who can translate from Romance, Germanic, or Slavic languages.

SLAVIC 378-1, 2 Visual Arts in the Context of Russian Culture (1) (1) First quarter: Russian art from the medieval period through the 19th century. Second quarter: Russian art of the 20th century with emphasis on the avant-garde. Survey of Russian art in the broad context of Russian and European culture.

SLAVIC 390 Literature and Politics in Russia (1) Interaction of politics and the novel in Russia from the 1860s until the beginning of the 20th century. Readings include novels by Turgenev, Chernyshevsky, Dostoevsky, and Bely.

SLAVIC 404-1,2,3 Advanced Russian (Russians: New and Old Values) (1) (1) (1) Advanced course designed to develop skills in using spoken and written Russian in the intellectual arena. Original materials from periodicals focus on contemporary issues. Prerequisite: four years of Russian study or equivalent.

SLAVIC 405 Russian Teaching Seminar (1) Addresses the complexities of teaching Russian language. Explores teaching methods with emphasis on communicative approach to language teaching, working with groups, and individuals, and demonstrating and presenting ideas. Geared toward the student interested in teaching assistantships as well as professional education.

SLAVIC 411 Proseminar (1) Introduction to the study of Slavic languages and literatures at the graduate level.

SLAVIC 422 Old Church Slavonic (1) Description of the phonology, morphology, and syntax of Old Church Slavonic with readings and analysis of texts.

SLAVIC 430 Studies in Old Russian Literature (1) Content varies. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

SLAVIC 433 Studies in 17th-Century Russian Literature (1) Content varies. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

SLAVIC 434 Studies in 18th-Century Russian Literature (1) Content varies. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

SLAVIC 436 Studies in 19th-Century Russian Literature (1) Content varies. Recent offerings include the role of translation in Russian culture, the Poema, The Brothers Karamazov. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

SLAVIC 437 Poetry Seminar (1) Close study of poetic texts from the Russian and/or Slavic traditions. Topics vary, but past seminars have been devoted to Joseph Brodsky, Evgeny Baratinsky and Romanticism, and the poetic book. May be taken multiple times for credit.

SLAVIC 438 Studies in 20th-Century Russian Literature (1) Content varies. Recent offerings include recovered literature, Russian 20th-century autobiography. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

SLAVIC 439 Theories of Fiction and Fictionality (1) This course explores work done by philosophers, literary theorists and cultural historians on the nature and functions of fiction. Theorists to be considered include Jeremy Bentham, Hans Vaihinger, Lubomir Doležel, Nelson Goodman, and Marie Laure-Ryan.

SLAVIC 440 Studies in Russian Literary Criticism (1) Content varies. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

SLAVIC 441 20th-Century Russian Literature and Cultural Criticism (1) Major trends and texts of literary criticism, literary politics, and general intellectual debate.

SLAVIC 442 Bakhtin's Prosaics (1) Bakhtin's theories of the novel. Topics include: Bakhtin's theories of genres, language, psychology, time, ethics, interpretation, and implications for current American theory.

SLAVIC 490 Independent Reading (1) Content varies. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.

SLAVIC 499 Independent Study (1, 2, or 3) Permission of instructor and department required. May be repeated for credit.

SLAVIC 590 Research (1, 2, or 3) Independent investigation of selected problems pertaining to thesis or dissertation.

Related Course in the Department of Linguistics
LING 320 Structure of Various Languages (1)