Department of Russian

Literature Courses Spring 2010

 

Russian Literature Faculty:  Nancy Pollak: np27; Savely Senderovich: ss51; Gavriel Shapiro: gs33.

Department Chair: N. Pollak              

Director of Undergraduate Studies: P. Carden (fall), S. Senderovich (spring)

The Russian Department Office is located in 226 Morrill Hall, phone: 255-8350, fax: 254-6051, e-mail: RussianDept@cornell.edu. For updated information you may consult our web site at: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/russian

 

Satisfying the Foreign Language Requirement under Option 1:

Students who qualify may satisfy the language requirement by taking RUSSL 2209 in the fall term or RUSSL 2212 in the spring term. Other RUSSL courses that are taught in Russian may also be used when appropriate.

 

 

*              Note:  Courses marked with an asterisk (*) require a suitable knowledge of the Russian language.             

 

*2212     Readings in Twentieth-Century Russian Literature. 3 credits. Spring: TR 2:55-4:10. All readings, written assignments, and discussions are in Russian.  Satisfies language Option 1.  G.  Shapiro.  Course designed for students with native background needing another course to satisfy the language requirement.  Goals are to introduce students to twentieth-century Russian literature in the original and to improve their Russian reading and writing skills.  Readings are from twentieth-century masters such as Bunin, Bulgakov, and Nabokov.  May be used as a prerequisite for RUSSL 3300-4400 courses with reading in Russian. 

 

3335      Gogol. 4 credits.  Spring: TR 1:25-2:40. In translation. G. Shapiro. Selected works of Gogol are read closely and viewed in relation to his life and to the literature of his time.

 

3393             Honors Essay Tutorial. 8 credits.  Fall and spring: hours to be arranged with instructor. Staff.  Must be taken in two consecutive semesters in senior year.  Credit for the first semester will be awarded upon completion of second semester.  For information, please see the director of undergraduate studies.

 

*4409     Russian Stylistics. 4 Credits. Spring: TR 11:40-12:55. S. Senderovich. Also open to graduate students. Prerequisite: proficiency in Russian or permission of instructor. May be counted toward the 12 credits of Russian literature in the original language for the Russian major. Going beyond normative grammar, this course provides an  introduction to idiomatic Russian (morphology, syntax, vocabulary, phraseology) and to colloquial and written genres.  Students develop writing skills through short assignments.

 

*4432     Pushkin. 4 credits. Spring: TR 10:10-11:25. Reading in Russian; discussion in English. S. Senderovich. Open to graduate students.  Prerequisite: proficiency in Russian or permission of instructor.  May be counted toward the 12 credits of Russian literature in the original language for the Russian major.  Reading and discussion of selected works by Pushkin: lyrics, narrative poems, and Eugene Onegin.


*4433    Short Works of Tolstoy. Fall: MWF 12:20–1:10. 4 credits. N. Pollak.  Prerequisite: Completion of RUSSL 2209 or 2212 or equivalent mastery of Russian language skills.  May be counted toward the 12 credits of Russian literature in the original language for the Russian major.  A selection of short stories and short novels in Russian.  Attention to style, themes, idioms.  Assignments adjusted to students’ language capabilities.  Discussion and papers in English.

 

4492      Supervised Reading in Russian Literature. 1-4 credits each term. Fall or spring: times to be arranged with instructor. Independent study. Staff. Prerequisite: Students must find an advisor and submit a plan before signing up.

 

*6611      Supervised Reading and Research.  2-4 credits each term.  Fall or spring: times to be arranged with instructor. Staff. Prerequisite: proficiency in Russian or permission of instructor.

 

 

 

 Revised 10/13/2009