Russian: Language, Literature, Culture (including courses in English)

• CAS LR 111: First-Year Russian I
  An introduction to the fundamentals of Russian grammar. Extensive practice in orthography and pronunciation: oral drills, development of comprehension and conversation skills. Reading of simple texts.
• CAS LR 112: First-Year Russian II
  An introduction to the fundamentals of Russian grammar. Extensive practice in orthography and pronunciation: oral drills, development of comprehension and conversation skills. Reading of simple texts.
• CAS LR 211: Second-Year Russian I
  The fundamentals of Russian grammar and syntax. Development of reading and oral skills.
• CAS LR 212: Second-Year Russian II
  The fundamentals of Russian grammar and syntax. Development of reading and oral skills. Satisfactory completion of CAS LR 212 fulfills the CAS language requirement.
• CAS LR 250: Classics of Russian Prose (in English translation)
  Prose works that define the Russian literary tradition, including Pushkin's Queen of Spades, Gogol's Overcoat, Turgenev's Fathers and Sons, Dostoyevsky's Notes from the Underground, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS LR 280: Dostoyevsky (in English translation)
  His literary and ideological development. Short novels, diaries, and major novels: Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Possessed, Brothers Karamazov. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS LR 281: Tolstoy (in English translation)
  Examination of development of Tolstoy's art; emphasis on formal aspects of his prose. Tolstoy's position in Russian and Western literature. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS LR 282: Russian Prose Classics of the Twentieth Century (in English translation)
  Introduction to the major writers of twentieth-century Russian prose and to the literary traditions that they represent through a close reading of selected texts. Readings will include works by the following authors: Chekhov, Sologub, Belyj, Babel, Olesha, Bulgakov, and Solzhenitsyn. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS LR 285: Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky (in English translation)
  Close reading of Tolstoy's War and Peace and Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. Discussion of Russian masters and larger themes: epic tradition from Homer to Tolstoy; continuity of "tragic world view"; the contrasts between the epic mode and the dramatic, and between two opposed views of God and history. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS LR 303: Third-Year Russian: Reading, Grammar Review, and Conversation
  Reading original unabridged Russian prose and poetry. Intensive work on improvement of fluency and quality of expression; special attention to pronunciation.
• CAS LR 304: Third-Year Russian II: Reading, Grammar Review, and Conversation
  Reading original unabridged Russian prose and poetry. Intensive work on improvement of fluency and quality of expression; special attention to pronunciation.
• CAS LR 350: Introduction to Analysis of Russian Prose Texts
  Introduction to the great prose style of Russian literature. Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoyevsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Chekhov: techniques of interpretation and close reading of short works. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS LR 355: Chekhov: The Stories and Plays (in English translation)
  Comprised of two components. First: an in-depth study of Chekhov's short stories and plays in pursuit of an understanding of their literary, cultural and historical significance. In the second part of the course students develop and produce a play composed of scenes from Chekhov and present it to the public at the end of the semester. Taught in English.
• CAS LR 383: Russian Literature and Spirituality (in English translation)
  Explores literary experimentation with concepts of Eastern Christianity (e.g., spirit, soul, heaven, hell, crucifixion, resurrection, kenosis, sin, immortality) in the increasingly anti-religious environment of late imperial and Soviet Russia. Authors include Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Akhmatova, Mandelstam, Platonov, Tarkovsky. Readings from philosophy/theory. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS. Also offered as CAS RN 524 A1 and as CAS XL 560 A1.
• CAS LR 401: Senior Independent Work
  
• CAS LR 402: Senior Independent Work
  
• CAS LR 403: Advanced Russian Grammar
  Subtleties of grammar and usage. Written projects, including English to Russian translations. Contemporary journalistic and literary sources.
• CAS LR 440: Russian Drama
  Introduces students to major works of Russian theater and their filmic adaptations. Lectures on historical and cultural context. Discussions of dramatic texts with the use of critical tools from theater theory. Authors include Gogol, Chekhov, and Bulgakov. Taught in Russian.
• CAS LR 492: Directed Study: Russian
  Application form available in department.

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