FLR-Foreign Language - Russian


FLR 100HI School RussianUNITS: 0


FLR 101Elementary Russian IUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
First in a four-course sequence to develop language skills in Russian. Oral and written practice in the classroom and language laboratory and attention to Russian cultural heritage.


FLR 102Elementary Russian IIUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: FLR 101
Emphasis on acquisition of basic oral skills, with complementary reading and writing exercises and attention to Russian cultural heritage.


FLR 201Intermediate Russian IUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: FLR 102
Basic Russian language skills continued. More emphasis given to writing and essential conversational practice. Intermediate level readings in Russian literature and culture. Class and laboratory practice; written assignments.


FLR 202Intermediate Russian IIUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: FLR 201
Advanced aspects of Russian syntax through study of text. Continued attention to conversational practice and vocabulary building.


FLR 303Russian Literature in Translation: The Nineteenth CenturyUNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Years, Offered in Spring Only
A study of selected plays, short stories and novels of the great Russian writers of the nineteenth century: Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Goncharov, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Saltykov-Shchedrin, Leskov, Tolstoy and Chekhov. Examinations of peculiarly Russian as well as the universal aspects of this literature. All readings, lectures and discussions in English.


FLR 304Russian Literature in Translation: The Twentieth CenturyUNITS: 3
A study of selected poems, plays, short stories and novels by major Russian writers of the twentieth century, such as Chekhov, Gorky, Blok, Mayakovsky, Esenin, Zamyatin, Olesha, Bulgakov, Babel, Pilnyak, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, Evtushenko, and Voznesensky. All readings, lectures and discussions in English.


FLR 318Russian Cinema and SocietyUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Russian culture and society through cinema. A study of selected films representative of major social-political, ideological, and artistic developments. Weekly film screenings. No knowledge of Russian required.