Bachelor of Arts in Russian Language and Literature
Course description Required Preparation for the Major:
1. Two years of language study (Russian 1-6) or equivalent proficiency (ACTFL Level 1), to be tested by the department
2. Choice of:
Russian 90A: Introduction to Russian Civilization
Russian 90B: Russian Civilization in the Twentieth Century
Russian 90BW: Russian Civilization in the Twentieth Century. with satisfaction of Letters and Science Writing II requirement
The Major
Required
1. Choice of:
Russian 101A-101B-101C
Russian 100A-100B-100C (Literacy in Russian)
equivalent proficiency (ACTFL Level 1+), to be tested by the department
2. Russian 118: Literature of the Middle Ages and Englightenment
3. Russian 119: The Golden Age and the Great Realists
4. Russian 120: Literature and Revolution
5. Russian 123: Historical Commentary on Modern Russian
6. Russian 130A: Introduction to Analysis of Russian Poetry (in Russian)
7. Russian 140A: Introduction to Analysis of Russian Narrative Prose (in Russian)
Plus five (for students not enrolled in 100/101 series) or four (for students enrolling in Russian 100 ABC) upper division courses in Russian language, literature and culture from the following courses:
102 A, 102 B, 102C: Fourth-year Russian (can be taken out of sequence)
103 A: Russian for Native and Near-Native Speakers (Russian National Identity)
103B: Russian for Native and Near-Native Speakers (Literature and Film)
103C: Russian for Native and Near-Native Speakers (Special Topics)
121 Russian Literature Now
122 Russian Siberia
124C: Chekhov
124D: Dostoevsky
124G: Gogol
124P: Pushkin
124N: Nabokov
124T: Tolstoy
125: The Russian Novel in its European Setting
126: Survey of Russian Drama
M127: Women in Russian Literature
128: Russian Science Fiction
130B: Russian Poetry: Neoclassicism, Romanticism and Realism (in Russian)
130C: Russian Poetry in the Twentieth Century (in Russian)
131: History of Russian Cinema
140B: Russian Prose Fiction: The Great Realists (in Russian)
140V: Russian Prose Fiction: Twentieth-Century Modernism (in Russian)