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Russian Language and Literature Courses
in Russian
RUSS 1. Elementary Russian. Ms. Larsen. Acquisition of basic
oral communication. Mastery of the Russian alphabet.
Introduction to the structure of the language. Intensive
oral practice. Fall 2006.
RUSS 2. Elementary Russian. Ms.
Larsen. This course
continues the acquisition of basic oral communication with a
focus on Russian grammar in social and cultural contexts.
Intensive oral and written practice. Prerequisite: Russian 1
or equivalent. Spring 2007.
RUSS 11. Conversation: Contemporary Russian Language and
Culture. Ms. Bashaw / Ms. Bent, Russian
Language Resident. Open to all students except native
speakers. Credit for satisfactory participation in Oldenborg
Center activities and two conversation classes weekly.
Prerequisite: one year of college-level language study or
equivalent. Cumulative, one-fourth course credit; graded
P/NC. Does not satisfy the foreign-language requirement.
Limited to one enrollment per semester and a cumulative
total of one course credit. Offered each semester.
RUSS 33. Intermediate Russian.
Mr. Klioutchkine. Further study in
the Russian language, including reading, conversation,
grammar, and composition. Prerequisite: Russian 2 or
equivalent. Fall 2006.
RUSS 44. Advanced Russian. Ms.
Rudova. This course continues
the study of the Russian grammatical system. Focus on oral
communicative strategies, advanced syntax, study of short
poems, prose and film. Prerequisite: Russian 33 or
equivalent. Spring 2007.
RUSS 180. Readings in 19th-century Russian Literature. Mr.
Klioutchkine. Close analysis of central passages from
Russian classics with an emphasis on provocative and often
controversial meanings that are frequently lost in
translation and missed even by native speakers of Russian. Prerequisites:
Russian 44 or equivalent. Spring 2007.
RUSS 181. Readings in Modern Russian Literature. Ms. Rudova.
Readings in pre- and post-revolutionary short stories in
historical context. Class discussion, oral reports,
composition. Readings and discussions in both Russian and
English. Prerequisites: Russian 44 or equivalent, and
permission of instructor. Offered 2007-2008.
RUSS 182. Special Topics in Contemporary Russian Culture and
Society. Ms. Larsen. Changing economic and political
structure of Russia, growing role of the Orthodox Church,
state of the visual arts, pop culture. Newspaper and
magazine articles and contemporary Russian fiction. Oral and
written reports in Russian. Discussion in both Russian and
English. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisites:
Russian 44 or equivalent, and permission of instructor. Fall
2007.
RUSS 183. Russian Comedy in Film and Fiction.
Ms. Larsen. Introduction to comic works of film and fiction
from the 19th and 20th centuries. Textual analysis, class
discussion, oral reports, composition, advanced work on
grammar and stylistics. Conducted entirely in Russian.
Prerequisites: Russian 44, or equivalent, and permission of
the instructor. Spring 2008.
RUSS 184. Russian Cinema from
Stalin to Putin. Ms. Rudova. This course explores
Russian, Soviet, and post-Soviet society through film.
Emphasis on oral expression and writing. Prerequisites:
Russian 44 or equivalent, and permission of instructor. Fall
2006.
RUSS 199. Reading and Research in Russian. Staff. Open to
students capable of independent study. Permission of
instructor required. Course or half-course. May be repeated
for credit. Each semester.
Literature and Culture Courses in
English.
These courses do not require knowledge of Russian. Special
separate sections are usually created for those who would
like to read and discuss the texts in the original Russian
language.
RUST 79. Short Fiction by Russian
Masters Mr. Klioutchkine. Russian culture of the
nineteenth century in the European context. Focus on short
stories by Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevskyh,
Tolsoty, and Chekhov. Offered in 2007-2008.
RUST 80. Modern Russian Literature: The Beginning and the
End of the Great Utopia. Ms. Rudova. Examines how
the myth of the End and the myth of the Great Utopia have
been treated in the works of modern Russian literature, from
the turn of the 20th century to the end of Soviet history.
Explores the idea of the new man, the ideal society, and the
vision of the End, and how they were reflected in narrative.
Lecture and discussion. Offered in 2007-2008.
RUST 100. Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. Mr. Klioutchkine.
Tolstoy and Dostoevsky in their social, political,
and cultural context. Themes of love, alienation, freedom, suffering, and
death. Offered in 2007-2008.
RUST 103. Dostoevsky and Popular
Culture. Mr. Klioutchkine. Examines the
relationship between Dostoevsky's life and works and the
entertainment culture of his time. Focuses on the role of
sensational themes, plots, and characters in Notes from
Underground, The Idiot, and The Devils. Spring
2007.
RUST 104. Eccentric Fictions: Russian Literature, 1800-1860.
Ms. Larsen. Examines the origins of the modern Russian
literary tradition in works that achieved their status as
classics because of their defiantly eccentric form and cast
of characters: madmen, rebels, dreamers, rogues, and other
outsiders. Authors include Pushkin, Gogol, Lermontov,
Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, others. Fall 2006.
RUST 105. Crime, Passion, Politics: Russian Literature,
1861-1917. Ms. Larsen. Tortured romances,
passionate crimes, religious crises and furious political
debates in works by Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Chekhov,
others. In addition to formal questions of narrative voice,
plot structure and characterization, topics include social,
political and theological issues; generational conflicts;
class relations; sexuality and gender roles; Russian
national identities. Offered in 2007-2008.
RUST 110. Modernism in Russia and Europe: The Shock of the
New. Ms. Rudova. Examines ideas and ideals developed by
Russian “Silver Age” culture and innovations of the young
Soviet state in the arts, design, music and literature.
Concepts of modernism and the avant-garde. Influence of turn-of-the-century technology,
psychiatry, and philosophy on the representation of reality
in literature and the visual arts. Offered in 2007-2008.
RUST 111. Russian History and Society Through Film. Ms. Rudova.
Russian films from the 1917 Revolution to the present. Main
focus on the confrontations between the real Soviet world
and the fictional reality created by the filmmakers.
Cross-listed with Media Studies. Offered in 2007-2008.
RUST 112. Politicizing magic. Ms. Rudova.
Explores the evolution of the fairy-tale genre from folklore
to Soviet culture. Special focus on the role of the genre in
the creation of Soviet mythology. Study of different
critical approaches and structure of the genre. Spring 2007.
RUST 172. Russian Visual Culture: Icons to the Internet. Ms.
Larsen. This course explores the construction of national
identity through visual media in Russian culture, from the
earliest icons to the most recent internet sites. Additional
topics include: visual presentation and public performance
of state authority; early 20th-century Russian avant- gardes;
official and underground art of the Soviet period;
interactions between Western and Russian/Soviet visual
cultures. Spring 2007.
RUST 176. Moscow-Berlin/Berlin-Moscow: Europe in
Transformation. Mr. Klioutchkine, Mr. Rindisbacher.
Addresses the changing relationship between Germany and
Russia (the Soviet Union) and how it affects the countries
of Eastern Europe during the 20th century. Explores such
issues as the political, cultural, and military histories of
the two countries, their literary and cultural traditions,
and the many forms of their interactions over time. No
prerequisites. Offered in 2007-2008.
RUST 178. Sex and gender in
Russian Culture. Ms. Larsen. An exploration of key
moments in Russian debates about gender and sexuality from
the 1830s through the 1990s. Texts include memoirs, fiction,
films, and other visual material. Fall 2006.
RUST 179. Comparative
Slavic/Germanic Linguistics. Ms. Harves. A basic
introduction to the Slavic and Germanic languages, focusing
initially on their historical development from
Proto-Indo-European. Comparative focus on the syntax of
various Slavic and Germanic languages, ranging from Czech,
Russian, and Bulgarian to German, Dutch, and Icelandic.
Cross-listed with German and Linguistics/Cognitive Science.
Offered in 2007-2008.
RUST 191. Senior Thesis. Staff. Course or half-course. Each
semester.
RUST 193. Comprehensive Examinations. Staff. Five-hour
written and one-hour oral examinations in the field of
Russian language and literature, testing the student’s
general competence in the discipline. Half-course. Graded
P/NC. Each semester.
RUST 199. Reading and Research in
Russian. Staff. Open to students capable of
independent study. Permission of instructor required. Course
or half-course. May be repeated for credit. Each semester.
Associated Claremont College Russian and East European
Studies Courses
A. Arts and Humanities
Art History SC 186. The Russian Avant-Garde.
Literature CMC 119. The 19th-Century Russian Novel.
Literature CMC 123. Fugitives from Utopia: The Writers of
Post-War Poland.
Philosophy CMC 131. Hegel and Marx.
English SC 181. Introduction to Marxist Literary Criticism.
English PIT 93. Modern Polish Literature and Film.
English PIT 184. Realism in 19th-Century Western Literature.
B. History and Cultural History
History CMC 111. Terrorism and Politics in Europe.
History CMC 132. Marx, Darwin, Freud.
History CMC 133. Russia, Then and Now.
History CMC 134. Dostoevsky’s Russia.
History CMC 137. After Holocaust/After Gulag.
History CMC 142e. Culture and Politics in
Turn-of-the-Century Europe.
History HMC 155. History of Russia until 1917.
History HMC 156. History of Russia and the Soviet Union,
1917-Present.
C. Social Sciences
Economics SC 142. The Political Economy of Growth: Newly
Industrialized Asia and Newly Independent Europe.
Economics SC 180. Modern Political Economy.
Government HMC 141. The USSR and Post-Communist States:
Domestic Reality and Foreign Policy.
Government CMC 135. Ideologies of Revolution and Violence.
Government CMC 141. The Power of Nationalism.
Government CMC 173e.. Democratization in Eastern Europe and
Russia.
SS HMC 100. Studies in the Former Soviet Union.
SS HMC 126. Nuclear Arms Control.
Political Studies PIT 110. European Politics.
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