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REL 144 - Basic Christian Beliefs Instructor
Ottati
Thematic exploration of basic Christian beliefs focusing on the affirmations of the Apostles’ Creed and the ways in which different communities and theologians have understood them.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Not open to juniors or seniors until Drop/Add.
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REL 162 - Contemporary Seekers in the U.S. Instructor
Wills
Examines religious memoirs of twenty and twenty-first century U.S. writers who have forcefully described their own experiences of exile and their various visions of “home”–as justice, family, vocation, health, tradition, or place.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Not open to juniors or seniors until Drop/Add.
(not offered 2015-16.)
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REL 175 - The Qurʾan and Its Interpreters Instructor
Mubarak
This course will introduce students to the Qurʾanic scripture, its history, themes, characteristic styles, and the way in which it has functioned as an authority for Muslims throughout Islamic history. The course will explore two genres that have emerged from the direct study of the Qurʾan, most specifically Qurʾanic exegesis (tafsīr) and the art of its recitation (tajwīd). We will examine competing modes of interpretation and the most significant exegetes in the pre-modern and modern periods, paying specific attention to the role of modernity in creating new approaches to Qurʾanic interpretation. Lastly, this course surveys a wide range of exegetical interpretations on 1) women and sexuality, 2) violence and jihād, and 3) religious pluralism.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Studies distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
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REL 176 - Literature of the Muslim World Instructor
Zamir
A thematic and genre-based study of seminal literary texts from around the Muslim world that takes a literary approach to the study of religion.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies Middle Eastern Studies requirement.
Satisfies South Asian Studies requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (not offered 2015-16.)
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REL 180 - Introduction to East Asian Religions Instructor
Pang
An introduction to the religious and philosophical traditions that played fundamental roles in shaping traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese culture: Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and popular religion.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies East Asian Studies major and interdisciplinary minor requirement.
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REL 224 - The Psalms and the Self Instructor
Plank
A study of selected biblical psalms and their exploration of the fabric of human selfhood. Particular attention will be given to the psalms’ poetic construction of what it means to be a self and how they, in turn, offer transformative means for the self’s expression. Study will involve a close analysis of psalms as literary texts and intertexts as well as analysis of their function in given liturgical contexts.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
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REL 230 - Jesus and His Interpreters Instructor
Snyder
The course begins by examining the historical, religious, and political context for Jesus’ life, and the different portraits of him that emerge in the Gospels. The course also attends to his ethical teachings on subjects such as non-violence and love of enemies.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
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REL 233 - The Other Gospels: Lost Literature of Early Christianity Instructor
Snyder
Examines the gospel literature that did not make it into the New Testament: the Gospel According to Thomas, Gnostic gospels such as the Gospel According to Phillip, the Gospel of Mary Magdalene and the Gospel of Judas, infancy gospels, and lost Jewish-Christian gospels. It also considers the development of the categories “heresy” and “orthodoxy,” as well as the process of canonization.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Students at all levels welcome.
(2015-16)
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REL 243 - The Spiritual Imagination in Contemporary Poetry Instructor
Plank
A study of how recent poets imagine the divine-human relation and the experience of transcendence, as well as a consideration of the affinity between poetry and religion. Poets to be discussed may include Christian Wiman, Mary Szybist, Franz Wright, Mary Karr, Fanny Howe, Jean Valentine, Anne Carson, and Mark Wunderlich.
Satisfies a major requirement in Religion
Satisfies a minor requirement in Religion
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement
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REL 246 - God (=PHI 170) Instructor
Ottati/Studtmann
This course focuses on what is said about God in Christian tradition and in philosophy. It explores representations, symbols, and inklings of the divine in biblical and religious texts, developed conceptions of God put forward by philosophers and theologians, and traditional arguments about God, as well as contemporary statements and debates.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (not offered 2015-16.)
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REL 252 - Prophetic Christianity in America Instructor
Ottati
A study of the theological ethics that contributed to the Social Gospel, Christian Realism, and the Civil Rights Movement in America. Resources include works by Walter Rauschenbusch, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as some secondary texts, recordings, and films.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (not offered 2015-16.)
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REL 261 - African American Religious Traditions Instructor
Wills
The varied religious experiences of African Americans from pre-slavery through the Civil Rights movement.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
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REL 262 - Imagining American Religion Instructor
Wills
A study of how people have portrayed the religious dimension of life through works of narrative fiction. Examines the various motives - religious, political, aesthetic, or otherwise - that guide American imaginings about religion.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
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REL 266 - The Bible in America Instructor
Snyder
The course begins with a brief history of the Bible; we then examine the role the Bible has played in American cultural and religious life, with specific reference to gender, race, sexual identity, and creationism.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (not offered 2015-16.)
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REL 274 - Women and Gender in Islam Instructor
Mubarak
The course will trace the development of gender issues in Muslim societies, ranging from the early Islamic period (7th century) to the modern period. Topics include marriage, divorce, veiling, segregation, polygyny, adultery, slavery and sex. The rise of secular and religious feminism and women’s initiatives to reform patriarchal practices in contemporary Muslim societies will also be addressed.
Satisfies a distribution requirement in Religious and Philosophical Perspectives.
Satisfies a major credit in Religion.
Satisfies a cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies a major/minor credit in Gender and Sexuality Studies.
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REL 276 - The Shi’ite Tradition Instructor
Zamir
Introduction to the Shi’ite tradition that also highlights commonalities and differences between Sunni and Shi’ite interpretations of islam. Topics include: the origins of Shi’ism and the Sunni-Shi’ite split; Shi’ite theology; religious and ritual life, piety and spirituality; development of the tradition over time; major institutions; Shi’ite Messianism; major themes in polemics between Sunnis and Shi’ites; ecumenical efforts; mediatory role of Sufism; and political thought and political ramifications of the Sunni-Shi’ite divide.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies Middle Eastern Studies requirement.
Satisfies South Asian Studies requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (not offered 2015-16.)
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REL 277 - Islamic Mysticism Instructor
Zamir
Islamic spirituality and its diverse varieites, doctrinal formulations, practices, history and contemporary significance.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies Middle Eastern Studies requirement.
Satisfies South Asian Studies requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (not offered 2015-16.)
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REL 283 - Buddhism in America Instructor
Pang
The history and development of Buddhism in America. Topics include the American Transcendentalists and “Eastern” thought, Buddhism and the
Theosophists, the World Parliament of Religions of 1893, the “Zen boom” of the Beat generation, the varieties of Buddhism imported by Asian immigrants beginning in the 1960s, and modern “American Buddhist” communities and practices.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
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REL 288 - The Religious Question in Modern China Instructor
Pang
This course explores religion in Chinese societies during the tumultuous period between the late nineteenth and early twenty-first centuries. We will analyze the historical and cultural foundations of Chinese religion; the role of the state, intellectual, and political groups in shaping official religiosity; and the bewildering variety of religious traditions in contemporary Chinese societies.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Satisfies East Asian Studies major and interdisciplinary minor requirement.
Satisfies Chinese Studies Minor.
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REL 301 - Perspectives in the Study of Religion Instructor
Poland
Required of all majors. Critical examination of various methods, disciplines, and theories employed in the academic study of religion, focusing particularly on those approaches that locate religion in its social, cultural, and political contexts. Generally taught in spring semester. Required of all Religion majors by the end of the junior year.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Pre/Corequisites: Any two Religion courses or permission of the instructor.
Students intending to go abroad in their junior year should take this course in their sophomore year, if possible.
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REL 341 - Religions of the Roman Empire Instructor
Snyder
An examination of public cult under the Roman Empire: sacrifices, divination, priesthoods and holidays, as well as the religious groups devoted to Isis, Mithras, Moses and Christ.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Students at all levels welcome.
This course is also cross-listed with Classics and could be applied towards a Classics major.
(not offered 2015-16.)
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REL 345 - Early Christian Texts and Contexts Instructor
Foley
A close study of such seminal texts of early Christian literature as the Gospel of Mark, Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, Irenaeus of Lyons’ Against Heresies, Origen’s On First Principles, and Augustine’s Confessions and On Christian Doctrine. Care will be taken to attend to the appropriate historical, cultural and literary contexts.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes This course is also cross-listed with Classics and could be applied towards a Classics major.
Students at all levels welcome.
(not offered 2015-16.)
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REL 347 - Christian Latin Writers Instructor
Foley
Readings and research on selected Christian Latin authors from 200-600, including Tertullian, Cyprian, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory the Great.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes LAT 201 or equivalent
(not offered 2015-16.)
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REL 353 - Theological Perspectives on Christian Faith Instructor
Ottati
Christian beliefs and moral norms as they are expressed by the Apostles’ Creed, The Ten Commandments, and the Lord’s Prayer. In addition to critical studies of the history and composition of these texts, this course also includes classical and contemporary interpretations of what they mean from Augustine, Martin Luther, and Thomas Aquinas to Rosemary Radford Ruether and Leonardo Boff.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Students at all levels welcome.
(not offered 2015-16.)
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REL 354 - Major Figures in Theology and Ethics Instructor
Ottati
Each time it is offered, this course explores the theology and ethics of a major figure. For the Fall 2014 semester, the focus will be on H. Richard Niebuhr.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Students at all levels welcome.
(not offered 2015-16.)
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REL 366 - Mormonism Instructor
Wills
Examines an indigenous American religion, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, exploring its historical origins, beliefs, related theological and political controversies, and cultural heritage.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Students at all levels welcome.
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REL 370 - Asian Meditation Texts Instructor
Mahony
A study of the religious significance, ideals, and practice of meditation in selected Buddhist and Hindu traditions. Readings center on translations of primary texts but also include pertinent indigenous commentaries and modern interpretive works.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies South Asian Studies requirement.
Satisfies East Asian Studies requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Students at all levels welcome.
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REL 371 - Varieties of Hindu Mysticism Instructor
Mahony
Interpretive and comparative study of Hindu sacerdotal, philosophical, contemplative, and devotional mystical sensibilities as presented in various textual genres.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies South Asian Studies requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Students at all levels welcome.
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REL 375 - Islamic Visions of the End Instructor
Zamir
Survey of Muslim perspectives on death, afterlife and the apocalypse. Examines eschatological and messianic movement in Islamic history and contemporary times and the cultural and ethical implications of Islamic eschatological ideas.
Satisfies a major requirement.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies Middle Eastern Studies requirement.
Satisfies South Asian Studies requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Students at all levels welcome.
(not offered 2015-16.)
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REL 376 - Islamic Ethics Instructor
Zamir
Study of seminal texts and various modes of ethical life and thought in Islam with some attention given also to the applications of Islamic thought to contemporary ethical issues.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies Middle Eastern Studies requirement.
Satisfies South Asian Studies requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes Students at all levels welcome.
(not offered 2015-16.)
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REL 395, 96 - Independent Study Instructor
Staff
Admission by consent of the instructor; use 396 for second Independent Study. Independent study under the direction and supervision of a faculty member who reviews and approves the topics of study and determines the means of evaluation.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives distribution requirement.
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REL 401 - Senior Colloquium Instructor
Staff
Required of all senior majors. Explores issues within the study of religion and discusses strategies for research. Each student will complete a thesis directed by an appropriate department member.
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REL 413 - Sacrifice Instructor
Snyder
A comparative and cross-cultural look at the phenomenon of sacrifice in different religious traditions. We’ll examine concrete instances of the practice, read narratives about it, and draw upon theoretical models for understanding it.
Prerequisites & Notes Taught fall 2015.
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REL 443 - The Question of the Animal Instructor
Poland
An interdisciplinary seminar in a growing subfield, Critical Animal Studies. Readings include ancient and recent reflections on human nature and on human and non-human animal relations by novelists, theologians, philosophers and scholars of religion.
Prerequisites & Notes Taught fall 2015
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REL 449 - The Spiritual Imagination in Contemporary Literature Instructor
Plank
A study of how selected American writers have imagined transcendence and the life of the spirit, as well as a consideration of the relationship of poetic and religious language. Authors to be studied include: Christian Wiman, Fanny Howe, Franz Wright, Mary Szybist, Anne Carson and others.
Satisfies the Philosophical and Religious Perspectives Distribution Requirement.
Counts for the LIT minor.
Prerequisites & Notes Taught spring 2016.
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REL 454 - A Social Gospel Instructor
Ottati
This seminar explores socially engaged theological ethics from Christian Socialists and Christian Realists to Liberation theologians. We will read and discuss works by writers such as Walter Rauschenbusch, John A. Ryan, Vida Dutton Scudder, Reinhold Niebuhr, Martin Luther King, Jr., Gustavo Gutierrez, James Cone, Rosemary Radford Ruether, and Cornel West. We will also pay special attention to biblical and traditional bases for the positions they advocate.
Prerequisites & Notes Taught spring 2016
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REL 498 - Honors Thesis Instructor
Staff
Research paper on some aspect of religious studies.
Prerequisites & Notes For senior majors approved by the department. See thesis instruction sheet for details.
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RUS 101 - Elementary Russian I Instructor
Ewington
For beginners. No previous knowledge of Russian required or expected. This course develops students’ basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing Russian. We begin with the Cyrillic alphabet and fundamental sounds and structures of Russian. As the semester progresses, students learn to communicate about culture, geography, and daily life. Thanks to a “flipped classroom”model (with the professor’s grammar lectures online), RUS 101 devotes class time to engaging interactive activities. The course requires work with audio, video, and computer exercises as well as participation in twice weekly AT sessions with a native speaker assistant.
Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
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RUS 102 - Elementary Russian II Instructor
Ewington
This semester students complete the introduction to the Russian case system, while continuing to develop basic skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing about everyday Russian culture, including hobbies, shopping, restaurants, university life, holidays, and vacations. Thanks to a “flipped classroom”model (with the professor’s grammar lectures online), RUS 102 devotes class time to engaging interactive activities. The course requires work with audio, video, and computer exercises as well as participation in twice weekly AT sessions with a native speaker assistant.
Prerequisites & Notes RUS 101 or placement (Spring)
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RUS 201 - Intermediate Russian I Instructor
Utkin
Continuing work in development of basic skills of Russian, with an emphasis on engaging authentic materials.
Satisfies the foreign language requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes RUS 102 or placement. (Fall)
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RUS 260 - Duels, Death, & Desire: The 19th-Century Russian Novel (in Translation) Instructor
Ewington
This course explores the great 19th-century Russian literary tradition, including works by Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy. We will consider the “ritualized violence” of dueling, rapidly shifting attitudes toward sexuality and love, questions of social justice around serfdom, Russia’s complicated relationship with the West, religion vs. scientific progress, and the Russian writer’s role as prophet of truth in a land of autocracy. No knowledge of Russian required or expected.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
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RUS 266 - Vampires Instructor
Staff
In this class we will examine the figure of the vampire, as well as the use of vampirism as a metaphor in folklore, literature, journalistic texts, theater and film. Some vampires, as we will come to learn, do not even drink blood. Many don’t fear the sun. So what do these varied monsters have in common? Their “otherness” and their focalization of cultural desires and anxieties. By studying vampirism through a historical perspective, we will learn that vampires - although they may not have reflections - reflect our anxieties about alterity, particularly in regard to such charged subjects as gender, sexuality, race, religion and nationality.
Satisfies Historical Thought distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016.)
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RUS 270 - Nobel Laureates: The Politics of Literature (The 20-Century Russian Novel, in Translation) Instructor
Utkin
In this course we will examine key cultural and socio-historical moments in the development of twentieth-century Russian literature by focusing on the prose and poetry of authors awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature – Ivan Bunin, Boris Pasternak, Mikhail Sholokhov, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and Joseph Brodsky. Additionally, we will read Lev Tolstoy, who vehemently rejected being nominated for the prize, as well as Vladimir Nabokov and Anna Akhmatova, who arguably merited the award but never received it.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Spring)
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RUS 290 - Russian Theater (in Translation) Instructor
Staff
This course introduces the rich heritage of Russian theater from the nineteenth century to the present day. We begin with Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev, and Chekhov and continue with early twentieth-century theatrical experiments, Soviet plays, and post-Perestroika works. No knowledge of Russian required or expected.
Fulfills the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016.)
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RUS 292 - Gender and Sexuality in Russian Culture Instructor
Staff
This course examines the construction and representation of gender and sexuality in Russia by analyzing literature, theater, and film. The course is open to all students, who have an interest in gender and sexuality studies and would like to expand their knowledge to the Russian context. No background in Russian and/or gender criticism is necessary.
Satisfies major and minor requirements in Russian Studies and Gender Studies.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies Literary Studies, Creative Writing and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016.)
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RUS 293 - Modernist Berlin, St. Petersburg, Moscow (Topics in Russian Culture) Instructor
Utkin
At the turn of the 20th century the once-great empires of Russia and Germany collapse. A new generation of men and women emerge from the ruins, convinced that art can build a new world. They reimagine the meaning of love, politics, and culture. This avant-garde storms the great modern metropolises of Moscow, Petersburg, and Berlin where new forms of life and art are being forged. In this course we will focus on the spectacular decade known as the Roaring Twenties as we consider the outstanding works of Vladimir Nabokov, Marina Tsvetaeva, Walter Benjamin, Marc Chagall, Natalia Goncharova, and others.
The course will be taught in English. No knowledge of Russian or German is required or expected.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies the Liberal Studies distribution requirement.
Counts for German 331.
Prerequisites & Notes (Fall)
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RUS 297 - Russian Women Writers (in Translation)
Instructor
Ewington
This course offers an introduction to Russian women writers from the age of Enlightenment to the present day. Texts include memoirs, novels, poems, and plays, as well as readings on Russian Gender Studies. No knowledge of Russian required or expected.
Fulfills the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016.)
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RUS 301 - Advanced Intermediate Russian Instructor
Staff
Further development of proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Prerequisites & Notes RUS 202 or placement. (Not offered 2015-2016.)
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RUS 319 - Contemporary Russia Instructor
Staff
Discussions and written assignments based on excerpts from current newspapers, magazines, and films, focusing on recent Russian history, literature, and daily life.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes RUS 202 or equivalent. (Not offered 2015-2016.)
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RUS 320 - Masterpieces of Russian Literature Instructor
Staff
Advanced reading and discussion of canonical works by Russian writers, such as Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Mayakovsky, Bulgakov, Pasternak, Akhmatova, and Tolstaya. This course is conducted in Russian.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes RUS 202 or equivalent. (Not offered 2015-2016.)
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RUS 370 - Twentieth-Century Russian Literature in the Original Instructor
Staff
This class is conducted entirely in Russian. It combines the study of Russian literature with the development of vocabulary and grammar skills for advanced speaking and writing. We will read, discuss, and analyze short works by masters of 20th century Russian literature in the original. In the course of our readings, we will also learn about major events in 20th-century Russian history that form the important context for these works.
Prerequisites & Notes RUS 202 or equivalent. (Not offered 2015-2016.)
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RUS 394 - Special Topics Instructor
Staff
This course combines the study of Russian history and culture with the development and reinforcement of vocabulary and grammar skills for advanced speaking and writing. Selected historical topics will be used to deepen students’ understanding of Russian language and culture. The class is conducted entirely in Russian.
Prerequisites & Notes RUS 202 or equivalent. (Not offered 2015-16.)
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RUS 401 - Seminar in Special Topics (in Russian) Instructor
Staff
Study of a specific author, genre, theme, or aspect of culture. Readings, compositions, oral reports, and discussions in Russian.
Satisfies Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric requirement.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes RUS 202 or equivalent. (Not offered 2015-2016.)
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RUS 410 - Dostoevsky (Special Topics in Translation) Instructor
Staff
This course offers an in-depth engagement with a range of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s works, including his first novella Poor Folk, The Double, major novels such as Crime and Punishment and Brothers Karamazov, his pseudo-autobiographical prison memoir Notes from the Dead House, as well as a selection of his shorter experiments from Diary of a Writer.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016.)
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RUS 420 - Tolstoy (in Translation) Instructor
Ewington
This course offers an opportunity to study in depth the great Russian novelist and thinker, Leo Tolstoy. We will read a variety of texts from his early stories, to his great novels (War and Peace and Anna Karenina), to his later philosophical tracts and “tales for the people.” Throughout the semester, students will also have opportunities to engage Tolstoy through the lens of selected essays of critical theory.
Satisfies the cultural diversity requirement.
Satisfies the Literary Studies, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric distribution requirement.
Prerequisites & Notes (Not offered 2015-2016.)
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