RUSS 301 - Advanced Maintenance Russian Through Poetry

In this advanced Russian language course, we will read, translate and discuss Russian poetry - from classical (Derzhavin, Pushkin, Tiutchev, and others) to modernist (Blok, Annensky, Kuzmin, Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Mandelshtam, Pasternak, and others) and postmodernist (Prigov, Rubinshtein, Stepanova, and others). Our primary focus will be on the language of poetry, its grammar and vocabulary, as well as the essential features of Russian versification. Additionally, we will discuss the poets’ themes, their artistic methods, and their lives. Students will write several short essays, both “responses” and critical ones, in Russian. This course is recommended to both advanced learners of Russian (RUSS 220 or the instructor’s permission is a prerequisite) and heritage speakers of Russian, whose language needs will be addressed specifically. The course is conducted in Russian, and it satisfies the advanced Russian language requirement for Russian majors.

Unit(s): 1
Group Distribution Requirement(s): Distribution Group I
Prerequisite(s): RUSS 220 or equivalent
Instructional Method: Conference
Grading Mode: Letter grading (A-F)
Group Distribution Learning Outcome(s):

Understand how arguments can be made, visions presented, or feelings or ideas conveyed through language or other modes of expression (symbols, movement, images, sounds, etc.).
Analyze and interpret texts, whether literary or philosophical, in English or a foreign language, or works of the visual or performing arts.
Evaluate arguments made in or about texts (whether literary or philosophical, in English or a foreign language, or works of the visual or performing arts).