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| Polish | |
| POL 1210 | Introduction to Polish Language (3) |
| Introduces students to the essentials of Polish grammar with emphasis on speaking and reading. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html. | |
| POL 1220 | Introduction to Polish Language (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Introduces students to the essentials of Polish grammar with emphasis on speaking and reading. Prerequisite: POL 1210 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| POL 2210 | Intermediate Polish Language (3) |
| Second-year continuation of POL 1210, 1220. Prerequisite: POL 1210, 1220 and instructor permission. | |
| POL 2220 | Intermediate Polish Language (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Second-year continuation of POL 1210, 1220. Prerequisite: POL 1210, 1220 and instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| POL 3000T | Non-UVa Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 10) |
| Russian | |
| RUSS 116 | Intensive Introductory Russian (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for RUSS 1016. | |
| RUSS 126 | Intensive Introductory Russian (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for RUSS 2026. | |
| RUSS 216 | Intensive Intermediate Russian (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for RUSS 2016. | |
| RUSS 226 | Intensive Intermediate Russian (0) |
| This is the non-credit option for RUSS 2026. | |
| RUSS 1010 | First-Year Russian (4) |
| Introduces Russian grammar with emphasis on reading and speaking. Class meets five days per week plus work in the language laboratory. To be followed by RUSS 2010, 2020. | |
| RUSS 1016 | Intensive Introductory Russian (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| RUSS 1020 | First-Year Russian (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Introduces Russian grammar with emphasis on reading and speaking. Class meets five days per week plus work in the language laboratory. To be followed by RUSS 2010, 2020. Prerequisite: A grade of C or above in RUSS 1010. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| RUSS 1026 | Intensive Introductory Russian (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in basic oral expression, listening comprehension, elementary reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills at the intermediate level. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: RUSS 1016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| RUSS 1030 | Russian Language Study in Russia (2) |
| In this course, students will begin or continue their study of the Russian language. Students will be placed at the appropriate level and will be taught by instructors at UVA's partner institutions in Moscow and St. Petersburg. At either the beginning or intermediate level, the course includes reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Aimed to give students as high a level of proficiency in spoken and written Russian as possible. | |
| RUSS 2010 | Second-Year Russian (4) |
| Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes practice in speaking and writing Russian and introduction to Russian prose and poetry. Class meets four days per week, plus work in the language laboratory. Prerequisite: RUSS 1020 (with grade of C- or better) or equivalent. | |
| RUSS 2016 | Intensive Intermediate Russian (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: RUSS 1016 & 1026 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| RUSS 2020 | Second-Year Russian (4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes practice in speaking and writing Russian and introduction to Russian prose and poetry. Class meets four days per week, plus work in the language laboratory. Prerequisite: grade of C or better in RUSS 2010. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| RUSS 2026 | Intensive Intermediate Russian (3) |
| This intensive course begins with instruction in intermediate level oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing, and continues with further development of these four skills. Part of the Summer Language Institute. Prerequisites: RUSS 1016 , 1026 & 2016 or equivalent. Course was offered Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Summer 2020, Summer 2019, Summer 2018, Summer 2017, Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013, Summer 2012, Summer 2011, Summer 2010 | |
| RUSS 3000 | Russian House Conversation (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Russian House Conversation Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017 |
| RUSS 3010 | Third-Year Russian (3) |
| Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes intensive oral practice through reports, dialogues, guided discussions; composition of written reports and essays; readings in literary and non-literary texts. Class meets three hours per week, plus work in the language laboratory. Prerequisite: RUSS 2010, 2020 or equivalent with a grade of C or better. | |
| RUSS 3020 | Third-Year Russian (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes intensive oral practice through reports, dialogues, guided discussions; composition of written reports and essays; readings in literary and non-literary texts. Class meets three hours per week, plus work in the language laboratory. Prerequisite: RUSS 2020 with a grade of C or better. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| RUSS 3030 | Intermediate Conversation (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Two hours of conversation practice per week. Prerequisite: RUSS 1020, or equivalent. RUSS 2020 is strongly recommended. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| RUSS 3040 | Applied Russian Phonetics (3) |
| Examines the sound system of the Russian language with special attention to palatalization, vowel reduction, sounds in combination, and the relationship of sound to spelling. Prerequisite: RUSS 1020. Course was offered Spring 2021 | |
| RUSS 3050 | Russian Declension and Conjugation (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Examines the sound system, lexicon, and word formative processes of the Russian literary language. Prerequisite: RUSS 1020 Course was offered Spring 2020 |
| RUSS 3060 | Russian for Business (3) |
| Russian for oral and written communication in business situations. Prerequisite: RUSS 2020. Course was offered Spring 2017, Fall 2009 | |
| RUSS 3500 | Topics in Russian Language & Literature (1 - 3) |
| Selected Topics in Russian Language and Literature | |
| RUSS 3993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Generic course to be used when students are taking non-lecture based independent study with a faculty member. May be repeated for credit | |
| RUSS 4010 | Fourth-Year Russian (3) |
| Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes oral practice, extensive reading, and work in Russian stylistics. Prerequisite: RUSS 3010, 3020 with a grade of C or better. | |
| RUSS 4020 | Fourth-Year Russian (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Continuation of Russian grammar. Includes oral practice, extensive reading, and work in Russian stylistics. Prerequisite: RUSS 4010 with a grade of C or better. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| RUSS 4500 | Topics in Russian Language & Literature (1 - 3) |
| Selected Topics in Russian Language and Literature | |
| RUSS 4520 | Introduction to Russian Literature (3) |
| Introduction to Russian literary studies. Reading and analysis of literary works in the original. Texts are selected from classical and contemporary literature. Topic varies. All readings and discussion in Russian. Course is open to advanced students of Russian and heritage speakers. | |
| RUSS 4990 | Senior Honors Thesis (3) |
| Required of honors majors in Russian language and literature and Russian and East European studies. Course was offered Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| RUSS 4993 | Independent Study in Russian Language (1 - 3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | May be repeated for credit. |
| RUSS 4998 | Senior Thesis in Russian Studies (3) |
| For majors in Russian and East European studies, normally taken in the fourth year. Course was offered Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| RUSS 4999 | Senior Thesis in Russian Studies (3) |
| For majors in Russian and East European studies, normally taken in the fourth year. | |
| RUSS 5010 | Readings in the Social Sciences (3) |
| Based on a careful analysis of the social science texts, students are introduced to advanced topics in Russian morphology and syntax. Successful completion of the course enables students to read nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian non-fiction with minimal difficulty. Prerequisite: RUSS 3020 and instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| RUSS 5030 | Advanced Russian I (3) |
| A thorough review of Russian grammar. Prerequisite: RUSS 2010, 2020, and instructor permission. | |
| RUSS 5032 | Advanced Russian Grammar: Syntax (3) |
| This course is a formal and systematic analysis of the basic syntactic structures of the contemporary Russian literary language with frequent comparison to English (and other, when possible) structures. The emphasis will be on data, not theoretical principles although the conventional theoretical machinery and language of syntax (phrase structure, complement, anaphora) will be used at all times in class and on assignments. | |
| RUSS 5050 | Advanced Conversation (1) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Two hours of conversation practice per week. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: RUSS 3020. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| RUSS 5080 | Methodology (3) |
| Course is designed as a combination of practical classroom procedures & techniques & the theoretical aspects of language teaching methodology. Active participation in unit & lesson planning will be accompanied by critical reading & further class discussion about the methods observed & current research on second language acquisition .The course is intended for advanced undergrad & grad students with at least four years of Russian language study. | |
| RUSS 5110 | The Rise of the Russian Novel, 1795-1850 (3) |
| Studies the development of the Russian novel in the first half of the 19th century. Focuses on the major contributions of Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Dostoevsky, and Turgenev, and examines the social and literary forces that contributed to the evolution of the Russian novel. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html. | |
| RUSS 5120 | Age of Realism, 1851-1881 (3) |
| Studies the works of Russia's most celebrated writers during the middle of the 19th century. Explores the many forms that 'realism' assumed in Russia at this time, and investigates how Russian writers responded to the calls of their contemporary critics to use literature to promote socially progressive ends. | |
| RUSS 5122 | Versions of Dostoevsky (3) |
| Reading Dostoevsky's fiction alongside the critical contexts in which it was produced and received, we'll consider many different versions of Dostoevsky. Texts include Poor Folk, Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov, as well as Dostoevsky's critical and polemical writing. Course was offered Spring 2017 | |
| RUSS 5124 | Tolstoy (3) |
| Tolstoy | |
| RUSS 5140 | Russian Modernism (3) |
| Examines selected works by the leading writers of the early part of the twentieth century. Explores concepts of symbolism, acmeism, and futurism. Focuses on competing conceptions of literature that evolved in the 1920s until the establishment of the hegemony of socialist realism in the 1930s. Considers works written by Russian writers living in emigration. | |
| RUSS 5150 | Russian Formalism and Structuralist Poetics (3) |
| Studies the theory and practice of literary critics. Focuses on the Russian Formalists and the relationship of their theories to those of later critics in America (New Criticism) and the current European Structuralists. Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of French, German, or Russian suggested. | |
| RUSS 5160 | Russian Literature of the Soviet Era-1929-1988 (3) |
| Literature in the Soviet era has been compared to a "second government." This course explores Russian literature under Soviet totalitarianism and examines the concept of Socialist Realism and the process of harnessing literary art to serve the state's interests of creating the "new Soviet person." We also treat the all-important development of unofficial "underground" art and writers' strategies for bypassing the strictures of state control. | |
| RUSS 5175 | The Golden Age of Russian Poetry (3) |
| Studies works by Zhukovsky, Batiushkov, Pushkin, Lermontov, Baratynsky, Tiutchev, and others. | |
| RUSS 5176 | The Silver Age of Russian Poetry (3) |
| Studies the poetry of Blok, Akhmatova, Mandelshtam, Pasternak, Tsvetaeva, and Mayakovsky. Includes symbolism, acmeism, and futurism. | |
| RUSS 5190 | Russian Drama and Theatre (3) |
| Studies works from Fonvizin to Shvarts with emphasis on the major plays of Gogol, Chekhov, and Gorky. Includes production theories of Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, and other prominent Russian directors. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| RUSS 5350 | Russian and Soviet Film: Movies for the Masses (3) |
| An exploration of Soviet and Russian Cinema as artistic medium, industrial product, ideological and political tool, and meansof entertainment. This course devotes equal consideration to popular classics as well as the critically acclaimed masterpieces of russian film in order to engage questions of history theory, and aesthetics within broader cultural currents. | |
| RUSS 5360 | Gulag: Graduate Studies in History and Literature (3) |
| From the Bolshevik Revolution to the end of the Soviet order, the only evidence of the Gulag available to the outside world, apart from the Soviet propaganda, were the testimonies of witnesses and survivors. Their stories functioned as the only available history, thus shedding an interesting light on the traditional distinctions between literature and history. In this course, students will examine the Gulag's history via lit and film. | |
| RUSS 5380 | Russian Postmodernism (3) |
| Examines the exciting developments in late-20th- and early-21st-century Russian literature and art. | |
| RUSS 5390 | The Russian Utopian Imagination (3) |
| This course explores Russian literature's many renderings of heaven on earth and their roots in folklore, religion, art, and political thought. Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Russian | |
| RUSS 5410 | Texts and Critics: Approaches to Literary Analysis (3) |
| This graduate seminar pursues a double goal: to enhance students' skills in reading sophisticated Russian prose and to expose them to various methods of critical analysis. Special attention is paid to Russian literary stylistics and contemporary critical discourse. Readings, class discussion, and written assignments are in Russian. Open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates, as well as heritage speakers. Course was offered Spring 2018 | |
| RUSS 5500 | Selected Topics in Russian Literature (3 - 6) |
| Typical topics in various years include Tolstoy, Russian literary journalism, and the mid-nineteenth century Russian novel. In some years open to students from other departments with no knowledge of Russian. May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| RUSS 5559 | Topics in Russian Language and Literature (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Russian Language and Literature. Course was offered Spring 2023 | |
| RUSS 5993 | Independent Study (1 - 4) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Generic course to be used when students are taking non-lecture based independent study with a faculty member. |
| RUSS 7010 | Proseminar in Russian Literature (3) |
| Required of all candidates for the M.A. degree. | |
| RUSS 7290 | Medieval and 18th-Century Russian (3) |
| Close reading of texts from the Kievan period to end of the 18th century. | |
| RUSS 7350 | Turgenev (3) |
| Study of the major works. | |
| RUSS 7360 | Tolstoy-War and Peace (3) |
| Study of the major works. | |
| RUSS 7500 | Seminar in Russian Studies (3) |
| Advanced work on selected topics. A recent topic was 'utopian vision.' May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| RUSS 7510 | Seminar in Russian Studies (3) |
| Advanced work on selected topics. A recent topic was 'utopian vision.' May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Spring 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| RUSS 7850 | The Russian and West European Novel: 1790-1880 (3) |
| Studies the formation and development of the great Russian realistic novel. Emphasizes internal processes and West European influences. | |
| RUSS 7993 | Independent Study in Russian Linguistics (1 - 3) |
| For students wishing to pursue independent reading and research in Russian Linguistics. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission | |
| RUSS 8210 | Advanced Structure of Russian: Phonology and Morphology (3) |
| Prerequisite: LNGS 3250 and instructor permission. | |
| RUSS 8500 | Topics in Russian Language and Literature (3) |
| Could include Russian language, fiction, poetry, drama, or culture. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. | |
| RUSS 8999 | Master's Thesis (1 - 12) |
| Research for and final preparation of M.A. thesis. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| RUSS 9999 | Non-Topical Research, Doctoral (1 - 12) |
| For doctoral research taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| Russian in Translation | |
| RUTR 2310 | UVA in Russia: Literary Places in Russia (4) |
| This course will take students to visit the places associated with literature -- writers' museums and the locations where they site their works -- in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Visiting and studying these places can teach us much about Russian literary works, their creators and their readers. We will read and explore the works of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Mayakovsky, Bulgakov and other Russian writers. | |
| RUTR 2330 | Russia and the Caucasus (3) |
| This interdisciplinary course introduces students to the respective cultural histories of Armenia, Georgia, and Russia, relying heavily on literary and cinematic sources. We will also explore the more contemporary relationship between the Caucasus and Russia from the 19th century to the present. | |
| RUTR 2350 | Russian and East European Film (3) |
| This course is an introduction to and overview of the history of film in Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on Russia, though we will be discussing other countries that were once part of the Soviet Bloc. We will be covering a variety of films, long and short, as well as animation, and how these works of art reflect the time periods in which they were created. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2010 | |
| RUTR 2360 | Tales of Transgression (3) |
| This course examines how Russian writers engage with ethical questions ranging from lofty pursuits of freedom and the meaning of life to more prosaic issues of personal responsibility and happiness. In the context of literary analysis, we explore such conceptual terms describing human activity as love and justice, right and wrong, good and evil. Texts by Dostoevsky, Leskov, Tolstoy, Ostrovsky, Chekhov, Olesha, and Petrushevskaya. | |
| RUTR 2370 | Fairy Tales (3) |
| This course considers a medley of tales drawn from various cultural traditions, oral and written, including canonical European fairy tales, traditional Slavic texts, African folk narratives, and oral tales from other cultures collected and recorded more recently. We will sample different thematic groups of tales and analyze them in view of various interpretive methodologies: structuralism, sociology, feminism, and cultural studies. Particular attention will be paid to adaptations of familiar stories for different times and audiences. All readings in English. No prerequisites. | |
| RUTR 2400 | Russian Masterpieces (3) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies selected great works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century prose fiction. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2014 | |
| RUTR 2450 | Art of Scandal: Literature and Culture in Society (3) |
| Studies works of art that caused major controversy and debate in Russia. Why did certain texts resonate more loudly than others in society? How did this dynamic change between the imperial and post-Soviet periods? Includes works of art in a variety of media: literature and criticism, modern painting, architecture, film and music. | |
| RUTR 2460 | Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization (3) |
| No knowledge of Russian needed. Investigates 'being Russian' through the works of Russia's great writers, artists, architects, and composers. Focuses on the heroes, heroines, and villains, symbols, legends, and rituals central to Russian creativity. | |
| RUTR 2470 | Understanding Russia: Symbols, Myths, and Archetypes of Identity (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course explores different sources of Russian national identity from pre-Christian `Rus' to the present. We will investigate how the occidental and oriental elements blend into a unique Euro-Asian culture, nation, and world power. Our main aim is to provide an orientation to the symbolic world of Russian self-identification. We will employ the tools of the historian, geographer, psychologist, and student of literature and culture. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2009 |
| RUTR 2500 | Topics in Russian Literature (1 - 3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Studies in English translation of selected authors, works, or themes in Russian literature. Topics in recent years were Solzhenitsyn, Nabokov. May be repeated for credit under different topics. Course was offered Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2021, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2012 |
| RUTR 2730 | Dostoevsky (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the major works of Dostoevsky. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| RUTR 2740 | Tolstoy in Translation (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the major works of Tolstoy. |
| RUTR 2993 | Independent Study in Russian Folklore, Culture or Literature in Translation (1 - 3) |
| For students wishing to pursue independent reading and research in Russian Folklore, Culture, Civilization or Literature in Translation. May be repeated for credit
. Course was offered Spring 2018 | |
| RUTR 3340 | Books Behind Bars: Life, Lit, & Community Leadership (4) |
| Students will grapple in a profound and personal way with timeless human questions: Who am I? Why am I here? How should I live? They will do this, in part, by facilitating discussions about short masterpieces of Russian literature with residents at a juvenile correctional center. This course offers an integrated academic-community engagement curriculum, and provides a unique opportunity for service learning, leadership, and youth mentoring. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| RUTR 3350 | Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature (3) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the major works of Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Goncharov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and others. Emphasizes prose fiction. This course is a prerequisite for 5000-level literature courses. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html. | |
| RUTR 3360 | Twentieth Century Russian Literature (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course surveys Russian literature (prose and poetry) of the twentieth century. Readings include works by Soviet and émigré writers. All works are read in English translation. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 |
| RUTR 3390 | Edens, Idylls, and Utopias in Russian Literature (3) |
| This course explores Russian literature's many renderings of heaven on earth and their roots in folklore, religion, art, and political thought. | |
| RUTR 3400 | Nabokov (3) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the evolution of Nabokov's art, from his early Russian language tales to the major novels written in English. Course was offered Spring 2020, Fall 2013 | |
| RUTR 3500 | Topics in Russian Literature (3 - 6) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Studies in English translation of selected authors, works, or themes in Russian literature. Topics in recent years were Solzhenitsyn, Nabokov. May be repeated for credit under different topics. Course was offered Spring 2023, Fall 2017, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2009 |
| RUTR 3510 | Topics in Russian Literature (3 - 6) |
| Studies in English translation of selected authors, works, or themes in Russian literature. Topics in recent years were Solzhenitsyn, Nabokov. May be repeated for credit under different topics. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| RUTR 3520 | Case Studies in Russian Literature (3) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. One great novel such as War and Peace or The Brothers Karamazov is studied in detail along with related works and a considerable sampling of critical studies. | |
| RUTR 3559 | Russian Literature in Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Russian Literature in Translation. | |
| RUTR 3680 | The Russian Novel in European Perspective (3) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the evolution of the Russian novel, its thematic and structural features, from the early nineteenth century to the present. | |
| RUTR 3993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Generic course to be used when students are taking non-lecture based independent study with a faculty member. May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Fall 2024 | |
| RUTR 4500 | Topics in Russian Language & Literature (1 - 3) |
| Selected Topics in Russian Language and Literature. | |
| RUTR 4559 | New Course in Russian Literature in Translation (1 - 4) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Russian in Translation. Course was offered Spring 2023, Spring 2017 | |
| RUTR 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Generic course to be used when students are taking non-lecture based independent study with a faculty member. May be repeated for credit | |
| RUTR 5559 | Topics in Russian Literature in Translation (3) |
| This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Russian in Translation. | |
| Slavic | |
| SLAV 1001T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Artistic, Interpretive, and SLAVosophical Inquiry. | |
| SLAV 1002T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Cultures and Societies of the World. | |
| SLAV 1003T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to SLAVorical Perspectives. | |
| SLAV 1004T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Social and Economic Systems. | |
| SLAV 1005T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Chemical, SLAVematical, and SLAVical Inquiry | |
| SLAV 1006T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Living Systems. | |
| SLAV 1007T | Non-UVA Transfer/Test Credit (1 - 4) |
| Transfer credit or test credit that is not equivalentto current UVA coursework. Contains content related to Science and Society | |
| SLAV 2150 | Magic and Meaning (3) |
| Magic is the ineffable between categories. It is what we seek to understand and to control. It is also what we fear. In many senses, it is the essence of folklore. This course will examine the nature and the use of magic, both positive and negative, it will look at magic acts and magic people. | |
| SLAV 2250 | The Dark Side of the 20th Century: Between Auschwitz & Gulag (3) |
| The twentieth century was a period of humanity's unprecedented progress as well as its greatest recorded downfall into barbarity, genocide, and mass oppression. This course enables students to study and reflect on the latter. Some questions will be asked in the course: How do we construct cultural memories of traumatic experiences? Why do we want to remember them? Do we? Course was offered January 2024, January 2023, Janiuary 2022, January 2021, January 2020, January 2019, January 2018, January 2017, January 2015, January 2014, January 2013, January 2012, January 2011, January 2010 | |
| SLAV 2360 | Dracula (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | An introduction to Slavic folklore with special emphasis on the origins and subsequent manifestations of vampirism. Western perceptions, misperceptions, and adaptations of Slavic culture are explored and explicated. The approach is interdisciplinary: folklore, history, literature, religion, film, disease and a variety of other topics. Course was offered January 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, January 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, January 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Janiuary 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Spring 2021, January 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, January 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, January 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018, January 2018, Fall 2017, Summer 2017, Spring 2017, January 2017, Fall 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2016, January 2016, Fall 2015, Summer 2015, Spring 2015, January 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010 |
| SLAV 2500 | Topics in Slavic Literature and Culture (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Could include Polish, Czech, or Slovak fiction, poetry, drama, or culture. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. |
| SLAV 2559 | Independent Study (1 - 6) |
| generic course number to be used when students are taking non-lecture based independent study with a faculty member Course was offered Spring 2015 | |
| SLAV 3500 | Topics in Slavic Language & Literature (1 - 3) |
| Selected Topics in Slavic Language and Literature. | |
| SLAV 3993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Generic course to be used when students are taking non-lecture based independent study with a faculty member. May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Spring 2024 | |
| SLAV 4500 | Topics in Slavic Literature and Culture (3) |
| Could include Polish, Czech, or Slovak fiction, poetry, drama, or culture. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. | |
| SLAV 5100 | Old Church Slavonic (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Introduction to Grammar and Textual attestation of the oldest attested Slavic Language and the relationship between this language, Old Russian Church Slavonic and Contemporary Standard Russian. Course was offered Fall 2022, Spring 2019 |
| SLAV 5300 | Culture and Identity (3) |
| This interdisciplinary graduate seminar examines a range of cultural expressions of Russian identity as found in literature, architecture, art, music, dance, journalism, folk art, religious art, film, museums and exhibitions. What is "Russian national culture?" What makes its allure so powerful? What are some of its main controversies? To what extent is Russian culture a myth, an ideal, or a set of practices? Is it dynamic or static? Course was offered Fall 2018 | |
| SLAV 5500 | Topics in Slavic Language and Literature (1 - 3) |
| Selected Topics in Slavic Language and Literature. | |
| SLAV 5610 | Polish Literature (3) |
| A graduate-level survey of Polish literature from its Medieval beginnings to the contemporary period. Readings include Jan Kochanowski, Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Slowacki, Boleslaw Prus, Stefan Zeromski, Bruno Schulz, Witold Gombrowicz, Czeslaw Milosz, Tadeusz Rozewicz, Tadeusz Borowski, Wislawa Szymborska, Slawomir Mrozek, and others. Undergraduate students welcome with the permission by the instructor. All readings in English. | |
| SLAV 5993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Generic course to be used when students are taking non-lecture based independent study with a faculty member. May be repeated for credit. | |
| SLAV 7500 | Topics in Slavic Language & Literature (1 - 3) |
| Selected Topics in Slavic Language and Literature | |
| SLAV 8500 | Topics in Slavic Languages and Literatures (3) |
| Could include any Slavic languages, fiction, poetry, drama, or culture. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. | |
| SLAV 8620 | Seminar in Slavic Linguistics (3) |
| Seminar in Slavic Linguistics Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| SLAV 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SLAV 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SLAV 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| SLAV 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1 - 12) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Course was offered Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| Slavic Folklore & Oral Literature | |
| SLFK 2120 | Russian Folklore (3) |
| What is folklore exactly? Further, what is it in the Russian context? This course is a thorough overview of different types of folklore throughout Russian history. We will cover a brief history of Russia from pre-Christian times and continue into a thorough analysis of various examples of Russian folklore. This will include narrative folklore (folktales, fairy tales, songs, etc.), material folklore (house structures and layout, clothing, etc.), and social folklore (weddings, funerals, etc.). Students will also be expected to investigate their own ethnic backgrounds through paper topics based on what is learned in the course. Course was offered Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| SLFK 2130 | Magic Acts (3) |
| Because associative thinking is often done outside of awareness, this course seeks to make it conscious by looking at magic practices in cultures different from our own. Specifically, students will examine east Slavic (Russian and Ukrainian) magic in its various forms. They will then look at phenomena closer to our own culture. Experimentation is part of this course. Its purpose will not be to ascertain whether magic 'works.' It will try to determine, and then describe, how associative thinking works and how people feel when they use this type of thinking. | |
| SLFK 2140 | Ritual and Demonology (3) |
| Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies Russian and Ukrainian folk belief as it manifests itself in daily life. Examines how Russian and Ukrainian peasants lived in the 19th century, and how this effects both living patterns and attitudes today. Includes farming techniques, house and clothing types, and food beliefs. Covers the agrarian calendar and its rituals such as Christmas and Easter, the manipulation of ritual in the Soviet era, and the resurgence of ritual today. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html. | |
| SLFK 3500 | Topics in Slavic Folklore (1 - 3) |
| Selected topics in Slavic Folklore. | |
| SLFK 5500 | Topics in Slavic Folklore (1 - 3) |
| For students wishing to pursue independent reading and research in Russian Folklore or Folklore of Slavic culture. | |
| SLFK 7993 | Independent Study in Slavic Folklore (1 - 3) |
| For the students wishing to pursue independent reading and research in Slavic folklore or the folklore of other Slavic cultures. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission Course was offered Spring 2018 | |
| Slavic in Translation | |
| SLTR 2000 | Eastern Europe through Literature and Film (3) |
| This course examines a series of Eastern European literary works and films as insights into cultural responses to major historical and intellectual challenges in Eastern Europe from the outbreak of World War II to the present. The course will also explore the role of cultural media (literature and film) in motivating and mythologizing historical events in Eastern Europe. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html. | |
| SLTR 2993 | Independent Study in East European Literature in Translation (1 - 6) |
| Examines a series of Eastern European literary works and films as insights into cultural responses to major historical and intellectual challenges in Eastern Europe from the outbreak of World War II to the present. Explores the role of cultural media in motivating and mythologizing historical events in Eastern Europe. (IRY) | |
| SLTR 3200 | Poland: History and Culture (3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | This course takes students through more than 1000 years of Poland's history and culture. Explorations of literature, art, film, and music, as well as key historic events and biographies, will provide students with unique insight in the main sources of Polish identity, its central values, challenges, myths, symbols, and preoccupations in a larger European context. All materials in English. Course was offered Spring 2017, Fall 2013 |
| SLTR 3300 | Facing Evil in the Twentieth Century: Humanity in Extremis (3) |
| The 20th century will most likely remain one of the most puzzling periods in human history, in which amazing progress was coupled with unprecedented barbarity of modern totalitarian regimes. The course helps students untangle this paradox by exploring a series of memoirs by survivors and perpetrators, as well as scholarly essays, films, and other cultural statements. Course was offered Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2013 | |
| SLTR 3500 | Topics in Slavic in Translation (3) |
| Could Include Polish, Czech, or Slovak fiction, poetry, drama, or culture. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. | |
| SLTR 3993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Generic course to be used when students are taking non-lecture based independent study with a faculty member. May be repeated for credit. | |
| SLTR 4200 | Robots and Rebels in Czech Literature and Culture (3) |
| An investigation of classics of modern Czech fiction and film. Some of the great works include Hasek (The Good Soldier Svejk), Nemcova (The Grandmother), Capek (the inventor of the word "robot"), Seifert's Nobel-winning poetry, Lustig (Children of the Holocaust), Kundera (The Unbearable Lightness of Being), Havel (The Power of the Powerless; The Garden Party), as well as great films like "Closely Watched Trains" and "Firemen's Ball." | |
| SLTR 4993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Generic course to be used when students are taking non-lecture based independent study with a faculty member. May be repeated for credit | |
| SLTR 5200 | Classics of Czech Literature and Culture (3) |
| An investigation of classics of modern Czech fiction and film. Some of the great works include Hasek (The Good Soldier Svejk), Nemcova (The Grandmother), Capek (the inventor of the word "robot"), Seifert's Nobel-winning poetry, Lustig (Children of the Holocaust), Kundera (The Unbearable Lightness of Being), Havel (The Power of the Powerless; The Garden Party), as well as great films like "Closely Watched Trains" and "Firemen's Ball." | |
| SLTR 5500 | Topics in Slavic in Translation (1 - 3) |
| Selected topics in Slavic in Translation. | |
| SLTR 5993 | Independent Study (1 - 3) |
| Offered Spring 2025 | Generic course to be used when students are taking non-lecture based independent study with a faculty member. May be repeated for credit Course was offered Fall 2021 |
| Ukrainian | |
| UKR 1220 | Introduction to Ukrainian Language (3) |
| Introduces students to the essentials of Ukrainian grammar with emphasis on speaking and reading. Prerequisite: Instructor permission; some knowledge of Russian recommended. | |