RUSSIAN COURSES AND COURSES ABOUT RUSSIA

DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

FALL 2008

I. Courses In English About Russia
The Peoples of Russia
Course Number: ML&L 3342
Instructor: Dr. Bruce Holl
Prerequisites: None. This course is open to all Trinity students.
Common Curriculum: World Cultures/ Cultural Heritage
Times: 12:30-1:20 MWF
Place: 218 Northrup Hall
Description:
A survey of the culture of the Russian, Jewish, Siberian and Caucasian Peoples of the Russian Federation through lectures, discussions, readings, film, and world wide web sites.
Reading Materials:
Gogol, N. Diary of a Madman, the Government Inspector and Selected Stories. Penguin
Orwell, George. Animal Farm . Signet
Lermontov, Mikhail. A Hero of Our Time. Penguin
Babel, Issac. The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel. W. W. Norton
Arseniev, V. K. Dersu the Trapper. McPherson

For further information contact Dr. Bruce Holl

Russian Literature in Translation I
Course Number: ML&L 3340-1 (Meets with RUSS 3305-1)
Instructor: Dr. Bruce Holl
Prerequisites: None
Common Curriculum: Arts and Literature/Western Culture
Time: 10:30-11:20 MWF
Place:  NH 218
Description: A survey of 19th Century Russian Literature in Translation
Materials:
Pushkin, Alexander. The Captain's Daughter and Other Stories. Vintage.
Gogol, Nikolai. Diary of a Madman and Other Stories. Penguin.
Pavlova, K. A Double Life. Barbary Coast Books.
Turgenev, I. Fathers and Sons. Norton.
Dosoevsky, Fyodor. Notes from Underground. Norton.
Tolstoy, Lev. The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories. Penguin.
Chekhov, Anton. The Major Plays. Signet.

For further information contact Bruce Holl

II. Courses for Russian Language Students
Elementary Russian I
Course Number: RUSS 1401-1
Instructor: Dr. Sarah Burke
Prerequisites: None
Time: 9:30-10:20 MWF; 8:55-9:45 T
Place: NH 216
Description: First semester Russian language
Materials: Russian Stage One: Live From Moscow Vol. 1

For further information contact Dr. Sarah Burke

Intermediate Russian I
Course Number: RUSS 2301-1
Instructor: Dr. Sarah Burke
Prerequisites: RUSS 1402 or the equivalent
Time: 10:30-11:20 MWF
Place: NH 216
Description: Third semester Russian language
Materials: Russian Stage One: Live From Moscow Vol. 2

For further information contact Dr. Sarah Burke

Advanced Russian I
Course Number: RUSS 3301-1
Instructor: Dr. Bruce Holl
Prerequisites: RUSS 2302 or the equivalent
Time: 11:30-12:20 MWF
Place: NH 216
Description: Fifth semester Russian language
Materials: Russian Stage Two: Welcome Back!

For further information contact Dr. Bruce Holl

Introduction to Russian Literature I
Course Number: RUSS 3305-1 (Meets with ML&L 3340-1)
Instructor: Dr. Bruce Holl
Prerequisites: RUSS 2302 or the equivalent
Common Curriculum: Arts and Literature/Western Culture
Time: 10:30-11:20 MWF
Place:  NH 218
Description: A survey of Nineteenth Century Russian literature
Materials:
Pushkin, Alexander. The Captain's Daughter and Other Stories. Vintage.
Gogol, Nikolai. Diary of a Madman and Other Stories. Penguin.
Pavlova, K. A Double Life. Barbary Coast Books.
Turgenev, I. Fathers and Sons. Norton.
Dosoevsky, Fyodor. Notes from Underground. Norton.
Tolstoy, Lev. The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories. Penguin.
Chekhov, Anton. The Major Plays. Signet.
Rosengrant and Lifschitz, ed. Readings in Russian Literature of the Nineteenth Century. Wiley

For further information contact Dr. Bruce Holl