Rice Course Schedule, Fall 2003
Russian (RUSS)

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RUSS 101   INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN I                Credits 4.00  Fall 03
Overview of the fundamentals of Russian grammar.  Includes pronunciation,
reading, oral practice, and translation.
001 WIES 146 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM    Ludwig, Jonathan          Enr: 23 Max: NA

RUSS 201   INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTUR Credits 3.00  Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Grammar review, reading of selected texts, conversation, and composition.
Prereq- RUSS 102, placement test, or permission of instructor.
001 WIES 146 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM    Ludwig, Jonathan          Enr: 7 Max: NA

RUSS 331   RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND COLONIALISM       Credits 3.00  Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
This course includes a broad survey of postcolonial theories starting with
Edward Said and including Homi Bhabha, Leela Gandhi, Gayatri Spivak, Michael
Hechter, Helen Tiffin and others. The course is based on Ewa M. Thompsons
"Imperial Knowledge: Russian Literature and Colonialism" published by Greenwood
in 2000. Literary readings include Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace"; Alexander
Pushkin's "Bronze Horseman" and "Journey to Arzrum"; Valentine Rasputin's
"Live, Remember" and other stories; Anatoly Rybakov's "Children of the Arbat";
Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "Cancer Ward"; Ludmila Petrushevskaya's "Night",
Tatiana Tolstaia's "Sleepwalker in a Fog"; and Valeiya Novodvorskaya's essays.
001 RH 302 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM      Thompson, Ewa M.          Enr: 4 Max: NA

RUSS 351   TOLSTOY                                  Credits 3.00  Fall 03
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Study of major works of Tolstoy.  Novels and stories discussed include "War,
Peace"; "Anna Karenina"; "The Kreutzer Sonata"; "Family Happiness"; "The
Cossacks"; "The Devil"; "The Death of Ivan Ilych"; "Father Sergius"; "The
Confessions" and "Hadji Murad". Taught in English.  Also offered as HUMA 382.
001 RH 310 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM      Thompson, Ewa M.          Enr: 3 Max: NA

RUSS 450   INDEPENDENT STUDY                        Credits 3.00  Fall 03
Content varies depending on student interests and the availability of
instructors.
001 TBA - TBA                           Thompson, Ewa M.          Enr: 1 Max: NA