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Department of Slavic
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Slavic
1 & 2 (5 units each)
Fall 2001
Lisa Little (Instructor-in-Charge)
Comprehensive video-based program for the study of Russian language and culture. Focus on proficiency in all four skills (listening, reading, speaking, writing). Daily homework assignments. Six or seven chapter tests and a final (computerized, each can be taken up to 3 times for best score).
Lubensky, Ervin, & Jarvis, NACHALO When in Russia?, Book 1 with Cassette Tape and Workbook/Lab Manual.
Recommended:
Edwina Cruise, English Grammar for Students of Russian (for students with little background in grammar) and/ or Natalia Lusin, Barron's Russian Grammar (for students who want to see the overall picture or who want an additional reference).
Lubensky, Ervin, & Jarvis, NACHALO When in Russia?, Book 2 with Cassette Tape and Workbook/Lab Manual.
Natalia Lusin, Barron's Russian Grammar.
Recommended:
Romanov's Russian-English English-Russian Dictionary or Kenneth Katzner, English-Russian Russian-English Dictionary
Prerequisites: Slavic 1 - none; Slavic 2 - Slavic 1 or consent of instructor-in-charge.
Lisa Little (Instructor-in-Charge)
Comprehensive review of Russian grammatical system (illustrated in works by classic and contemporary Russian authors). Focus on proficiency in all four skills (listening, reading, speaking, writing). Weekly viewing of popular animated film series. Weekly homework assignments. End-of-semester reading project. Six chapter tests and a final.
Slavic 3 & 4 (Contiuned)
REQUIRED TEXTS: (AVAILABLE THROUGH ASUC's CAL TEXTBOOKS)
Rifkin, Grammatika v Kontekste: Russian Grammar in Literary Contexts, with cassette tapes and workbook/lab manual.
Romanov's Russian-English English-Russian Dictionary or Kenneth Katzner, English-Russian Russian-English Dictionary.
Recommended:
Natalia Lusin, Barron's Russian Grammar
Prerequisites: previous semester or consent of instructor-in-charge.
Slavic R5B, Section 1 (4 units) Fall
2001
Chris Caes
We will look at literature in the context of the great social, cultural and political changes of the "century of iron": industrialization and capitalism, advances in science, rationalism, changing gender roles. What does the realist aesthetic seek to accomplish? What is the role of scandal and melodrama? How much of the nineteenth century is still with us? Particularly, we will want to pay attention to the difference in national contexts in the works we focus on. We will also view some of the film versions that have been adapted from these famous novels.
Course requirements: Attentive reading and contribution to class discussions. Completion of short assignments on specific points of grammar and style. Students will write four essays of various lengths on the assigned readings, revising three of them substantially. In addition, students will make short presentations to the class during the course of the semester.
Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice 1813
Honore de Balzac - Old Goriot 1834
Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights 1847
Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina 1870
Boleslaw Prus - The Doll 1890
Frederick Crews - The Random House Handbook
Additionally, selected essays and criticism will be included in a course reader.
Prerequisites: Fulfillment of the 1A or 5A portion of the Reading and Composition requirement or the equivalent
Slavic
25A (5 units) Fall 2001
The Staff
THE 25A-25B COURSE SEQUENCE BEGINS IN THE FALL TERM ONLY. The Fall course (25A) and the Spring course (25B) introduce the modern Polish language. The emphasis is on spoken Polish through classroom exercises, dialogues, directed conversation, and some supplementary readings as assigned. Daily homework; one hour of language laboratory per week. Weekly quizzes; three midterms and the final exam.
Texts: Oscar Swan, First Year Polish
Leonard A Polakiewicz, Supplemental Materials for First Year Polish
Prerequisites: None for 25A; 25B presumes a knowledge of 25A or equivalent.
Slavic 26A (5 units) Fall 2001
The Staff
THE 26A-26B COURSE SEQUENCE BEGINS IN THE FALL TERM ONLY.
The sequence of 26A (Fall) and 26B (Spring) gives a gradual and systematic coverage of the Czech language--spelling, pronunciation, grammar. The course develops skills in speaking, writing, and (from the end of the fall semester) reading.
Daily homework, midterms, final exam.
Texts: to be announced in class.
Prerequisites: None for 26A; 26B presumes a knowledge of 26A or equivalent.
Slavic 27A (5 units) Fall 2001
The Staff
THE 27A-27B COURSE SEQUENCE BEGINS IN THE FALL TERM ONLY.
Introduction to the grammatical core common to Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian with explanation of major differences (from both a linguistic and sociocultural viewpoint). Greater focus on reading and writing in the first semester and on speaking in the second semester. Daily homework assignments, weekly quizzes, midterm and final.
Text: SCB (available in manuscript as reader)
Prerequisites: None for 27A; 27B presumes a knowledge of 27A or equivalent.
Slavic
28A (5 units) Fall 2001
The Staff
THE 28A-28B COURSE SEQUENCE BEGINS IN THE FALL TERM ONLY. Practical instruction in the Bulgarian language with a focus on integrated skills (reading, grammar, conversation). Course offered as staffing permits.
Text:
Ronelle Alexander & Olga Mladenova, Intensive Bulgarian
Prerequisites: None for 28A; 28B presumes a knowledge of 28A or equivalent.
Johanna Nichols
Lower division seminar:
"The Languages and Peoples of The Caucasus"
COURSE CONTROL NUMBER: 79844
MWF 1-2, 6115 DWINELLE HALL
The Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas, is notable for its great linguistic and cultural diversity (as well as its biological diversity). The cultures and especially the languages are exotic compared to those of either Europe or the Near East. The various peoples of the Caucasus have been important in prehistory and history, though rarely politically powerful. They have generally lived together peaceably, though colonial and post-colonial processes have made the Caucasus the site of several genocides.
This course covers: The histories and origins of the peoples of northern Turkey and Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Abkhazia, Circassia, Ossetia, Kabardia, Balkaria, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Daghestan, and the southern Russian steppe (e.g. Cossacks, Mongols, Khazars, the ancient Scythians). The languages of the Caucasus, their origins and structural types, patterns of multilingualism, Soviet language policy, post-Soviet language planning. (Students will learn some basic useful phrases in Georgian and Chechen.) The major religions followed in the Caucasus (Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism) and their interaction. Human rights, self-determination, and the likely future of small nations and small languages.
Workload: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week; midterm, final paper; quiz and about 2 homework assignments. Texts: course reader.
Prerequisites: freshman or sophomore standing.
Slavic 45 (3
units) Fall 2001
Harsha Ram
During the semester we will be reading some of the celebrated works of the Russian nineteenth-century, from Pushkin through Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevskii and Tolstoi to Chekhov.
It is the nineteenth century that poses the decisive questions of Russian modernity: the quest for an identity for the nation and its language, the problem of literary realism, the responsibilities of literature as an agent for social change, the status of the writer within changing social hierarchies, the correlation of the personal and the collective, the political and the metaphysical. These are decades of formal exploration and cultural anxiety, existential doubt and political denunciation. To define the nineteenth century and its questions and make them speak to us will be our goal this semester.
Our interest will focus primarily on the novel, but will also touch on related genres such as the novel-in-verse, and the short story.
The course is a prerequisite for admission to the Slavic major and is recommended for prospective graduate students in Slavic. No knowledge of Russian is required; the classes are conducted in English.
Texts: Pushkin, Eugene Onegin, trans. James E.Falen
Gogol, Diary of a Madman and Other Stories, trans. Ronald Wilks
Lermontov, A Hero of our Time, trans. Martin Parker
urgenev, Fathers and Sons, trans. Michael R.Katz
Dostoevskii, Crime and Punishment, trans. Jessie Coulson
Tolstoi, Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy, trans. John Bayley
Chekhov, The Major Plays, trans. Ann Donnigan
Slavic
103A (4 units) Fall 2001
Arkady Alexeev
This course covers three main aspects of an advanced Russian course: grammar, syntax, and readings. The grammar is reviewed. Syntax deals with the practical aspects of simple and compound sentences. Readings introduce the best Russian authors. The course is taught in Russian. There are weekly quizzes on grammar, syntax, and reading, one midterm and the final exam. Weekly discussion or conversation section. Grades are based on: quizzes 30%, midterm 30%, final 40%.
Texts: I. Pulkina, Russian (1997 version)
Advanced Russian Syntax Part II
Russian Reader (photocopied)
Glossary for the Russian Reader
Prerequisites: Slavic 4, 14D or equivalent.
Slavic 105A
(1, 2 or 3 units) Fall 2001
Arkady Alexeev
SLAVIC 105A OFFERED IN FALL; SLAVIC 105B IN SPRING.
Course may be repeated for credit. Three hours of lecture per week. Course may be taken for one unit (5 weeks: basic translation skills), two units (10 weeks: advanced skills), or three units (15 weeks: professional skills).
The course is intended for students who are interested in acquiring translation skills that can be used in the growing field of Russian/American commercial and cultural relations, diplomacy and journalism. Because translation is studied from both Russian into English and from English into Russian it can be useful for English speakers as well as Russian native and heritage speakers. The course will consist of two parts, A and B, offered respectively in the fall and spring semesters. Both courses deal with the written and oral translation. However, Slavic 105A has the main emphasis on the written translation, its peculiarities and methods studied through practical translation of authentic texts. The main focus will be on translating technical texts. The oral part in Slavic 105A concentrates on acquiring basic skills necessary for informal interpreting. Workload: workshop, midterm, final.
Texts: materials supplied in class.
Prerequisites: Slavic 1, 2, 3, 4 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.
Slavic
109 (3 units) Fall 2001
Arkady Alexeev
This course is designed for students with a good command of basic Russian who would like to gain the vocabulary of business transactions in Russian in order to be able to establish actual contacts with Russian businessmen and women, to participate in business negotiations, to compile business contracts in Russian, and to read Russian business magazines and newspapers. Elements of the business law of Russia will also be discussed. The students are offered a large selection of original texts on economic, business, trade (domestic and foreign), and natural resource development. In addition to practical exercises and discussions, guest speakers and video materials will be widely used in classwork. The workload will include regular written assignments, presentations, a midterm and final exam.
Texts: a reader compiled by the instructor as well as handouts and other materials.
Prerequisites: Slavic 4 (2 years of Russian) or the equivalent.
Slavic 114 (1-6
units) Fall 2001
Anna Muza
Individual class sessions for students are arranged during the first week of classes. Please see the instructor during special office hours during the first week of classes to arrange tutorial schedules. The first week of classes office hours will be posted outside of the Slavic Department office at 6303 Dwinelle Hall at that time.
The course can be taken for two semesters not to exceed the maximum of 6 units.
The course is designed for native speakers of Russian who have not studied Russian formally or consistently. It aims at building a sophisticated and mature vocabulary, developing grammatical awareness and writing competency. Students with adequate linguistic preparation in both English and Russian may also work on translation skills. The course is organized around students' individual needs and abilities. Classes or individual consultations are held on a weekly basis as arranged during the first week of the semester. Grades are based on regular homework assignments, attendance, and two or three tests or a final paper. Open to undergraduate and graduate students with consent of instructor. Workload: weekly home assignments adjusted to the number of units declared.
Texts: All materials to be offered by the instructor in the course of the semester.
Prerequisites: native oral fluency.
Slavic 115A (4
units) Fall 2001
The Staff
This course will contain three major components: a review of grammar; reading and translation of moderately difficult Polish prose and poetry, primarily of the twentieth century; and conversation.
Texts: Olesky & Swan, W Labiryncie
Prerequisites: Slavic 25B or consent of the instructor.
Slavic 116A (4 units) Fall 2001
The Staff
The course combines a review of Czech grammar (along with discussion of problem areas of grammar) and reading of Czech literature.
Texts: to be announced in class.
Prerequisites: Slavic 26B or consent of instructor.
Slavic 117A
(4 units) Fall 2001
The Staff
NOTE: THIS COURSE WILL BE OFFERED AS STAFFING PERMITS.
Spoken and written language; advanced grammar review. Reading of texts from various authors and cultural sources on Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia. The course will include some discussion of the contemporary sociolinguistic situation as it relates to language use, but the primary emphasis is on practical language competence. Short oral reports and writing practice. Grades based on class participation, midterm and final exam.
Texts: Available from the instructor once class begins.
Prerequisites: Slavic 27B or permission of instructor.
Slavic
120A (2-3 units) Fall 2001
Lisa Little
SLAVIC 120A IS OFFERED IN THE FALL; 120B IS OFFERED EACH SPRING SEMESTER.
Russian language and culture through communication. Emphasis on listening and speaking skills. Daily homework assignments. May be taken for 2-3 credits (2=2 classes per week; 3=3 classes per week). Four oral tests and an end-of-semester oral interview.
Texts: (available through ASUC's Cal Textbooks)
Tall and Vlasikova, Let's Talk About Life!, textbook and cassette tape.
Prerequisites: Slavic 4 or consent of instructor-in-charge. May be taken after 120B.
Slavic 132 (4
units) Fall 2001
Liza Knapp
This Course is Cross-listed with English 125C
A close reading of works by Dostoevsky and Tolstoy and of English novels as they relate to the following themes:
1. Childhood, Boyhood, Girlhood in Russia and England (first person narratives about growing up by Tolstoy and Dostoevsky read in conjunction with Jane Eyre).
2. Love, Death, the Steam Engine and "The Woman Question" (Dostoevsky's The Idiot, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, and George Eliot's Middlemarch).
3. The Russian Point of View: Interior Monologue and Innovations in Poetics (Dostoevsky's "A Gentle Creature" and Tolstoy's "The Kreutzer Sonata"; English critical responses to Dostoevsky and Tolstoy).
Workload: one paper, midterm, final exam.
Texts:
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Netochka Nezvanova, The Idiot, "A Gentle Creature"
Leo Tolstoy, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth, "Family Happiness," Anna Karenina, "The Kreutzer Sonata"
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
George Eliot, Middlemarch
selected essays
Prerequisites: None. All readings done in English.
Slavic 134E (4
units) Fall 2001
Hugh McLean
Cross-Listed with Dramatic Art 126, Section 2
L&S BREADTH REQUIREMENT: ARTS & LITERATURE
Required readings will consist of a representative selection of Chekhov's short stories and all his plays. There will be a mid-term examination, a short paper, a longer term paper, and a final examination. No knowledge of Russian is required, but students who know some Russian are encouraged to read as much as they can in the original.
Texts::
The Portable Chekhov, ed. A. Yarmolinsky (Penguin)
Anton Chekhov's Short Stories, ed. Ralph E. Matlaw (Norton)
Selected Stories, tr. Ann Dunnigan (Penguin)
Seven Short Novels, tr. Barbara Makanowitzky (Norton)
The Steppe and Other Stories, tr. Ronald Hingley (Oxford)
Twelve Plays, tr. Ronald Hingley (Oxford)
Prerequisites: None. No knowledge of Russian is required. All readings and class discussions in English.
Option: with concurrent enrollment in 134R, Section 1 (1 unit), a student can write a research paper (10-15 pages) on a topic of choice, supervised by the instructor in individual consultations.
Slavic 134R, Section 1 (1 unit) Fall
2001
Hugh McLean
Research in Russian Literature: Chekhov
This course is designed to support a research project coordinated with Slavic 134E "Chekhov," supervised by the instructor. Individual consultation with the instructor. Final research paper of 10-15 pages required.
Prerequisites: Enrollment in Slavic 134E; consent of instructor.
Letters and Science Course Sponsored
by the Slavic Department
LETTERS
AND SCIENCES 148 Fall 2001
(equivalent to Slavic 148)
THE SOVIET EXPERIENCE (3 units)
Satisfies the L&S Breadth Requirement
in Arts and Literature, or Historical Studies
This course explores the dramatic history of the Soviet Union, which has recently come to an end. With it ended the great utopian experiment of the 20th century: an attempt to organize society in accordance with the socialist ideals of equality and social justice. The course approaches the Soviet phenomenon from a specific perspective: through experiences of concrete people whose lives were deeply affected by the social upheavals of Soviet history. Topics include the early visions of the new social order and experimental living; family, sexuality, and gender; the state terror in Stalin's times; the fall of the Soviet order and the revision of the Soviet experience. Course materials include documents (architectural designs, legal codes, political propaganda, personal diaries), works of art (novels, films, paintings), and scholarly studies (drawn from the disciplines of history, literary scholarship, and cultural studies). All readings in English.
Prerequisites: none. Format: lectures and discussion session. Satisfies the following L&S breadth requirements: Arts and Literature, Historical Studies or Social and Behavioral Studies. Requirements: take-home midterm essay and a final (essay, factual information). For more information, e-mail: ipaperno@socrates.berkeley.edu
Slavic
149AC (4 units) Fall 2001
Anne Nesbet
AMERICAN CULTURES COURSE
L&S BREADTH REQUIREMENT: HISTORICAL STUDIES,
OR SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL STUDIES
This course will examine the image of Soviet Russia in African-American, Chicano, and Jewish communities since 1917. We will discuss Comintern policies which affected the cultural life of these groups' progressive and socialist factions, the experiences of the many young Communists from Harlem and the New York Jewish community who travelled to the Soviet Union for political work or education during the 1920's and 1930's, and the complex geneology of radicalism in Chicano culture, in which Soviet paradigms are filtered through the patterns of Mexico's revolutionary tradition. Focussing on what may make up a particular genre--the tale of a quest for political ideals, of a journey to the Soviet utopia and of later "lost illusions"--we will read selections taken from the extensive memoir literature, as well as novels, stories, and historical documents. At many points the cultural narratives of the communities we are examining here intersect; we will be examining a number of those "intersections" in this class (the making of Salt of the Earth; contemporary mural movements). We will discuss ways in which ethnic, racial, and class identities converge and come into conflict, and we will consider how the search for alternative political and ideological models may lead to a reconsideration of the limits and possibilities of radical change, as well as of various degrees of assimiliation and affiliation. Requirements: two short papers, a midterm, and a final exam.
Texts: to be announced.
Prerequisites: None.
Slavic
151 (4 Units) Fall 2001
David Frick
Readings in Polish Literature
L&S BREADTH REQUIREMENT: ARTS & LITERATURE
Readings; conversation; grammatical and stylistic analysis; translation; viewing of films related to some of the readings.
Readings will be chosen from Polish historical novels, from works of literature that have served as the basis for Polish films, and from works related to the students' academic interests. Grades will be determined on the basis of class participation and a translation project or a research paper, the topics of which to be established in consultation with the instructor.
Prerequisites: Slavic 115B or the permission of the instructor.
Slavic 170 (3
units) Fall 2001
Ronelle Alexander
This course centers on novels by major literary figures from the lands of the former Yugoslavia, supplemented by other shorter works and commentary. Taken together, these works give an insight into both the richness of that multicultural land, and the tragic events which have torn it apart. The instructor, who has considerable experience in the former Yugoslavia, will use the discussion of these novels to contribute to a better understanding of the peoples of these lands. Several short essays, a midterm and final will be required.
Texts:
Milos Crnjanski, Migrations
Miroslav Krleza, The Return of Philip Latinovicz
Ivo Andric, The Bridge on the Drina
Ivo Andric, The Damned Yard
Danilo Kis, Garden, Ashes
Course reader
Prerequisites: None. Course and readings are in English.
*Supplemented by short stories by a wider span of writers from these lands.
Slavic 201 (2 or 3
units) Fall 2001
Lisa Little
Russian language practicum for graduate students from various disciplines. May be taken for 2-3 credits (2=2 classes per week; 3=3 classes per week). Mondays: focus on listening skills; Wednesdays: focus on speaking skills; Fridays: focus on form. Mid- and end-of-semester oral interviews.
Texts: none
Prerequisites: graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Slavic 210 (4
units) Fall 2001
Alan Timberlake
Introduction to Old Church Slavic. Assigned translations and sight readings of selected texts. Phonology, inflectional morphology, syntax, and vocabulary, and their linguistic implications. The origin, development, and history of early Slavic writing. Literary, cultural, and historical functions and context. Assigned translations and sight readings for almost all class meetings. Some additional reading. One or two quizzes, two midterm exams, and final exam.
Texts: to be announced.
Prerequisites: reading knowledge of a Slavic language.
Slavic 234
(4 units) Fall 2001
Ronelle Alexander
History and structure of South Slavic languages: SLOVENE, CROATIAN, BOSNIAN, SERBIAN, MACEDONIAN, BULGARIAN. Attention will be paid also to dialectology and development of literary languages. Most reading will be in English, some also in Russian, French and/or German. Knowledge of Serbo-Croatian or Bulgarian highly desirable but not essential. Some practical exercises and/or short papers; final research paper.
Texts: class reader
Prerequisites: Slavic 220.
Slavic
242 (4 units) Fall 2001
Harsha Ram
The course encompasses the literary development of the early modern period (from the second half of the seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth century), treating in an essentially chronological order the major figures of the literary canon (Feofan Prokopovich, Antiokh Kantemir, Trediakovskii, Lomonosov, Sumarokov, Fonvizin, Catherine the Great, Derzhavin). The process of literary development will be analyzed as an interaction between literature as such and its cultural and social context. During the period under discussion, literature was conceptualized as an "European" institution, as an innovation produced by the process of "europeanization" and modernization of the Russian society. Literary activity can be regarded as one of the rhetoric strategies connected with the formation of a new "European" imperial elite, as a social experiment of sorts. The innovative nature of literature turns literary activity into a social adventure, into a search for a future social status for this activity.
Inasmuch as that literature was perceived as a European innovation, any notion of a national literary past was rejected from the start; it was partly supplemented by a generalized reception of the West European literary tradition. This rejection, nevertheless, did not exclude the inevitable continuity of the literary process. Attitudes and ideas which had been formed in the preceding epochs left their mark on the reception of West European literary theories and models, on the making of the hierarchy of genres, and on their functioning. This process of reception and radical transformation will be one of the focal topics of the course. Lectures, discussion and readings will be in English.
Slavic 243 (4
units) Fall 2001
Liza Knapp
"Russian Novel and the West: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and the French"
In this course we will examine works of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky with emphasis on what the psychological prose of the former and the fantastic realism of the latter owe to the French literary tradition. We will also look at how these Russian writers modified French genres (such as confession and the novel of adultery) to create new novelistic forms, among them Dostoevsky's novel of the accidental family. The discussion will range over the whole oeuvres of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, with focus on Tolstoy's trilogy and Anna Karenina and Dostoevsky's The Idiot and The Adolescent. French works read will include: Rousseau, Confessions and selections from other works; Stendhal, The Red and the Black; Hugo, Notre Dame de Paris; The Last Day of a Condemned Man; Flaubert, Madame Bovary.
Students will write two papers, one short and one long and prepare class presentations on this material.
Open to graduate students in Slavic and others by permission of the instructor.
Slavic 280,
Section 2 (4 units) Fall 2001
Alan Timberlake
Studies in Slavic Linguistics
Discussion of problems of synchronic grammar and a comparison of Russian with other Slavic (and occasionally non-Slavic) languages.
Texts: to be announced in class.
Prerequistes: graduate standing; consent of instructor.
Slavic 289 (2-4 units) Fall 2001
Johanna Nichols
Topics in the history, structure, and typology of the indigenous languages of the Caucasus, including the Caucasus as a linguistic area. Recent offerings have included the structure of Georgian, the structure of Ingush, computational lexiography of Ingush. Other regular offerings can include the structure of Chechen, Nakh-Daghestanian comparative grammar, the Northwest Caucasian (Abkhaz-Circassian) languages, the languages of the Caucasus, and practical courses in Ingush, Chechen, and Georgian.
Special topic for Fall 2001 to be announced.
Prerequisites: consent of instructor.
Slavic 310 (2
units) Fall 2001
The Staff
Weekly meetings with the instructor of the designated course. Discussion of course aims, syllabus preparation, lecture and assignment planning, grading and related matters. Students may prepare a representative portion of the work for such a course (e.g. lecture outline and assignments for a course segment) and may participate in presentation of the material and in evaluation of samples of student work. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: Slavic graduate student status and consent of instructor.
East European Studies 1A (3
or 4 units) Fall 2001
Agnes Mihalik
The course can be taken for either 3 or 4 units; the additional unit involves language laboratory work and additional written reading assignments.
THIS 1A-1B COURSE SEQUENCE BEGINS IN THE FALL TERM ONLY. The beginning course aims at developing the fundamentals of language proficiency through conversational practice, and oral and written assignments. Its most important goal is to provide the students with the requisite vocabulary and grammatical structures to carry on an idiomatic conversation in a variety of situations. It offers selections from Hungarian poetry and folk songs to help students gain a better understanding of Hungarian culture. Frequent oral and written assignments will be given; there will be a midterm and a final exam.
Text: to be announced.
Prerequisites: East European Studies 1A or consent of instructor.
East European
Studies 100 (2 units) Fall 2001
Agnes Mihalik
The purpose of this class is to further develop the students' level of proficiency of Hungarian in speech as well as in writing. A major component of the curriculum is based on student presentation of a topic chosen by each student in the class. Each student is to give two oral presentations during the semester. Materials for reading are selected by the instructor as well as by the students for home reading. Workload will include a reasonable amount of reading and writing assignments. Midterm and final exams, and the student's attendance and participation will provide the basis for grading.
Texts: photocopied materials chosen by the instructor and by the students.
Prerequisites: East European Studies 1A-lB or consent of instructor.