27 courses with the subject RUSSN, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
This course offers an introduction to grammar and reading through oral and written work. Offered annually in the fall semester.
This course offers an introduction to grammar and reading through oral and written work. Offered annually in the spring semester. Prerequisite: RUSSN 111 or equivalent.
Ukrainian writer Nikolay Gogol is often miscategorized as a "Great Russian Writer." Many readers are unaware that Gogol was Ukrainian and that he aimed to promote the idea of an independent Ukrainian nation. This course will critically examine the Russocentric view of Gogol and Russophone literature (literature written in Russian by non-Russian writers) by placing Gogol in the space of empire, between Russia and Ukraine. No knowledge of Russian or previous background required. Offered periodically during fall semester. OLE Core Requirement: Creativity; Global Histories and Societies.
In this course, we examine the evolution of the medieval cultures of the East Slavic lands, called Rus', from the arrival of Christianity to the founding of the Russian Empire. We examine changing conceptions of time and discourses of light and darkness in folklore, literature, architecture, sacred art, and ritual, to understand the evolving forms of life and worldview in medieval Rus'. A field trip to the Museum of Russian Art is planned. OLE Core Requirement: Religion, Faith and Values.
Students continue their grammar, oral, and written work with an emphasis on conversation and reading selections from classical and contemporary Russian authors. Offered annually in the fall semester. Prerequisite: RUSSN 112 or equivalent. OLE Core Requirement: World Languages and Cultures.
Students continue their grammar, oral, and written work with an emphasis on conversation and reading selections from classical and contemporary Russian authors. Class meets four times weekly. Offered annually in the spring semester. Prerequisite: RUSSN 231 or equivalent. OLE Core Requirement: World Languages and Cultures.
This course examines the development of differing approaches to some aspect of Russian life and culture as presented in the classical texts of Russian literature. Actual topics vary according to year and instructor. Offered periodically. Prerequisites: WRIT 120, equivalent or permission of the instructor. OLE Core Requirement: Creativity; Writing Across the Curriculum.
This course explores a remarkable period of literary history: Russia's 19th century or the "golden age" of Russian literature. In rapid succession, Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov produced one masterpiece after another, dazzling Western audiences and shaping the modern mind. Beyond the arts, diverse fields - philosophy, theology, psychology, political science - have been influenced by the Russian classics. Topics include doubt, nihilism, despair, faith, God, death, and the meaning of life. Taught in English. Offered alternate years. OLE Core Requirement: Ethical Reasoning in Context; Religion, Faith and Values.
This course explores the development of Russian literature from the beginning to the end of the 20th century: from pre-revolutionary anxiety through revolutions, wars, and terror, to political thaw, collapse, and the post-Soviet wilderness. Authors include Bely, Platonov, Pasternak, Bulgakov, Akhmatova, Tsvetaeva, Solzhenitsyn, Bitov, Nabokov, Tolstaya, and Petrushevskaya. Themes include revolution, war, totalitarianism, terror, modernity, technology, alienation, tradition, suffering, resilience, and the meaning of life. Taught in English. Offered alternate years. OLE Core Requirement: Creativity; Writing Across the Curriculum.
This course considers masterworks of Russian and Soviet cinema that were directed by women. In what subtle and/or overt ways did being socialized as a woman affect a director's perspective? In what subtle and/or overt ways are the challenges that women faced in the USSR and in contemporary Russia reflected in their films? Topics include basic cinema analysis, Russian cinema criticism, Russian film theory, and gender theory. OLE Core Requirement: Creativity.
This course examines the long standing habit in Russia of depicting its Muslim neighbors, and citizens, as Orientalized Others and/or enemies. Students look at texts spanning more than a thousand years of Russian and Eurasian history, to examine the figure of the Muslim in the Russian literary imaginary. In so doing, students gain a sense for the ever-changing relations between Christian and Muslim communities in Eurasia through the lens of their interactions in literature. Offered periodically. OLE Core Requirement: Religion, Faith and Values.
This course explores Dostoevsky's magnum opus, The Brothers Karamazov, in its literary, historical, philosophical, and religious contexts. Acclaimed for its spiritual and psychological depth, The Brothers Karamazov is considered by some (e.g., Einstein and Freud) to be the greatest novel ever written. Course topics include faith, doubt, nihilism, the problem of evil, suffering, death, God, ethics, the law, guilt, forgiveness, and the interrelation of heaven and earth, of time and eternity. The Brothers Karamazov will be taught in English translation. Offered periodically. Offered in January term. OLE Core Requirement: Christian Theology in Dialogue; Ethical Reasoning in Context.
In this course, students examine the rich intellectual history of the Russian Empire from its founding in 1721 to around 1850. In those years, no question was more urgent to Russian thinkers than the place of Russia in the world. Students explore the intellectual, spiritual, and historical currents that shaped this question through readings drawn from the debate between two opposing intellectual camps; the traditionalist Slavophiles and their reform-minded rivals, the Westernizers. Offered periodically during spring semester. OLE Core Requirement: Christian Theology in Dialogue.
In this course, students travel to Riga, Latvia. There they engage with the current and past issues of immigration, displacement and diaspora, and language politics in Latvia and the Baltic States more generally. The course centers community engagement: students divide into groups and collaborate with local community partners according to their interest in either community building, writing and media in exile, global LGBTQ+ support or environmental sustainability. Offered periodically during January term. OLE Core Requirement: Global Histories and Societies; OLE Experience in Practice.
OLE Core Requirement: OLE Experience in Practice.
Independent work is guided by a faculty member. Students need to have the necessary background, including appropriate coursework, before an independent project is approved. A student may not substitute an IS/IR course for a course regularly offered in a department or program. IS/IR culminates in at least one product (a paper, laboratory report, work of art, etc.). Normally, the student and faculty instructor are expected to meet at least once a week. See catalog for more information under registration and course enrollment. Prerequisites: at least second-year standing; at least 2 relevant courses for 298 (IS); approval from the faculty instructor, the academic advisor, and the department chair or program director.
This course facilitates oral and written use of the language through conversation and composition, English to Russian translation, selections from Russian literature, and original themes. Offered annually in the fall semester. Prerequisite: RUSSN 232 or permission of instructor. OLE Core Requirement: World Languages and Cultures.
This survey of Russian culture and civilization uses original Russian texts on history, the arts, religion, and education, as well as documentary films and selections from literature. The course fosters the acquisition of the language of Russian cultural and intellectual discourse at the third level. Offered annually in spring semester. Prerequisite: RUSSN 301 or permission of the instructor. OLE Core Requirement: World Languages and Cultures.
The fate of the queer community in Russia has been characterized by constant twists and turns between decriminalization and "re-criminalization". Homophobic Russian rhetoric embraces the popular view that homosexuality is essentially un-Russian. On the other hand, Western discourse often Orientalizes Russia as 'traditional', 'premodern' or 'underdeveloped' in its homophobia. This course, which considers queer Russian literature from modernist to contemporary authors, pushes back against both of these restrictive points of view. Prerequisite: One 200-level course in Russian Studies or Gender and Sexuality Studies. OLE Core Requirement: Creativity.
Students read and discuss Dostoevsky's major novels from Poor Folk through Brothers Karamazov. Offered alternate years. OLE Core Requirement: Ethical Reasoning in Context.
This course covers a variety of topics that are both culturally and intellectually challenging. The goal of this course is to explore a variety of topics significant for Russian society and culture as well as to further develop the language of intellectual discourse through the treatment of complex issues in the press and social media. Taught in Russian. May be repeated if topic is different. Offered annually in the spring semester. Prerequisite: RUSSN 302 or permission of the instructor. OLE Core Requirement: World Languages and Cultures.
OLE Core Requirement: OLE Experience in Practice.
This course provides a comprehensive research opportunity, including an introduction to relevant background material, technical instruction, identification of a meaningful project, and data collection. The topic is determined by the faculty member in charge of the course and may relate to his/her research interests. Offered based on department decision. May be offered as a 1.00 credit course or .50 credit course. Prerequisite: determined by individual instructor.
Independent Research is required for all students seeking credit for a senior project.
Source: St Olaf College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
