19 courses with the subject RUTR, 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.
RUTR 2350Russian and East European Film3
Effective Date 01/01/2018 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.
Effective Date 01/01/2023 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.
Effective Date 03/01/2009 Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies selected great works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century prose fiction.
RUTR 2460Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization3
Effective Date 01/01/2015 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 2470Understanding Russia: Symbols, Myths, and Archetypes of Identity3
Effective Date 05/18/2009 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.
Effective Date 08/01/2025 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.
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May be repeated for credit under different topics.
RUTR 3340Books Behind Bars: Life, Lit, & Community Leadership4
Effective Date 08/01/2019 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.
Effective Date 08/01/2010 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.
Effective Date 01/01/2010 This course surveys Russian literature (prose and poetry) of the twentieth century. Readings include works by Soviet and emigre writers. All works are read in English translation.
RUTR 3390Edens, Idylls, and Utopias in Russian Literature3
Effective Date 08/01/2014 This course explores Russian literature’s many renderings of heaven on earth and their roots in folklore, religion, art, and political thought.
Effective Date 10/14/2024 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.
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RUTR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Repeatable
May be repeated for credit under different topics.
Effective Date 08/01/2011 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.
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RUTR
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated for credit under different topics.
Effective Date 03/01/2009 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.
Effective Date 03/14/2019 Generic course to be used when students are taking non-lecture based independent study with a faculty member. May be repeated for credit.
