Courses
New Courses
Russian for heritage Speakers:
Russ 201-202
Second Year Russian
Credit: 4 hours.
Do your parents speak Russian? Did you grow up speaking the language? We are offering a special "heritage speakers" section of RUSS 201-202 this year! You may qualify even if you don't know how to write or read Russian. For placement, registration permission or any questions, contact Prof. Valeria Sobol at vsobol@illinois.edu
Russ 460/517
11th-17thC Russ Lit & Lang
Credit: 3 or 4 hours.
The course will cover highlights of the literature produced on East Slavic territory (the region that is now, but was not then, Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus) from the eleventh through the seventeenth century, together with historical grammar, origin, and development of the East Slavic literary language. We will consider questions of genre, periodization, continuity and discontinuity, and relevance to modern literature. Work will be in both the original and translation. Language Prerequisite- completion of or placement beyond RUSS 301-302; or, permission of instructor.
All Courses
For a listing of all courses offered this semester, please see the university Class Schedule. This semester courses are being offered in the following rubrics: