Russian 301 - Third-Year Russian I

Fall
2017
01
4.00
Stanley Rabinowitz, Tatyana Babyonyshev
M 04:30PM-05:45PM; TH 04:15PM-05:45PM
Amherst College
RUSS-301-01-1718F
CONV 308; CONV 308
sjrabinowitz@amherst.edu; tbabyonyshev@amherst.edu

This course advances skills in reading, understanding, writing, and speaking Russian, with materials from twentieth-century culture. Readings include fiction by Chekhov, Babel, Olesha, Nabokov, and others. Conducted in Russian, with frequent writing and grammar assignments, in-class presentations, and occasional translation exercises. Two seminar-style meetings and one hour-long discussion section per week.


Requisite: RUSS 202 or consent of instructor. First-year students with strong high school preparation (usually 4 or more years) may be ready for this course. Limited to 15 students. Fall semester. Professor Rabinowitz and Senior Lecturer Babyonyshev.

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.