Russian 301 - Third-Year Russian I

Fall
2019
01
4.00
Boris Wolfson
TTH 10:00AM-11:00AM
Amherst College
RUSS-301-01-1920F
bwolfson@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 the instructor. First-year students with strong high school preparation (usually 4 or more years) may be ready for this course. Limited to 12 students. Fall semester. Professor Wolfson and Senior Lecturer Babyonyshev.

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