First-Year Courses in Slavic Linguistics, Literary Theory, Film, and SurveysConsult the new Course Guide at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/cg_subjectlist/0,2030,8,00.html?show=20&termArray=f_04_1510&cgtype=ug This page was created at 1:01 PM on Wed, May 5, 2004. Fall Academic Term, 2004 (September 7 - December 23)SLAVIC 150. First Year Seminar.Section 001 — Shtetl.Instructor(s): Mikhail KrutikovPrerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU). May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 6 credits. First-Year Seminar Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. Shtetl — a Yiddish word for a small town — served as the setting of Jewish life in East Europe and left a lasting impact on Jewish memory and imagination. We will explore interactions between reality and fiction by examining a variety of historical sources and works of fiction, as well as visual representations in art and film. We will also touch upon more general issues such as formation of collective memory and mythology, preservation and transmission of cultural legacy.
SLAVIC 150. First Year Seminar.Section 002 — Yiddish Stories.Instructor(s): KrutikovPrerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU). May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 6 credits. Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
SLAVIC 225. Arts and Cultures of Central Europe.
Slavic SurveysSection 001 — Taught in English.Instructor(s): Jindrich Toman (ptydepe@umich.edu) , Bogdana Carpenter (bogdana@umich.edu) , Herbert J Eagle (hjeagle@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Taught in English. (3). (HU). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. The course is an introduction to the rich cultures of the peoples of Central Europe (Croats, Czechs, Hungarians, Jews, Poles, Serbs, and Slovaks) seen against the background of two world wars, communism and its recent disintegration. Culturally vibrant, Central Europe reveals the tragic destiny of twentieth-century civilization which gave rise to two totalitarian systems: fascism and communism. The course will outline the ethnic complexities of the region, with special attention to Jewish culture and its tragic destruction during the Holocaust. The traumatic effects of the war and of ideological coersion on the civilian population will be documented by contemporary films. The course will examine the fate of culture under totalitarianism and study subterfuges used by novelists, dramatists, and artists to circumvent political control and censorship. Students will read works by Kafka, Milosz, Kundera, and Havel; see movies by Kadar, Wajda, and Kieslowski; become acquainted with Czech and Polish avant-garde art and music and the unique cultural atmosphere of Central European cities: Vienna, Prague, Budapest, and Warsaw.
SLAVIC 240. Introduction to Slavic Folklore.
Slavic SurveysSection 001 — Taught in English.Instructor(s): Michael Makin (mlmakin@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Taught in English. (3). (HU). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course aims to introduce the folklore of the Slavic peoples to a general student audience, and also to examine how various forms of folklore (including tales, songs, historical narratives, chants, spells, schismatic religious works, etc.) have been treated by modern "high culture". How have painters, dramatists, film-makers, poets, writers of fiction and others treated folklore; what ideological impulses have led people to collect and study it (and sometimes to misrepresent it); what sort of "living folklore" can be found in the countryside of the Slavic world today? In addition, the course looks at the new forms of folklore which have emerged in the modern, urban world, and seeks to explore the ways in which these new forms may be compared with "traditional" folklore. Informal lectures with discussions. Two short papers, three in-class examinations. No background in the subject required; all readings in English. Class materials will include visual, audio, and print media, plus folk art objects and other manifestations of the intersection of folklore with everyday life and with high culture.
SLAVIC 250. Cultural Diversity in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia.
Slavic SurveysSection 001 — Taught in English.Instructor(s): Vitalij V Shevoroshkin (vvs@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Taught in English. (3). (Excl). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course will explore firsthand the extraordinary cultural diversity of Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia, where European and Asian cultures met and often clashed, and whose culture is a unique blend of Western and Oriental influences. One paper and short reviews of films, stories, and articles.
Consult the new Course Guide at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/cg_subjectlist/0,2030,8,00.html?show=20&termArray=f_04_1510&cgtype=ug This page was created at 1:01 PM on Wed, May 5, 2004.
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