First-Year Courses in Slavic Linguistics, Literary Theory, Film, and Surveys This page was created at 6:59 PM on Mon, Jan 21, 2002. Winter Academic Term, 2002 (January 7 - April 26) Open courses in Slavic Linguistics, Literary Theory, Film, and Surveys (*Not real-time Information. Review the "Data current as of: " statement at the bottom of hyperlinked page) Wolverine Access Subject listing for SLAVIC Winter Academic Term '02 Time Schedule for Slavic Linguistics, Literary Theory, Film, and Surveys. SLAVIC 151. First Year Seminar. Section 001 – New York, Paris, St. Petersburg: The City in Literature. Instructor(s): Bogdana Carpenter (bogdana@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (4). (Introductory Composition). First-Year Seminar Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course will examine the image of the city in literature. Starting with the ancient Greek concept of polis and ending with contemporary America, it will follow the evolution of the city and its mythology through history. One of the most important components of modern civilization, the city is also a significant expression of cultural values and thus an excellent focal point for studying cultural differences, both across geographic and temporal boundaries. Cities can be unifying spaces, as in ancient Greece, but they can also be dividing spaces as in 20th-century Europe and America, when ghettoization became one of the distinctive features of the urban landscape. The course will examine the symbolism of the city in literature, and discuss it against the background of historical evidence. Readings include passages from The Iliad, Balzac's Pere Goriot, Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Albert Camus' The Fall, Italo Calvino's The Invisible Cities, James Baldwin's If Beal Street Could Talk, poems by Baudelaire, Poe and Milosz and films, plus a course pack available at Accu-Copy. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. SLAVIC 240. Introduction to Slavic Folklore. Section 001. Instructor(s): Snejana Tempest (tempest@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (HU). Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. The course aims to give beginning students a background for the study of folklore in general, as well as special insight into the folklore and folklife of the Slavic peoples (including dress, music, dance, cooking, customs, ritual). Lectures, readings, and discussions will provide an introduction to the varied folklore of the Slavs. No specialized background required. All reading in English. Short papers, midterm, and final examination. Texts: Aleksandr Afanas'ev, Russian Fairy Tales; Vladimir Propp, The Morphology of the Folktale. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. This page was created at 6:59 PM on Mon, Jan 21, 2002. University of Michigan | College of LS&A | Student Academic Affairs | First-Year Handbook | First-Year Information | Parent Handbook | LS&A Bulletin This page maintained by LS&A Academic Information and Publications, 1228 Angell Hall Copyright © 2001 The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA +1 734 764-1817 Trademarks of the University of Michigan may not be electronically or otherwise altered or separated from this document or used for any non-University purpose.