Courses in Armenian Studies (Division 322)

Armenian St. 171/AAPTIS 171. Western Armenian, I.

(Language Courses)

(4). (LR).

This course is designed for beginners with no previous knowledge of Western Armenian. Reading, writing, listening, speaking are equally emphasized.

Armenian St. 172/AAPTIS 172. Western Armenian, II.

(Language Courses)

Armenian 171. (4). (LR).

This course is a continuation of Western Armenian, I. Reading, writing, listening, speaking are equally emphasized.

Armenian St. 173/AAPTIS 173. Intensive First-Year Western Armenian.

(Language Courses)

(8 in the half-term). (LR).

This course is designed for beginners with no previous knowledge of Western Armenian. Combines 171/172 in an intensive half-term. Reading, writing, listening, speaking are equally emphasized.

Armenian St. 181/AAPTIS 181. Eastern Armenian, I.

(Language Courses)

(4). (Excl).

This course is designed for beginners with no previous knowledge of Eastern Armenian (the state language of Armenia). Reading, writing, listening, and speaking are equally emphasized.

Armenian St. 182/AAPTIS 182. Eastern Armenian, II.

(Language Courses)

Armenian 181. (4). (Excl).

This course is a continuation of Eastern Armenian (the state language of Armenia). Reading, writing, listening, and speaking are equally emphasized.

Armenian St. 183/AAPTIS 183. Intensive First-Year Eastern Armenian.

(Language Courses)

(8). (Excl).

Designed for beginners with no previous knowledge of Eastern Armenian. Combines 181/182 in an intensive half-term. Reading, writing, listening, and speaking are equally emphasized.

Armenian St. 271/AAPTIS 271. Intermediate Western Armenian, I.

(Language Courses)

Armenian 172 or 173. (4). (LR).

The course is a continuation of Armenian 171/172. Reading, conversation, and composition. A balanced approach giving equal emphasis to the development of language skills and the study of Armenian culture is employed.

Armenian St. 272/AAPTIS 272. Intermediate Western Armenian, II.

(Language Courses)

Armenian 271. (4). (LR).

The course is a continuation of Armenian 171/172. Reading, conversation, and composition. A balanced approach giving equal emphasis to the development of language skills and the study of Armenian culture is employed.

Armenian St. 273/AAPTIS 273. Intensive Second-Year Western Armenian.

(Language Courses)

Armenian 172 or 173. IIIb in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia. (8). (LR).

Combines existing courses 271/272 in an intensive half-term. The course is a continuation of first year Armenian. Reading conversation and composition. A balanced approach giving equal emphasis to the development of language skills and the study of Armenian culture.

Armenian St. 274(Slavic 221)/AAPTIS 274. Armenia: Culture and Ethnicity.

(Armenian Literature and Culture in English)

(3). (HU).

This course explores various aspects of the Christian Armenian identity, from the earliest times to the 1990s, against a historical and political background, with a greater emphasis on the more modern times. It highlights the formation of the Armenian self-image; its principal features (political, religious, cultural); and its historical evolution in a multi-religious and multinational region that has undergone territorial and cultural transformation.

Armenian St. 280. The Works of William Saroyan.

(Armenian Literature and Culture in English)

(3). (Excl).

This course is devoted to the life and works of William Saroyan, the Armenian-American playwright and novelist; it aims to explore Saroyan's writings in four genres: fiction, play, novel and memoir.

Armenian St. 287/Hist. 287. Armenian History from Prehistoric Times to the Present.

(Armenian Literature and Culture in English)

(3). (Excl).

Explores the social and intellectual history of the Armenian people from their origins as a nation to the present day. Emphasis is placed on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the revolutionary movement, the establishment of an independent, then Soviet, and again independent Republic, and the cultural achievements of the Armenians in the last two centuries.

Armenian St. 415/AAPTIS 473. An Introduction to Classical and Medieval Armenian Literature.

(Armenian Literature and Culture in English)

(3). (Excl).

This course explores the history of Armenian literature from the 5th to the 15th centuries. It highlights the ways in which the new, Christian Armenian tradition was formulated as well as the subsequent phases of its evolution. Various aspects of the new identity and fresh themes and genres that echoed Armenian concerns and aspirations are critically evaluated against a historical and comparative background.

Armenian St. 416/AAPTIS 474. An Introduction to Modern Armenian Literature.

(Armenian Literature and Culture in English)

(3). (Excl).

This course outlines a history of Armenian Literature from the 16th to the 20th centuries, concentrating on the works of major authors who flourished within and without Armenia. Both the traditional and new literature are analyzed, but a greater emphasis is placed on the 19th-20th centuries, including Eastern and Western Armenian literatures, literature of the post-Genocide dispersion, and that of Soviet Armenia.

Armenian St. 471(Armenian 371)/AAPTIS 471. Advanced Western Armenian, I.

(Language Courses)

Armenian 272 or 273. (3). (Excl).

Third-Year Armenian is designed for students who have successfully completed two years of college Armenian or who have attained equivalent skills elsewhere. The chief goals of the course are increased fluency in spoken Armenian and strengthened skills in reading and composition. Grammar review is kept to a minimum; class primarily devoted to close reading and discussion in Armenian of assigned topics.

Armenian St. 472(Armenian 372)/AAPTIS 472. Advanced Western Armenian, II.

(Language Courses)

Armenian 471. (3). (Excl).

Third-Year Armenian is designed for students who have successfully completed two years of college Armenian or who have attained equivalent skills elsewhere. The chief goals of the course are increased fluency in spoken Armenian and strengthened skills in reading and composition. Grammar review is kept to a minimum; class primarily devoted to close reading and discussion in Armenian of assigned topics.

Armenian St. 478/AAPTIS 478. Classical Armenian I.

(Language Courses)

(3). (Excl).

Designed for students with no previous knowledge of Classical Armenian. Emphasis is on grammar and reading of classical and medieval Armenian texts.

Armenian St. 479/AAPTIS 479. Classical Armenian II.

(Language Courses)

Armenian 478. (3). (Excl).

Designed for students with no previous knowledge of Classical Armenian. Emphasis is on grammar and reading of classical and medieval Armenian texts.

Armenian St. 480. Armenian-American Writers.

(Armenian Literature and Culture in English)

(3). (Excl).

This course explores the literature of Armenian-American writers; exile, conflict between generations, assimilation and age influence of the Armenian literary tradition on style and genre.

Armenian St. 480/AAPTIS 483. Intensive Introductory Classical Armenian.

(Language Courses)

No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Armenian 479. (6 in the half-term). (Excl).

This intensive course is designed for students with no previous knowledge of Armenian. Emphasis is on grammar and reading of classical and medieval texts.

Armenian St. 535/Hist. 535. Armenia and the Armenians in the 20th Century.

(Armenian Literature and Culture in English)

Armenian 287 recommended but not required. (3). (Excl).

An in-depth investigation of the history of the Armenian people in the last century, especially the period of the massacres in the Ottoman Empire and the rebuilding of Armenian society in the Soviet Union.