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Russian in Translation

6 courses found

RUTR 2350 Russian and East European Film
Fall 2026

This course is an introduction to and overview of the history of film in Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on Russia, though we will be discussing other countries that were once part of the Soviet Bloc. We will be covering a variety of films, long and short, as well as animation, and how these works of art reflect the time periods in which they were created.

4.8
Rating
1.8
Difficulty
3.76
GPA
RUTR 2370 Fairy Tales
Fall 2026

This course considers a medley of tales drawn from various cultural traditions, oral and written, including canonical European fairy tales, traditional Slavic texts, African folk narratives, and oral tales from other cultures collected and recorded more recently. We will sample different thematic groups of tales and analyze them in view of various interpretive methodologies: structuralism, sociology, feminism, and cultural studies. Particular attention will be paid to adaptations of familiar stories for different times and audiences. All readings in English. No prerequisites.

4.3
Rating
3.0
Difficulty
3.81
GPA
RUTR 2460 Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization
Fall 2026

No knowledge of Russian needed. Investigates 'being Russian' through the works of Russia's great writers, artists, architects, and composers. Focuses on the heroes, heroines, and villains, symbols, legends, and rituals central to Russian creativity.

3.9
Rating
2.4
Difficulty
3.63
GPA
RUTR 2470 Understanding Russia: Symbols, Myths, and Archetypes of Identity
Fall 2026

This course explores different sources of Russian national identity from pre-Christian `Rus' to the present. We will investigate how the occidental and oriental elements blend into a unique Euro-Asian culture, nation, and world power. Our main aim is to provide an orientation to the symbolic world of Russian self-identification. We will employ the tools of the historian, geographer, psychologist, and student of literature and culture.

4.2
Rating
1.8
Difficulty
3.89
GPA
RUTR 2740 Tolstoy in Translation
Fall 2026

Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the major works of Tolstoy.

4.5
Rating
2.0
Difficulty
3.52
GPA
RUTR 3350 Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature
Fall 2026

Open to students with no knowledge of Russian. Studies the major works of Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Goncharov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and others. Emphasizes prose fiction. This course is a prerequisite for 5000-level literature courses. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/slavic/courses.html.

4.8
Rating
3.3
Difficulty
3.64
GPA