Russian Language Program at Cornell University

Russian 3300-601 (Fall/Spring): Syllabus

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THIS SYLLABUS IS NOT CURRENT: THE COURSE IS TAUGHT DIFFERENTLY EACH TIME

As explained in the Course Description, this independent, directed-study course does not have a pre-defined syllabus.

Week 1: Sunday 08/23/26 - Saturday 08/29/26 [show/hide]
Week 2: Sunday 08/30/26 - Saturday 09/05/26 [show/hide]
Week 3: Sunday 09/06/26 - Saturday 09/12/26 [show/hide]
Week 4: Sunday 09/13/26 - Saturday 09/19/26 [show/hide]
Monday	А.В. Барташев, А.Ф. Дубивко, В.С. Любимов: «Российские подводники в холодной войне 1962 года.» Читать А.Ф. Дубивко: Главы 1 и 2. Подготовьте вопросы к обсужднгию прочитанного материала.
Thursday	А.В. Барташев, А.Ф. Дубивко, В.С. Любимов: «Российские подводники в холодной войне 1962 года.» Читать А.Ф. Дубивко: Глава 3 и 4. Подготовьте вопросы к обсужднгию прочитанного материала.
Week 5: Sunday 09/20/26 - Saturday 09/26/26 [show/hide]
Friday	Напишите стихотворение по-русски в подражание «А что у вас?». Для поисков рифмы вам может быть полезен этот словарь.
Week 6: Sunday 09/27/26 - Saturday 10/03/26 [show/hide]
Friday	Сравните любой/любые перевод(ы) стихов доктора Сьюза (Dr. Seuss) с оригиналом. (Не обязательно всем выбирать одни и те же стихи.) На занятии мы поговорим о ваших наблюдениях и мнениях.
Week 7: Sunday 10/04/26 - Saturday 10/10/26 [show/hide]
Friday	In this class, we'll finish editing Katya's poem and finish reading her Dr. Seuss choice. Would you also prepare a Russian translation (in prose) of a small portion of your Dr. Seuss selection?
Week 8: Sunday 10/11/26 - Saturday 10/17/26 [show/hide]
Friday	Unfinished business from last week.
Week 9: Sunday 10/18/26 - Saturday 10/24/26 [show/hide]
Friday	Katya will " look at a couple of the Alexander Vvedensky poems here and here, and maybe attempt to translate them into English." Lea will "translate to English some of Григорьев's poems here or here or here or here and also the hippotamus one by Рената Муха."
Week 10: Sunday 10/25/26 - Saturday 10/31/26 [show/hide]
Friday	Почитайте классическую поэму Самуила Маршака (1887-1964), известную каждому советскому школьнику, "Мистер Твистер".
Week 11: Sunday 11/01/26 - Saturday 11/07/26 [show/hide]
Friday	каникулы
Week 12: Sunday 11/08/26 - Saturday 11/14/26 [show/hide]
Friday	Переведите сколько успеете из «Мистера Твистера».
Week 13: Sunday 11/15/26 - Saturday 11/21/26 [show/hide]
Friday	Читаем переводы стихов Жака Превера. Русские переводы здесь, а английские переводы и французские оригиналы скоро найдет и пришлет нам Лия. And she has! Here is what she said: "I found these two websites that have a few poems in English, but not all the ones you found in Russian. https://parolesinenglish.wordpress.com/ and http://www.otago.ac.nz/deepsouth/vol3no1/campbell.html. My (Lea's) personal favorites are Barbara, breakfast or brunch (which I found in Russian here), and Paris de nuit. The red horse (in English here) and "This Love" are really nice too." So we'll do what Lea says.
Week 14: Sunday 11/22/26 - Saturday 11/28/26 [show/hide]
Friday	Опять Жак Превер.
Week 15: Sunday 11/29/26 - Saturday 12/05/26 [show/hide]
Friday	Переводим The Owl and the Pussycat
Week 16: Sunday 12/06/26 - Saturday 12/12/26 [show/hide]
Week 17: Sunday 12/13/26 - Saturday 12/19/26 [show/hide]

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