The Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures (SLAV) offers courses designed to meet a wide range of needs and interests in Russian, Polish, Czech, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, and Ukrainian.
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We offer courses in each of the General Education and College of Arts and Sciences designations: Language, World Culture, Arts and Humanities, Social and Historical Sciences, Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Intensive Writing, and Diversity in the United States. In fact, we boast the second largest selection of GenEd courses of any department in the entire IU system.
A history of the Czech lands and their art, literature, and music from the ninth through the late nineteenth centuries. Some discussion of Slovak language and literature also included.
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Europe—for over four decades divided by the “iron curtain” between the Eastern Bloc controlled by the Soviet Union and the so-called “West”—unified. Together with this unification came the violent breakdown of previously homogenized communist societies. In this course, we will investigate the emergence of minorities in postcommunist Poland. We will discuss the social and political construction of “otherness” and its cultural representations in the new capitalist order.
Studies Russian lyric verse and its development through Russian literary history. Analyzes the most prominent works in the genre, from the pre-Pushkin period to the present day, and develops interpretive strategies. Considers the unique place of lyric verse in the Russian cultural tradition, its interactions with other cultural forms in Russia, and its origins in and influence on other literary traditions. Readings in Russian; discussion in English.
Survey of the cultures of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania and Romania, concentrating on the modern period. Lectures and readings in English.
The course descriptions in the Academic Bulletin are for all courses that have been offered by the department in the last ten years and that we expect could be offered again; actual course offerings change from semester to semester. For a list of courses specific to a particular semester or summer session, refer to the IU Registrar Schedule of Classes.
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