2023 Fall

SLAVIC R5B 002 - LEC 002

Reading and Composition

There’s No Place Like Home: Ecology, Kinship, and the Local

Maria Whittle

Aug 23, 2023 - Dec 08, 2023

Tu, Th

03:30 pm - 04:59 pm

Dwinelle 233

Class #:22737

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Slavic Languages and Literatures

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 0

Enrolled: 17

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 17

Waitlist Max: 3

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.

Other classes by Maria Whittle

SLAVIC R5B 001 001LEC

Reading and composition course based on works of Russian and other Slavic writers, either written in English or translated into English. As students develop strategies of writing and interpretation, they will become acquainted with a particular theme in Russian and/or Slavic literatures and their major voices. R5A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement, and R5B satisfies the second half.

Class Description

What does it mean to be connected to a place? This course will examine cultural constructions of home amidst a changing environment: what a home is, where a home can be, and our relationships to the other inhabitants (human and non-human) within it. Reading texts from Russian, American, and other world literatures, and drawing on theories from human geography and the environmental humanities, we will investigate various ways that culture informs human relationships with and understandings of familiar places and environments. In doing so, we will explore questions such as: Why do some people seek self-definition in the wilderness while others flock to metropolitan centers? How does culture imagine familiar spaces and shape our assumptions about them? How has literature been used to justify or resist colonization, natural resource extraction, and other forms of environmental change? At the same time, we will develop research skills that will help us analyze the contexts and ideologies that shape textual depictions of space and our interpretations of them. Readings will include works by Anton Chekhov, Yury Rytkheu, Galina Rymbu, James Baldwin, and Carson McCullers.

Class Notes

This course satisfies the second half or the “B” portion of the Reading and Composition requirement.

Prerequisite: Successful completion of the “A” portion of the Reading & Composition requirement or its equivalent. Students may not enroll in nor attend R1B/R5B courses without completing this prerequisite.

Due to the high demand for R&C courses we monitor attendance very carefully. Attendance is mandatory the first two weeks of classes, this includes all enrolled and wait listed students. If you do not attend all classes the first two weeks you may be dropped. If you are attempting to add into this class during weeks 1 and 2 and did not attend the first day, you will be expected to attend all class meetings thereafter and, if space permits, you may be enrolled from the wait list. show less

Rules & Requirements

Requisites

Previously passed an R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Previously passed an articulated R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Score a 4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature. Score a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition. Score of 5, 6, or 7 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination in English.