Summer 2003
Professor Evans
wevans@aug.edu
667-4024

In this independent study Humanities course you must take the initiative to learn the material on your own. Success in the course will require discipline and commitment. Normally there will be two exam periods
every week; you need only show up six times for exams. These will be the only times you need to schedule specifically for this Humanities class. There may be some amendments to the following syllabus, but there should not be many.

The Board of Regents mandates that for each semester hour of academic credit a student should have one hour a week (for fifteen weeks; or about three hours a week for about four and a half weeks during the
summer) of lecture; the videotapes you will watch for the course are to be considered the equivalent of class lectures. The course will abide by the principle that students should work about two hours out of class for every hour spent in class. Obviously individuals vary enormously in reading speeds, but the course has been designed so that, in addition to the time spent with videotapes (readings, listening examples, review, etc.) the course should occupy a hypothetical average student somewhere around thirty hours. In sum, over the course of the semester, a hypothetical average student should devote something like forty-five hours total to the course; certainly some will devote more time, some less. During the summer term this should mean about ten hours a week. Make sure you schedule your time prudently.

GRADING
All exams will be multiple choice. There will be six exams, one for each unit of the course. Each exam will consist of 50 questions. There will be 300 points possible for the course; a student who earns 90% (270
points) will earn an A; a score of 80% (240 to 269 points) earns a B; 70% (210 to 239 points) earns a C; 60% (180 to 209 points) earns a D; a student who earns 179 points or fewer will fail the course. If you decide to drop the course you should fill out a withdrawal form at Student Records. If you have not taken at least one exam by midterm you should expect to receive a WF. If you take at least one exam by midterm, but don’t take all six by the end of the semester and don’t withdraw, you should expect to receive an F.

REQUIREMENTS
You must pay careful attention to what you hear, see, and read, and you must take copious notes. For example, you should rarely let 60 seconds of video pass without writing several words of notes. If you merely
read the reading assignments you will do poorly on the tests; take good, detailed notes. Actually writing down dates, names of individuals, titles of artworks, etc. will help you remember and will provide excellent review material when you’re preparing for tests. For artworks on video or in the Stokstad textbook you would be wise to make a quick sketch to help implant the image in your mind in case you need to identify the artwork on an exam.

Some reading assignments [Stokstad: Art History, Abrams, 1995; Mack: The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Expanded Edition in One Volume, Norton: 1997] will be on reserve at the front desk in Reese Library. Pages from other works [for example, Peter Stearns, World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity, 2nd edition, Harper Collins: 1995], will be on permanent reserve at the front desk of the library in the Russia Reserve Binder. Mistreating library property will disadvantage other students. Do not put any marks on pages in any of the books or in the Readings Binder. Do not remove any pages from any books or from the Readings Binder. Immediately report to the library staff any marks or missing pages or expect to be held responsible for them. If you are found responsible for defacing or taking library property expect to
flunk the course and to be remanded to the dean. All the videos will be available at Media Services in Hardy Hall; you should plan to watch the videos on monitors there. The phone number for Media Services is
737-1703. Be polite and respectful when dealing with the Media Services staff. You will need to buy a copy of one paperback book, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Ralph Parker translation, Signet Classic). The ISBN is 0-451-52709-7. You may purchase this book in the ASU Bookstore or in another bookstore. You should acquire or order this book immediately.

As soon as you get this syllabus you should immediately e-mail me the following information:
1. that you are enrolled in Russian Humanities
2. your name
3. mailing address
4. phone number
5. a nickname or pseudonym I can use to post your exam scores near my office door
6. your e-mail address

E-mail any questions you may have and I will e-mail a response. If you do not currently have an e-mail address, go to Room 7 in Hardy Hall with a validated student I.D. and you can get one for free. I will post on
my door or on the wall near my door update information about the course and, by nickname or pseudonym, your exam scores.

The course will be divided into six units:
1. History
2. Art
3. Music
4. Nineteenth Century Fiction
5. War and Peace
6. Film and Novel

EXAMS
You do not need to take the exams in order (in other words, you may take the exam for Unit Six before taking the exam for Unit One). All exams will be held in Allgood Hall, room E258. There are eight exam periods
and you may take a maximum of two exams in any exam period. If at all possible you should try to finish the course well before the end of the semester. If the semester ends before you’ve taken all six exams you
will receive a zero for any exams you have not taken. Plan ahead! Do not trap yourself into needing to take exams on the last exam day!

If you have given me a nickname or pseudonym to use, your exam scores will be posted outside my office as soon as I've graded your exams. It's illegal to post scores by name or social security number. Be sure to
bring to the exam two sharpened number two pencils and your completed study questions to turn in to me. You may not take the exam unless you hand in your completed study questions.

Exams will take place in Allgood Hall, room E258, on Tuesdays from 4:00 to 4:50 PM and on Fridays from 12:00 to12:50 PM. Be on time!

When Exams May Be Taken
June 24 Tuesday 4:00
June 27 Friday 12:00
July 1 Tuesday 4:00
July 8 Tuesday 4:00
July11 Friday 12:00
July 15 Tuesday 4:00
July 18 Friday 12:00
July 22 Tuesday 4:00

STUDY QUESTIONS
You must do all the work for this independent study course yourself, not relying on others for help with answers to study questions. For each segment you should write out answers on the pages which contain the study questions. When you take an exam for a unit you MUST bring your study questions and turn them in PRIOR to taking the exam. If you don't have study questions to hand in, written in your own handwriting, there's no point in showing up for the exam. Do not borrow study questions from another student and do not lend your study questions to another student. If you are in possession of another student's answers to study questions or if another student is in possession of your answers to study questions you both will be considered guilty of
cheating and should expect to flunk the course and to be remanded to the dean for academic dishonesty.

In addition to study packets for sale in the bookstore, a complete set of study questions will be on reserve at the front desk of the library. You may photocopy these study questions but do not remove any of the
original study questions from the library. If you steal study questions from the library, you will be guilty of theft and will be treated accordingly.Important: Remember to take notes on material not in the study questions; the majority of questions on the exam (about two-thirds) will come from those, but many other exam questions (about a third) will be new. Do not mark in any of the books or study materials in the library! If you are found to have defaced any of these materials you should expect to receive an F for the course and to be remanded to
the dean for further disciplinary action!

STUDY UNITS
Copies of the Stokstad and Norton textbooks will be available on reserve at the front desk of the library. Copies of other works are also on permanent reserve at the front desk of the library in the Russia Reserve
Binder. If you are found to have marked on or cut pages from any books you should expect to receive an F in the course and to be remanded to the dean. If you would like to purchase any of the books you should
special order them from our bookstore, one of the local bookstores, or one of the online bookstores. We have only one copy of the videotapes so you should expect to watch these videos in Media Services in Hardy
Hall. Be sure to work hard on the study questions.

Unit 1: History
Study Questions
Russian History: Stearns, World History (2nd edition) 207-221, 331-347, 481-490, 548-569 (in Russia Reserve Binder at the library)
Russian Imperial Palaces (VCT 3105, videotape about 50 minutes, view in Media Services)

Remember to take notes on material not in the study questions; the majority of questions on the exam will come from those below, but many other exam questions will be new. Be sure to do all the study
questions. Do not mark on any pages in the Russia Reserve Binder or in the books in the library. If you see any marks on such books immediately notify the instructor or you may be held responsible for
them.

Unit 2: Art
Stokstad, Art History, 2nd Edition: pages 45, 310, 324, 326-8, 338-40; from photocopies be able to identify title, place, and—where relevant—artist, for the following figures (1-2, expanded quincunx on page 324, 7-40, 7-41, 7-42, 7-54, 7-55 (on reserve at the library, book has a black cover)

The State Russian Museum (VCT 3104, videotape about 60 minutes, view in Media Services)

Stokstad, Art History 2nd Edition: pages1013-14, 1068-9, 1081-2, 1090-2, 1158; from photocopies be able to identify title and artist for the following figures: 27-51, 28-13, 28-33, 28-34, 28-35, 28-45, 28-46, 28-47, 28-48 (on reserve at the library, book has a black cover)

The Avant-Garde in Russia (VCT 3104, videotape about 89 minutes, view in Media Services)

Remember to take notes on material not in the study questions; the majority of questions on the exam will come from those below, but many other exam questions will be new. Be sure to do all the study
questions. Do not mark on any pages in the Russia Reserve Binder or in the books in the library. If you see any marks on such books immediately notify the instructor or you may be held responsible for
them.

Unit 3: Music
“Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Music,” Roger Kamien, Music: An Appreciation (pages 362-74) (in Russia Reserve Binder at the library)

Russia Under the Tsars: The Search for a Voice (VCT 3098, videotape about 53 minutes, view in Media Services)

“Neoclassicism,” Roger Kamien, Music: An Appreciation (pages 464-81) (in Russia Reserve Binder at the library)

Russia Under the Tsars: Music for a Nation (Man and Music) (VCT 3212, videotape about 53 minutes, view in Media Services)

Russia Under the Tsars: Music for the World (VCT 3213, videotape about 53 minutes, view in Media Services)

Remember to take notes on material not in the study questions; the majority of questions on the exam will come from those below, but many other exam questions will be new. Be sure to do all the study questions. Do not mark on any pages in the Russia Reserve Binder or in the books in the library. If you see any marks on such books immediately notify the instructor or you may be held responsible for them.

Unit 4: Nineteenth Century Fiction
Except for Alexander Pushkin’s “The Queen of Spades” and Leo Tolstoy’s“The Death of Ivan Ilych” all the stories listed below are in the Russia Reserve Binder at the library.

Alexander Pushkin, “The Queen of Spades” (On reserve in the Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, expanded edition. If you use the one-volume edition you will read pages 2284-2305; if you use volume one of the two-volume edition you will read pages 842-863.)

Nikolai Gogol, “The Overcoat” (in reserve binder)

Fyodor Dostoevski, “The Grand Inquisitor on the Nature of Man” (in Reserve Binder)

Leo Tolstoy, “The Death of Ivan Ilych” (On reserve in the Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, expanded edition; if you use the one-volume edition you will read pages 2432-76; if you use volume one of the two-volume edition you will read pages 1199-1243.)

Anton Chekhov “The Lady with the Pet Dog” (in Reserve Binder)

Remember to take notes on material not in the study questions; the majority of questions on the exam will come from those below, but many other exam questions will be new. Be sure to do all the study
questions. Do not mark on any pages in the Russia Reserve Binder or in the books in the library. If you see any marks on such books immediately notify the instructor or you may be held responsible for them.

Unit 5: War and Peace
R.F. Christian, “The Theme and the Art of War and Peace,” in Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, Norton Critical Edition (1966), pages 1456-1480 (in Russia Reserve Binder).

War and Peace, film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk This film is 403 minutes long (a little more than 6 ? hours) and is on three videotapes. You will need to watch it in Media Services; be sure to plan ahead and schedule your time wisely. The phone number for Media Services is 737-1703. At the end of the study questions is a chart with names of some of the characters.

Videotape 1 is VCT 3215.01
Videotape 2 is VCT 3215.02
Videotape 3 is VCT 3215.03

Remember to take notes on material not in the study questions; the majority of questions on the exam will come from those below, but many other exam questions will be new. Be sure to do all the study questions. Do not make any marks on the pages in the Russia Reserve Binder. If you see any marks immediately report them to the instructor or you may be held responsible for them.

Unit 6: Film and Novel
“Eisenstein: Battleship Potemkin” David A. Cook, A History of Narrative Film (Norton: 1981), 142-71 (in Russia Reserve Binder)

Eisenstein: Battleship Potemkin (VCT 263 or LD 168; about 70 minutes, view in Media Services)

“Alexander Nevsky” in David A. Cook, A History of Narrative Film (Norton: 1981),
317-9 (in Russia Reserve Binder)

Eisenstein: Alexander Nevsky (1938) (videotape, about 90 minutes; view in Media Services)

Alexander Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Ralph Parker translation, Signet Classic) You must purchase this book in the ASU Bookstore or in another bookstore. The ISBN is 0-451-52709-7.

Remember to take notes on material not in the study questions; the majority of questions on the exam will come from those below, but many other exam questions will be new. Be sure to do all the study
questions. Do not make any marks on the pages in the Russia Reserve Binder. If you see any marks immediately report them to the instructor or you may be held responsible for them.