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Exploding Tongues: Language, Art, and the Russian Avant-gardeMain MenuBack to Futurism: Russian Artist BooksIntroductory Page by Chris GilmanBookENDS: A Working Theory of Textuality as Cultural Dominant, 1912-An Introduction and Conclusion to a Semester's Investigation into the Book Arts as an Avant-garde PracticeBook Case StudiesCollaborative Research by Case StudiesBig Bang: Timeline of Russian Avant-Garde Book Arts and Their Cultural ImpactsA Timeline of Russian Avant-Garde Book Arts and Their Cultural ImpactsCoaRse CaLIBrationARTS 227 "Introduction to Letterpress Printing" (Pedersen) and CSLC134/RUSN334 "Exploding Tongues" (Gilman)NthOlogyA limited edition collaborative book arts project by students of ARTS 227 (Pedersen) and CSLC 134/RUSN 334 (Gilman), Spring, '17MANIFESTERS (AB & Kelly): A portfolio of process and productsAppendix: A Path Through Russian Avant-Garde BooksChristopher Gilman1985b99a2acd541caa12a10c3ebf6896565283abDexter Blackwell92e005ca94195f836c6089cf147faff4c74fa79eZoe Foster-La Duc1c8954189fb3ee4ab6e36bfb90fae86777eab97Stephen Heim7069d17c035042745c96bc6c7619096cd7b33da4Kelly Kirklande1805e502570d093d70f00df18f145c99290d0a3Ian Lehineb028c384a69e4b92166e7791b002fa3f2cee5818Timothy Lewis13880d3d99b4b71ce85be63e69a6d44e38853d68Jmedina29ac3fc10003fb639ac412984b59b01a5b826e161Taylor Robinsonaa08dd3939f1f1c6162c5518ae531385e51659afEvan Sarafian042e10782d9a6d3f0001a4b35abb02f58ad84684Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490ILiADS (Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship)
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12017-05-26T12:07:17-07:00RUSsian ResEARch Lab20The course page for Russian language labplain2017-10-07T01:27:27-07:00 CSLC 134 / RUSN 334 is a combined course with a single syllabus and regular twice-weekly meetings. The course alternates between lecture-discussion and lab, and meets in the Varelas Innovation Lab, a multimedia enhanced instructional space with projection screens and wireless collaboration technology. Students registered for the 100-level introductory course in the Department of Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture are not expected to know Russian, but features of the language, such as grammar, phonology, and alphabet, figure prominently in the curriculum and research. Consistent with the learning goals of the Department, they learn through description how language figures as a constituent element of culture.
Students with a basic proficiency in the Russian language were eligible to register for a 5-unit version of "Exploding Tongues," RUSN 334, which met for an additional weekly instructional hour for language related learning activities. The purpose of this course variant is to deepen students' comprehension of written Russian through active decoding of authentic foreign language content in a research context. The unique qualities of the course material present both challenges and opportunities for "content-based" language learning. In-depth treatment of zaum, or invented "trans-sense" language (to use the term of its creators) in poetry, prose and drama, for example, does not serve as an efficient vehicle for developing everyday communicative proficiencies. The systematic abstraction of sounds from meanings by native speakers in a cultural context, however, presents students with unusual access to the language, and highlights subtle distinctions between orality and literacy. As a combined course, students in CSLC 134 and RUSN 334 comprised a multi-talented research team. In Russian section, students of RUSN 334 confronted significant obstacles of decoding written documents with intentionally irregular and messy handwriting.
Listen to voice recordings of poetry, including Roman Jakobson's 1959 recording. Memorize and declaim Khlebnikov's Zakliatie smekhom (Incantation by Laughter), read and compare Khlebnikov's own 1918 manuscript
