COURSE DESCRIPTION: Beginner's course with audio-lingual approach: fundamentals of language structure and sounds; emphasis on correct pronunciation. Four classes, two laboratories each week. Native speakers of Polish may not take this course without permission of chair.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: After completion of structural study, emphasis is given to reading in conjunction with a continuation of the audio-lingual method. Four classes, two laboratories each week. Prerequisite(s): A Pol 101 or equivalent. Native speakers of Polish may not take this course without permission of chair.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Selected topics in Polish literature, film, theater and culture. May be repeated for credit with change of topic. Consult current schedule of classes for topic. The course is also counted for credit in the Slavic program.
Ph.D. Harvard University, 1976 tel: (518) 442-4226 / fax: 518/442-4217 / Email: hbaran@albany.edu
MAJOR INTEREST: Historian of Russian and Polish literature and culture POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP: ARTICLES
"Polish Literature." Chapters in: The Reader's Adviser, Vol. 2. 12th ed. New York and London: R. R. Bowker, 1977. 510-521
BOOK REVIEWS
"T. Konwicki, The Polish Complex." Library Journal. 15 March 1982
"Cz. Milosz, The Issa Valley." Library Journal. 1 August 1981
"T. Rózewicz, Unease." Library Journal.. 15 June 1980
PhD, New York University,
tel: (518) 442-4228 / fax: (518) 442-4217 / Email:twc78@cnsvax.albany.edu MAJOR INTEREST: 19th and 20th century Russian and Polish literature, Russian women's literature POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP: PRESENTATION
Polish-Jewish youth Autobiographies of the 1930s presented at the international conference on "Ashkenaz: Theory and Nation," at the Jagelonian University in Krakow