Application deadline, UO M.A. Program

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       Please note that the application deadline for admission to the M.A.
Program in Russian Literature and Slavic Linguistics at the University of
Oregon is _February 15, 1996_.  Late applications will be considered,
subject to availability of spaces.  A short description of the program
follows.


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           M.A. Program in Russian Literature and Slavic Linguistics
                                Department of Russian
                                University of Oregon
                                   Eugene, Oregon


Graduate Programs:  The Department of Russian at the University of Oregon
offers a comprehensive M.A. program in Russian Literature and Slavic
Linguistics.  Upon successful completion of the program, M.A. graduates
from the Department are qualified to apply for the Ph.D. program in
linguistics, with a specialization in Slavic linguistics, in the University
of Oregon Department of Linguistics, or the Ph.D. program in the Department
of Comparative Literature.

Languages:   The Department offers graduate-level courses in Russian,
Bulgarian and Polish. Instruction in other Slavic languages, Romanian, and
Latvian is also available on a tutorial basis.

Financial Aid:  Teaching fellowships are available to qualified graduate
students.

Visiting Professorships:  The Marjorie Lindholm Professorship in Russian
Language, Literature and Culture provides for regular one-month and one- or
two-term visiting professorships in the Department by distinguished figures
in the areas of Russian literature, linguistics and culture. The Lindholm
Professor for 1996-97 will be Andrei Sinyavsky.

Russian and East European Studies Center (REESC):  M.A. candidates in the
Department of Russian are eligible to receive a certificate in Russian and
East European Studies from REESC, upon completion of required coursework in
language, culture, and history of Russia or Eastern Europe.


                                M.A. Courses
        1995-96                                         1996-97 (projected)

Pushkin                                                 Modern Russian Poetry
Dostoevsky                                              Three Comic Masters
(Gogol,
Russian Women Writers                                       Chekhov, Zoshchenko)
The Russian Novel and World Literature                  Turgenev
Russian Film and Literature                             Dostoevsky
Russian Folklore                                        Old Russian Literature
Slavic Civilization                                     Old Church Slavonic
Polish Civilization                                     History of the Russian
Balkan Cultures                                            Literary Language
Structure of Russian I: Phonology and Morphology        Medieval Slavic Texts
Structure of Russian II: Syntax, Semantics, Discourse   Gender Discourse
Issues in
Introduction to the Slavic Languages                       Russian
First-Year Polish                                       Russian Cinema
Second-Year Polish                                      Slavic Civilization
First-Year Bulgarian                                    Polish Civilization
                                                        Balkan Cultures
                                                        Advanced Russian
Reading and
                                                           Translation
                                                        First-Year Polish
                                                        Second-Year Polish
                                                        Second-Year
Bulgarian

For further information and application materials, contact Department of
Russian, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1262
(msherw at oregon.uoregon.edu).