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Svetlana Korshunova


Lecturer in Foreign Languages

Heritage Speakers Program Coordinator

Office Hours: TR 11 a.m. -12 p.m.

Email: svetlank@sas.upenn.edu

Fall 2009 Courses

RUSS360 Literacy in Russian I
RUSS462 Masterworks of Russian Visual Arts

Spring 2010 Course

RUSS361 LIteracy in Russian II

Svetlana Korshunova received her PhD (equivalent) from the Moscow State Pedagogical University in 1992 (Dissertation: The Tragic Myth in Thomas Hardy's Novels). In 1993-2003, she taught Russian language, English as the second language, and World Literature at the Orenburg State Pedagogical University, the Russian University for the Humanities, University of Pittsburgh, and Russian Summer School at Norwich University. Svetlana’s academic interests focus on issues of language and identity. Svetlana loves classical music, gardening, and quilting (she has been working on her first project for the last ten years).

COURSES TAUGHT AT UPENN

RUSS360/361 Literacy in Russian
RUSS002 Elementary Russian
RUSS003/004 Intermediate Russian
RUSS311 Advanced Russian Conversation and Composition
RUSS464 Russian Humor
RUSS467 Classic Russian Literature Today
RUSS469 Russian Utopia in Literature, Film, and Politics
RUSS470 Russian History in Animation

Last updated on August 25, 2009