UKR1080

Ukrainian studies I/2A

M Pavlyshyn

6 points - 4 hours per week - Second semester - Clayton - Prerequisites: UKR1070

Objectives The language component of this subject builds upon the skills and knowledge gained in UKR1070. Upon completing the literature component of UKR1080, students should have obtained a knowledge of the major developments in Ukrainian literature in the nineteenth century, including the major features of Ukrainian and European romanticism and realism and a familiarity with key texts.

Synopsis (i) Language: a review of Ukrainian grammar; development of conversation and composition skills using texts on contemporary themes. (ii) Literature and society: an introduction to major cultural, social and political developments in Ukraine in the nineteenth century; the study of selected literary texts from Kotliarevs'kyi to Franko.

Assessment Examinations (2 hours): 25% - Language Weekly homework: 25% - Two 10-minute tutorial papers: 10% - Test (30 minutes): 10% - Literature and culture Essay (1500 words): 20% - Tutorial paper (500 words): 10%

Prescribed texts

Struk D Ukrainian for undergraduates Edmonton, 1982

Recommended texts

Holoskevych H Pravpysnyi slovnyk any reprint
Podvezko M Ukrainian-English dictionary any reprint

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