UKR4020

The Ukrainian baroque

(ART)

M Pavlyshyn

6 points + 3 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: Any RUS, SLA or UKR major + Prohibition: UKR3020

Synopsis: Studies in the culture of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries in Ukraine. Literary texts (polemical literature; lyrical, laudatory and emblematic verse; school drama, including comic interlude; historical writing; the philosophical and poetic works of Skovoroda) are examined in the original, in relation to contemporary Ukrainian art, architecture, music and folklore, and with reference to social and political developments.

Assessment: Examinations (1.5 hours): 40% + Essay (2000 words): 40% + Class paper (to be written up in 1000 words): 20% + Fourth-year students will choose from a list of essays requiring more advanced analytic skills than third-year students