UKR2070 - Ukrainian Studies 7

Leader: Marko Pavlyshyn

Offered

Clayton First semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

Advanced conversation and composition, as well as the study of major works of Ukrainian literary modernism.

Objectives

Students who have completed this unit and its continuation, UKR2080, will be expected to demonstrate a knowledge of Ukrainian grammar based on D.S. Struk, Ukrainian for Undergraduates. Students should have acquired vocabulary relating to selected subjects from everyday life. They should be able to read, write, speak and understand standard Ukrainian correctly at the level of non-technical communication.
Students will be expected to have a knowledge of the main developments in Ukrainian literature from the 1960s to the present day and of representative works of poetry and short prose from that period (Symonenko, Drach, Kalynets, Hutsalo, Shevchuk, Berdnyk, the 'Bu-Ba-Bu' group). They should have acquired basic skills in the analysis and interpretation of literary texts, and should have an awareness of various approaches to the study of these texts.

Assessment

Examination (1.5 hours): 40%
Language Weekly homework (1000 words): 20%
Tutorial paper: 10%
Essay (1500 words): 30%

Contact hours

3 hours (1 x 1 hour lecture and 2 x 1 hour tutorials) per week

Prerequisites

UKR1050 and UKR1060

Prohibitions

UKR3070