UKR4090 - Ukrainian Studies 9

Leader: Marko Pavlyshyn

Offered

Clayton First semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

Literary texts (epics, sermons, hagiography, apocrypha, patericons, chronicles) are studied in the original and in parallel translation into modern Ukrainian or Russian, depending on the student's disciplinary background. Texts are examined in the context of medieval East Slavic religious and courtly culture, with special reference to the visual arts (icon, mosaic, architecture), and in the context of social and political change from the tenth to the fourteenth centuries.

Objectives

Upon completion of this unit students should have acquired a knowledge of representative texts of the major genres (epic, sermon, hagiography, apocrypha, patericon, chronicle) in the original and in parallel translations into Ukrainian or Russian. Students should have developed an understanding of these texts in the context of medieval East Slavic religious and courtly culture, and will be able to place them into the context of social and political change from the tenth to the fourteenth centuries, as well as the context of other arts (icon, mosaic, architecture). Students should have developed skills in critical interpretation, as well as coherent, independent written argument that makes properly documented use of secondary literature. Students taking the unit at fourth-year level should be familiar with various critical and theoretical approaches to the subject matter of the unit.

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.

Contact hours

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

Prerequisites

Any RUS, SLA or UKR major

Prohibitions

UKR3090