Ukrainian studies I/1A
M Pavlyshyn
6 points
* 4 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton
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Prerequisites: VCE/HSC Ukrainian or equivalent
Objectives On completion of this subject and its continuation, UKR1080, students should have a knowledge of Ukrainian grammar based on D H Struk, Ukrainian for undergraduates; an advanced vocabulary relating to selected subjects from everyday life; and an ability to read, write, speak and understand standard Ukrainian correctly at the level of non-technical communication. Students should also 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.
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 since 1953, with a focus on the contemporary situation. Selected literary texts of the period are studied.
Assessment Examinations (2 hours): 25%
* Language Weekly
homework: 25%
* Two 10-minute tutorial papers: 10%
* Test: 10%
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Literature and culture Essay (1500 words): 20%
* Tutorial paper:
10%
Prescribed texts
Struk D H Ukrainian for undergraduates Edmonton, 1982
Recommended texts
Holoskevych H Pravopysnyi slovnyk any reprint
Koshelivets I (ed.) Panorama nainovishoi literatury v URSR 2nd edn, Munich, 1974
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