UKR3020

The Ukrainian baroque

M Pavlyshyn

8 points
* 3 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton
* Prerequisite: any RUS, SLA or UKR minor

Objectives Students upon completion of this subject will have a knowledge of Ukrainian Baroque culture and its literary texts. They will have gained an understanding of these works in the context of the other arts and of social and political developments of the time.

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 Written (2500 words): 50%
* Examination (1 hour): 30%
* Seminar participation: 20%

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As for UKR3010