BA437 Languages and literature of Euro-Asian North

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Harald Gaski (lecturer), Mgr. Michal Kovář, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Michal Kovář, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. István Kozmács (lecturer), Mgr. Michal Kovář, Ph.D. (deputy)
prof. Vladimir Napolskich (lecturer), Mgr. Michal Kovář, Ph.D. (deputy)
Katri Somby (lecturer), Mgr. Michal Kovář, Ph.D. (deputy)
dr. Jon Todal (lecturer), Mgr. Michal Kovář, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Hoskovec, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Languages and literacy of the Eurasian North is a course taught in English by guest-lecturers. The particular topic of the course always differs. At the end of the course students should be able to name features of the languages and literatures regarded, express categories for comparison, illustrate the use of such categories, compare social, political or cultural position of different languages and literatures, and evaluate the situation in terms of one language and literature.
Syllabus
  • In the spring 2011, the course continues with the Udmurt language (April 4-8); a block of lectures on old Sámi religion tought by prof. Hakan Rydving (Uni. of Bergen) will be added (May 4-6). The course was in the fall 2010 focused on the Udmurt language. The intensive language course was be held in English by dr Kozmács István from the University of Szeged.
  • The course was in the fall 2009 focused on the language situation in Sameland and especially on sociolinguistics of South Sámi (dr Todal), literature (prof. Gaski), history of Sameland (Somby) and mythology of Eastern Fenno-Ugric peoples (prof. Napolskikh).
Literature
  • KEĽMAKOV, Valentin and Sara HÄNNIKÄINEN. Udmurtin kielioppia ja harjoituksia. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, 1999, 319 s. ISBN 9525150348. info
  • KOZMÁCS, István. Udmurt nyelvkönyv. Sered: JATEPress, 2002, 133 s. ISBN 9634825729. info
  • KOZMÁCS, István. Az -śk- képző az udmurt (votják) igeképzés rendszerében. Nyitra: Konstantin Filozófus Egyetem, Közép-európai Tanulmányok Kara, 2008, 226 s. ISBN 9788080944124. info
  • The Uralic languages : description, history and foreign influences. Edited by Denis Sinor. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1988, xx, 841. ISBN 9004077413. info
  • The Finno-Ugric World. Editor-in-Chief: György Nanovfszky. Budapest, 2004
  • HAJDÚ, Péter. Finno-Ugrian languages and peoples. Translated by G. F. Cushing. 1st pub. London: André Deutsch, 1975, 254 s. ISBN 0233965521. info
  • Jazyki narodov SSSR. Edited by Vasilij Il‘jič Lytkin. Moskva: Nauka, 1966, 462 s. info
  • Encyclopaedia of Uralic Mythologies, Akadémiai Kiadó
  • HONKO, Lauri, Senni TIMONEN and Michael BRANCH. The great bear : a thematic anthology of oral poetry in the Finno-Ugrian languages. Translated by Keith Bosley. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1993, 787 s. ISBN 9517176317. info
  • Pekka Sammallahti: The Saami languages : an introduction. Kárásjohka, Davvi girji 1998
  • LEHTOLA, Veli-Pekka. The Sámi people : traditions in transition. Translated by Linna Weber Müller-Wille. 2nd slightly rev. ed. Aanaar-Inari: Kustannus-Puntsi Publisher, 2004, 139 s. ISBN 9525343111. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, homeworks
Assessment methods
The course ends by an exam. The classification happens on the basis of an essay on a predetermined topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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