UJA305 Modern and Postmodern Ukrainian Literature I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Galina Pavlovna Binová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Thursday 14:10–15:45 M21
Prerequisites (in Czech)
UJA209 Ukrainian Classical Literature
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course chronologically explores the character of complex and sometimes opposing literary processes. The focus is on the characteristic features of various literary streams and movements of Ukrainian modern literature, e.g. the generation of the authors of the 1960s, historical prose, literature of Ukrainian emigration and also the poetics of the contemporary post-modern literature. Peculiarities in the development of various literary genres (poetry, prose and drama) are also closely examined.
Syllabus
  • 1. The outline of the 20th-century Ukrainian literature. Periodization, developmental tendencies, literary streams or movements, the reassessment of values.
  • 2. Ukrainian modern literature: The programme, main organizations, literary streams or movements, characteristic features, peculiarities and its contribution to Ukrainian literature.
  • 3. The leading figures of Ukrainian modern literature – e.g. Voronyj, Oles, Karmanskyj, Pačovskyj, etc.
  • 4. Ukrainian symbolism - Pavlo Tyčyna.
  • 5. Ukrainian futurism – Semenko and Škurupyj.
  • 6. The lives and literary works of Ukrainian neo-classicists – e.g. Zerov, Fylypovyč, Draj-Chmara and Jurij Klen.
  • 7. The artistic synthesis of Rylskyj.
  • 8. The lyrical style of Sosjura.
  • 9. The poetry of Plužnyk.
  • 10. The literary works of Bažan.
  • 11. Ukrainian prosaic styles in 1920’s and 1930’s – e.g. Jackyv and Chotkevyč.
  • 12. V. Pidmohylnyj and his intellectual prose.
  • 13. The prosaic talent of M. Chvyljovyj
Literature
  • Mykola Žulynskyj: Iz zabutta v bezsmerta (Storinky prizabutoji spadščyny). Kyjiv, Dnipro 1990.
  • M. Najenko: Ukrajinske literaturoznavstvo: Školy, napramy, tendenciji. Kyjiv 1987.
  • Kol.autorů: Slovník ruských, ukrajinských a běloruských spisovatelů. Libri, 2001.
  • A. Korniejenko: Ukrainski modernizm. Krakow 1998.
  • O.Zilynskyj: Antolohije ukrajinskoji lyriky. Kanada, 1978, č.1,2.
  • Serhij Jefremov: Istorija ukrajinskoho pysmenstva. Č.1,2. 1919
  • Istorija ukrajinskoji literatury XX stolitta u dvoch knihach za redakcijeju Dončyka. Kyjiv, Lybid 1998.
  • Ukrajinske slovo. Chrestomatija ukrajinskoji literatury ta literaturnoji krytyky XX storičča. Kyjiv 1994-5, kn.1-4.
  • Koordynaty. Antolohija sučasnoji ukrajinskoji poeziji na zachodi. T.1,2. Sučasnist 1969.
  • ŽIDLICKÝ, Václav. Stručný nástin dějin ukrajinské literatury : metodicko-informativní studie. [S.l.: s.n.], 1972. info
  • ŽIDLICKÝ, Václav and Zinaida GENYK-BEREZOVSKÁ. Současná sovětská literatura. Praha: Svět sovětů, 1966. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, comprehensive analysis of text, discussion, check up of compulsory reading, comparison of original and translation.
Assessment methods
Colloquium, check up of compulsory reading.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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