UJA205 Ukrainian Classical 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 even Tuesday 14:10–15:45 C31
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 aim of the course exploring the history of Ukrainian literature of the first half of the 19th century is to describe the period of the birth of the new Ukrainian literature in the context of the national revival. The students are expected to become familiar with how burlesque and travesty (Kotljarevskyj, the burlesque school), realism (Kvitka-Osnovjanenko) and romanticism (Borovykovskyj, Metlynskyj, etc.) gradually developed. The focus is on the works of Taras Shevchenko who was the leading figure of Ukrainian romanticism.
Syllabus
  • 1. The outline of the Ukrainian literature of the 19th century. The characteristics of the period of the national revival. Periodization, the developmental tendencies, literary streams and movements, genres.
  • 2. Ivan Kotljarevskyj as the founder of the new era of Ukrainian literature. The Eneida poema.
  • 3. The burlesque school and its leading figures.
  • 4. Ukrainian FABLE and its authors – e.g. Hrebinka, Hulak-Artemovskyj, Hlibov.
  • 5. Ukrainian romanticism: Its formation, characteristic features and contribution to Ukrainian literature.
  • 6. Ukrainian romantic poets and their works (Borovykovskyj, Metlynskyj, Šaškevyč, etc.)
  • 7. Taras Ševčenko – the leading figure of Ukrainian romanticism. His life and creative stages
  • 8. Taras Ševčenko and his poetry: The genres, motives and poetics.
  • 9. The analysis of Shevchenko’s poemas. Shevchenko in Bohemia.
  • 10. Post-Shevchenko poetry. The works of Rudanskyj, Ščoholiv and Kuliš.
  • 11. The beginnings of the new Ukrainian prose. Kvitka-Osnovjanenko as the founder of Ukrainian sentimentalism.
  • 12. Marko Vovčok and his short-stories.
  • 13. The birth of (the) Ukrainian novel (Kuliš, Svydnyckyj).
Literature
  • Kol.autorů: Slovník ruských, ukrajinských a běloruských spisovatelů. Libri, 2001.
  • P.Chropko, O.Hnidan, P.Orlyk:Istorija ukrajinskoji literatury (perši desatyriččja devjatnadcatoho stolittja). Lybid, 1992.
  • Židlický, V., Genyk-Berezovská, Z.: Současná sovětská literatura. Ukrajinská a běloruská. 1966
  • M.Hrycaj, V.Nedilko, I.Ladona: Ukrajinska literatura. Kyjiv, 1985.
  • HRALA, Milan. Slovník spisovatelů : Sovětský svaz : literatura ruská, ukrajinská a běloruská, literatury sovětského Pobaltí, literatury Sovětského východu. 1, A-K. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1977, 639 s. info
  • HRALA, Milan. Slovník spisovatelů : Sovětský svaz : literatura ruská, ukrajinská a běloruská, literatury sovětského Pobaltí, literatury Sovětského východu. 2, L-Ž. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1977, 627 s., [1. info
  • MÁCHAL, Jan. Slovanské literatury. V Praze: nákladem Matice české, 1929, 795 stran. info
  • WOLLMAN, Frank. Slované : kulturní obraz slovanského světa. Praha: "Vesmír" - nakladatelská a vydavatelská společnost s r.o., 1928, 259 s. URL info
  • MÁCHAL, Jan. Slovanské literatury. V Praze: nákladem Matice české, 1925, 605 stran. info
  • MÁCHAL, Jan. Slovanské literatury. V Praze: nákladem Matice české, 1922, 319 stran. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, workshop dedicated to Shevchenko, reading of papers, 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
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, 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.
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