INDICATIVE COURSE PLAN
27.10.2023 (1). What is Ukrainian literature? Overview of key concepts and historical background.
3.11.2023 (2). The literary image of ethnic identity on the background of the ”other”: Ukrainians vs. Russians
10.11.2023 (3). The artistic phenomenon of Taras Shevchenko. An anti-colonial discourse of his poems ”Kavkaz” (”The Caucasus”) and ”Son” (”The Dream (a comedy)”). Shevchenko is also a painter and graphic artist.
17.11.2023 (4). An anti-colonial discourse of Lesya Ukrainka's artistic phenomenon.
24.11.2023 (5). Discussion of Lesya Ukrainka's drama ”Boyarynya” (”The Noblewomen”).
1.12.2023 (6). Ukrainian national and cultural revival of the 1920s. The idea of cultural independence from Russia in Mykola Khvylovyi’s life and texts.
8.12.2023 (7). The phenomenon of ”Executed Renaissance” in Ukrainian culture. The drama of Mykola Kulish and discussion of ”Patetychna sonata” (”Sonata Pathétique”).
15.12.2023 (8). The phenomenon of ”Executed Renaissance” in Ukrainian culture. ‘The first poet in cinema’ Olexandr Dovzhenko. Discussion of his film ”Zemlia” (”The Land”).
22.12.2023 (9). The phenomenon of Ukrainian emigration and diaspora literature in the XXth century. Ivan Bahrianyi. ”Tyhrolovy” (”Tiger Trappers” or ”The Hunters and the Hunted”
5.01.2024 (10). The creative phenomenon of Emma Andijewska as a writer and painter.
12.01.2024 (11). «The Sixtiers» artistic phenomenon. Discussion of the samples of the poetry of Lina Kostenko and Vasyl Stus.
19.01.2024 (12). Postmodern literary burlesque as a way to destroy stereotypes of imperial culture. Discussion of excerpts of the novel ”Moskoviada” (”The Moskoviad”) by Yuri Andrukhovych.
26.01.2024 (13). Ukrainian writers and the struggle for freedom during the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian War against Ukraine (2013-14 – 2022 – present day). Serhii Zhadan, Halia Kruk.
2.02.2024 (14). Home on the frontier. Contemporary rethinking of issues of Ukrainian identity, memory, and culture by Olena Stiazhkina, Natalka Marynchak.
9.02.2024 (15). Home on the frontier. Contemporary rethinking of issues of Ukrainian identity, memory, and culture by Volodymyr Rafeyenko, Victoria Amelina. Summary. |