Ukrainian Literature Between East and West

obligatory courses

Ukrainian language skills at the level of B1. The skills of English and Russian will be regarded as an asset. In this course, the student should gain extended knowledge of the history of Ukrainian literature and culture, and its relations with the European culture.

Classroom

The subject effectuated in the form of a seminar.

The aim is to instill in students extended knowledge on the influence of European culture and socio-political institutions on Ukrainian cultural patterns, arts, and political traditions in the millennial history of the neighborhood and analysis of the character of the relations between neighbors in different periods.

The subject effectuated in the form of a seminar

The aim is to instill in students extended knowledge on the influence of European culture and socio-political institutions on Ukrainian cultural patterns, arts, and political traditions in the millennial history of the neighborhood and analysis of the character of the relations between neighbors in different periods.

The seminar meetings are devoted to analysis of selected texts and artefacts. The context of cultural-political debates will be subjected to analysis, with discussions planned on the need for modernization, orientation to European values, or, conversely, avoidance of these actions and valorization of national values. In the complex relationships between “domestic” and “foreign”, one can diagnose several problem aspects:

-European crises and hazards;

-current situations in Europe and prospects;

-between cosmopolitan and patriotic attitudes.

The student learns the history of cognitive conflicts, contradictory evaluations and prognoses in the Ukrainian intellectual thought and artistic activity.

An average total number of hours that the student should devote to achieving defined aims – 60 hours. The time divides into: lesson time – 30 hours and self-study time – 30 hours.

Obligatory literature:Ihor Szewczenko, Ukraine Between East and West, 1997

or Ukrainian version: “Україна між сходом і заходом”, Київ 2002

Грабович, Григорій. До історії української літератури, Київ вид. Основи, 1997

Розстріляне відродження, ред. Лавріненко Юрій, вид. І з 1959 року, або інші видання. Книжка доступна online.

Furhter reading:

erzy Jedlicki, Jakiej cywilizacji Polacy potrzebują, 1999

The Idea of Europe. From Antiquity to the European Union, A. Pagden (ed.), Cambridge Uniersity Press an Woodrow Wilson Center Press, Cambridge UK-Washington D.C. 2002.

The Idea of Europe: Problems of National and Transnational Identity, B. Nelson, D. Robert, W. Veit (eds.), St. Martin’s Press, New York 1992.

The Idea of Central Europe, G. Gorzelak, B. Jałowieckie (red.) UW, Warsaw 1997.

The Invention of Tradition, E. J. Hobsbawm and T. Ranger (eds.) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK 1993.

Intellectuals and the Articulation of the Nation, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 1999.

Яковенко Наталія, Нарис історії України з найдавніших часів до кінця XVIII ст., Kиїв 1997

At the end of the course, a student should have the following skills.

1. A student has systemized, extended knowledge of complex nature of relationships between the Ukrainian culture and European culture (K1_W07);

A student has extended knowledge of relationships between diverse disciplines in the remit of Ukrainian studies and other scientific fields, which enables the student to assume appropriate perspectives on the scientific common ground (K1_U04).

Has the ability to express critical evaluation of its knowledge (K1_K01).