Key to the Culture of Region: Literature, Art, Folklore (I) - Ukraine 3224-D7KREGUKR
The aim of the course is to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the most important processes related to the development of intercultural relations that took place in Ukraine over the centuries (until 1918). These phenomena will be analysed through the prism of the formation of the distinctiveness of a given culture and the identity of its participants, taking into account the religious, linguistic, social, political and economic context. Particular emphasis will be placed on discussing those aspects that are conflict-generating in international relations and are the subject of diverse and contradictory collective perceptions. Students will develop their research skills and learn to acquire knowledge independently, with the support of their academic supervisor.
The following issues will be discussed:
1. Issues of the origin of the Ukrainian nation and language, Ukrainian ethnic territory: concepts, polemics.
2. Christianity and paganism in ancient Ukraine: clash or mutual influence?
3. Between Rome and Constantinople: the specificity of Christianity in ancient Ukraine.
4. Who ‘owns’ the Old Russian cultural heritage?
5. Rusyns-Ukrainians within the borders of the First Polish Republic and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: religion, culture, identity.
6. The Union of Brest (1596) as a challenge and an opportunity for Ukrainian culture.
7. Culture in the Baroque period in Ukrainian lands. The question of the influence of Polish Baroque on Ukrainian culture.
8. Ukrainians within the borders of the Russian Empire after the Treaty of Pereyaslav: issues of resistance and loyalty to the tsarist regime, identity, participation in Russian cultural processes.
9. Multiculturalism in Ukrainian lands over the centuries and until the beginning of the 20th century. Jews, Tatars, Armenians, Karaites and others: main centres. Relations between ethnic minorities and the Ukrainian majority. Everyday life, religion, education.
10. Poles in Ukrainian lands over the centuries and until the beginning of the 20th century. Relations and conflicts with Ukrainians. Everyday life, culture, religion, education.
11. Polish and Ukrainian Romanticism in the context of European Romanticism. The ‘Ukrainian school’ in Polish Romanticism. Polish ‘peasant enthusiasts’ in Ukrainian lands.
12. Strategies for the survival of Ukrainian culture in the 19th century. The literature of an enslaved nation as a kind of ‘state’.
13. Ukrainians and the so-called Old Ruthenians in Eastern Galicia in the 19th century: the struggle for language and identity.
14. Polish-Ukrainian coexistence in Galicia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
15. The Ukrainian national idea on the Dnieper on the eve of World War I.
Students develop their research skills and learn to acquire knowledge independently, with the support of their academic supervisor.
Student workload:
Classroom participation – 30 hours (1 ECTS)
Class preparation – 30 hours (1 ECTS)
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The course aims to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the key processes shaping intercultural relations on the territory of Ukraine from the Middle Ages to the outbreak of World War I. It focuses on the mechanisms through which cultural distinctiveness and social identity were formed, analyzed within religious, linguistic, social, political, and economic contexts. Throughout the course, students will develop research skills, learn how to acquire knowledge independently under academic supervision, and analyze cultural phenomena from both historical and comparative perspectives. 1. The origins of the Ukrainian nation and language; the concept of ethnic Ukrainian territory – key theories and debates. 2. Christianity and paganism in early Ukraine – conflict or synthesis? 3. Between Rome and Constantinople – the specificity of Christianity in the lands of Rus’. 4. The Old Rus’ cultural legacy – competing claims of cultural affiliation. 5. Ruthenians–Ukrainians within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth – religion, culture, identity. 6. The Union of Brest (1596) as both a challenge and a stimulus for Ukrainian culture. 7. Baroque culture in Ukrainian lands – Polish influences and local characteristics. 8. Ukraine within the Russian Empire after the Treaty of Pereyaslav – loyalty and resistance, participation in Russian culture, the shaping of Ukrainian identity. 9. Multiculturalism in Ukrainian lands until the early 20th century – Jewish, Tatar, Armenian, Karaim, and other minority communities. 10. Poles in Ukrainian lands – relations and conflicts with Ukrainians; everyday life, culture, religion, and education. 11. Polish and Ukrainian Romanticism in the European context – the “Ukrainian school” in Polish literature; the phenomenon of chłopomania. 12. Ukrainian culture in the 19th century – literature as a form of resistance and symbolic “statehood.” 13. Ukrainians and so-called Old Ruthenians in Eastern Galicia – the struggle for language and national identity. 14. Polish-Ukrainian coexistence in Galicia at the turn of the 20th century. 15. The Ukrainian national idea in the Dnipro region on the eve of World War I. In-class participation – 30 hours (1 ECTS) |
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge: the graduate knows and understands:
- in a deepened degree the specificity of various cultural models in anthropological terms (traditional, noble, bourgeois, mass), processes of their transformation and interrelations and emanations in the symbolic and semiotic sphere, and thus in the space of culture and art, literature and language and history of Ukraine ( K2_W03; Reference to the characteristics of the second degree of the Polish Qualifications Framework typical for qualifications obtained in higher education and science after obtaining full qualification on level 4: P7S_WG Scope and depth);
- to a greater extent, the principles of activity of cultural institutions and national heritage; orientates itself in contemporary cultural life and its entanglements in the political and social discourses of Ukraine (K2_W010; Reference to the characteristics of the second degree of the Polish Qualification Framework typical for qualifications obtained in higher education and science after obtaining full qualification at level 4: P7S_WG Range and depth; P7S_WK Context / conditions, effects).
Skills: a graduate can:
- search, select, analyze and use the information it needs from various sources, including foreign languages in unpredictable conditions (K2_U01; Link to the characteristics of the second degree of the Polish Qualification Framework typical for qualifications obtained in higher education and science after obtaining a full qualification at level 4: P7S_UW Use of knowledge / problems to be solved and tasks performed);
- develop their research skills, independently and using the support of a tutor, gain knowledge, skilfully formulate thoughts, present research results in the form of oral or written (different types) in unpredictable conditions (K2_U03; Link to the characteristics of the second degree of the Polish Qualification Framework typical for qualifications obtained in the field of higher education and science after obtaining full qualification on level 4: P7S_UW Use of knowledge / problems to be solved and tasks performed);
- carry out a critical in-depth analysis of the products of culture appropriate for a given era in the development of Ukraine; identify various types of cultural products of these countries, conduct their critical in-depth analysis, distinguish different perspectives on cultural development, aware of differences in cultural identities and context (K2_U05, Reference to the characteristics of the second degree of the Polish Qualification Framework typical of qualifications obtained under higher education and learning after obtaining full qualification on level 4: P7S_UW Use of knowledge / problems to be solved and tasks performed).
Social competences: a graduate is willing to:
- critical assessment of knowledge, continuous education and complementing the acquired knowledge (K2_K01; Reference to the characteristics of the second degree of the Polish Qualification Framework typical for qualifications obtained in higher education and science after obtaining full qualification on level 4: P7S_UO Work organization / planning and teamwork ; P7S_UU Learning / planning one's own development and development, P7S_KK);
- active participation in cultural life, organizing it and using its various forms (K2_K05; Reference to the characteristics of the second degree of the Polish Qualification Framework typical for qualifications obtained in higher education and science after obtaining full qualification on level 4: P7S_KO)
Assessment criteria
Classes have the character of a seminar. In addition to the current preparation for classes (reading reading and studies), a presentation on the topic given by the teacher is also provided. The date of presentation is the date set by the teacher during the first or second classes. Persons absent from these classes are required to obtain information from the teacher.
The subject ends with an oral pass with a grade.
The condition for admission to pass the subject is compulsory attendance according to the WLS Study Regulations.
A student has the right to be absent 2 times in one semester, consisting of 30 class hours (thirty 2-hour classes). At the beginning of the course the teacher will instruct students on how to make up for the absence and complete what they have missed. The student's time table overlaps do not excuse over limit absences.
The pass will include verification of knowledge from the material discussed during the semester.
The final grade of the course consists of:
- activity during classes (30%)
- work - PowerPoint presentation and paper version of the text (30%)
- oral exam - 4 questions (40%).
Grading scale:
0% -49% - 2
50% -60% - 3
61% -70% - 3+
71% -80% - 4
81% -90% - 4+
91% -100% - 5
Additional knowledge - 5+
Bibliography
Chojnowski A., Bruski J.J., Ukraina, Warszawa 2006.
Grűndberg K., Trudne sąsiedztwo: stosunki polsko-ukraińskie w X-XX w., Warszawa 2005.
Hrycak J., Historia Ukrainy, 1772—1999. Narodziny nowoczesnego narodu, Lublin 2000.
Jakowenko N., Historia Ukrainy od czasów najdawniejszych do końca XVIII wieku, Lublin 2000.
Jakowenko N. Druga strona lustra, z historii wyobrażeń i idei na Ukrainie XVI-XVII wieku, Warszawa 2010.
Karabowicz T., Dziedzictwo kultury ukraińskiej, Lublin 2001.
Karabowicz T., Tożsamość cerkwi ukraińskiej, Lublin 2004.
Kroll P., Od ugody Hadziackiej do Cudnowa. Kozaczyzna między Rzecząpospolitą a Moskwą w latach 1658-1660, Warszawa 2008.
Lipiński W., Religia i Kościół w dziejach Ukrainy, Przemyśl 1999.
Michna E., Kwestie etniczno-narodowościowe na pograniczu Słowiańszczyzny Wschodniej i Zachodniej. Ruch rusiński na Słowacji, Ukrainie i w Polsce, „Polska Akademia Umiejętności. Pracy Komisji Wschodnioeuropejskiej”, t. VIII, Kraków 2004.
"Szkoła ukraińska" w romantyzmie polskim. Szkice polsko-ukraińskie. Pod red. S. Makowskiego, Warszawa 2012.
Michna E., Kwestie etniczno-narodowościowe na pograniczu Słowiańszczyzny Wschodniej i Zachodniej. Ruch rusiński na Słowacji, Ukrainie i w Polsce, „Polska Akademia Umiejętności. Pracy Komisji Wschodnioeuropejskiej”, t. VIII, Kraków 2004.
Michna E., Łemkowie: grupa etniczna czy naród, Kraków 1995.
Ukraina. Przewodnik Krytyki Politycznej. Z Jarosławem Hrycakiem rozmawia Iza Chruślińska, Gdańsk-Warszawa 2009.
Serczyk W., Historia Ukrainy, Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków 2001
Wójtowicz-Hubert B., Ojcowie narodu. Duchowieństwo greckokatolickie w ruchu narodowym Rusinów galicyjskich, Warszawa 2008.
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Hrycak J., Historia Ukrainy, 1772—1999. Narodziny nowoczesnego narodu, Lublin 2000. Jakowenko N., Historia Ukrainy od czasów najdawniejszych do końca XVIII wieku, Lublin 2000. Jakowenko N. Druga strona lustra, z historii wyobrażeń i idei na Ukrainie XVI-XVII wieku, Warszawa 2010. Karabowicz T., Dziedzictwo kultury ukraińskiej, Lublin 2001. Karabowicz T., Tożsamość cerkwi ukraińskiej, Lublin 2004. Kroll P., Od ugody Hadziackiej do Cudnowa. Kozaczyzna między Rzecząpospolitą a Moskwą w latach 1658-1660, Warszawa 2008. Lipiński W., Religia i Kościół w dziejach Ukrainy, Przemyśl 1999. Michna E., Kwestie etniczno-narodowościowe na pograniczu Słowiańszczyzny Wschodniej i Zachodniej. Ruch rusiński na Słowacji, Ukrainie i w Polsce, „Polska Akademia Umiejętności. Pracy Komisji Wschodnioeuropejskiej”, t. VIII, Kraków 2004. "Szkoła ukraińska" w romantyzmie polskim. Szkice polsko-ukraińskie. Pod red. S. Makowskiego, Warszawa 2012. Michna E., Kwestie etniczno-narodowościowe na pograniczu Słowiańszczyzny Wschodniej i Zachodniej. Ruch rusiński na Słowacji, Ukrainie i w Polsce, „Polska Akademia Umiejętności. Pracy Komisji Wschodnioeuropejskiej”, t. VIII, Kraków 2004. Michna E., Łemkowie: grupa etniczna czy naród, Kraków 1995. Ukraina. Przewodnik Krytyki Politycznej. Z Jarosławem Hrycakiem rozmawia Iza Chruślińska, Gdańsk-Warszawa 2009. Serczyk W., Historia Ukrainy, Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków 2001 Wójtowicz-Hubert B., Ojcowie narodu. Duchowieństwo greckokatolickie w ruchu narodowym Rusinów galicyjskich, Warszawa 2008. |
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