Ukrainian literature XX c 3222-30LU5K-N
The course includes an analysis of the most important phenomena in Ukrainian literature of the first half of the twentieth century, with particular emphasis on early modernism and aesthetic transformations connected with the development of symbolism, neo-romanticism, and other modernist movements. A separate part of the course is devoted to literary responses to the experience of the First World War and the revolutionary period, as well as to the development of Ukrainian literature in the 1920s and 1930s, including the works of the so called “Executed Renaissance.” The course also examines the decline of modernist tendencies in the totalitarian culture of the Stalinist period and their continuation and transformation in twentieth-century émigré literature. The classes develop students’ skills in critical thinking, the selection and analysis of different sources related to Ukrainian literature, and the formulation of argumentative statements. The course content contributes to the development of basic research skills.
Student workload:
contact hours (in class) – 30 hours
class preparation – 30 hours
presentation preparation – 10 hours
exam preparation – 20 hours
Total: 90 hours – 3 ECTS
If it is not possible to conduct classes on university premises, classes shall be held with the aid of distance learning tools, most likely Zoom, Google Meet, or others recommended by the University of Warsaw.
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Term 2025L:
Detailed topics discussed during the course include: analysis of selected prominent works of Ukrainian literature from the........ Including analysis of texts containing the features of modernism, symbolism, neorealism, neo-romanticism, and vitaism (literature of the Revived Rebirth). We analyze the literary process of the 1960s (a brief reminder of the news). We also pay attention to the specifics of the literature of Ukrainian emigration in the 20th century. We practice critical thinking skills, select different sources related to contemporary Ukrainian literature, formulate arguments.The content of the subject leads to the training of research skills. |
Course coordinators
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Type of course
Mode
Remote learning
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
The student knows and understands:
advanced terminology and methodology of literary studies (20th century) K1_W02
at an advanced level, history and contexts of Ukrainian literature (20th century) K1_W07
The student is able to:
search, critically analyze and evaluate, select and use information on Ukrainian literature K1_U03
independently plan and implement one's own lifelong learning K1_U11
The student is ready to
critical evaluation of knowledge and received content K1_K01
compliance with ethical principles, including use of someone else's scientific achievements K1_K03
Assessment criteria
Written exam.
Requirements for admission to the exam:
- class attendance,
- systematic preparation of the assigned material for classes,
- presentation.
Assessment components:
- continuous, formative assessment (ongoing preparation for classes, active participation) – 15%
- in-class presentation – 15%
- exam – 70%
The written examination consists of two parts:
- an essay in which the student demonstrates the ability to analyze and interpret literary phenomena and to apply basic research tools,
- a test including closed and open-ended (short answer) questions, assessing knowledge of the most important phenomena, processes, and tendencies in early twentieth-century Ukrainian literature, as well as the ability to analyze and synthesize them.
The assessment criteria are presented in the form of percentage thresholds:
98%–100% – 5! (very good grade with an exclamation mark)
91%–97% – 5 (very good grade)
84%–90% – 4+ (good plus grade)
76%–83% – 4 (good grade)
68%–75% – 3+ (satisfactory plus grade)
60%–67% – 3 (satisfactory grade)
The requirements for the resit exam are the same as for the first attempt.
Students are allowed two unexcused absences; each additional absence requires a justification. The instructor decides whether an absence is recognized.
The form of crediting for classes from which the student was absent is determined by the instructor.
Exceeding 50% of excused and unexcused absences may constitute grounds for failing the course.
Bibliography
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Ukrajinśke słowo, Chrestomatia ukrajinśkoi literatury ta literaturnoi krytyky, Кyjiw 2001 (4 cz.)
Chrestomatia ukrajinśkoi literatury ХХ stolittia u dwoch knyhach, Kyjiw 1998.
W. Sobol, Istorija ukrajinśkoi literatury XX- pocz.XXI stolit, Warszawa 2007.
L. Stefanowska, Mission Impossible: MUR i odrodzenie ukraińskiego życia literackiego w obozach dla uchodźców na terytorium Niemiec 1945-1948, Warszawa 2014.
Literaturoznawczyj słownyk-dowidnyk, Kyjiw 1997.
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