Contemporary Ukrainian literature 3222-30WLU6K-N

After completing the course, the student:

- has an advanced knowledge and understanding of the history and contexts of Ukrainian literature of the 20th-21st centuries (K1_W07),

- is able to use theoretical approaches relevant to Ukrainian literature of the 20th-21st centuries (K1_U04),

- is able to formulate and solve a research task in the field of Ukrainian literary studies (K1_U06),

- is able to independently plan and implement their own lifelong learning (K1_U11),

- has an advanced knowledge and understanding of the terminology and methodology of literary research of the 20th-21st centuries (K1_W02),

- is ready to critically evaluate their knowledge and the content they receive (K1_K01).

The course concludes with an examination.
Requirements for passing the course and for admission to the final examination:
- attendance at classes;
- active participation in classes;
- systematic preparation of the material covered in class;
- punctual completion of homework and writing control tests in due time;
- conducting and presenting in writing an individual research project (semester paper).

Semester paper requirements:
1. The author should formulate a research problem, that is, make a thesis which he will try to verify (prove or disprove) in the work.
2. Before starting to write a thesis, its plan and the list of literature should be consulted with the teacher.
3. The paper should be 5-8 pages of standard text, ie the length should not be less than 10,000 characters with spaces and greater than 15,000 characters with spaces (including footnotes). The work should contain a list of the used bibliography (the volume of the list of the used bibliography does not, however, be included in the above-mentioned volume of the essay).
4. The structure of the work should include: introduction, development, ending, bibliography. The introduction should contain: thesis (formulation of the research problem), objectives of the work, justification for the choice of topic, description of the subject and subject literature. Develop a proper analysis of the texts. The conclusion should include the conclusions resulting from the research.
5. Each page of the work must be provided with bibliographic, source or reference footnotes.
6. The text of the work should be edited in accordance with the following rules: - font: Times New Roman Normal, size 12, - foreign language phrases in italics, - line spacing: 1.5 lines, - standard margins (top, bottom, left and right: 2.5 cm), - title of the article: Times New Roman Normal font, size 14, bold.
7. Footnotes should be placed in the text as footnotes, font Times New Roman Normal, size 10, line spacing: 1 line. A footnote is treated like a sentence, so it should start with a capital letter and end with a period. In the text, the number of the footnote should be placed without spaces after the word, before the comma. At the end of the sentence, the footnote number is placed before the full stop at the end of the sentence. Notation of footnotes and bibliographies according to SUV standard.

The final mark consists of the work during the semester (50%) and the exam result (50%).
The subject ends with an exam, where the assessment criteria are presented in the form of percentage thresholds (points obtained from the exam)
60% - 68% - 3 (sufficient grade)
69% - 77% - 3+ (pass mark)
78% - 85% - 4 (good)
86% - 91% - 4+ (good plus)
92% - 97% - 5 (very good grade)
98% -100% - 5 !(evaluation very good with an exclamation mark)

Assessment criteria:
- Achieving the intended learning outcomes, covering all relevant aspects – 5.0 (very good grade)
- Achieving the intended learning outcomes, covering all relevant aspects, with a small number of errors or inaccuracies – 4.5 (good plus grade)
- Achieving the intended learning outcomes, excluding some (less important) aspects – 4.0 (good grade)
- Achieving the intended learning outcomes, excluding some relevant aspects and with significant inaccuracies – 3.5 (satisfactory plus grade)
- Achieving the intended learning outcomes, excluding relevant aspects or with serious inaccuracies – 3.0 (satisfactory plus grade)
- Failure to achieve the intended learning outcomes – 2.0 (failure grade)

In the event of a failing grade, the student has the right to retake the exam in the same format, provided they receive a pass. The lecturer may establish additional conditions for crediting for absences.
Students are allowed two unexcused absences; any subsequent absences require a justification.
The form of credit for classes from which the student was absent is determined by the instructor.
Exceeding 50% of the number of excused and unexcused absences may result in failing the course.

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M. Mościszko, Jurij Izdryk i fenomen stanisławowski – postmoderniści czy „spostmodernizowana” awangarda?, http://journals.pan.pl/Content/83618/mainfile.pdf

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Doświadczane, opisywane, symboliczne. Ciało w dyskursach kulturowych, red. K. Łęcka-Bąk, M. Sztandra, Opole 2008.

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Aleksandra Hnatiuk, Pożegnanie z imperium: ukraińskie dyskusje o tożsamości, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, Lublin 2003.

Микола Рябчук, Від Малоросії до України: парадокси запізнілого націєтворення, Київ 2000.

Inga Iwasiów, Kobiecość jako postzależność. Uwagi wstępne na temat konwersji metodologii , w: Kultura po przejściach, osoby z przeszłością, red. R. Nycz, Universitas, Kraków 2011.

Bogusław Bakuła, Współczesne debaty narodowe w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej, w: Historie, społeczeństwa, przestrzenie dialogu. Studia postzależnościowe w perspektywie porównawczej, red. Hanna Gosk, Dorota Kołodziejczyk, Universitas, Kraków 2014.

Motyw choroby w literaturze i kulturze Ukrainy oraz państw obszaru poradzieckiego, pod red. M. Zambrzyckiej, Warszawa 2021.

Paulina Olechowska, Dominacja i strategie oporu we współczesnej prozie ukraińskiej [w:] Białe maski/szare twarze. Ciało, pamięć, per formatywność w perspektywie postzależnościowej, pod red. E. Graczyk, M. Graban-Pomirskiej, M. Horodeckiej, M. Żółkoś, Universitas, Kraków 2015.

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Тетяна Гребенюк, Художня культура українського постмодернізму (на матеріалі сучасної прози). Запоріжжя, 2007.

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