Specialized Literary Studies Seminar I - Identity Transformations in Ukrainian Literature after 2014: War, Memory, Space 3222-52TTLU1K-N
The course is devoted to contemporary Ukrainian literature after 2014 as a space of reflection on national identity, cultural memory, gender roles, the experience of war, and processes of cultural decolonization. During the course, students discuss works by contemporary Ukrainian women writers as well as issues connected with the representation of local and regional experiences, the construction of collective identity narratives, postcolonial reinterpretations of history and space, and the presence of these problems in different currents of contemporary Ukrainian literature, including genre fiction. The analysis of literary works is combined with the discussion of selected theoretical texts devoted to these methodological issues.
Student workload:
contact hours (in class) – 30 hours
class preparation – 15 hours
preparation for the graded assessment – 15 hours
Total: 60 hours – 2 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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Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
Student knows and understands:
- terminology and methodology of literary studies at an advanced level S2_W02;
- key issues related to the directions of development of contemporary Ukrainian literature at an advanced level S2_W08.
Student is able to:
- appropriately select sources and information derived from them, as well as to - creatively interpret and present information related to Ukrainian literature S2_U02;
- apply appropriate research methods and tools in the field of Ukrainian literary studies S2_U05;
- formulate and test hypotheses related to research in the field of Ukrainian literary studies S2_U08;
- independently plan and pursue lifelong learning S2_U14.
Student is ready to critically evaluate acquired knowledge and received content S2_K01.
Assessment criteria
Graded pass.
Requirements for admission to the final assessment:
- class attendance,
- systematic preparation of the assigned material for classes.
Assessment components:
- continuous, formative assessment (ongoing preparation for classes, active participation) – 50%
- final project – 50%
The course concludes with a graded pass, where 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)
Students are allowed two unexcused absences (out of 30 hours); each subsequent absence requires an excuse. The lecturer decides whether an absence is excused.
The form of credit for classes from which the student was absent is determined by the lecturer.
Exceeding the number of excused and unexcused absences in 50% of classes may constitute grounds for failing the course.
The student has the right to obtain a graded pass during the resit session in the same form as during the regular session.
Bibliography
Гундорова Т., Транзитна культура. Симптоми постколоніальної травми, Київ, 2013.
Nora, Pierre. “Between Memory and History: Les Lieux de Mémoire.” Representations, no. 26, 1989, pp. 7–24.
Hirsch, Marianne. “The Generation of Postmemory.” Poetics Today, vol. 29, no. 1, 2008, pp. 103–28.
Finnin, Rory. Blood of Others: Stalin’s Crimean Atrocity and the Poetics of Solidarity. University of Toronto Press, 2022.
Erll, Astrid. Memory in Culture. Translated by Sara B. Young, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Bull, Anna Cento, and Hans Lauge Hansen. “On Agonistic Memory.” Memory Studies, vol. 9, no. 4, Oct. 2016, pp. 390–404.