2001-2002 Calendar: Hungarian Courses

HUN Hungarian Courses

NOTE
The Department reserves the right to assign students to courses appropriate to their level of competence in Hungarian.

HUN100Y1
Elementary Hungarian 130P

The basic features and logic of the language. Development of conversational skills and the reading of easy texts. Open only to students with little or no knowledge of Hungarian. (Offered in alternate years)

HUN200Y1
Intermediate Hungarian 104P

Review of descriptive grammar; studies in syntax; vocabulary building; intensive oral practice; composition; reading and translation. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor

HUN310Y1
Advanced Language Studies 52S

A synchronic and diachronic survey of the Hungarian language. Conceptualized summary of grammar, syntax, and stylistics; studies in the genesis and historical stages of the language. Brief consideration of living dialects, the basics of poetics; selected problems in translation and language teaching. Readings in Hungarian. (Offered in alternate years)

HUN320Y1
A Survey of Hungarian Literature 52S

A chronological study of the development of Hungarian literature since the 12th century; emphasis both on outstanding writers and on significant movements or themes. Transformations of ideas and changes in language and style. Readings in Hungarian. (Offered in alternate years)

HUN351H1
Hungarian Cinema 26S

Developments until the sixties; auteurism of the sixties (Jancso, Szabo); documentarism of the seventies (Meszaros); new trends since the eighties. Relations with the European cinema; contributions to the international film world and to film theory. (Offered in alternate years)

HUN440Y1
The Modern Hungarian Novel

(formerly HUN340Y) 52S
Continuity and change in form and content studied from the perspective of the native literary and social tradition and in relation to the evolution of modern European fiction; analogies with other genres and arts; survey of criticism. Readings in Hungarian. (Offered in alternate years)

HUN450H1
Hungarian Drama

(formerly HUN350Y) 26S
Hungarian theatre prior to the 19th century; birth of the national drama (Katona, Madach); populism and cosmopolitanism; post-war tendencies (Hubay, Orkeny, Suto). Hungarian drama in the European context; the theatre as a social institution. Readings in Hungarian. (Offered in alternate years)

HUN451H1
Three Hungarian Film Directors 26S

The course scrutinizes the oeuvre of Miklos Jancso, Marta Meszaros, and Istvan Szabo, tracing changes in their style and outlook.
Prerequisite: At least 10 full course credits with; at least one of these in film

HUN497Y1
Independent Study (Hungarian)

Translation course concentrating on Hungarian prose translation
Prerequisite: Permission of Department

HUN498H1
Independent Study (Hungarian)

Translation course concentrating on Hungarian prose translation
Prerequisite: Permission of Department