Estonian Courses
Note
The Department reserves the right to assign students to courses appropriate
to their level of competence in Estonian.
EST100Y1
Elementary Estonian 130P
The basics of Estonian: elementary phonology, morphology, and syntax. Emphasis on reading and speaking as well as writing skills. (Offered in alternate years)
Exclusion: Native Speakers
EST200Y1
Intermediate Estonian 104P
Continued emphasis on basic language skills, on acquisition of both active and passive vocabulary. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: EST100Y1 or permission of instructor
EST210H1
Introduction to Baltic Folklore 26L
A comparative survey of oral traditions of peoples on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea (Finns, Carelians, Estonians, Livonians, Latvians) and their impact on these national cultures (e.g. Kalevala, Lalevipoeg, Lacplesis). No knowledge of Finnic or Baltic language required.
EST300Y1
Advanced Estonian 78P
Advanced grammar and stylistics through study of a variety of texts; problems of composition; translation; oral and written practice. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: EST200Y1 or permission of instructor
EST400Y1
Estonian Literature from 1700 26L, 26S
A survey of the major writers and literary periods in Estonian literature. From Käsu Hans', Lament of Tartu to the National Awakening. Republican, Soviet, expatriate literature, and the New Awakening. Readings in Estonian or English. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Recommended preparation: EST300Y1
EST420Y1
Independent Study TBA
A reading and research project of significant depth in a major topic in Estonian language, literature or culture approved and supervised by an instructor.
Prerequisite: EST300Y1/EST400Y1; permission of instructor
EST421H1
Independent Study TBA
A reading and research project of significant depth in a major topic in Estonian
language, literature or culture approved and supervised by an instructor.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Finnish Courses
Note
The Department reserves the right to assign students to courses appropriate
to their level of competence in Finnish.
FIN100Y1
Elementary Finnish 104P
An introductory language course for students with no knowledge of Finnish. The acquisition of a basic vocabulary and of an understanding of elementary structural features through practice in comprehension, speaking, reading and writing. (Offered in alternate years)
FIN200Y1
Intermediate Finnish 104P
The four language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) honed by discussion of Finnish literary texts as well as by compositions in Finnish about these texts, by a series of conversation exercises, and by analysis of morphology, syntax and word formation. Translation is used to aid in language learning. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: FIN100Y1 or permission of instructor
FIN210Y1
Introduction to Finnish Literature and Culture 52L
The historical, political, social and religious life of Finland expressed in its classical works of literature, including the Kalevala,in other major components of the cultural tradition (music, the visual and performing arts, architecture) and in national myths and symbols. Readings in English. (Offered every third or fourth year)
FIN220H1
Introduction to Finnish Linguistics 13L, 13S
A survey of the linguistic structures of the Finno-Ugric languages including Estonian, Finnish and Hungarian with special emphasis on Finnish. Focus is to gain insights into workings of non-Indo-European languages. No prior knowledge of Finno-Ugric languages or linguistics required.
FIN240H1
Masterpieces of Scandinavian Literature 13L, 13S
Introduction to the greatest authors of Scandinavian literature and their greatest works, particularly August Strinberg, Henrik Ibsen, H.C. Anderssen, Knut Hamsun, Selma Lagerlöf, Pär Lagerkvist, Aleksis Kivi, Sigrid Undset and Halldor Laxness, etc. These are situated in their Scandinavian context and in world literature.
Recommended preparation: Some background in literature
FIN250H1
Finnish Cinema 26S, 13P
Development of Finnish cinema from its parochial beginnings to its international recognition. The great pastoral tradition; the war memories (Laine, Kassila, Parikka); socio-political engagement of the 60s (Donner, Jarva), the paucity of the 70s (Mollberg); the universal outsider themes of the 80s (Aki and Mika Kaurismäki). Readings and subtitles in English. (Offered in alternate years)
FIN260H1
Scandinavian Cinema 26S, 13P
Major developments of cinema in Scandinavia in the 20th century with concentration on the major film makers of Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. Screening of films by directors such as Victor Sjöström, Mauritz Stiller, Alfď Sjöberg, Ingmar Bergman, August Bille, Carl Th. Dreyer, Gabriel Axel, Nils Gaupe, Aki and Mika Kaurismäki.
FIN300Y1
Advanced Finnish 78P
Advanced grammar and stylistics approached primarily through the study of texts that vary in complexity and style. Problems of composition and translation; oral and written practice; intensive and extensive reading. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: FIN200Y1 or permission of instructor
FIN310H1
Finnish Folklore: The Kalevala 13L, 13S
An examination of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala: its relationship to the tradition of folk poetry; its quality as an epic poem; the mythological, religious, and cultural dimensions of its world view; its role in Finland's nation building in the 19th and 20th centuries. Readings in English. (Offered in alternate years)
FIN320H1
The Finnish Canadian Immigrant Experience 13L, 13S
Major issues and dimensions of the culture and experience of the Finnish immigrants to Canada, including Finnish Canadian literature, theatre, and press. Conceptual and ideological contributions to working class culture, women's lives, religious and social attitudes and values. Readings in English. (Offered in alternate years)
FIN330H1
Regional Origins of Finnish Culture 13L, 13S
The course traces the construction of a unified Finnish culture over the centuries from subcultures and values which ultimately have their definitions in the regional diversity of the area now called Finland. It focuses on the main divisions into western and eastern Finland, but also explores the Swedish and the Sami (Lappish) heritage in the context of old cultural regions. The sources used are cultural history texts as well as Finnish literature.
FIN340H1
Finland-Swedish Literature and Culture 13L, 13S
An examination of the major Finland-Swedish authors (Rune Coerg, Tgrelicks, Sodergran, Tove Jansson) and the linguistic reality of Finland as it has changed over time. The distinctly Finland-Swedish culture is explored, analysed and assessed in its Finnish and Scandinavian context. Cultural giants are studied (Sibelius, etc.).
FIN350H1
The Finnish Short Story 26S
Historical, structural, and thematic study of the short fiction of Finland from the Romanticism of the 19th century to contemporary post-structuralism and post-modernism. Works of Runeberg, Topelius, Kivi, Canth, Aho, Jotuni, Lehtonen, Schildt, Sillanpää, Haanpää, Meri, Hyry, Salama, Mukka, Liksom, Huldén, and others. Readings in English. (Offered in alternate years)
FIN410Y1
Finnish Literature from 1700 52S
A chronological study of the development of Finnish literature, emphasizing outstanding writers, significant movements and trends, the emergence and transformations of the major genres and their relationship to Finnish folklore and to the national awakening. Readings in Finnish. (Offered as needed)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Recommended preparation: FIN300Y1
FIN420Y1
Independent Study TBA
A reading and research project
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
FIN430Y1
Independent Study TBA
This course offers students, primarily Finnish Studies majors and minors, an
opportunity to design together with the instructor an individualized
course of study in Finnish literature or language. Registration requires
the permission of the appropriate instructor and the Department of Slavic
Languages and Literatures.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Recommended preparation: At least two years of university studies
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 (Jancsó, Szabó); documentarism of the seventies (Mészáros); 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, Madách); populism and cosmopolitanism; post-war tendencies (Hubay, Orkény, Sütö). 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 Miklós Jancsó, Márta Mészáros, and István Szabó, 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
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