HUM199H1/Y1
First Year Seminar 52S
Undergraduate seminar that focuses on specific ideas, questions, phenomena or controversies, taught by a regular Faculty member deeply engaged in the discipline. Open only to newly admitted first year students. It may serve as a distribution requirement course; see page 45.
SLA202H1
Jewish Communities in Slavic Countries 26L Literature about the Jewish community in Slavic countries. How do these Jewish minorities perceive and identify themselves? How are they perceived by others?
SLA251H1
Origins of Slavic Civilization 26L
Surveys the history, archaeology, anthropology, religions, literature, architecture, and art of the Slavs from their pre-historic origin to the Baroque era. Examines the rise of the medieval Slavic nations, states, churches, and cultures; Scythian, Greco-Roman, Byzantine, Western European, and Oriental influences. Lectures are richly illustrated with slides.
SLA253H1
East Slavic Civilizations to the 18th Century 26L A survey of East Slavic civilizations through art, architecture, literature and religion. Includes the Scythians, whose battle skills and gold fascinated the ancient world; Kyivan Rus’ and its princes, monks and martyrs; the rise of the Cossacks; and Peter the Great, founder of the Russian Empire and St. Petersburg. Lectures, with emphasis on visual presentation. Readings in English.
SLA254H1
Stone Books to Sky Books: Book as Institution, Commerce and Art in the
Slavic Tradition 13L, 13S Evolution of book and written/printed media in the Slavic world: legends (and forgeries) of ancient letters, mediaeval illuminated manuscripts, baroque visual poetry, pocket books for enlightened ladies and peasant comic strips, futurist painting and writing on faces, hand-written and painted books of the modernist artists and poets. Readings in English.
SLA299Y1
Research Opportunity Program
Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 45 for details.
SLA302H1
The Imaginary Jew 39S
The course examines the genesis and evolution of the image of the Jew, central to all European cultures, from the theology and psychology of Christian anti-Judaism to their reflection in folklore, visual, plastic, and verbal arts, and to the survival of the imaginary Jew in secular forms. Special attention is given to the Jews of Slavic and East European imagination. All readings are in English.
SLA380H1
Language, Politics and Identity 26S
Examines the multi-faceted nature of languages by comparing issues of language contact and conflict in the Former Soviet Union and in Central and Southeastern Europe. Explores issues such as language standards, language rights, language conflict, and linguistic identity.
Recommended preparation: Knowledge of at least one Slavic language is recommended.
SLA395Y1
Readings in Slavic Literature 52S
This course examines a special topic in Slavic Literature. The topic varies from year to year. Consult the department for more details.
SLA396H1
Readings in Slavic Studies 26S
This course examines a special topic in Slavic Studies. The topic varies from year to year. Consult the department for more details.
SLA398H0/399Y0
Independent Experiential Study Project
An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. See page 45 for details.
SLA422Y1
History into Literature: Jaan Kross and the 20th Century East European
Historical Novel 26L, 26S A seminar focused on contemporary Estonian novelist Jaan Kross (1920- ), whose historical fictions of the distant past resonated analogically with Soviet realities. East and West European traditions of historical fiction; questions of national identity, cultural diversity, and postSoviet challenges to revisioning the past. Readings (in English) also include Pushkin, Tolstoy, Tynianov and Sienkiewicz.
SLA424H1
Theatre and Cinema in Extremis 26L,
26P A study of the effects on aesthetic form of the totalitarian experience in Russia, Poland and Czechoslovakia. The Russian, Polish, and Czech avant-garde, poised between the bankruptcy of traditional aesthetics and the search for new forms in the post-revolutionary/post-Holocaust world. Co-taught course. Readings in English. (Offered every three years)
Exclusion: SLA424Y1
Recommended preparation: Prior completion of a course in drama or cinema
SLA 453H1
Women in East European Fiction 26S
In East European literary texts of the post 1990 era, this course
examines connections and disconnections between gender and social change,
and women's resistant and compliant discourses on war, nationalism, reproduction, the fictional representation of rape as a war crime, and women writers' responses to postcommunist eroticism and feminisms. All readings in English.
SLA476H1
Revolution in the Theatre: Stanislavski, Meyerhold, Grotowski, and Kantor 39S Theoretical thought and theatre practice of these directors are placed within a context of theatre reforms in the 20th century, from naturalism and symbolism, through retheatricalization of theatre, to a ritualistic and mythic holy theatre. Readings in English.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
SLA477H1
Performance: Theory and Practice 26S
This course begins with selected theoretical approaches to performance. It then focuses on the examples of major European artists and performances of the 20th and 21st centuries and their impact on our understanding of contemporary staging practices. Eventually, these theories and practices are used for different forms of analysis of the selected performances, including live productions in Toronto theatres.
SLA485H1
Laughter and Forgetting in Milan Kundera 26S Laughter and forgetting is a recurrent theme in both Kundera’s fictional and essayistic work. This class will examine the variations of this topic in Kunders’s work and discuss the prosaic, dramatic and essayistic texts of his Czech period and attempt to place Kundera within the European context of the ‘art of fiction’. All readings in English.
SLA498Y1
Independent Studies
A scholarly project on an approved literary or linguistics topic supervised by one of the Department’s instructors.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department
SLA499H1
Independent Studies
A scholarly project on an approved literary or linguistics topic supervised by one of the Departments instructors.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Department
Croatian and Serbian Courses
SLA207Y1
Elementary Serbian 104P
Basic phonology, morphology and sentence structure. Composition, oral practice and readings from Serbian literature. Open only to students with little or no knowledge of Serbian. (Offered in alternate years)
SLA217Y1
Serbian Cultural History (formerly SLA217H1) 52L A survey of culture in literature, film and the fine arts from the coming of the Serbs to Southeastern Europe until World War I. The legacy of Byzantium and Rome; the Middle Ages; the Baroque Enlightenment; the Serbian National Revival; Romanticism, Realism, and Modernism. Readings in English.
Exclusion: SLA217H1
SLA227Y1
Croatian Cultural History (formerly SLA227H1) 52L A survey of culture in literature, film and the fine arts from the coming of the Croats to Southeastern Europe until World War I. The Greek and Latin heritages; the medieval Croatian State; Humanism and Reformation among the Croats; the Dalmatian Renaissance and Baroque; the Illyrian Movement and Croatian National Revival; Romanticism, Realism, and Modernism. Readings in English.
Exclusion: SLA227H1
SLA237Y1
Elementary Croatian 104P
Basic phonology, morphology and sentence structure. Composition, oral practice and readings from Croatian literature. Open only to students with little or no knowledge of Croatian. (Offered in alternate years)
SLA307Y1
Advanced Serbian 104P
Systematic study of orthography and syntax. Advanced composition and oral practice. Reading and translation of more complex texts from Serbian writers. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SLA207Y1 or equivalent knowledge of the language
SLA316Y1
Advanced Croatian 104P
Systematic study of orthography and syntax. Advanced composition and oral practice. Reading and translation of more complex texts from Croatian writers. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SLA237Y1 or equivalent knowledge of the language
SLA327H1
The Balkan Short Story 26S
Studies of short stories written since 1950. Focus on innovative writers and current trends. Readings in the original and English.
SLA337H1
Political Drama from Dubrovnik to the Danube 26S Classic plays from the Renaissance to the present studied in reference to the contemporary national, ethnic and ideological background of south-eastern and central Europe.
SLA347H1
South Slavic Folklore 26S
Historical and stylistic study of the customs, oral lore and traditions among pagan, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Moslem Slavs. The role of folklore in the ethnogenesis of national culture. Readings in the original and English.
SLA407H1
Modern Croatian Bards 26S
Verse since 1900 by the major poets of the nation. Focus on the Croatian Moderna, Expessionism and other Avant-Garde movements. Readings in Croatian and English.
SLA417H1
Modern Serbian Bards (formerly SLA407H1) 26S Verse since 1900 by the major poets of the nation. Focus on the Serbian Moderna, Expessionism and other Avant-Garde movements. Readings in Serbian and English.
Exclusion: SLA407H1
 SLA427H1
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian On Film 13S, 13P
Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian studied through film. Cultural and
linguistic comprehension of scenario texts and inter-active screenings of
classic
films from the 1950s to the present. Oral and written exercises in speech
patterns, appearance, behaviour and cultural attitudes. Films subtitled
in original language. Elementary language knowledge is required.
Recommended preparation: SLA307Y1 or
SLA326Y
Czech Courses
SLA105Y1
Elementary Czech 104P
Grammar, composition, and conversation. Readings from Czech literature. Open only to students with little or no knowledge of the language.
SLA204Y1
Intermediate Czech (formerly SLA205H1) 104P Using selected texts of diverse styles, this class surveys Czech grammar and introduces various aspects of syntax, composition and translation. Special attention will be paid to oral practice.
Exclusion: SLA205H1
SLA215H1
Czech and Slovak Cultures (formerly SLA215Y1) 26L Some of the most important features of Czech and Slovak cultural history are introduced in a survey of the national myths, traditions and cultural trends. (Offered every three years)
Exclusion: SLA215Y1
SLA225H1
The Czech and Slovak Cinema 26S, 13P
From the “New Wave” of the 60s to the present. The films of major directors - Forman, Menzel, Chytilová - and of talented newcomers. Screening of films censored and prohibited over the last 25 years. English subtitles. (Offered every three years)
SLA305H1
Advanced Czech 104S
Morphology, syntax, composition and translation, oral practice. Contemporary Czech texts representing diverse styles.
Prerequisite: SLA205Y1
SLA404H1
From The National Revival to Modernism: Czech Literature of the 19th
Century 26S Beginning with the forged manuscripts of the early 19th century this course examines Czech Romanticism, Realism and Symbolism within the context of European culture. Readings include works by Macha, Nimcova, Neruda, Zeyer, Havlieek Borovsky. (Offered every three years). Readings in Czech and Slovak.
Prerequisite: SLA305Y1 or permission of the instructor
Exclusion: SLA405Y1
SLA405H1
On the Waves of the Avant-garde and Beyond: Czech Literature of the 20th
Century 52S The experiments of the 1920s serve as a point of departure for studies in Czech culture from the early 20th century to the present artistic innovations. Readings include works by Jaroslav Seifert, Karel Teige, Karel apek, F. Langer, V. Nezval, M. Kundera, V. Linhartová and others. (Offered every three years). Readings in Czech.
Prerequisite: SLA305Y1 or permission of the instructor
SLA425Y1
History of the Czech Literary Language 52S A study of original and translated works to trace the formation and development of the Czech literary language and to train students to differentiate literary styles, genres, and epochs. Readings include chronicles, sermons, travel accounts, dialogues and significant literary texts. (Offered every three years)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
SLA435H1
Readings in Czech and Slovak 52P
Advanced students are presented with a variety of texts - literary, journalistic, scientific - tailored to their needs and interests. (Offered every three years)
Exclusion: SLA435Y1
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
SLA445H1
Magic Prague 39S
This class explores Prague as a meeting point of different cultures. Questions of centre and margin of multiculturalism and nationalism are discussed, based on texts by Jan Neruda, F. Kafka, M. Cvetaeva and others.
SLA455H1
Czech Style and Syntax 39S
Based on the theories of the Prague linguistic Circle this class explores selected concepts of Czech stylistics and syntax. Examples include a variety of literary styles, genres, and epochs. This is a Literature course that requires an advanced knowledge of Czech.
SLA465H1
Czech Short Story 39S
Introduces the problematics of public places and private spaces through various works of Czech writers from the 19th and 20th centuries. A variety of texts by modern Czech authors are explored through the prism of contemporary narrative theory. Special attention is paid to questions of differences in styles and epochs.
SLA475H1
Modern Czech Drama 39S
Introduces students to the most important plays of contemporary Czech authors. (This is graduate/undergraduate course)
Macedonian Courses
SLA109Y1
Elementary Macedonian 78P
The basic features of the grammar of the Macedonian literary language. Acquisition of essential vocabulary for practical conversation and for comprehension. Development of reading and writing skills. Open only to students with little or no knowledge of the literary language. (Offered in alternate years)
SLA209Y1
Intermediate Macedonian 78P
Systematic study of morphology. Reading and translation of more complex texts; more advanced composition; oral practice. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SLA109Y1
Polish Courses
SLA106Y1
Elementary Polish 26L, 78P
Basic vocabulary, essential morphology, simple sentence patterns. Regular language laboratory sessions. Reading of contemporary texts. Open only to students with little or no knowledge of the language.
SLA206Y1
Intermediate Polish 26L, 78P
Intensive study of morphology; translation into Polish. Literary texts; oral practice.
Prerequisite: Grade 13 Polish/SLA106Y1
SLA216Y1
The Dynamics of Polish Literature and Culture: A Survey 52L Major cultural traditions, historical processes, myths, and figures that have shaped and redefined Polish civilization and national identity are problematized and contextualized with the help of works of literature, history, philosophy, political science, music, visual and performing arts. Readings in English (also available in Polish). (Offered in alternate years)
SLA226H1
Postwar Polish Cinema 26L, 26P
The “Polish School” in cinema, its predecessors and successors, their artistic accomplishments, major theoretical and thematic concerns, and their place on the map of European cinema. Films of Ford, Wajda, Polanski, Konwicki, Borowczyk, Has, Kawalerowicz, Zanussi, Kieslowski, and of the new generation of Polish film makers. Films and discussions in English. (Offered every three years)
SLA306H1
Advanced Polish I 52P
Syntax, word formation, and stylistics. Compositions and precis. Critical evaluation of literary works and articles in Polish. Extensive reading and translation. (Offered in alternate years)
Prerequisite: SLA206Y1
SLA336H1
Advanced Polish II 52P
Continuation of 306H1. A variety of cultural materials are used to advance skills in composition, translation, and conversation. Reading and discussion of literary and non-literary texts.
Prerequisite: SLA306H1 or permission of instructor
SLA346H1
From Eastern Europe to European Union: Polish Postwar Culture 26S Probes the paradoxes of politics, culture and everyday life by analyzing the complex coexistence of art and literature with changing cultural politics in a totalitarian and post-totalitarian system, with simplistic ideology and political dissent, and with prevailing myths about the West and the East. Readings in English (Polish for majors).
Recommended Preparation: SLA216Y1
SLA356H1
What’s New? Polish Culture Today 26S
The amazing cultural transformations of Poland in the last fifteen years within a changing Europe. The impact of these changes on Poland’s social consciousness and the perception of identity, history, and nationhood. The most recent literature, fine arts, music, and popular culture. Readings in English (Polish for majors).
Recommended Preparation: SLA216Y1
SLA406H1
The Curtain Never Falls: Polish Drama and Theatre in Context (formerly
SLA406Y1) 26S Study of drama as a literary and theatrical genre in its thematic and formal diversity in Polish literature from the 16th to the 20th century is combined with investigations of the role of the theatre as cultural institution in different periods of Polish history. Readings in English (in Polish for students in the major program). (Offered every three years)
Exclusion: SLA406Y1
SLA416H1
Polish Fiction or a Disrupted Funeral of the Novel 26S Innovative reading of Polish fiction from the 18th to the 20th century. Study of narrative strategies, of the function of language and literary conventions, of various styles and poetics, of the issue of representation. In addition to the works of fiction (primarily novels, but also short stories), the reading list includes literary criticism and literary theory. Readings in English (in Polish for students in the major program). (Offered every three years)
SLA436H1
Rebels, Scoffers, and Jesters: Polish Culture from Different Perspectives 26S An advanced course on artistic, political, aesthetic, philosophical, and ideological dissenters who questioned, undermined, and redefined the main traditions in Polish culture from the 18th to the 21st centuries.Readings in English (Polish for majors).
Prerequisite: SLA216Y1
Recommended Preparation: SLA336H1
SLA446H1
Polish Poetry 26S
Polish literature is known for its exquisite poetry, from the works of Jan Kochanowski, Sep-Szarzynski, Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Slowacki, and C.K. Norwid, through the great modernists like Kasprowicz and Boleslaw Lesmian, to the postwar Polish School of Poetry of Czeslaw Milosz, Herbert, Tadeusz Rozewicz, Wislawa Szymborska, and Miron Bialoszewski. This course puts the canon of Polish poetry to a comparative, analytical, and re-interpretative test.
Prerequisite: SLA336H1 or Permission of instructor
Russian Courses
SLA100Y1
Elementary Russian 130P
The basic features of the grammar. Acquisition of essential vocabulary for practical conversation and for comprehension. Development of reading and writing skills. (May not be taken by students who, in the judgement of the Department, qualify for entry into SLA220Y1)
SLA220Y1
Intermediate Russian 130P
Continuation of morphology. Word formation, composition, and translation. Intensive reading of classical and contemporary literary texts. Oral practice. Not intended for native speakers.
Prerequisite: Grade 13 Russian/SLA100Y1
SLA234H1
Russian and Soviet Cinema 13L, 26P
A survey of the Russian cinematic tradition from its beginnings through the first decade following the disintegration of the USSR. The course examines the avant-garde cinema and film theory of the 1920s; the totalitarian esthetics of the 1920s–1940s and the ideological uses of film art; the revolution in film theory and practice in the 1950s–1960s; cinema as medium of cultural dissent and as witness to social change. Students also acquire basic skills of film analysis. Taught in English, all films subtitled in English.
SLA240H1
New Forms For New Ideas, 1820-1860 26L, 13T
A novel in verse (Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin), a novel stitched from stories (Lermontov’s Hero of Our Times); a mock epic (Gogol’s Dead Souls), and others. Struggling with social change and new ideas, Russian authors create unique works of fiction. Readings in English and, for majors, in the original. Offered alternate years.
SLA241H1
New Forms For New Ideas, 1860-1900 26L,
13P
Fathers and Children (Turgenev), Crime and Punishment (Dostoevsky), The Cossacks (Tolstoy), Lady With A Dog (Chekhov): why do these great Russian works and others still have the power to fascinate and change us? Readings in English and, for majors, in the original. Offered alternate years.
Exclusion: SLA240Y1
Recommended Preparation: SLA240H1
SLA244H1
Studies in Film Genre I: Russian and Soviet Comedy 26S,
13P Russian film comedy from the early 20th century to the present. Films are analyzed stylistically and in the context of the theory of laughter. We examine silent comedy, the Soviet propaganda film, the Stalinist musical comedy, satirical film, and the black comedy. Cinema as medium of cultural dissent and witness to social change. Taught in English. Films have English subtitles. No prior knowledge of Russian required.
Recommended Preparation: SLA234H1
SLA250Y1
Russian Cultural Heritage 52L
A chronological multimedia survey of Russian culture from pre-Christian to post-Soviet times, emphasizing the clash between established authority and dissent, and tracing the conservative and radical currents in Russian literature and the arts, social thought and spirituality. Readings in English of classic poems, stories and novels, supplemented by videos and slides.
SLA252H1
Russian Short Fiction 26S
An exploration of the elements of the short story through close readings of works by 19th and 20th century writers. Stories in translation by Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Olesha, Babel, and others.
SLA311H1
Gogol 26S
Fantastic and grotesque works by the most hilarious, obsessive, and delusional character in Russian literature, who teased, fascinated, and polarized readers. Gogol’s writings are examined with various theoretical approaches. Includes cinematic (Taras Bulba, Viy, Overcoat) and musical (Ribsky-Korsakov’s “Chirstmas Eve,” Shostakovich’s “Nose”) re-creations of Gogol’s works. All readings in English.
SLA312H1
Nabokov 26S
A study of Vladimir Nabokov’s novels written in Europe and the United States. Special attention is paid to the nature and evolution of Nabokov’s aesthetics; the place of his novels in European and American literary traditions; Nabokovs creative uses of exile to artistic, philosophical and ideological ends; the aesthetic and cultural implications of the writer’s switch from Russian to English. Novels studied: Defense, Despair, The Gift, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Lolita, Pnin, Pale Fire. The course is taught in English. All readings are in English.
SLA314H1
Dostoevsky 13L, 13T
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and short works. Dostoevsky’s political, psychological, and religious ideas as they shape and are shaped by his literary art. Readings in English.
SLA315H1
The Russian Novel: Case Studies 26S
One major Russian novel: its genesis, structure, artistic devices, and philosophical significance. Various critical approaches; cognate literary works. Students are expected to have read the novel before the course begins. Consult the Department for title of novel. Readings in English. (Offered in alternate years)
SLA317H1
Tolstoy 26S
War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and some shorter works. Tolstoy’s political, psychological, and religious ideas as they shape and are shaped by his literary art. Readings in English.
SLA320Y1
Advanced Russian 130S
Syntax of the simple sentence. Problems in grammar and word formation. Composition, translation and conversation. Reading and discussion of literary and non-literary texts.
Prerequisite: SLA220Y1; native speakers of Russian admitted only with permission of instructor
SLA321Y1
Conversational Russian 78S
Expansion of vocabulary and development of conversational skills. Readings and films stimulating discussion of Russian history, culture, art, and contemporary events and issues.
Exclusion: Native speakers of Russian
Prerequisite: SLA220Y1and permission of instructor
SLA 331H1
Experiments and Revolutions in Art and Literature of
the Late Russian Empire—Early
Soviet Union 26S
Painting, literature, and film from 1890–1930s. New revolutionary paths for the advancement of man and society through art. Symbolism, neoprimitivism, futurism, suprematism, and constructivism. Chekhov, Kandinsky, Bely, Stravinsky, Goncharova, Malevich, Tatlin, Eisenstein, and many others. All readings in English.
SLA332H1
Literature and Music in Russia 13L, 13S
This course, on the interaction between artistic genres, introduces a series of Russian and other literary works of the 19–20th C that have inspired Russian musical masterpieces in the operatic, song, and symphonic repertoire. Texts are studied in translation. Basic Russian and musical literacy useful, but not obligatory.
SLA339H1
The Twilight of an Empire: Russian Art and Thought in the European Fin
de Siècle 13L, 26T The course explores Russia’s artistic and intellectual responses to social and cultural upheaval in the two decades preceding WWI. Students engage in a comparative study of modernist art and thought in Russia and Western Europe. Topics may include Symbolism and Decadence in literature (Sologub, Belyi, Huysmans, Wilde, etc.); the fin de siècle sensibility in Russian and West European thought (Solòv’ev, Rozanov, Nordau, Weininger); visual and plastic arts (Art Nouveau, Secession, World of Art), music, and film. Taught in English. All readings are in English. No prior knowledge of Russian language or culture is required.
SLA340H1
Narrative Revolution and Counterrevolution in 20th-Century Russian
Prose 13L, 26T The course examines experimental approaches to story-telling and genre limitations in Russian prose, as well as conservative reactions to these experiments, from 1917 to the end of the USSR. Topics may include: formalism, expressionism, stylization, and avant-garde in the 1920s (I. Babel’, M. Zoshchenko, Iu. Olesha, A. Remizov, D. Kharms, V. Nabokov); the esthetics of Socialist Realism; the prose of poets (M. Tsvetaeva, B. Pasternak, O. Mandel’shtam, Vl. Khodasevich); underground and émigré memoirs (N. Mandel’shtam, E. Ginzburg, N. Berberova); genre crossovers: documentary novels, fictional criticism (V. Grossman, Abram Terts, L. Tsypkin). Taught in English. All readings are in English. No prior knowledge of Russian language or culture is required.
SLA343H1
Post-Stalinist and Contemporary Russian Literature 13L,
13S A study of major books and writers of the last forty years (novels, short stories, verse) which are involved in the post-Stalin artistic and cultural liberation, the rediscovery of Russian literature’s links with its own vital tradition, and development of a Russian brand of modern and ‘post-modern’ writing. (Readings in English)
SLA344H1
The Gulag in Literature 13L, 13S
The experience of prison as reflected by Russian writers. The rise and persistence of the prison camp system; physical and spiritual survival; the literary value of the prison experience. Works (in translation) by Dostoevsky, Solzhenitsyn, Shalamov, Ginzburg and others.
SLA351H1
Language Practice TBA
Development of writing and translating skills. For more advanced students including native speakers.
SLA367H1
Chekhov 26S
Selected stories, plays; stylistic, structural, and thematic analysis, literary and historical context, influence in Russia and the West. Readings in English and, for Specialists in Russian, in the original. (Offered in alternate years)
SLA370H1
Russian Romantic Poetry 39S
An introduction to Russian Romanticism through the major works of one or more poets (chosen variously from Pushkin, Lermontov, Tyutchev, Baratynsky, et al.). Close readings of lyric and narrative verse. The rudiments of Russian versification. Relations with Western European poets. All texts read in Russian.
Co-requisite: SLA320Y1
SLA402H1
Advanced Russian Language Skills I 39S A series of translation exercises from English to Russian (and some from Russian to English) designed to expand students’ ability to respond to and translate a variety of advanced prose texts in different styles and registers.
Prerequisite: SLA320Y1 or permission of the instructor
SLA403H1
Advanced Russian Language Skills II 39S This course follows on from SLA 402, which is, however, not a Prerequisite for enrolment. The course provides complex and stylistically varied exercises in translation from Russian into English and vice versa, and should be of equal benefit to those with native Russian and native English.
Prerequisite: SLA320Y1 or permission of the instructor
SLA415H1
Studies in Russian Literature of the 18th Century 39S The prose, poetry and dramaturgy of the most prominent literary figures of the eighteenth century, including Karamzin, Lomonosov, Fonvizin, Derzhavin and Krylov; aspects of literature during the reign of Peter I; literature and satirical journalism during the reign of Catherine II. (Taught in Russian)
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor
SLA420Y1
Studies in Russian Syntax and Stylistics 130S Syntactic structures and their relation to meaning and style, word order, intonation. Consolidation of morphology, vocabulary building through extensive reading. Translation, composition, and oral practice.
Prerequisite: SLA320Y1; native speakers of Russian admitted only with permission of instructor
SLA423H1
War and Peace (formerly SLA323H1) 39S War and Peace in depth, and from various points of view, literary, political, philosophical, historical, and psychological. Various critical approaches; cognate literary works. Students are expected to have read the novel before the course begins. Readings in English. (Offered in alternate years)
Exclusion: SLA323H1
Recommended Preparation: SLA317H1
SLA433H1
Anna Karenina (formerly SLA324H1) 39S Anna Karenina in depth, and from various points of view, literary, political, philosophical, historical, and psychological. Various critical approaches; cognate literary works. Students are expected to have read the novel before the course begins. Readings in English. (Offered in alternate years)
Exclusion: SLA324H1
Recommended Preparation: SLA317H1
SLA440H1
Introduction to Russian 19th Century Poetry (formerly SLA440Y1) 26S Starting with pre-Pushkinian Classicism this course surveys the development of Russian lyric verse (with some excursions also into narrative verse); major topics studied include: Pushkin, Russian Byronism, the Pushkin Pleïade, Nekrasov’s civic verse; philosophical verse by Tyutchev; Impressionist and Decadent poets. Readings in Russian.
Prerequisite: SLA320Y1/SLA340H1
Exclusion: SLA440Y1
SLA441H1
Modern Russian Poetry 26S
This course follows on from SLA440H1, although the latter is not a Prerequisite for enrolment. A chronological survey begins with Symbolist verse; special attention is devoted to Blok, Akhmatova, Mandelstam, Pasternak, Mayakovsky; other modernists studied include Tsvetaeva, Esenin, Zabolotsky; study of the post-Stalin revival begins with Voznesensky and Evtushenko, concluding with Iosif Brodsky. Readings in Russian.
Prerequisite: SLA320Y1 or SLA340H1
SLA449H1
Russian Thinkers 39S
Social and political change, and national and spiritual destiny in the philosophical, journalistic and critical writings of nineteenth century Russia. From Slavophiles and Westernizers to anarchists, nihilists and revolutionary populists. Readings in English and, for Russian majors, in the original. Offered in alternate years.
SLA451H1
Russian Acmeist Poetry 26S
This course examines the Acmeist phenomenon, studying writings by Kuzmin, Gorodetsky, Narbut, Nadezhda Mandelstam and others, making a special study of Akhmatova, Mandelstam, Gumilev. Other topics include: critical reception of Acmeist writings, Acmeist posts’ interaction with other contemporary writers, ideological and cultural aspects of the movement. All readings in Russian.
SLA450H1
Pushkin and His Age 26P
Lyric poetry, poems, selected prose and Evgeny Onegin. Pushkin and the idea of a writer in the Russia of his time; his image as a national poet. Readings in Russian.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
SLA460H1
Contemporary Russian Literature 26L
Major writers and literary groupings of the past decade; the literary process in post-Soviet Russia. (Taught in Russian)
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor
SLA461H1
Literary Scandals in 20th Century Russia 26L An examination of twentieth-century literature through exploration of major literary scandals, including Blok/Bely, Mayakovsky, Voloshin, Zoshchenko/Akhmatova, the Nobel and Booker Prizes; how these illustrate tensions within literature and reveal the literary process. (Taught in Russian)
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor
SLA462H1
Russian Comic Fiction: Chekhov, Zoshchenko, Dovlatov 26S The characteristics and the tradition of Russian comic writing, from Chekhov’s early stories to the Soviet “meshchanin” of Mikhail Zoschenko and the émigrés of Sergei Dovlatov. (Taught in Russian)
SLA464H1
Studies in the Russian Novel 26L
An examination of the most prominent Russian novelists of the last several decades, including Erofeev, Bitov, Sorokin and Azolsky. The genesis, structure, artistic devices and philosophical significance of their novels, critical approaches to them, cognate works. (Taught in Russian)
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor
Slavic Linguistics Courses
SLA330Y1
Old Church Slavonic 52S
Structure and history. Reading and linguistic study of Old Slavonic texts.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
SLA452Y1
Structure of Russian 52S
The phonology, morphology and syntax of contemporary standard Russian from a formal and semantic standpoint.
Prerequisite: SLA320Y1
Ukrainian Courses
Web site: www.chass.utoronto.ca/~tarn/courses/
SLA108Y1
Elementary Ukrainian 104P
Basic vocabulary, simple sentence patterns, essential morphology. Internet language laboratory drills. Intended for students with little or no knowledge of the language.
SLA208Y1
Intermediate Ukrainian 104P
Study of morphology through grammar drills; oral practice; reading of texts from Ukrainian literature.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
SLA218Y1
Ukrainian Literature and Culture 26L,
26S A general survey of Ukrainian culture through an examination of selected literary works and their social, political, historical, philosophical, and aesthetic context. The course covers the period from Kyivan Rus’ to the present. Readings in English. (Offered in alternate years)
SLA228H1
20th Century Ukrainian Fiction in Translation 13L,
13S A selection of twentieth century Ukrainian novels and short prose in English translation. From the intellectual novel of the 1920s, through socialist realism, to the new prose of the 1990s. Authors include Pidmohylny, Antonenko-Davydovych, Honchar, Shevchuk, Andrukhovych and Zabuzhko. (Offered in alternate years)
Recommended preparation: any course in literature
SLA238H1
Literature of the Ukrainian-Canadian Experience 26S A selection of literary texts depicting or reflecting the experience and perceptions of Ukrainians in Canada from the first immigrants to the present. Texts include works originally written in English, French and Ukrainian, but all readings are in English. Authors include: Kiriak, Kostash, Ryga, Galay, Suknaski, Kulyk Keefer. (Offered in alternate years)
Recommended preparation: any course in literature
SLA248H1
Women and Women’s Themes in Ukrainian Literature 26S This course examines the presentation of women and women’s themes in works of Ukrainian literature. The subjects covered include: role models, freedom, socialism, nationalism, feminism, and sexuality.
SLA308Y1
Advanced Ukrainian 104P
Review of morphology and study of syntax. Short compositions based on literary and critical texts. Voluntary language laboratory.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
SLA318H1
Kyiv-Kiev-Kijow: A City through Cultures and Centuries 26L A cultural history of the Ukrainian capital; Ukrainian, Russian, Polish and Jewish “versions” of the city; artworks and literary texts that capture the complexity of Kyivan history and culture. Readings in the original languages encouraged but not required.
SLA328H1
The Culture of Contemporary Ukraine 26S Contemporary Ukraine is an amalgam of various cultural traditions. This course examines its languages, religions, nationalities, literature, cinema, arts, print and broadcast media, regions, education, and social groups. Special attention is given to the factors that influence public perceptions of identity. All readings are in English.
SLA408H1
The Ukrainian Short Story 26S
The development of the short story from Kvitka-Osnovianenko to the present day. All readings in the original. (Offered every four years)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
SLA418H1
Ukrainian Drama 26S
The development of Ukrainian drama from Kotliarevsky to the present day. All readings in the original. (Offered every four years)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
SLA419Y1
Ukrainian Poetry 52S
A survey of Ukrainian poetry from Skovoroda to the present day. All readings in the original. (Offered every four years)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
SLA428Y1
The Ukrainian Novel 52S
Major works by Kulish, Nechui-Levytsky, Myrny, Franko, Kotsiubynsky, Kobylianska, Vynnychenko, Ianovsky, Pidmohylny, Honchar, Andrukhovych, and Zabuzhko. Readings in Ukrainian. (Offered every four years)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
SLA429H1
Shevchenko 26S
A critical study of Taras Shevchenko. Life, works, and significance. Readings in Ukrainian.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
SLA438H1
Style and Structure of Ukrainian 39S
Beginning with an overview of the synchronic structure of Ukrainian (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax), the course introduces various styles of contemporary Ukrainian. Emphasis is on the practical usage of various styles. A number of sociolinguistic questions are examined: dialects, jargons, slang, and the language situation in contemporary Ukraine.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
SLA448H1
Ukrainian Literature of the17th and 18th Centuries 26S A survey of Ukrainian literature from the Renaissance to the National Revival: polemical literature, baroque poetry, school drama, religious and philosophical treatises, history-writing, dumy and satire. Major figures include Smotrysky, Vyshensky, Prokopovych and Skovoroda. Works are read in modern Ukrainian and English translations.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Recommended preparation: A 400-level course in Ukrainian literature
SLA458H1
Ukrainian for the 21st Century 39S
This course introduces students to contemporary Ukrainian using approaches beyond grammar and traditional classroom interaction. Emphasis is on the enhancement of language skills in the context of contemporary Ukraine. Students develop practical skills based on traditional media as well as on multimedia resources, including those of the Internet.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Recommended preparation: SLA208Y1, SLA308Y1
SLA468H1
Aspects of Literary Translation of Ukrainian 39P This course introduces the problems of written translation of literary works from Ukrainian into English: evaluation and comparison of existing translations, practical exercises; treatment of common difficulties in translating, various literary genres and styles, dialectical, social, generational and other subvarieties of language, as well as idiomatic and figurative language.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Recommended preparation: SLA308Y1 or permission of instructor
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