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First Year Seminars The 199Y1 and 199H1 seminars are designed to provide the opportunity to work closely with an instructor in a class of no more than twenty-four students. These interactive seminars are intended to stimulate the students’ curiosity and provide an opportunity to get to know a member of the professorial staff in a seminar environment during the first year of study. Details here. Note EST100Y1 The basics of Estonian: elementary phonology, morphology, and syntax. Emphasis on reading and speaking as well as writing skills. (Offered in alternate years) EST200Y1 Continued emphasis on basic language skills, on acquisition of both active and passive vocabulary. (Offered in alternate years) EST210H1 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, Kalevipoeg, Lacplesis). No knowledge of Finnic or Baltic language required. EST300Y1 Advanced grammar and stylistics through study of a variety of texts; problems of composition; translation; oral and written practice. (Offered in alternate years) EST400Y1 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) EST420Y1 A reading and research project of significant depth in a major topic in Estonian language, literature or culture approved and supervised by an instructor. EST421H1 A reading and research project of significant depth in a major topic in Estonian language, literature or culture approved and supervised by an instructor. |