Key to Course Descriptions.

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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

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

HUN100Y1
Elementary Hungarian [120P]

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.
DR=HUM; BR=1

HUN200Y1
Intermediate Hungarian [96P]

Review of descriptive grammar; studies in syntax; vocabulary building; intensive oral practice; composition; reading and translation.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
DR=HUM; BR=1

HUN310Y1
Advanced Hungarian [48S]

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.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

HUN320Y1
A Survey of Hungarian Literature [48S]

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. No knowledge of Hungarian required.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

HUN335H1
Urban vs. Rural: Cities and Country in Hungarian Literature and Culture [12L, 12S]

This survey of Hungarian literature and culture uses the dichotomy of rural and urban traditions to explore the history of Hungarian literature and art, including poetry, short stories, novels, and folklore. Readings in English (also available in Hungarian).
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

HUN345H1
The Dynamic of Hungarian Culture, Ethnography, and Folklore [12L, 12S]

Explore the cultural traditions, historical processes, myths, and figures that have shaped and redefined Hungarian civilization and national identity. Theoretical and practical classes on ethno-genesis, anthropology, and folklore. Readings in English (also available in Hungarian).
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

HUN351H1
Conformism and Subversion: Hungarian Cinema [36S]

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.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

HUN355H1
One Hundred Years of Dramatic Change: History of the Past Century and Reflections of Society in Hungarian Culture [12L, 12S]

Explore Hungary’s rapidly changing place in Europe. Focus on political, sociological, and historical understandings of nationalism and identity as they manifest themselves in literature, history, and culture. Knowledge of Hungarian not required.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

HUN356H1
Hungary, 1956–2006: The Past 50 Years [24S]

On the 50th anniversary of THE 1956 Hungarian Revolution, this course investigates the cultural and literary history of Hungary in the past five decades: how art and literature existed in a totalitarian regime, how they changed in the years of “goulash communism” and later, and how they manifest political, sociological, and historical understandings of national and European identity and the place of Hungary within a dynamic Europe. Knowledge of Hungarian not required.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

HUN440H1
The Roots of Modernism: Hungarian 20th Century Fiction [24S]

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. No knowledge of Hungarian required.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

HUN450H1
Hungary On-Stage: A History of Hungarian Drama in Social Context [24S]

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. No knowledge of Hungarian required.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

HUN451H1
Three Hungarian Film Directors [36S]

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
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

HUN455H1
Hungary and Europe: Cultural Adaptation in the Late 20th Century [12L, 12S]

Focus on literature, art, mass media, and popular culture in post-1990 Hungary with special emphasis on the past ties to European culture and the impact of European integration. Readings in English (also available in Hungarian).
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

HUN497Y1
Independent Study (Hungarian)

Translation course concentrating on Hungarian prose translation
Prerequisite: Permission of Department
DR=HUM; BR=TBA

HUN498H1
Independent Study (Hungarian)

Translation course concentrating on Hungarian prose translation.
Prerequisite: Permission of Department
DR=HUM; BR=TBA