Rus 252 Course Schedule (Subject to change)
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DATE
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TOPIC
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READINGS
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Jan. 9
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Introduction
Slavic Paganism |
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Jan.14
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Slavic Paganism
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Handbook, pp. 139-142; Russian Primary Chronicle, excerpts [Blackboard]; The Nikonian Chronicle, excepts [Blackboard]
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Jan. 16
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Slavic Paganism (Skomorokhi)
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Ivanits, pp. 3-18; Funk and Wagnall’s, pp. 1025-28; B&I, VI;
“The Igor Tale” in Rzhevsky or in Zenkovsky [Blackboard]. Haney #58 Afanas'ev, "The Jester" |
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Jan. 23
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The Byliny (Kievan Cycle)
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B&I, I-II
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Jan. 28
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The Byliny (Kievan Cycle)
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B&I, II; Alexander, 256-71
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Jan. 30
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The Byliny (Novgorod Cycle)
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B&I, III; Alexander, 284-301
Maikov, "Elisei" in Segel. [Blackboard] |
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Feb. 4
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The Byliny (Religious Epics)
1st Essay due |
B&I, IV; Alexander, 341-50, 365
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Feb. 6
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Historical Songs
Folk Ballads |
B&I, V; Alexander, pp. 303-20
B&I, VII; Alexander, pp. 321-340 Lermontov, “Song about Tsar Ivan … and the Merchant Kalashnikov” in A Lermontov Reader. "Misery-Luckless Plight" in Zenkovsky. [Blackboard] |
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Feb. 11
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Fairy Tales (Everyday life)
2nd Essay due |
Afanas’ev, pp. 37-39, 58-61, 327-331, 415-18, 423-25, 631-51; Handbook, pp. 147-48.
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Feb. 13
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Fairy Tales (Family Life)
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Afanas’ev, pp. 56-57, 141, 146-50, 161-62, 182-83 226-27, 278-80, 308, 321-24, 366-70
Pushkin, "A Tale about a Fisherman and a Fish" in Chandler. [Blackboard] |
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Feb. 18
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Exam #1
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Feb. 20
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Fairy Tales (Animal Tales)
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Afanas’ev, pp.15-19, 25-29, 54-55, 61-62, 66, 72-76, 86-88, 171-72, 188-94, 196-99, 249-51, 275-76, 283-84, 288-89, 309-10, 312-13, 371-75, 437-38, 447-55, 498-500, 528-41, 612.
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Feb. 25
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Fairy Tales (Baba Yaga)
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Afanas’ev, pp. 49-53, 76-79, 122, 146-, 194-95, 229-34, 340-41 351-56, 363-65, 390, 393-98, 427, 439-47, 475-82, 504-20, 553, 569
Haney, #93, 98 Kuprin, “Olesya” Teffi, "Baba Yaga" in Chandler. Khudyakov, "The Stepdaughter and the Stepmother's Daughter" in Chandler |
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Feb. 27
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Fairy Tales (Firebird/Vasilisa/Koshchei)
Fairy Tales (simpleton tales) 3rd Essay due |
Afanas’ev, pp. 131-33, 427-37, 485-94, 494-97, 553-62, 612-24
Afanas’ev, 46-48, 62-65, 118-19, 142-45, 334-36, 455-56, 521-28 Teffi, "A Little Fairy Tale" in Chandler Platonov stories in Chandler |
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March 4
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Fairy Tales (Magical)
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Afanas’ev, pp. 13-15, 31-37, 110-14, 164-68, 211-13, 262-68, 349-51, 399-404, 425-27, 567-68
Haney, #44 Pushkin, “Tsar Saltan” in Collected Narrative and Lyrical Poetry Ershov, "The Little Humped-back Horse" [Blackboard] |
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March 6
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Fairy Tales (Princes & Princesses/dragons)
4th Essay due |
Afanas’ev, 79-86, 269-73, 292-94, 299-302, 304-07, 310-11, 314-20, 356-63, 375-87, 457-75, 482-84, 600-11
Pushkin, “Ruslan and Liudmila” in Collected Narrative and Lyrical Poetry Bogdanovich, "Dushenka" in Segel. [Blackboard] "Peter and Fevronia" in Zenkovsky [Blackboard] |
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March 18
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Fairy Tales (Riddles)
Fairy Tales (transitional) Fairy Tales (miscellaneous) Anecdotes |
Afanas’ev, 29-30, 97-109, 115-18, 208-10, 234-49, 252-55, 289-91, 332, 578-80, 625-27
Afanas’ev, 67-71, 90-96, 284-87, 255-61, 569-75 Afanas’ev, 20-24, 39-46, 119-30, 134-40, 151-60, 173-79, 200-02, 213-26, 294-99, 410-14, 419-23, 501-04, 541-52, 563-67, 580-93 Afanas’ev, 184, 280-82 Anecdotes in Haney |
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March 20
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Devils
5th Essay due |
Afanas’ev, 180-82, 202-08, 221-23, 576-77
Ivanits, pp. 38-50,154-68 Haney, #48, 56, 63 96 and 97 Pushkin, "The Devils" [Blackboard] Gogol, “Christmas Eve” |
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March 25
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Folk Christian Belief
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Ivanits, 19-37, 130-53.
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March 27
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Exam #2
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April 1
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Domestic Spirits
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Ivanits, pp. 51-63, 169-77
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April 3
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Nature Spirits
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Ivanits, pp. 64-82, 178-89;
Haney, #57, 94 Turgenev, “Bezhin Meadow” in Proffer |
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April 8
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Nature Spirits
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Gippius, “Sacred Blood” in Langen and Weir
Pushkin, “Rusalka” in Boris Godunov and Other Dramatic Works Pushkin, "Rusalka" (poem) Gogol, “A Night in May, or the Drowned Maiden” Lermontov, “The Mermaid” in Major Poetical Works |
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April 10
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Sorcerers/Witches
6th Essay due |
Ivanits, pp. 83-124, 190-205
Haney, #17 Somov, “The Witches of Kiev” Gogol, “Vii” Gogol, “St. John’s Eve” |
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April 15
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Vampires/Werewolves
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Afanas’ev, pp. 333-34, 593-99
Somov, “The Werewolf” Tolstoy, “The Vampire” Tolstoy, “The Family of the Vurdalak” Pelevin, "A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia." |
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April 17
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Superstitions
Rituals Songs 7th Essay due |
Alexander, pp. 25-118, 367-88
Handbook, “Folk Song,” pp. 143-47 Sinyavsky, “The Tenants” in 50 Writers Pushkin, Eugene Onegin (extracts) Zhukovsky, "Svetlana" |
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April 22
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Songs
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Reeder, 84-166
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April 24
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Chastushki
Proverbs/Sayings |
Alexander, pp. 389-98
Handbook, “Chastushka,” pp. 77-79 Blok, "The Twelve" [Blackboard] Alexander, pp. 119-26 Handbook, “Pogovorka,” p. 347, “Proverb,” p. 355. |
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May 2
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FINAL EXAMINATION
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