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. 8
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Introduction
Slavic Paganism |
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Jan.13
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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. 15
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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. 22
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The Byliny (Kievan Cycle)
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B&I, I-II
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Jan. 27
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The Byliny (Kievan Cycle)
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B&I, II; Alexander, 256-71
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Jan. 29
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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. 3
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The Byliny (Religious Epics)
1st Essay due on the Byliny |
B&I, IV; Alexander, 341-50, 365
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Feb. 5
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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. 10
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Fairy Tales (Everyday life)
2nd Essay due Historical Songs and/or Ballads |
Afanas’ev, pp. 37-39, 58-61, 327-331, 415-18, 423-25, 631-51; Handbook, pp. 147-48.
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Feb. 12
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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. 17
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Exam #1
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Feb. 19
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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. 24
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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. 26
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Fairy Tales (Firebird/Vasilisa/Koshchei)
Fairy Tales (simpleton tales) 3rd Essay due Baba Yaga |
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 2
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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 4
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Fairy Tales (Princes & Princesses/dragons)
4th Essay due Koshchei and/or Dragons. |
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 9
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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 11
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Devils
5th Essay due on Devils and their depiction in literary works |
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 23
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Folk Christian Belief
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Ivanits, 19-37, 130-53.
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March 25
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Exam #2
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March 30
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Domestic Spirits
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Ivanits, pp. 51-63, 169-77
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April 1
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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 6
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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 8
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Sorcerers/Witches
6th Essay due on the Rusalki or witches and their depiction in literature |
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 13
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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 15
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Superstitions
Rituals Songs 7th Essay due on Vampires/Werewolves and their depiction in literature |
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 20
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Songs
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Reeder, 84-166
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April 22
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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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April 29
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FINAL EXAMINATION
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