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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Aug. 23
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Introduction
Slavic Paganism |
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Aug. 28
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Slavic Paganism
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Handbook, pp. 139-142
Russian Primary Chronicle, excerpts [L] The Nikonian Chronicle, excepts [L] Máchal, "Slavic Mythology" [Blackboard] |
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Aug. 30
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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; Bailey and Ivanova, Section VI “The Igor Tale” in Rzhevsky or in Zenkovsky [L]. Haney #58 Afanas'ev, "The Jester," pp. 151-55 |
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Sep. 6
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The Byliny (Kievan Cycle)
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Bailey and Ivanova, Sections I-II
Handbook, pp. 66-70 ("Bylina") |
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Sep. 11
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The Byliny (Kievan Cycle)
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Bailey and Ivanova, Section II Alexander, pp. 256-71
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Sep. 13
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The Byliny (Novgorod Cycle)
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Bailey and Ivanova, Section III
Alexander, pp. 284-301 Maikov, "Elisei" in Segel. [L] |
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Sep. 18
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The Byliny (Religious Epics)
Transitional Fairy Tales 1st Essay due on the Byliny |
Bailey and Ivanova, Section IV
Alexander, pp. 341-50, 365 Afanas’ev, pp. 67-71, 90-96, 284-87, 255-61, 569-75 Afanas'ev, #308, #309, #311, #314 [Blackboard] |
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Sep. 20
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Historical Songs
Folk Ballads |
Bailey and Ivanova, Section V
Alexander, pp. 303-20 Bailey and Ivanova, Section VII Alexander, pp. 321-340 Lermontov, “Song about Tsar Ivan … and the Merchant Kalashnikov” in A Lermontov Reader.[L] "Misery-Luckless Plight" in Zenkovsky. [L] |
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Sep. 25
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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 ("Folktales"). |
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Sep. 27
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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, 528-32.
Pushkin, "A Tale about a Fisherman and a Fish" in Chandler. [L] |
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Oct. 2
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Exam #1
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Oct. 4
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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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Oct. 9
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Fairy Tales (Baba Yaga)
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Afanas’ev, pp. 49-53, 76-79, 146-50, 194-95, 229-34, 340-41 351-56, 363-65, 393-98, 439-47, 475-82, 504-20.
Haney, #93, 98 Kuprin, “Olesya” [L] Teffi, "Baba Yaga" in Chandler. [L] Khudyakov, "The Stepdaughter and the Stepmother's Daughter" in Chandler [L] |
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Oct. 11
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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 #156, #157, #169, #170 [Blackboard] Afanas’ev, pp. 46-48, 62-65, 118-19, 142-45, 334-36, 455-56, 521-28 Teffi, "A Little Fairy Tale" in Chandler [L] Platonov stories in Chandler [L] |
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Oct. 16
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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 [L] Ershov, "The Little Humped-back Horse" [L] |
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Oct. 18
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Fairy Tales (Princes & Princesses/dragons)
4th Essay due Koshchei and/or Dragons. |
Afanas’ev, pp. 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 [L] Bogdanovich, "Dushenka" in Segel. [L] "Peter and Fevronia" in Zenkovsky [L] |
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Oct. 23
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Fairy Tales (Riddles)
Fairy Tales (miscellaneous) Anecdotes |
Afanas’ev, pp. 29-30, 97-109, 115-18, 208-10, 234-49, 252-55, 289-91, 332, 578-80, 625-27
Afanas’ev, pp. 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, pp. 184, 280-82 Anecdotes in Haney |
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Oct. 25
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Exam #2
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Oct. 30
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Movie Day (Time Permitting)
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Afanas’ev, pp. 180-82, 202-08, 221-23, 576-77
Ivanits, pp. 38-50,154-68 Haney, #48, 56, 63 96 and 97 Pushkin, "The Devils" [L] |
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Nov. 1
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Devils
5th Essay due on Devils and their depiction in literary works |
Gogol, “Christmas Eve,” "The Lost Letter," "The Sorochintsy Fair," "A Bewitched Place." [L]
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Nov. 6
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Folk Christian Belief
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Ivanits, pp. 19-37, 130-53.
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Nov. 8
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Domestic Spirits
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Ivanits, pp. 51-63, 169-77
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Nov. 13
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Nature Spirits
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Ivanits, pp. 64-82, 178-89;
Haney, #57, 94 Afanas'ev, #374 [Blackboard] Turgenev, “Bezhin Meadow” in Proffer [L] |
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Nov. 15
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Nature Spirits
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Gippius, “Sacred Blood” in Langen and Weir [L]
Pushkin, “Rusalka” in Boris Godunov and Other Dramatic Works [L] Pushkin, "Rusalka" (poem) [L] Gogol, “A Night in May, or the Drowned Maiden” [L] Lermontov, “The Mermaid” in Major Poetical Works [L] Somov, "Rusalka" [L] |
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Nov. 27
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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
Afanas'ev, #365-69 [Blackboard] Haney, #17 Somov, “The Witches of Kiev” [L] Gogol, “Vii” [L] Gogol, “St. John’s Eve” [L] |
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Nov. 29
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Vampires/Werewolves
7th Essay due on Vampires/Werewolves and their depiction in literature |
Afanas’ev, pp. 333-34, 593-99
Somov, “The Werewolf” [L] Tolstoy, “The Vampire” [L] Tolstoy, “The Family of the Vurdalak” [L] Pelevin, "A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia." [L] |
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Dec. 4
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Superstitions
Rituals Songs |
Alexander, pp. 25-118, 367-88
Handbook, “Folk Song,” pp. 143-47 Sinyavsky, “The Tenants” in 50 Writers [L] Pushkin, Eugene Onegin (extracts) [L] Zhukovsky, "Svetlana" [L] |
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Dec. 6
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Songs
Chastushki Proverbs/Sayings |
Reeder, pp. 84-166
Alexander, pp. 389-98 Handbook, “Chastushka,” pp. 77-79 Blok, "The Twelve" [L] Alexander, pp. 119-26 Handbook, “Pogovorka,” p. 347, “Proverb,” p. 355. Selected Proverbs [Blackboard] |
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Dec. 14
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FINAL EXAMINATION
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