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. 13
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Introduction
Slavic Paganism |
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Jan.20
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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. 25
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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. 27
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The Byliny (Kievan Cycle)
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B&I, I-II
Handbook, pp. 66-70 ("Bylina") |
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Feb. 1
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The Byliny (Kievan Cycle)
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B&I, II; Alexander, 256-71
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Feb. 3
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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. 8
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The Byliny (Religious Epics)
Transitional Fairy Tales 1st Essay due on the Byliny |
B&I, IV; Alexander, 341-50, 365
Afanas’ev, 67-71, 90-96, 284-87, 255-61, 569-75 |
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Feb. 10
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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. 15
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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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Feb. 17
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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. 22
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Exam #1
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Feb. 24
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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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March 1
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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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March 3
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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 8
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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 10
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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 22
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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,” "The Lost Letter," "The Sorochintsy Fair," "A Bewitched Place." |
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March 24
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Folk Christian Belief
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Ivanits, 19-37, 130-53.
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March 29
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Exam #2
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March 31
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Domestic Spirits
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Ivanits, pp. 51-63, 169-77
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April 5
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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 7
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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 12
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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 14
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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” Tolstoy, “The Vampire” Tolstoy, “The Family of the Vurdalak” Pelevin, "A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia." |
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April 19
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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 Pushkin, Eugene Onegin (extracts) Zhukovsky, "Svetlana" |
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April 21
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Songs
Chastushki Proverbs/Sayings |
Reeder, 84-166
Alexander, pp. 389-98 Handbook, “Chastushka,” pp. 77-79 Blok, "The Twelve" Alexander, pp. 119-26 Handbook, “Pogovorka,” p. 347, “Proverb,” p. 355. Proverbs [Blackboard] |
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April 29
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FINAL EXAMINATION
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