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Rus 252 Course Schedule (Subject to change)

DATE
TOPIC
READINGS
Aug. 23
Introduction
Slavic Paganism
Aug. 28
Slavic Paganism
Handbook, pp. 139-142
Russian Primary Chronicle, excerpts [L]
The Nikonian Chronicle, excepts [L]
​Máchal, "Slavic Mythology" [Blackboard]
Aug. 30
Slavic Paganism (Skomorokhi)
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
Sep. 6
The Byliny (Kievan Cycle)
Bailey and Ivanova, Sections I-II
Handbook, pp. 66-70 ("Bylina")
Sep. 11
The Byliny (Kievan Cycle)
Bailey and Ivanova, Section II Alexander, pp. 256-71
Sep. 13
The Byliny (Novgorod Cycle)
Bailey and Ivanova, Section III
Alexander, pp. 284-301
Maikov, "Elisei" in Segel. [L]
Sep. 18
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]

Sep. 20
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]
Sep. 25
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").
Sep. 27
Fairy Tales (Family Life)
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]
Oct. 2
Exam #1
Oct. 4
Fairy Tales (Animal Tales)
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.
Oct. 9
Fairy Tales (Baba Yaga)
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]
Oct. 11
Fairy Tales (Firebird/Vasilisa/Koshchei)
 


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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]
Oct. 16
Fairy Tales (Magical)
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]
Oct. 18
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]
Oct. 23
Fairy Tales (Riddles)
 

 
Fairy Tales (miscellaneous) 
 

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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
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Afanas’ev, pp. 184, 280-82
Anecdotes in Haney

Oct. 25
Exam #2

Oct. 30
Movie Day (Time Permitting)
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]
Nov. 1
​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]
Nov. 6
Folk Christian Belief
Ivanits, pp. 19-37, 130-53.
Nov. 8
Domestic Spirits
Ivanits, pp. 51-63, 169-77
Nov. 13
Nature Spirits
​Ivanits, pp. 64-82, 178-89;
Haney, #57, 94
Afanas'ev, #374 [Blackboard]
Turgenev, “Bezhin Meadow” in Proffer [L]
Nov. 15
Nature Spirits
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]
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Somov, "Rusalka" [L]
Nov. 27
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]
Nov. 29
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]
Dec. 4
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]

Dec. 6
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
FINAL EXAMINATION  
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