Ukrainian Studies

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

SLA238, Literature of the Ukrainian Canadian Experience, Fall 2022


Kurelek. The Ukrainian Pioneer

Class meeets on Thursdays from 1:00 to 3:00.


Instructor:Maxim Tarnawsky121 St. Joseph St. Alumni Hall 403
 tarn@chass.utoronto.ca 416-978–8972  


Course Schedule

Schedule of Class Reports




Schedule of Class Meetings
Sept 8Introduction. Ukrainians in Canada
15 Ralph Connor. The Foreigner
22Illia Kiriak. Sons of the Soil. Also have a look at this essay by Myrna Kostash.
29Margaret Laurence. A Jest of God.
Oct 6 Vera Lysenko. Yellow Boots
Assignment 1 due.
13Gabrielle Roy. Where Nests the Water Hen (Excluding the second story, "The School on the Little Water Hen.")
20Ted Galay. After Baba's Funeral and
George Ryga. A Letter to My Son
27Andrew Suknaski. In the Name of Narid
Nov 3Ludmilla Bereshko (Fran Ponomarenko). The Parcel from Chicken Street
10 November Pause! No Class!
17 Janice Kulyk Keefer. The Green Library. You can also look at Prof. Tarnawsky's paper.
Assignment 2 due.
24Jars Balan. Yarmarok. List of assigned readings from this volume.
Dec 1Lisa Grekul. Kalyna's Song
Concluding Test<

SLA 238 Information Information on Other Courses
About SLA 238Class ScheduleReading list Other Ukrainian CoursesLiterature CoursesLanguage Courses

Ukrainian Studies at the University of Toronto