Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

SLA338H, Ivan Franko

Class Presentations are oral reports to the class on works other than those read by the class as a whole. Students must choose a work of literature from the list of suggested readings, below. In most cases, choosing two stories is a good idea. Students are to give an oral presentation of from ten to fifteen minutes. Presentations should be constructed as a general overview of the work(s) with a subjective evaluation of the most salient features of the work(s) and a comparison of the features of these work(s) to the other works of Franko that we have read. Presentations are scheduled on a first come first served basis within normal class meetings. No more than one presentation per class meeting. Email the instructor to reserve a date from the schedule above.

Suggested topics:

• Ivan Franko. Boa Constrictor and Other Stories. Tr. from Russian by Fainna Solasko. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publ. House, nd (1957).
• "The Converted Sinner," 1877, Navernenyi hrishnyk, pp. 87–170.
• "The Poluika," 1899, Poluika, pp. 171–195.
• Ivan Franko. Poems and Stories. Translated by John Weir. Toronto: Ukrainska Knyha, 1956.
• "Oleksa Dovbush Settles an Account." This is an excerpt from Franko's novel Petrii i Dovbushchuky, which is not otherwise translated. pp. 93–106.
• "A Tale About Prosperity," Kazka pro dobrobyt, pp. 107–118.
• "Serf's Bread," Panshchyznianyi khlib, pp. 119–128.
• "Forests and Pastures," Lisy i pasovys'ka, pp. 129–144.
• "Budget of the Beasts," Biudzhet zviriv, pp. 145–152.
• "Les's Widow's Household," Lesyshyna cheliad', pp. 153–168.
• "The Pencil," Olivets', pp. 169–186.
• "Penmanship," Schön schrieben, pp. 187–196.
• "The Constitution for Pigs," Svyns'ka konstytutsiia, pp. 197–208.
• "To the Light!" Do svitla, pp. 209–230.
• "The Plague," Chuma, pp. 231–273.
• Ivan Franko. Stories. Comp. Ievhen Kyryliuk, Ed. Anatole Bilenko. Kyiv: Mystetstvo, 1972.
• "The Great Paver of the Way," Introductory essay by Ievhen Kyryliuk.
• "The Pencil," Tr. John Weir, pp. 21–35.
• "Forests and Pastures," Tr. John Weir, pp. 36–49.
• "The Hewer," Tr. Cecilia Dalway, pp. 50–59.
• "The Plague," Tr. John Weir, pp. 60–101.
• "A Tale About Prosperity," Tr. John Weir, pp. 102–109.
• "The Story of a Sheepskin Coat," Tr. Cecilia Dalway, pp. 110–117.
• "The Serf's Bread," Tr. John Weir, pp. 117–125.
• "The Constitution for Pigs," Tr. John Weir, pp. 126–134.
• "Budget of the Beasts," Tr. Cecilia Dalway, pp. 135–140.
• "The Shepherd," Tr. Cecilia Dalway, pp. 141–148.
• "In the Blacksmith Shop," Tr. Cecilia Dalway, pp. 149–164.
• "Little Myron" and "The Education of Hrytsko." trans. Stephen Shumeyko. From the Anthology: Their Land: An Anthology of Ukrainian Short Stories, Ed. Michael Luchkovich. Jersey City, NJ: Svoboda Press, 1964. pp. 25–39.