Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Slavic 428Y, The Ukrainian Novel, 2009-2010

Class meets on Wednesdays, 1:00 - 3:00 PM in Alumni Hall 204

Reading list

The following titles are required reading in this course:
Пантелеймон Куліш. Чорна рада
Панас Мирний. Хіба ревуть воли як ясла повні
Іван Нечуй-Левицький. Хмари
Іван Франко. Борислав сміється або тут
Ольга Кобилянська. Царівна
Михайло Яцків. Блискавиці
Володимир Винниченко. Чесність з собою
Михайло Коцюбинський. Fata Morgana
Валеріян Підмогильний. Місто
Емма Андієвська. Роман про добру людину
Оксана Забужко. Польові дослідження з українського сексу

The best source for most of these texts is the Electronic Library of Ukrainian Literature. There you will find electronic versions of most of these texts in html and pdf formats. The pdf format is particularly useful. Print out all the files and you will have a complete book.

If you want to read the text from an actual book, your task is somewhat more complicated. Unfortunately, none of these titles are widely available. Although Robarts Library will likely have more than one edition of many of these titles, there will be only one copy of each of these editions. Older editions may be damaged, marked or poorly printed. Kelly Library at St. Mike's might have copies of some of these titles. Other libraries at U of T are unlikely to have them. Students are advised to make use of ALL the resources available. This includes personal libraries, family members, public libraries (Yes, the Toronto Public Library has a good collection of Ukrainian titles!) and community libraries (particularly the liberary in St. Vladimir's Institute).

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