SLA103. Slavic Civilization. Schedule

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

SLA103. Slavic Civilization. Spring 2020

Slavic Battle Paintings

Class meets on Tuesdays from 12:00 noon to 2:00 PM in AH400.

Instructor:	Maxim Tarnawsky	121 St. Joseph St.	Alumni Hall 403
	maxim.tarnawsky@utoronto.ca	416–978–8972

Course Schedule

Schedule of Class Meetings
Week	Date	Topic	Assigned Reading
Week 1. Tue	Jan 7	Introduction. Why is today Christmas?	Wikipedia: Adoption of the Gregorian calendar and Julian Calendar
Week 2. Tue	Jan 14	Alphabet, Christianity, Byzantium	I. Ševcenko. “I. Ševcenko. “The Christianization of Kyivan Rus'.” The Polish Review, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Autumn 1960), pp. 29-35. or reprint here. Francis Dvornik, “The Moravian Empire and Its Greek Apostles SS. Constantine-Cyril and Methodius” in his The Slavs: Their Early History and Civilization, Boston: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1959, pp. 80–102.
Week 3. Tue	Jan 21	Kyivan Rus'	PVL Pateryk of the Kyivan Caves Tale of Igor's Campaign or alternate translation, here
Week 4. Tue	Jan 28	Bronze Horsemen. Monuments and Their Significance	Svetlana Evdokimova, “Sculptured History: Images of Imperial Power in the Literature and Culture of St.Petersburg (From Falconet to Shemiakin)” The Russian Review, Vol. 65, No. 2 (Apr., 2006), pp. 208-229, or here. Serhiy Bilenky, “What Language Did the Monuments Speak?”, Imperial Urbanism In the Borderlands: Kyiv, 1800-1905, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2017. pp. 335–55. http://go.utlib.ca/cat/11795607 or here Cynthia Paces, “Chapter 3. Generational Approaches to National Monuments”, Prague Panoramas: National Memory and Sacred Space in the Twentieth Century, Pttsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009. pp. 56–73. Google images of the St. Wenceslas monument.
Week 5. Tue	Feb 4	Churches Assignment 1 due.	St. Sophia, Kyiv Poppe, Andrzej. 1981. “The Building of the Church of St Sophia in Kiev.” Journal of Medieval History, March 1981, Vol. 7 (1): 15-66. Too complicated. You can ignore this. You might read Hrushevsky instead. Mykhailo Hrushevsky on Church Art and Architecture in Kyivan Rus'. Not required, but better than Poppe. 3D Model Mosaics Video1, video2 St. Basil's, Moscow Description (Wikipedia) 3D Model Icons (text mostly in Russian) Alexandra A. Sitnikova and Vladimir I. Zhukovsky, “Visualization of the Concept of State in the Architecture of the Moscow Cathedral of the Intercession on the Moat (1555–1561)” Video St. Mary's Basilica, Krakow Jan Samek. “St. Mary's Church in Cracow” This is long and quite complicated. Concentrate on pages 9–19. Kraków – St Mary's Church Floor plan Video1, video2 St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague Petr Uličný. “The Choirs of St Vitus's Cathedral in Prague: A Marriage of Liturgy, Coronation, Royal Necropolis and Piety” or here 3D Model Video
Week 6. Tue	Feb 11	Three Romantics. 1. Alexander Pushkin	Poltava This reading is in Quercus.
	Feb 18	No Class!	Reading week!
Week 7. Tue	Feb 25	Three Romantics. 2. Adam Mickiewicz.	Forefather's Eve, Pt 3
Week 8. Tue	Mar 3	Three Romantics. 3. Taras Shevchenko.	Haidamaks
Week 9. Tue	Mar 10	Minorities: Jews	Sholom Aleichem Tevje Strikes it Rich Chava Isaac Babel Crossing the River Zbruch Gedali The Rabbi How Things Were Done in Odesa These readings are in Quercus.
Week 10. Tue	Mar 17	Galicia Video of lecture Assignment 2 due.	Norman Davies. "Galicia: Kingdom of the Naked and Starving (1773–1918)" Excerpt from Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe, New York: Penguin Books, 2011, pp. 449–81. Johann Strauss. "The Emperor Waltz"; Myroslav Skoryk. "Hutsul Tryptich"; Ruslana. (Ruslana Lyzhychko) "Wild Dances".
Week 11. Tue	Mar24	Painting: Matejko & Repin Video of lecture Peter Tchaikovsky, "1812 Overture"	Jan Matejko Judyta Dąbrowska. Jan Matejko — the Painter of Polish History Ewa Micke-Broniarek. “Jan Matejko” Thomas Prymak. “Paintings and Politics in the Vatican Museum” A Collection of Paintings (video) Paintings Ilya Repin Richard Pipes. Russia's Itinerant Painters. Read the section on Repin, pp. 381–91, excerpted here. Thomas Prymak. “A Painter from Ukraine: Ilya Repin” or here History Painting Wiki
Week 12. Tue	Mar 31	Communism Video of lecture Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 (Finale) Final Exam	Mykola Khvylovyi My Self (Romantica) Danilo Kiš “The Sow That Eats Her Farrow” “The Mechanical Lions” Varlam Shalamov. From Kolyma Tales “Through the Snow” “On Tick” “Shock Therapy” “Major Pugachov's Last Battle”

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