Ukrainian Studies

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

SLA238, Literature of the Ukrainian Canadian Experience, Fall 2024


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 5Introduction. Ukrainians in Canada
12 Ralph Connor. The Foreigner
19Illia Kiriak. Sons of the Soil. Also have a look at this essay by Myrna Kostash.
26Margaret Laurence. A Jest of God.
Oct 3Vera Lysenko. Yellow Boots
Assignment 1 due.
10Gabrielle Roy. Where Nests the Water Hen (Excluding the second story, "The School on the Little Water Hen.")
17Ted Galay. After Baba's Funeral and
George Ryga. A Letter to My Son
24Andrew Suknaski. In the Name of Narid
31November Pause! No Class!
Nov 7Ludmilla Bereshko (Fran Ponomarenko). The Parcel from Chicken Street
14 Janice Kulyk Keefer. The Green Library. You can also look at Prof. Tarnawsky's paper.
Assignment 2 due.
21Jars Balan. Yarmarok. List of assigned readings from this volume.
28Lisa Grekul. Kalyna's Song
Concluding Test

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