Ukrainian Studies


Girl-tanks

Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures

SLA358H1S, Breaking Away from Empire:
Ukrainian Fiction Since Independence
Spring 2025


Class meets on Wednesdays 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.


Schedule of Presentations
Class Presentations are oral reports before 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 or they may suggest a work themselves. If you read Ukrainian, you may choose a work that you will read in the original. Students are to give an oral presentation of from ten to fifteen minutes. Presentations should be constructed as a general overview of the work and its author along with a subjective evaluation of the most salient features of the work. Presentations are scheduled on a first come first served basis within normal class meetings. No more than two presentations per class meeting. Email the instructor to reserve a date.
Schedule of Reports
Jan 25 Not available for reports.
Feb 5
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Theodosia Zyla. Irene Rozdobudko. The Lost Button

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Mar 5
Ben AvRutick. Andrey Kurkov. Death and the Penguin

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Shon Siegelwachs. Yevgenia Belorusets. Lucky Breaks

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Maraget Khomenko. Serhiy Zhadan. The Orphanage

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Matthew Vetcherebine. Yuri Andrukhovych. The Moscoviad

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Apr 3 Not available for reports.

Suggested readings for class presentations



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