Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

SLA 429F, Taras Shevchenko

Schedule of Assignments. 2001. Fall Term
Prepare the given assignment for the date indicated.

Further details will be available in class.

Some notes on versification (poetic meter) are available by clicking here.

Rules for transliterating Ukrainian.

Each student must prepare a report, to be presented orally in class in November. For more details about reports, click here.

Each student must write a paper, to be turned in on November 29. For more details about papers, click here.

Sept	13	Introduction, texts distributed in class
	20	Kobzar of 1840
	27	Hajdamaky
Oct	4	Try lita 1
	11	Try lita 2
	18	Try lita 3
	25	1847-1850
Nov	1	1847-1850
	8	1857-1861
	15	Diary, Letters, Nazar Stodolja
	22	Paintings and drawings (esp. self-portraits)
	29	Short Stories
Dec	6	Short Stories

Students must have access to a good edition of Shevchenko's works. While there are very many editions of Shevchenko's works, and most of them are reasonably good, the best editions are these:

• Тарас Шевченко: Повне зібрання творів у шести томах. Київ: Академія наук, 1963–64. (The Academic edition)
• Тарас Шевченко: Повне зібрання творів у дванадцяти томах Київ: Наукова думка, 1989- . (New Academic edition, unfinished)
• Тарас Шевченко: Повне зібрання творів Chicago: M. Denysiuk,1959-63. (The Denysiuk edition)
• Тарас Шевченко. Кобзар, з поясненнями і примітками Василя Сімовича. Winnipeg: Tyktor, 1960. (The Simovych Kobzar)

In this course, we shall read Shevchenko's works in Ukrainian. That means we will read translations of his diary and his prose works, which he wrote in Russian. The Denysiuk edition has Ukrainian translations of Shevchenko's Russian works. Ukrainian translations of these works are also available in separate publications. These texts will be available for purchase in Xerox packets from the instructor. Efforts are underway to make these texts available on the internet as part of the Electronic Library of Ukrainian Literature. Please check the Shevchenko Prose website for availability.

While Shevchenko is not a particularly difficult poet, modern readers do not always understand his allusions, references, and expressions. It is useful to read Shevchenko's works with notes and explanations. The Simovych Kobzar is useful for this specific reason. Some other works that are helpful in this regard are:

• Івакін, Юрій. Коментар до "Кобзаря" Шевченка. 2 томи. Київ: Наукова думка, 1964, 1968.
• Шевченківський словник у двох томах. Ред. Євген Кирилюк. Київ: Інститут літератури АН УРСР і УРЕ, 1976.
• Словник мови Шевченка в двох томах. Ред. В. Ващенко. Київ: Наукова думка, 1964.

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