BA709 The Minor Ural Literatures

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 for the colloquium). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Kovář, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Hoskovec, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michal Kovář, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 7:30–9:05 G31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The objective of the course is to outline the development of literature of the minority Ural peoples (Sami, Meänkieli, Kvens, Carelians, Veps, Livonians, Mordvinians, Mari, Udmurts, Komi, Khanty, Mansi, Nenets) in terms of its social/ political and historical context, particular genres and intertexuality (cultural and textual influences). In the end, the students should know some basic authors, works and experience articulated in.
Syllabus
  • Why Ural literatures?
  • The choise of a language.
  • The national epics, its possible roots in oral tradition and the problem of authenticity.
  • Ethnofuturism and contemporary poetry and novel.
  • Postcolonialism in colony.
  • From the Kazan Seminar to the Gulag.
  • Ecocriticism, sacred landscapes and the curse of oil.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Rein Taagepera: The Finno-Ugric Republics and the Russian State
  • Multilingualism and multiculturalism in Finno-Ugric literatures. Edited by Johanna Laakso - Johanna Domokos. Wien: LIT, 2011, 170 s. ISBN 9783643800985. info
  • JELFIMOVA, Angelika. White dreams. Tallinn: Kirjastuskeskus, 2008, 61 s. ISBN 9789949445059. info
  • HONKO, Lauri, Senni TIMONEN and Michael BRANCH. The great bear : a thematic anthology of oral poetry in the Finno-Ugrian languages. Translated by Keith Bosley. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1993, 787 s. ISBN 9517176317. info
  • DOMOKOS, Péter. Itäisten suomalais-ugrilaisten kansojen kirjallisuudesta. Edited by Tuomo Lahdelma. [Helsinki]: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1983, 179 s. ISBN 9517173059. info
Teaching methods
lectures, home reading - due to the lack of the English textual corpus of the proper width, the texts shall be chosen according to a particular student's language proficiency (English, Russian, German, Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, Czech...).
Assessment methods
Oral exam or written test - depending on the number of participants. The extra credit (k) will be given on the basis of a 7-10 pages essay. The theme of the essay might be an interpretation of a particular work, evaluation of significance of a particular writer (demonstarted on texts) or comparison of different texts, genres etc.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016.
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