Week 1-2 Introduction to the course: course structure, syllabus, goals and learning 1 outcome, discussion of your homework, essays, presentations, assessment. Introduction to Slavic folklore; the influence of Russian folklore on Russian literature, music and art; the concept of folklore and oral history; the concept of popular and mass culture; Week 3-4 Ivanits: pp. 3-5; 12-18, 38-50; 51-82 Slavic Paganism: 2 • Pagan Deities The Devil (Ivanits 38-50, Ivanits (texts): pp. 154-168 - select two texts of • 154-168) your choice Domestic Spirits (Ivanits 169-177 select two texts of your choice • – 51-63, 169-177) 178-189 - select two texts of your choice Nature Spirits (Ivanits • 64-82, 178-189) Week 5-6 Ivanits, pp. 83-124 Magic and Underworld: 3 Witches: Black and Ivanits (texts): 190-205 - select two texts of your • White Magic (Ivanits, pp. choice 83-124) Vampires and • Werewolves Spells and Fortune • telling Week 7-8 Ivanits, pp. 5-18; 19-37 Acceptance of 4 Christianity: Ivanits (texts): 130-153 - select two texts of your Folk Christian Beliefs choice • (Ivanits 19-37, 130-53) • “Double Beliefs” (dvoeverie) a mixture of - pagan and Christian beliefs in popular culture Week 9-10 Folk Russian Calendar Selected readings posted on Blackboard 5 Agricultural • Celebrations: beliefs, rituals, traditions, songs Everyday customs: birth, • weddings, funerals Week 11-12 Slavic Folk Beliefs in by Gogol (any translation, any St John’s Eve 6 edition) Russian Classical Literature: or by Gogol A Night in May the Drowned Maiden. Nikolai Gogol and his (any translation, any edition) • Collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka The first Soviet horror • film Vyi 1967 – Week 13-14 Introduction to Epic Epic Songs: 7 Epic songs (Kievan Cycle): Poetry; and Nightingale the “Ilya Muromets Robber”
Week 1 1-2 Introduction to the course: course structure, syllabus, goals and learning outcome, discussion of your homework, essays, presentations, assessment. Introduction to Slavic folklore; the influence of Russian folklore on Russian literature, music and art; the concept of folklore and oral history; the concept of popular and mass culture; Week 2 3-4 Slavic Paganism: • Pagan Deities • The Devil (Ivanits 38-50, 154-168) • Domestic Spirits (Ivanits 51-63, 169-177) • Nature Spirits (Ivanits 64-82, 178-189) Ivanits: pp. 3-5; 12-18, 38-50; 51-82 Ivanits (texts): pp. 154-168 - select two texts of your choice 169-177 – select two texts of your choice 178-189 - select two texts of your choice Week 3 5-6 Magic and Underworld: • Witches: Black and White Magic (Ivanits, pp. 83-124) • Vampires and Werewolves • Spells and Fortune telling Ivanits, pp. 83-124 Ivanits (texts): 190-205 - select two texts of your choice Week 4 7-8 Acceptance of Christianity: • Folk Christian Beliefs (Ivanits 19-37, 130-53) • “Double Beliefs” (dvoeverie) - a mixture of pagan and Christian beliefs in popular culture Ivanits, pp. 5-18; 19-37 Ivanits (texts): 130-153 - select two texts of your choice Week 5 9-10 Folk Russian Calendar • Agricultural Celebrations: beliefs, rituals, traditions, songs • Everyday customs: birth, weddings, funerals Selected readings posted on Blackboard Week 6 11-12 Slavic Folk Beliefs in Russian Classical Literature: • Nikolai Gogol and his Collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka • The first Soviet horror film Vyi – 1967 St John’s Eve by Gogol (any translation, any edition) A Night in May or the Drowned Maiden. by Gogol (any translation, any edition) Week 7 13-14 Introduction to Epic Poetry; Epic Songs: Epic songs (Kievan Cycle): “Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber”
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