Course: Ukrainian Literary Seminar

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Course title Ukrainian Literary Seminar
Course code KSU/7LT3
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech, Ukrainian
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Merzová Radana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
October 24, 2025 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Doc. Oksana Palij, Kyiv National University Topic: The genre of dystopia in 20th-century Czech and Ukrainian literature (based on the works of K. Čapek, V. Vynnyčenko, V. Páral, and O. Berdník) Artistic translation in Ukrainian-Czech cultural dialogue (on the history of translation reception). November 28, 2025 NACHLIK OLESYA STEPANIVNA (Lviv Polytechnic National University) 1. Speaking-listening-being heard: the female "language of war" in contemporary Ukrainian poetry 2. "Lost (found?) dialogue": from the generation of poets of the "Shattered

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The literary seminar will be organized in the form of block lectures by invited experts from Slavic studies in Poland, Slovakia, Germany or Ukraine. We foresee two Friday blocks devoted to specific topics, which will suitably complement the teaching of Ukrainian literature in all Ukrainian studies programmes. Names of speakers, topics, and exact dates of classes will be added by the end of September 2025.
Students will get familiar with the Ukrainian modernism and postmodernism, its features and prominent figures. Students will also learn how to interpret prosaic and poetic texts and will meet personally the invited Ukrainian writers.
Prerequisites
An excellent knowledge of the language, an orientation in the basic trends of Ukrainian literature as well as European literature of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, the ability to read more complex texts, to discuss are assumed.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

presence at all the block lectures active participation in the discussion
Recommended literature
  • (2010). Movotvorčisť Pavala Tyčyny u dzerkali treťoho tysjačolittja. Zbirnyk naukových prac. Rivne, Ostroh.
  • (2010). Slovotvorčisť šistdesjatnykiv. Zbirnyk naukových prac. Vypusk 4 . Rivne, Ostroh.
  • Dončyk, V.H. (1994). ukrajinskoji literatury 20. stolittja u dvoch knyhach. . Kyjiv.
  • Hnidan, O. (2005). Istorija ukrajins´koji literatuty. U divoch knyhach. Kyjiv.
  • Hruševskyj, M. (1995). Istorija ukrajins´koji literatury (u 4-ch tokách) tom 3-4. . Kyjiv.
  • Voznjak, M. (1992). Istorija ukrajins´koji literatury (u 3-ch tomach). . Lviv.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Ukrainian Philology Aimed at Translation and Business (2025) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Ukrainian Philology Aimed at Translation and Business (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -