Course: Philology seminar

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Course title Philology seminar
Course code KSU/7LT2
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
The lectures will take place on the following dates; missing topics will be specified. All ONLINE lectures take place at this link: https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/97547474003 20 February 2026, 9:00-12:00 ZUBAN OKSANA MYKOLAIIVNA (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv) Topics: Automatic Processing of Ukrainian-Language Text: New Tools Parameterization of Ukrainian-Language Text: Basic Statistical Characteristics 20 February 2026, 13:00-14:30, ONLINE - TELIEZHKINA OLESIA OLEKSANDRIVNA (Khmelnytskyi National University) Ukrainian Lexicography: Past and Contemporary Experience 20 March 2026, 9:00-12:00 Prof. Oksana Mykytiuk (Lviv Polytechnic National University) 20 March 2026, 13:00-14:30, ONLINE - Assoc. Prof. Olesia Nakhlik (Lviv Polytechnic National University) (Non-)Powerful Words - Ukrainian Culture Facing the War of 2014-2025: Authors - (Con)texts - Readers 24 April 2026, 9:00-12:00 Prof. Yurii Kovaliv (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv) 24 April 2026, 13:00-14:30, ONLINE - Assoc. Prof. Olesia Nakhlik (Lviv Polytechnic National University) To Write and to Love - the Only Things That Make Sense: A Brief Chronicle of the (Poetry)Creation of Yurii Andrukhovych, Serhii Zhadan, and Yurko Izdryk 15 May 2026, 9:00-10:30, ONLINE - Oksana Krymets, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor (Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute) Oksana.Krymets@khpi.edu.ua Metaphor and Metonymy as Factors in the Development of Ukrainian Technical Terminology 15 May 2026, 11:00-12:30, ONLINE - Maryna Lukhina, Senior Lecturer (Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute) Communicatives of Contemporary Ukrainian Maryna.Lukhina@khpi.edu.ua.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with selected issues in contemporary Ukrainian literature and language during block lectures. The lecture(s) are led by invited experts from Ukraine. Some lectures are held online. This is a unique opportunity to map the current state and trends in Ukrainian linguistics and literature, which are currently responding to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.
Students will gain knowledge of the state of contemporary Ukrainian literature (prose and poetry) and lunguistics, they will be oriented in its main tendencies and will be able to place Ukrainian literature into context of (central) European and world literature.
Prerequisites
An interest in contemporary Ukrainian literature and language and a good knowledge of the Ukrainian language are assumed, as the lectures are given by native speakers.

Assessment methods and criteria
Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary), Dialog

- Active participation in all (3) physical block lectures - attendance sheet - Active participation in three online lectures out of four
Recommended literature
  • HUNDOROVA, Tamara. (2005). Pisljačornobylska biblioteka. Ukrajinskyj literaturnyj postmodern. Kyjiv, Krytyka.
  • HUNDOROVA, Tamara. The Canon Reversed: New Ukrainian Literature of 1990s.. Journal of Ukrainian Studies 26, č. 1-2, s. 249 ? 270.
  • CHARČUK, Roksana. (2008). Sučasna ukrajinska proza. Postmodernyj period. Kyjiv, Vydavnyčyj centr Akademia.
  • CHLAŇOVÁ, Tereza (ed.). (2010). Putování současnou ukrajinskou literární krajinou. Prozaická tvorba představitelů tzv. ?stanislavského fenoménu?. Červený Kostelec, Pavel Mervart.


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 (2019) Category: Philological sciences - 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: -