Contemporary Ukrainian Literature

Course: Translation from Portuguese and English

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Contemporary Ukrainian Literature
Code
ННД.16
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 2. Process information effectively: collect relevant information from a variety of sources, including professional literature and electronic databases, critically analyse and interpret it, organize, classify and systematize it. PLO 8. Know and understand the system of language, the general properties of literature as the art of word, the history of the Portuguese and English languages and literatures, to be able to apply this knowledge in professional activities. PLO 13. Analyse and interpret works of Ukrainian and foreign fiction and oral folk art, determine their specific features and place in literary process. PLO 15. Carry out linguistic, literary and translation analysis of texts of various styles and genres.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Prior to taking this course, students should know - the basics of literary analysis of works of art; - historical conditions of development of Ukrainian literature; - genre and style specifics of contemporary Ukrainian literature; - the peculiarities of coexistence of different stylistic trends within the contemporary literary discourse: realism, modernism, postmodernism, avant-garde, surrealism, "magical realism", etc; - basic literary concepts, to operate freely with them when analysing works of art. be able to - analyse the ideological and artistic content of literary works, writers' works in the context of the current requirements of modern literary criticism; - identify literary phenomena, collect, systematise, describe and analyse the material under study; - to navigate the modern scientific and critical literature on the problems of development of Ukrainian poetry, prose, drama.
Course content
The aim of the discipline is to provide a professional study of the main trends in the development of contemporary Ukrainian literature, to form students' objective scientific knowledge of the contemporary Ukrainian literary process, its ideological and thematic, genre and style specifics. The course consolidates and deepens basic knowledge of the history of Ukrainian literature, in particular, the patterns of development of the Ukrainian historical and literary process in its interrelationship with world literature and culture. It continues the systematic study of bright contemporary literary phenomena in a variety of styles and genres. In the process of studying the discipline, students study the peculiarities of the poetics of contemporary lyrics, drama, short stories, novels, and novels, the ideological and thematic, genre and style specifics of the works of Yuriy Andrukhovych, Oksana Zabuzhko, Halyna Pahutyak, Serhiy Zhadan, Yuriy Vynnychuk, and others.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Гундорова Т. Післячорнобильська бібліотека: український літературний постмодерн / Т. Гундорова; Український науковий ін-т Гарвардського ун-ту, Інститут критики. – К.: Критика, 2005. – 263 с. Гундорова Т. Транзитна культура. Симптоми постколоніальної травми: ст. та есеї / Тамара Гундорова. - К.: Грані-Т, 2013. - 546 с. Жуковська Г.М., Гаєвська Н.М. Українська література кін.ХХ – поч.ХХІ ст.: жанрово-стильові особливості. Навчально-методичний посібник. – К.: ВПЦ «Київський університет», 2020. – 225 с. Історія української літератури: ХХ – поч. ХХІ ст.: навч. посіб.: у 3 т. / [В.І. Кузьменко, О.О. Гарачковська, М.В. Кузьменко та ін.] за ред. В.І. Кузьменка. – Т. 3. – Київ:Академвидав,2017.– 544 с. Романенко О. В. Семіосфера української масової літератури. Текст. Читач. Епоха / Олена Романенко. – К.: Якубець А. В. [вид.], 2014. – 362 с. Харчук Р.Б. Сучасна українська проза. Постмодерний період. Навч.посіб. // Р. Харчук. – К.: ВЦ «Академія», 2008. – 248 с.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Answers at the seminar, participation in professional discussions during seminars. Independent work, creative tasks, presentation of the results of independent work in the form of reports, messages, presentations. Module test / Creative project.
Assessment methods and criteria
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Halyna Myronivna Zhukovska
Department of History of Ukrainian Literature, Theory of Literature and Literary Creativity
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Heorhii Oleksandrovych Bandura
Department of History of Ukrainian Literature, Theory of Literature and Literary Creativity
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology