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Maintained by: David J. Birnbaum (djbpitt@gmail.com)
Last modified:
2020-11-29T16:43:38+0000
Class meets MW 6:00–6:15 over Zoom (contact information available from the instructor).
| Session | Date | Topic | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit one: Kievan Rus′ (988–1240) | |||
| 1 | W 08-19 | Introduction (about the course) | David |
| 2 | M 08-24 | Language of early Rus′ (Lunt article) | David |
| 3 | W 08-26 | Chronicles (Zenkovsky I.A) | David |
| 4 | M 08-31 | Textology of the Primary chronicle (Ostrowski article) | David |
| 5 | W 09-02 | Genres of early Rus′ literature (Lenhoff article) Deadline for approval of paper topics. |
David |
| 6 | M 09-07 | How to read an icon | David |
| 7 | W 09-09 | Kievan didactic literature (Zenkovsky I.B) | Emjay |
| 8 | M 09-14 | Kievan hagiography (Zenkovsky I.C.a-b) | David |
| 9 | W 09-16 | Kievan Crypt paterikon (Zenkovsky I.C.c) | David |
| 10 | M 09-21 | Apocrypha (Zenkovsky I.D) | Denis |
| 11 | W 09-23 | Igor′ tale (Zenkovsky I.E) | David |
| Unit two: Mongol Russia (1240–1480) | |||
| 12 | M 09-28 | Military tales (Zenkovsky II.A.34-37) | Eleanor |
| 13 | W 09-30 | Zadonščina (Zenkovsky II.A.38) | David |
| 14 | M 10-05 | XIII–XIV-century hagiography (Zenkovsky II.B) | Eve |
| 15 | W 10-07 | XIII–XIV-century sermons (Zenkovsky II.C) | Dinara |
| 16 | M 10-12 | Daniil Zatočnik (http://zatochnik.obdurodon.org) | Robert Romanchuk |
| W 10-14 | Student self-care day (no classes) | ||
| 17 | M 10-19 | Second South Slavic influence (Worth article) | David |
| Unit three: Muscovy (1480–1613) | |||
| 18 | W 10-21 | Muscovite hagiography (Zenkovsky
III.A-B) |
Eve |
| 19 | M 10-26 | Tale of the white cowl (Zenkovsky III.C) | Dinara |
| 20 | W 10-28 | Afanasij Nikitin (Zenkovsky III.D) | David |
| 21 | M 11-02 | Stefan Batorij's campaign (Zenkovsky III.E) | Felix |
| 22 | W 11-04 | Kurbskij-Groznyj correspondence (Zenkovsky III.F) | David |
| 23 | M 11-09 | Julijanija Lazarevskaja (Zenkovsky IV.B.58) | Denis |
| 24 | W 11-11 | Avvakum (Zenkovsky IV.B.59) | Eleanor |
| Unit four: Romanov dynasty (1613–1917) | |||
| 25 | M 11-16 | Time of troubles (Zenkovsky IV.A) | Emma |
| 26 | Th 11-19, 10:35–11:50 a.m. | Secular tales (Zenkovsky IV.C) | Felix |
| 27 | M 11-23 | Early poetry (Zenkovsky IV.D) First version of papers due. |
Emma |
| W 11-25 | Thanksgiving recess (no classes) | ||
| Final papers | |||
| Sat 12-05 | Final version of papers due | ||