Medieval Rus′: Syllabus

University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2005 (05-2)

David J. Birnbaum (djbpitt+medieval@pitt.edu)
Nancy Condee (condee+@pitt.edu)

Location: http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~djb/medieval_literature/05-2/syllabus.html
Main Course Page: http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~djb/medieval_literature/05-2/

Last revised: 2005-01-14

Key: DJB = David J. Birnbaum, NC = Nancy Condee, AD’A = Anthony D’Auria, AD = Alyssa DeBlasio, JD = Julie Draskoczy, MK = Michelle Kuhn, TS = Tim Schlak, AW = Audrey Wood

Session Date Topic Who
Unit One: Kievan Rus′ (988–1240)
1 H 01-06 Introduction: History and Culture NC/DJB
Choose topics None
2 T 01-11 Language of Early Rus′ DJB
Chronicles NC/DJB
Textology DJB
3 H 01-13 Kievan icons, frescoes, mosaics DJB/NC
4 T 01-18 Genres of Early Rus′ literature TS
5 H 01-20 Kievan didactic literature MK
Paper topic due None
6 T 01-25 Kievan hagiography JD
Kievan Crypt Paterikon TS
7 H 01-27 Kievan architecture NC
Apocrypha JD
8 T 02-01 Igor′ Tale AD
Unit Two: Mongol Russia (1240–1480)
9 H 02-03 Military tales MK
Zadonshchina MK
10 T 02-08 Screening: Aleksandr Nevskii None
11 H 02-10 Discussion: Aleksandr Nevskii AW
Provincial Schools NC
12 T 02-15 13–14th cc. Hagiography AD’A
13–14th cc. Sermons AD
13 H 02-17 Daniil Zatochnik JD
14 T 02-22 Second South Slavic Influence DJB
Muscovite Hagiography AD’A
15 H 02-24 Screening: Selianov, Kovalov Russian Idea None
16 T 03-01 Screening: Andrei Rublev None
17 H 03-03 Discussion: Andrei Rublev AD
Muscovite Icons NC
Bibliography due None
18 T 03-15 Midterm Examination None
Unit Three: Muscovy (1480–1613)
19 H 03-17 Afasasii Nikitin AD
Tale of the White Cowl NC
Stefan Batory’s campaign TS
20 T 03-22 Screening: Ivan the Terrible None
First version of papers due None
21 H 03-24 Discussion: Ivan the Terrible JD
Kurbskii-Groznyi correspondence AD’A
22 T 03-29 Medieval Studies as a Profession NC/DJB
23 H 03-31 Iulianiia Lazarevskaia AW
24 T 04-05 Review papers
Referee reports due (on AD'A and MK)		 AD'A, MK
25 H 04-07 Review papers
Referee reports due (on TS and JD)		 TS, JD
26 T 04-12 Review papers
Referee reports due (on AD and AW)		 AD, AW
Unit Four: Romanov Dynasty (1613–1917)
27 H 04-14 Moscow Baroque: Early modern painting NC
28 T 04-19 Avvakum MK
29 H 04-21 Time of Troubles TS
Early poetry AD’A
30 T 04-26 Secular tales AW
31 H 04-28 Final Examination
Final papers due		 None