University of Pittsburgh, Autumn 2008 (09-1)
David J. Birnbaum (djbpitt+medieval@pitt.edu)
Location:
http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~djb/medieval_literature/09-1/syllabus.html
Main Course Page:
http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~djb/medieval_literature/09-1/
Last revised: 2009-01-11
Key: ea = Erin Alpert, ia = Irina Anisimova, djb = David J. Birnbaum, hb = Hillary Brevig, ac = Drew Chapman, ok = Olga Klimova, et = Elise Thorsen
| Session | Date | Topic | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit One: Kievan Rus′ (988–1240) | |||
| 1 | Mon 08-25 | Introduction (History and Culture) | djb |
| 2 | Wed 08-27 | Language of Early Rus' (Lunt article) | djb |
| 3 | Wed 09-03 | Chronicles (Zenkovsky I.A) | djb |
| 4 | Mon 09-22 | Textology of the Primary Chronicle (Ostrowski article) | djb |
| 5 | Wed 09-24 | Genres of Early Rus′ Literature (Lenhoff article) | ac |
| 6 | Fri 09-26 |
How to Read an Icon
Deadline for approval of paper topics. |
djb |
| Screening | Sun 09-28 | Andrej Rublev (1966 [but with a complicated release history], IMDB) | none |
| 7 | Mon 09-29 | Kievan Didactic Literature (Zenkovsky I.B) | ea |
| 8 | Wed 10-01 | Kievan Hagiography (Zenkovsky I.C.a-b) | djb |
| Field trip | Sat 10-04 | Field trip to the Hilandar Research Library and Resource Center for Medieval Slavic Studies, the Ohio State University | none |
| 9 | Mon 10-06 | Kievan Crypt Paterikon (Zenkovsky I.C.c) | ok |
| 10 | Wed 10-08 | Apocrypha (Zenkovsky I.D) | hb |
| 11 | Tue 10-14 | Igor' Tale (Zenkovsky I.E) | ac |
| Unit Two: Mongol Russia (1240–1480) | |||
| 12 | Wed 10-15 | Military Tales (Zenkovsky II.A.34-37) | ea |
| 13 | Fri 10-17 | Zadonščina (Zenkovsky II.A.38) | ok |
| 14 | Mon 10-20 | XIII–XIV Century Hagiography (Zenkovsky II.B) | djb |
| 15 | Wed 10-22 | XIII–XIV Century Sermons (Zenkovsky II.C) | et |
| Screening | Sun 10-26 | Aleksandr Nevskij (1938, IMDB) | none |
| 16 | Mon 10-27 | Daniil Zatočnik (Zenkovsky II.D) Bibliographies due. |
ia |
| 17 | Wed 10-29 | Second South Slavic Influence (Worth article) | djb |
| 18 | Fri 10-31 | Muscovite Hagiography (Zenkovsky III.A-B) | djb |
| 19 | Mon 11-03 | Tale of the White Cowl (Zenkovsky III.C) | djb |
| Unit Three: Muscovy (1480–1613) | |||
| 20 | Wed 11-05 | Afanasij Nikitin (Zenkovsky III.D) | ia |
| 21 | Fri 11-07 | Stefan Batorij's Campaign (Zenkovsky III.E) | hb |
| Screening | Sun 11-09 | Ivan Groznyj I (1944, IMDB) | none |
| 22 | Mon 11-10 | Kurbskij-Groznyj Correspondence (Zenkovsky III.F) | djb |
| 23 | Wed 11-12 | Julijanija Lazarevskaja (Zenkovsky IV.B.58) | djb |
| Screening | Sun 11-16 | Ivan Groznyj II: Bojarskij zagovor (1958, IMDB) | none |
| Unit Four: Romanov Dynasty (1613–1917) | |||
| 24 | Mon 11-17 | Avvakum (Zenkovsky IV.B.59) | et |
| 25 | Wed 11-19 | Time of Troubles (Zenkovsky IV.A) | djb |
| 26 | Mon 11-24 | Secular tales (Zenkovsky IV.C) First version of papers due. |
djb |
| 27 | Mon 12-01 | Review papers. Referee reports due. |
ea ia et |
| 28 | Wed 12-03 | Review papers. Referee reports due. |
hb ac ok |
| 29 | Mon 12-08 | Early Poetry (Zenkovsky IV.D) | djb |
| 30 | Wed 12-10 | Final examination | none |
| Fri 12-12 | Final version of papers due | none | |
| Screening | Sun 12-14 |
Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973,
IMDB) Extra credit due |
none |