Russian Fairy Tales (RUSS 0090): Syllabus

Autumn 2002 (03-1)

Prepared by: David J. Birnbaum (djbpitt+tales@pitt.edu)
Last modified: 2002-08-25
Location: http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~tales/03-1/syllabus.html

Abbreviations:

• AA: Aleksandr Afanas'ev. Russian Fairy Tales. New York: Pantheon. 1973.
• CP: Supplement to Russian 0090. Course pack, available in Pitt Book Center. The table of contents for the Course Pack is available on line at http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~tales/03-1/course_pack.html.
• LI: Linda Ivanits. Russian Folk Belief. NY: M. E. Sharpe. 1982.
• OL: On line. The Course Description contains a full list of on-line readings.

Lecture, Monday, August 26

Topics for Monday, August 26

• Course introduction
• Film Clip: Tennant, Ever After (1998)

Assignment due Monday, August 26

• None

Lecture, Wednesday, August 28

Topics for Wednesday, August 28

• Quiz on course description (see assignment, below)
• Russian paganism. Pagan deities and festivals
• Film clip: Tarkovskii, Andrei Rublev (1966)
• Terminology

Assignment due Wednesday, August 28

• Study on-line Course Description (http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~tales/03-1/description.html) and Syllabus (http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~tales/03-1/syllabus.html) for quiz
• LI, pp. 3-18, 51-63, 169-77

Recitation, Thursday, August 29 and Friday, August 30

Topics for Thursday, August 29 and Friday, August 30

• Introduction
• Domestic and nature spirits
• Terminology

Assignment due Thursday, August 29 and Friday, August 30

• List of terms on line at http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~tales/definitions.html
• LI, pp. 64-82, 178-89
• OL, Pushkin, "Rusalka," http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~tales/rusalka.html

Lecture, Monday, September 2

Labor Day: No classes

Lecture, Wednesday, September 4

Topics for Wednesday, September 4

• Saints and devils
• How to read an Icon

Assignment due Wednesday, September 4

• LI, pp. 19-50, 130-45

Recitation, Thursday, September 5 and Friday, September 6

Topics for Thursday, September 5 and Friday, September 6

• Sorcery and healing
• Shrieking

Assignment due Thursday, September 5 and Friday, September 6

• LI, 83-124

Lecture, Monday, September 9

Topics for Monday, September 9

• Film clip: Paradjanov: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964)
• Stylistic characteristics of folktales

Assignment due Monday, September 9

• Deadline for notifying instructors and Office of Disability Resources of special accommodation requests. (See Course Description or consult with one of the instructors for details.)
• LI, 190-205
• AA, "Ivan the Peasant's Son and the Thumb-Sized Man," pp. 262-68
• (Optional: The lecture on "Stylistic Characteristics of Folktales" will be based on the first three chapters of one of the recommended books: Max Lüthi, The European Folktale. You do not have to read this book [it is recommended, and not required, and we'll summarize the most important details for you in lecture], but if you'd like to read it, this is the best time to do so.)

Lecture, Wednesday, September 11

Topics for Wednesday, September 11

• Music: Mussorgskii, "Night on Bald Mountain"
• Film clip: Disney, Fantasia (1940)
• The authorship of folklore

Assignment due Wednesday, September 11

• CP, Bogatyrev and Jakobson, "Folklore as a Special Form of Creativity," pp. 32-46. (Note: Many students find this reading particularly difficult. We'll go over it carefully in class, but read it ahead of time so that you'll know what you already understand and what you need to ask about.)

Recitation, Thursday, September 12 and Friday, September 13

Topics for Thursday, September 12 and Friday, September 13

• General review for examination #1

Assignment due Thursday, September 12 and Friday, September 13

• Review for examination #1. Come to class with questions or requests to review specific material.
• Write out two multiple-choice questions (four answers each; indicate the correct answer) based on the material for Examination #1 and bring them to recitation. These questions will be collected and used in the in-class review, and good questions will earn a participation point.

Lecture, Monday, September 16

Note: Professor Birnbaum will be out of the country and away from email from Friday, September 13 through Monday, September 30. Please refer all administrative matters to your recitation instructor or to Dr. Di Bartolomeo (ldibart+@pitt.edu), who will serve as course director while Professor Birnbaum is away.

Topics for Monday, September 16

• Psychoanalytic approaches to fairy tales
  • Freudian: Bruno Bettelheim
  • Jungian: Maria-Louise von Franz
  • Self Theory: Sheldon Cashdan

Assignment due Monday, September 16

• CP, Bettelheim, pp. 102-111

Lecture, Wednesday, September 18

Note: Professor Birnbaum will be out of the country and away from email from Friday, September 13 through Monday, September 30. Please refer all administrative matters to your recitation instructor or to Dr. Di Bartolomeo (ldibart+@pitt.edu), who will serve as course director while Professor Birnbaum is away.

Topics for Wednesday, September 18

• Examination #1. Topics:
  • All readings in LI
  • Bogatyrev and Jakobson article from CP
  • Bettelheim pp. 102-11 from CP
  • All information presented or discussed in lecture or recitation (including film, music, art, etc).

Assignment due Wednesday, September 18

• Review for examination #1

Recitation, Thursday, September 19 and Friday, September 20

Note: Professor Birnbaum will be out of the country and away from email from Friday, September 13 through Monday, September 30. Please refer all administrative matters to your recitation instructor or to Dr. Di Bartolomeo (ldibart+@pitt.edu), who will serve as course director while Professor Birnbaum is away.

Topics for Thursday, September 19 and Friday, September 20

• Typologies of tales
• "Youngest Child" tales
• "Ivan Durak" ('Ivan the Fool')

Assignment due Thursday, September 19 and Friday, September 20

• AA, "Salt," pp. 40-44
• AA, "The Three Kingdoms," pp. 49-53
• AA, "Ivanuskho, the Little Fool," pp. 62-66
• AA, "The Princess Who Wanted to Solve Riddles," pp. 115-17
• AA, "The Wicked Sisters," pp. 356-60
• AA, "Prince Ivan, the Firebird, and the Gray Wolf," pp. 612-24

Special Meeting, Friday, September 20, 7:00 a.m.

Makeup Examinaton #1

Students who miss Examination #1 because of an emergency may take a makeup examination on this date at 7:00 a.m. in the Department of Slavic Languages, 1417 Cathedral of Learning. You do not need to notify an instructor in advance or provide a note from your doctor; you can simply show up to take the makeup examination. There are no alternative or additional makeup examinations; if you must take a makeup examination, this is your only opportunity to do so. See the Course Description for more information about makeup examinations.

Lecture, Monday, September 23

Note: Professor Birnbaum will be out of the country and away from email from Friday, September 13 through Monday, September 30. Please refer all administrative matters to your recitation instructor or to Dr. Di Bartolomeo (ldibart+@pitt.edu), who will serve as course director while Professor Birnbaum is away.

Topics for Monday, September 23

• "Two Sibling" tales

Assignment due Monday, September 23

• CP, Bettelheim, pp. 78-83, 90-96
• AA, "Misery," pp. 20-24
• AA, "The Armless Maiden," pp. 294-99
• AA, "The Magic Swan Geese," pp. 349-51
• AA, "Two Ivans, Soldier's Sons," pp. 463-75
• AA, "Shemiaka the Judge," pp. 625-27

Lecture, Wednesday, September 25

Note: Professor Birnbaum will be out of the country and away from email from Friday, September 13 through Monday, September 30. Please refer all administrative matters to your recitation instructor or to Dr. Di Bartolomeo (ldibart+@pitt.edu), who will serve as course director while Professor Birnbaum is away.

Topics for Wednesday, September 25

• "Animal Bride" and "Animal Groom" Tales
• Film clip: Cocteau, Beauty and Beast (1946)
• Film clip: Disney, Beauty and Beast (1991)
• Film clip: Adamson/Jenson, Shrek (2001)
• Video clip: Swan Lake (ballet)

Assignment due Wednesday, September 25

• CP, Bettelheim, pp. 282-291, 295-310

Recitation, Thursday, September 26 and Friday, September 27

Note: Professor Birnbaum will be out of the country and away from email from Friday, September 13 through Monday, September 30. Please refer all administrative matters to your recitation instructor or to Dr. Di Bartolomeo (ldibart+@pitt.edu), who will serve as course director while Professor Birnbaum is away.

Topics for Thursday, September 26 and Friday, September 27

• "Animal Bride" and "Animal Groom" Tales
• Review of Bettelheim and Freudian psychoanalysis

Assignment due Thursday, September 26 and Friday, September 27

• OL, Aksakov, "The Little Scarlet Flower," http://pskov.freeyellow.com/tales/flower1.htm
• AA, "The Frog Princess," 119-23
• AA, "The Snotty Goat," 200-02

Film, Thursday, September 26 and Saturday, September 28

The New Gulliver (1935)

Extra-credit: Screening of The New Gulliver (1935) at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Thursday, September 26, 7:30 p.m. Repeat screening Saturday, September 28, 7:30 p.m. See http://www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2002/if2/index.html and http://www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2002/if2/new-gulliver-program-notes.html for details.

Lecture, Monday, September 30

Note: Professor Birnbaum will be out of the country and away from email from Friday, September 13 through Monday, September 30. Please refer all administrative matters to your recitation instructor or to Dr. Di Bartolomeo (ldibart+@pitt.edu), who will serve as course director while Professor Birnbaum is away.

Topics for Monday, September 30

• Feminism and the study of fairy tales

Assignment due Monday, September 30

• CP, Bottigheimer, "Silenced Women in the Grimms' Tales," pp. 115-31
• CP, Lieberman, "Some Day My Prince Will Come," pp. 185-200

Lecture, Wednesday, October 2

Topics for Wednesday, October 2

• Feminist approaches to fairy tales
• "Bad Wife" tales
• "Wise Maiden" tales
• Riddles

Assignment due Wednesday, October 2

• CP, "Peter and Fevronia of Murom," pp. 291-300
• AA, "The Wondrous Wonder, the Marvelous Marvel," pp. 13-15
• AA, "The Wise Little Girl," pp. 252-55

Recitation, Thursday, October 3 and Friday, October 4

Topics for Thursday, October 3 and Friday, October 4

• Feminist approaches to fairy tales
• "Bad Wife" tales
• "Wise Maiden" tales
• Riddles

Assignment due Thursday, October 3 and Friday, October 4

• AA, "The Bad Wife," pp. 56-57
• AA, "The Wise Maiden and the Seven Robbers," pp. 134-40
• AA, "The Taming of the Shrew," pp. 161-62
• AA, "The Indiscreet Wife," pp. 226-27
• AA, "The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise," pp. 427-37
• AA, "The Goldfish," pp. 528-32
• Review for Examination #2. Come to class with questions or requests to review specific material.
• Write out two multiple-choice questions (four answers each; indicate the correct answer) based on the material for Examination #2 and bring them to recitation. These questions will be collected and used in the in-class review, and good questions will earn a participation point.

Film, Thursday, October 3 and Saturday, October 5

The Stone Flower (1946)

Extra-credit: Screening of The Stone Flower (1946) at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Thursday, October 3, 7:30 p.m. Repeat screening Saturday, October 5, 7:30 p.m. See http://www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2002/if2/index.html and http://www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2002/if2/stone-flower-program-notes.html for details.

Lecture, Monday, October 7

Topics for Monday, October 7

• Examination #2. Topics:
  • Psychoanalytic approaches to fairy tales. Bettelheim (the portions we've read).
  • Feminist approaches to fairy tales. Bottigheimer, Lieberman
  • Tales read since Examination #1 (Youngest Child, Two Sibling, Animal Groom, Animal Bride, Bad Wife, Wise Maiden)
  • All information presented or discussed in lecture or recitation (including film, music, art, etc)

Assignment due Monday, October 7

• Review for Examination #2

Lecture, Wednesday, October 9

Topics for Wednesday, October 9

• Wicked stepmothers
• Film clip: Disney, Snow White (1937)
• Film clip: Disney, Cinderella (1950)

Assignment due Wednesday, October 9

• CP, Warner, "Wicked Stepmothers," pp. 218-40

Recitation, Thursday, October 10 and Friday, October 11

Topics for Thursday, October 10 and Friday, October 11

• Wicked stepmothers

Assignment due Thursday, October 10 and Friday, October 11

• CP, Bettelheim, pp. 66-73
• AA, "Burenushka, the Little Red Cow," pp. 146-50
• AA, "The Maiden Tsar," pp. 229-34
• AA, "Daughter and Stepdaughter," pp. 278-79
• AA, "The Grumbling Old Woman," pp. 340-41

Film, Thursday, October 10 and Saturday, October 12

Sadko (1953)

Extra-credit: Screening of Sadko (1953) at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Thursday, October 10, 7:30 p.m. Repeat screening Saturday, October 12, 7:30 p.m. See http://www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2002/if2/sadko-program-notes.html and http://www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2002/if2/index.html for details.

Special Meeting, Friday, October 11, 7:00 a.m.

Makeup Examinaton #2

Students who miss Examination #2 because of an emergency may take a makeup examination on this date at 7:00 a.m. in the Department of Slavic Languages, 1417 Cathedral of Learning. You do not need to notify an instructor in advance or provide a note from your doctor; you can simply show up to take the makeup examination. There are no alternative or additional makeup examinations; if you must take a makeup examination, this is your only opportunity to do so. See the Course Description for more information about makeup examinations.

Lecture, Monday, October 14

Topics for Monday, October 14

• Cinderella tales
• Film clip: Rou, Morozko (Jack Frost) (1964)
• Self Theory looks at Envy
• Music: Prokof'ev: Cinderella (ballet)
• Film clip: Tennant, Ever After (1998)

Assignment due Monday, October 14

• CP, Cashdan, "Envy," 85-105
• AA, "Jack Frost," pp. 366-69
• AA, "The Golden Slipper," pp. 44-46
• AA, "Vasilisa the Beautiful," pp. 439-47

Lecture, Wednesday, October 16

Topics for Wednesday, October 16

• Structuralist approach to fairy tales

Assignment due Wednesday, October 16

• AA, "The Magic Swan Geese," pp. 349-51
• CP, Propp, pp. 19-24, 149-55
• (Optional: The Propp excerpts in the CP are taken from Propp's Morphology of the Folktale, which is one of the recommended books for this course. Except for the excerpts reproduced in the CP, you do not have to read this book [it is recommended, and not required, and we'll summarize the most important details for you in lecture], but if you'd like to read it, this is the best time to do so.)

Recitation, Thursday, October 17 and Friday, October 18

Topics for Thursday, October 17 and Friday, October 18

• Structuralist approach to fairy tales

Assignment due Thursday, October 17 and Friday, October 18

• AA, "The Crystal Mountain," pp. 482-84. As you read this tale in preparation for class, think about it from a structuralist perspective, looking for Proppian functions as listed and described in the Course Pack and the October 16 lecture. The focus of the recitation meeting will be your structuralist analysis of this tale.

Film, Thursday, October 17 and Saturday, October 19

Viy (1967)

Extra-credit: Screening of Viy (1967) at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Thursday, October 17, 7:30 p.m. Repeat screening Saturday, October 19, 7:30 p.m. See http://www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2002/if2/index.html and http://www.rusfilm.pitt.edu/2002/if2/viy-program-notes.html for details.

Lecture, Monday, October 21

Topics for Monday, October 21

• Baba Yaga and Koshchey the Deathless

Assignment due Monday, October 21

• AA, "Baba Yaga and the Brave Youth," pp. 76-79
• AA, "Baba Yaga," pp. 194-95
• AA, "Koshchey the Deathless," pp. 485-93

Lecture, Wednesday, October 23

Topics for Wednesday, October 23

• Snow White Tales
• Film clip: Disney, Snow White (1937)

Assignment due Wednesday, October 23

• CP, Bettelheim, pp. 199-215
• OL, Pushkin, "The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights," http://www.marxists.org/subject/art/literature/children/texts/pushkin/seven.html or http://russian-crafts.com/tales/dead_pr.html

Recitation, Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25

Topics for Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25

• A Jungian perspective on evil in folk tales
• Baba Yaga and Koshchey the Deathless
• Snow White Tales

Assignment due Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25

• CP, von Franz, "Taboos," pp. 190-214
• AA, "Maria Morevna," pp. 553-62
• AA, "Vasilisa the Beautiful," pp. 439-47 (review)
• AA, "The Maiden Tsar," pp. 229-34 (review)

Lecture, Monday, October 28

Topics for Monday, October 28

• Film: Cohn, Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997) (part 1)

Assignment due Monday, October 28

• OL, viewing guide to Snow White: A Tale of Terror, http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~tales/03-1/terror.html

Lecture, Wednesday, October 30

Topics for Wednesday, October 30

• Film: Cohn, Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997) (part 2)

Assignment due Wednesday, October 30

• Begin CP, Shukshin, "Before the Cocks Crow Thrice," 108-63. (This reading will be discussed next week, but because it is relatively long and because there is no other significant reading this week, this is a good time to get it out of the way.)
• Oops! Missing Course Pack pages will be distributed in class before the end of this week.

Recitation, Thursday, October 31 and Friday, November 1

Topics for Thursday, October 31 and Friday, November 1

• Discussion of Snow White: A Tale of Terror

Assignment due Thursday, October 31 and Friday, November 1

• Review on-line viewing guide to Snow White: A Tale of Terror (http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~tales/03-1/terror.html)
• Complete CP, Shukshin, "Before the Cocks Crow Thrice," 108-63. (This reading will be discussed next week, but because it is relatively long and because there is no other significant reading this week, this is a good time to get it out of the way.)

Lecture, Monday, November 4

Topics for Monday, November 4

• Epics and byliny
• Film clip: Ptushko, The Sword and the Dragon (1956)
• Film clip: Sadko (opera)

Assignment due Monday, November 4

• All students who wish to submit extra-credit work must have discussed this work with an instructor by 5:00 p.m.
• CP, "Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber" (bylina), pp. 28-36
• CP, "Sadko," pp. 32-42
• AA, "Ivan the Simpleton," pp. 142-45
• AA, "Foma Berennikov," pp. 284-87
• AA, "Ilya Muromets and the Dragon," pp. 569-75

Lecture, Wednesday, November 6

Topics for Wednesday, November 6

• Marxist approaches to fairy tales
• Tales of the Soviet Period: Gaidar and Shukshin

Assignment due Wednesday, November 6

• CP, Zipes, "Breaking the Disney Spell," pp. 72-95
• CP, Zipes, Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion (excerpt), pp. 121-31
• OL, Gaidar, "Tale of the Military Secret," http://www.sovlit.com/militarysecret/

Recitation, Thursday, November 7 and Friday, November 8

Topics for Thursday, November 7 and Friday, November 8

• Review for Examination #3

Assignment due Thursday, November 7 and Friday, November 8

• Review for Examination #3. Come to class with questions or requests to review specific material.
• Write out two multiple-choice questions (four answers each; indicate the correct answer) plus one short essay question based on the material for Examination #3 and bring them to recitation. These questions will be collected and used in the in-class review, and good questions will earn a participation point.

Lecture, Monday, November 11

Topics for Monday, November 11

• Examination #3. Topics:
  • Wicked stepmothers
  • Cinderella tales
  • Snow White tales
  • Structuralism
  • Baba Yaga and Koshchey the Deathless
  • Epics and byliny
  • Marxist approaches to Fairy Tales
  • Gaidar and Shukshin
  • Self Theory and Envy
  • Jung and Evil
  • All tales read since Examination #2.
  • All materials presented in class since Examination #2 (film, art, etc.).

Assignment due Monday, November 11

• Review for Examination #3.

Lecture, Wednesday, November 13

Topics for Wednesday, November 13

• Sleeping Beauty tales
• Video clip: Sleeping Beauty (Ballet)

Assignment due Wednesday, November 13

• CP, Bettelheim, pp. 225-36
• AA, "Prince Ivan and Princess Martha," pp. 79-86
• AA, "The Enchanted Princess," pp. 600-11

Recitation, Thursday, November 14 and Friday, November 15

Topics for Thursday, November 14 and Friday, November 15

• Literary fairy tales
• Ostrovskii, "The Snow Maiden"

Assignment due Thursday, November 14 and Friday, November 15

• OL, Ostrovskii, "The Snow Maiden," http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~tales/snow_maiden.html
• LI, pp. 5-18 (review)

Special Meeting, Friday, November 15, 7:00 a.m.

Makeup Examinaton #3

Students who miss Examination #3 because of an emergency may take a makeup examination on this date at 7:00 a.m. in the Department of Slavic Languages, 1417 Cathedral of Learning. You do not need to notify an instructor in advance or provide a note from your doctor; you can simply show up to take the makeup examination. There are no alternative or additional makeup examinations; if you must take a makeup examination, this is your only opportunity to do so. See the Course Description for more information about makeup examinations.

Lecture, Monday, November 18

Topics for Monday, November 18

• Fairy Tales in verse
• Alexander Pushkin
• Film clip, Ptushko, Tsar Saltan (1966)

Assignment due Monday, November 18

• OL, Pushkin, "The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of His Son, the Glorious and Mighty Knight Prince Guidon Saltonovich, and of the Fair Swan-Princess," http://www.marxists.org/subject/art/literature/children/texts/pushkin/tsar.html

Lecture, Wednesday, November 20

Topics for Wednesday, November 20

• Nikolai Gogol'
• Film clip, Kropachev/Ptushko, Viy (1967)

Assignment due Wednesday, November 20

• CP, Gogol', "Viy," pp. 338-74
• AA, "The Sorceress," pp. 567-68
• AA, "The Vampire," pp. 593-98

Recitation, Thursday, November 21 and Friday, November 22

Topics for Thursday, November 21 and Friday, November 22

• Nina Sadur

Assignment due Thursday, November 21 and Friday, November 22

• CP, Sadur, "The Cute Little Redhead," pp. 235-41
• CP, Sadur, "The Witch's Tears," pp. 264-69

Lecture, Monday, November 25

Topics for Monday, November 25

• Tatyana Tolstaya
• Mythical Birds

Assignment due Monday, November 25

• CP, Tolstaya, "Date with a Bird," pp. 116-30
• CP, Tolstaya, "The Poet and the Muse," pp. 117-31
• AA, "The Feather of Finist, the Bright Falcon, pp. 580-88

Lecture, Wednesday, November 27

Thanksgiving recess: No classes

Recitation, Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29

Thanksgiving recess: No classes

Lecture, Monday, December 2

Topics for Monday, December 2

• Self Theory looks at Magic Objects
• Review of psychoanalytic approaches to fairy tales
• General review for Examination #4

Assignment due Monday, December 2

• CP, Cashdan, "Objects that Love," pp. 107-27
• Review for Examination #4. Come to class with questions or requests to review specific material.

Lecture, Wednesday, December 4

Topics for Wednesday, December 4

• Examination #4. Topics:
  • "Sleeping Beauty" tales
  • Literary tales
  • "Snow Maiden"
  • Pushkin, Gogol', Tolstaya, Sadur
  • CP and AA readings since Examination #3
  • All materials presented in class since Examination #3 (film, art, etc.)

Assignment due Wednesday, December 4

• Review for Examination #4
• Extra-credit assignments due by 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 4. If you haven't done so already, please hand them in on your way into class. Note that the 1:00 p.m. deadline also applies to electronic copies; please email those to djbpitt+tales.ec@pitt.edu in time for them to arrive by 1:00 p.m.

Recitation, Thursday, December 5 and Friday, December 6

Topics for Thursday, December 5 and Friday, December 6

• Censored tales
• Course evaluation

Assignment due Thursday, December 5 and Friday, December 6

• Censored tales (handout)

Special Meeting, Monday, December 9, 12:00 noon

Makeup Examinaton #4

Students who miss Examination #4 because of an emergency may take a makeup examination on this date at 12:00 noon in the Department of Slavic Languages, 1417 Cathedral of Learning. You do not need to notify an instructor in advance or provide a note from your doctor; you can simply show up to take the makeup examination. There are no alternative or additional makeup examinations; if you must take a makeup examination, this is your only opportunity to do so. See the Course Description for more information about makeup examinations.