SLAV - Slavic and East European Studies
Offered By:
Faculty of Arts
Below are the courses available from the SLAV code. Select a course to view the available classes, additional class notes, and class times.
Introductory course covering pre-Christian deities and neo-paganism, legends and lower mythology, folktales and folk songs, and the use of folklore in literature, film, and music. Taught in English. This course will not fulfill the Language Other Than English requirement of the BA.
An historical and cultural examination of the events of Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity (2013-2014) in relationship to Europe and Russia. National discourses, civic values, memory politics, art and propaganda are studied. Knowledge of Slavic languages or history is not required. Taught in English.
Course may be taken five times when topics vary.
Culture of Ukrainian immigrants in Canada during the late 19th and 20th centuries with the main focus on oral, material and popular culture of the Canadian Prairies. Taught in English.
Course may be taken five times when topics vary.
An experiential study of local Slavic communities, their language practice and cultural expressions.
Course may be taken five times when topics vary.
Gogol as a cultural icon in the history of Russian and Ukrainian literatures. His life and works against the background of Russian Imperial cultural developments and the processes of nation building in the first half of the 19th century. Prerequisite: consent of Department.