Spring 2021
SLAVIC 214 001 - LEC 001
Medieval Orthodox Slavic Texts
David A Frick
Jan 19, 2021 - May 07, 2021
Tu, Th
03:30 pm - 04:59 pm
Internet/Online
Class #:30700
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
Pending Review
Offered through
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
9
Enrolled: 6
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 15
Waitlist Max: 3
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.
Other classes by David A Frick
+ 1 Independent Study
Course Catalog Description
Assigned translations and sight reading of selected Medieval Orthodox Slavic texts.
Class Description
The course will have two major goals. The first will be to build upon to student’s knowledge of OCS in acquiring fluency in reading and interpreting the more varied texts of the Orthodox Slavic Middle Ages; in this instance, the focus will be on Kievan Rus’. We will read closely three classic works of this period from three quite different genres, Metropolitan Ilarion’s Sermon on Law and Grace; the anonymous Lives of St. Boris and Gleb; and portions of medieval historiography excerpted from the so-called Primary Chronicle or Tale of Bygone Years. Thus part of each session will be devoted to translation and puzzling over the grammatical and rhetorical problems each text presents. The second will be to begin a more in-depth study of the place of writing in early Kievan society. Our guide here will be Simon Franklin’s magisterial Writing, Society and Culture in Early Rus, c. 950–1300 (Cambridge, 2010; ISBN–10: 0521129028; ISBN–13: 978-0521129022).
Texts:
A scanned reader of primary sources and Franklin’s Writing, Society and Culture.
Course Requirements: Reading, attendance, and participation. Three in-class translation/parsing exams; a final project, a close reading of a text of the student’s choosing, in consultation with the instructor, focusing on the rhetorical strategies employed by the author(s).
Class Notes
Prerequisites: Slavic 210, or equivalent.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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Associated Sections
None