RUSS 0090 Spring 2013 Syllabus 1 University of Pittsburgh Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures RUSS 0090: Russian Fairy Tales Spring 2013 Lectures: Monday, Wednesday 12:00 – 12:30 pm Recitations: Thursday, Friday Office: CL 1417 Tel: (412) 624-5906 (no voice mail) Instructors: Marc Wisnosky (maw101@pitt.edu), Chip Crane, PhD (chipcrane@hotmail.com), Kiun Hwang (kih12@pitt.edu) Office hours: TBA – see CourseWeb Schedule of Classes and Assignments Abbreviations: AA—Afanas′ev, A. Russian Fairy Tales. BB—Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales. LI—Ivanits, Linda J. Russian Folk Belief. CW—CourseWeb * The instructors reserve rights to make changes in course schedule throughout the term. Week 1 Monday, January 7 LECTURE SYLLABUS. DEFINITIONS AND ISSUES. RUSSIA AND ITS PEOPLE Assignment due None Take practice quiz on Course Description on CourseWeb! Wednesday, January 9 LECTURE RUSSIAN PAGANISM Assignment due Read Course Description in CourseWeb under syllabus folder for quiz. Take practice quiz on Course Description on CourseWeb! The quiz will be unavailable at 9am Thursday. Tell you instructors if you have any problems, issues, or questions about the quiz and quiz format. LI: pp. 3–18, 51–63 (pp. 169–177 appendix of folk accounts) In Class Film clip: A. Tarkovskii’s Andrei Rublev (1966) Thursday, January 10, Friday, January 11 RECITATION RUSSIAN PAGANISM Assignment due CW: “Definitions of Basic Terms” in CourseWeb in Course Documents folder in Russian Fairy Tales Main Documents folder. LI: pp. 64–82 (pp. 178–189 folk accounts) Do online quiz on CourseWeb between Friday 1pm and Monday 12pm. Quiz will cover all readings you did this week, as well as lecture and recitation material. Week 2 Monday, January 14 RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY Assignment due CW: Timothy Ware, The Orthodox Church (PDF) RUSS 0090 Spring 2013 Syllabus 2 In Class Film clip: Clip from Orthodox service. Wednesday, January 16 LECTURE THE CALENDAR, ICONS, AND FOLK BELIEF Assignment due CW: Andrei Sinyavsky, Orthodoxy: “The Calendar,” pp. 207-220 (PDF) In Class Film clip: S. Paradjanov’s Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964) Thursday, January 17, Friday, January 18 RECITATION Week 3 Monday, January 21 Wednesday, January 23 LECTURE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY AND ICON ART Assignment due CW: Andrei Sinyavsky, Orthodoxy: “The Specialization of the Saints,” pp. 201206, and “Icons” (PDF) Review lecture notes. Come prepared to discuss Russian Orthodox Christianity, Icons, and folk belief. Do online quiz on CourseWeb between Friday 1pm and Monday 12pm. NO CLASS – MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR DAY OBSERVANCE MAX LÜTHI, ANDREI SINYAVSKY, AND STYLISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FOLKTALES Assignment due CW: Max Lüthi, The European Folk Tale: Form and Nature (PDF) AA: “Ivan the Peasant’s Son and the Thumb-Sized Man,” pp. 262–268 Thursday, January 24, Friday, January 25 RECITATION LÜTHI, SINYAVSKY, AND STYLISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FOLKTALES Assignment due CW: Andrei Sinyavsky, “Ivan the Fool” (PDF) Bring Afanas′ev to class AA: “Ivanushko, the Little Fool,” pp. 62–66 AA: “Emelya The Simpelton” pp. 46-48 AA: “Prince Ivan, the Firebird, and the Grey Wolf,” pp. 612-625 Review lecture notes. Come prepared to discuss the tales from Lüthian and Sinyavsky’s perspectives Do online quiz on CourseWeb between Friday 1pm and Monday 12pm. Week 4 Monday, January 28 LECTURE STRUCTURALIST APPROACH TO FAIRY TALES: PROPP Assignment due CW: Vladimir Propp, “The Method and Material,” pp. 18–24, 149–155 (PDF) AA: “The Magic Swan Geese,” pp. 349–351 Wednesday, January 30 LECTURE STRUCTURALIST APPROACH TO FAIRY TALES: PROPP Assignment due AA: “Ivan the Peasant’s Son and the Thumb-Sized Man,” pp. 262-268 AA: “The White Duck,” pp. 342-345 RUSS 0090 Spring 2013 Syllabus 3 Thursday, January 31, Friday, February 1 RECITATION Week 5 Monday, February 4 Wednesday, February 6 LECTURE STRUCTURALIST APPROACH TO FAIRY TALES: PROPP Assignment due AA: “The Crystal Mountain,” pp. 482-485 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). Students who submit good questions will earn participation credit. EXAMINATION #1 Includes all materials (readings, lectures, recitations) to date. PSYCHOANALYTICAL APPROACH TO FAIRY TALES: FREUD AND BETTELHEIM Assignment due BB: pp. 97–111 AA: “The Three Kingdoms,” pp. 49-54 AA: “Two Ivans, Soldier’s Sons,” pp. 463–475 Thursday, February 7, Friday, February 8 RECITATION BETTELHEIM: YOUNGEST CHILD AND TWO SIBLING TALES Assignment due BB: pp. 78–83, 90–96 AA: “The Armless Maiden,” pp. 294–299 AA: “Shemiaka the Judge,” pp. 625–627 AA: “Misery,” pp. 20–24 Do online quiz on CourseWeb between Friday 1pm and Monday 12pm. Week 6 Monday, February 11 BETTELHEIM: SLEEPING BEAUTY TALES Assignment due BB: pp. 225–236 AA: “Prince Ivan and Princess Martha,” pp. 79–86 AA: “The Enchanted Princess,” pp. 600–611 In Class Film clip: Sleeping Beauty (ballet) Wednesday, February 13 BETTELHEIM: ANIMAL BRIDE AND GROOM TALES Assignment due BB: pp. 282-291, 295-310 AA: “The Snotty Goat,” pp. 200–202 CW: Sergei Aksakov, “The Little Scarlet Flower” (PDF) In Class Film clip: L. Atamanov’s The Little Scarlet Flower Thursday, February 14, Friday, February 15 RECITATION BETTELHEIM: SLEEPING BEAUTY AND ANIMAL BRIDE AND GROOM TALES Assignment due AA: “The Frog Princess,” pp. 119–123 AA: “The Feather of Finist, the Bright Falcon,” pp. 580-588 Review lecture notes. Come prepared to analyze Sleeping Beauty and Animal Bride Tales Do online quiz on CourseWeb between Friday 1pm and Monday 12pm. RUSS 0090 Spring 2013 Syllabus 4 Week 7 Monday, February 18 LECTURE PSYCHOANALYTICAL APPROACHES TO FAIRY TALES: JUNG AND VON FRANZ Assignment due CW: Marie-Louise von Franz, “Taboos” (PDF) AA: “Vasilisa the Beautiful,” pp. 439–447 Wednesday, February 20 LECTURE VON FRANZ: BABA YAGA AND KOSHCHEY THE DEATHLESS Assignment due AA: “Baba Yaga and the Brave Youth,” pp. 76-79 AA: “Baba Yaga,” pp. 194-195 AA: “Koshchey the Deathless,” pp. 485-494 In Class Film clip: A. Rou’s Fire, Water, and Copper Pipe Thursday, February 21, Friday, February 22 RECITATION VON FRANZ AND BABA YAGA AND KOSHCHEY THE DEATHLESS Assignment due Review lecture notes. Come prepared to analyze tales from Jungian and Von Franz’s perspectives AA: “Maria Morevna,” pp. 553–562 AA: “The Maiden Tsar,” pp. 229-234 AA: “The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise,” pp. 427–437 Do online quiz on CourseWeb between Friday 1pm and Monday 12pm. Week 8 Monday, February 25 LECTURE THE AUTHORSHIP OF FOLKLORE Assignment due CW: Petr Bogatyrev and Roman Jakobson, “Folklore as a Special Form of Creativity” (PDF) Wednesday, February 27 LECTURE Assignment due CW: “Sadko,” pp. 32–42 ART AND MUSIC In Class Opera: Nikolai Rimskii-Korsakov’s Sadko Music: Modest Mussorgskii’s “Night on Bald Mountain” Film clip: Disney’s Fantasia (1940) Thursday, February 28, Friday, March 1 RECITATION THE AUTHORSHIP OF FOLKLORE AND ART Assignment due Review lecture notes. Come prepared to discuss Bogatyrev and Jakobson’s work and art. Review for examination #2. Come to class with questions or requests to review specific material. RUSS 0090 Spring 2013 Syllabus 5 Week 9 Monday, March 4 LECTURE Wednesday, March 6 LECTURE EXAMINATION # 2 Emphasizes all materials (readings, lectures, recitations) since first examination. Examinations are not cumulative by design, but may require cumulative knowledge. For example, a question on the last examination about a tale read toward the end of the semester may require you to analyze the tale through the lens of an analytical method introduced in a theoretical reading toward the beginning of the semester. Alternatively, a question about a theoretical or methodological approach to fairy tales introduced toward the end of the semester may require you to compare this approach to one introduced earlier. FEMINIST APPROACH TO FAIRY TALES Assignment due CW: Marcia Lieberman, “Some Day My Prince Will Come” (PDF) In Class Film clip: I. Ivanov-Vano’s The Tale of the Dead Princes and Seven Knights (1951) Thursday, March 7, Friday, March 8 RECITATION FEMINISM, BAD WIVES, AND WISE MAIDENS TALES Assignment due AA: “The Bad Wife,” pp. 56–57 AA: “The Goldfish,” pp. 528–533 AA: “The Wondrous Wonder, the Marvelous Marvel,” pp. 13–15 AA: “The Wise Little Girl,” pp. 252–255 AA: “The Wise Maiden and the Seven Robbers,” pp. 134–140 Review lecture notes. Come prepared to analyze tales from feminist perspectives No quiz this week. Week 10 NO CLASSES – SPRING BREAK No classes Monday, March 10 – Friday, March 15 Week 11 Monday, March 18 LECTURE FEMINIST APPROACH, SNOW WHITE AND WICKED STEPMOTHER TALES Assignment due CW: Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, “The Queen’s Looking Glass” (PDF) CW: Aleksandr Afanas′ev, “The Magic Mirror” (PDF) CW: Alexander Pushkin, “The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights” In Class Film clip: Disney, Snow White (1937) Wednesday, March 20 LECTURE SNOW WHITE AND WICKED STEPMOTHER TALES Assignment due BB: pp. 66–73, 199-215 CW: Aleksandr Ostrovskii, “The Snow Maiden” (PDF) Extra Credit: Deadline to meet with instructor in person or by email about your Extra Credit paper. You MUST have discussed the paper to get credit for the final draft. RUSS 0090 Spring 2013 Syllabus 6 Thursday, March 21, Friday, March 22 RECITATION SNOW WHITE AND WICKED STEPMOTHER TALES Assignment due AA: “Burenushka, the Little Red Cow,” pp. 146–150 AA: “Jack Frost,” pp. 366-39 AA: “Baba Yaga,” pp. 194-195 AA: “The Maiden Tsar,” pp. 229–234 Review lecture notes. Come prepared to analyze tales from a feminist perspective Do online quiz on CourseWeb between Friday 1pm and Monday 12pm. Covers all material from March 6 to March 22. Week 12 Monday, March 25 LECTURE EPIC AND BYLINY Assignment due CW: “Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber” (bylina), pp. 28–36 AA: “Ivan the Simpleton,” pp. 142–145 AA: “Foma Berennikov,” pp. 284–287 AA: “Ilya Muromets and the Dragon,” pp. 569–575 In Class Film clip: Ptushko, The Sword and the Dragon (1956) Wednesday, March 27 LECTURE LITERARY FAIRY TALES: PUSHKIN AND POETRY Assignment due CW: Aleksandr Pushkin, “The Golden Cockerel” (PDF) Thursday, March 28, Friday, March 29 RECITATION PUSHKIN AND POETRY Assignment due CW: Aleksandr Pushkin, “The Tale of Tsar Saltan, of His Son, the Glorious and Mighty Knight Prince Guidon Saltonovich, and of the Fair Swan-Princess” (PDF) Week 13 Monday, April 1 LECTURE SORCERY, SPOILING, AND HEALING Assignment due LI: pp. 83-124 LI: “The Colonel and the Witch,” pp. 194-195 AA: “The Sorceress,” pp. 567–568 AA: “The Vampire,” pp. 593–598 Wednesday, April 3 LECTURE INTRODUCTION TO MARXIST THEORY Assignment due CW: Jack Zipes, “Breaking the Disney Spell,” pp. 72–95 (PDF) Thursday, April 4, Friday, April 5 RECITATION MARXIST APPROACH TO FAIRY TALES AA: “Salt,” pp. 40–44 Review lecture notes. Come prepared to analyze tales from Marxist perspective. Do online quiz on CourseWeb between Friday 1pm and Monday 12pm. RUSS 0090 Spring 2013 Syllabus 7 Week 14 Monday, April 8 LECTURE SOCIALIST REALISM AND SOVIET FAIRY TALES Assignment due CW: Katerina Clark, The Soviet Novel (PDF) CW: Valentin Kataev, “The Flower of Seven Colors” (PDF) CW: Arkadii Gaidar, “Tale of the Military Secret” (PDF) In Class Film Clip: M. Tsekhanovsky’s The Flower of Seven Colors (1948) Wednesday, April 10 LECTURE Thursday, April 11, Friday, April 12 RECITATION Week 15 Monday, April 15 LECTURE Wednesday, April 17 LECTURE Thursday, April 18, Friday, April 19 RECITATION Saturday, April 27 SOCIALIST REALISM, DANIIL KHARMS, AND ABSURDISM Assignment due CW: Daniil Kharms, “A Ffairy Tale,” “A Fable, ” “The Copper Look,” and “The Four-Legged Crow” (PDF) SOVIET FAIRY TALES CW: Lazar Lagin, The Old Genie Khottabych: A Story of Make-Believe (PDF) Take OMET survey online! You received a link by email. Do online quiz on CourseWeb between Friday 1pm and Monday 12pm. CONTEMPORARY LITERARY FAIRY TALES Assignment due CW:Nina Sadur, “The Cute Little Redhead” and “Silky Hair” (PDF) CW: Ludmilla Petrushevskya, “Revenge” and “The Cabbage-patch Mother” (PDF) Take OMET survey online! You received a link by email. EXAMINATION #3 Emphasizes all materials (readings, lectures, recitations) since Examination #2. Extra-credit assignments must be submitted to Turnitin by 5:00 p.m. There is no separate final examination (although the makeup examination is held during the regular examination time, the time and place of which will be announced later in the semester). ANIMAL TALES Assignment due AA: “The Death of the Cock,” pp. 17-19 AA: “The Castle of the Fly,” pp. 25-26 AA: “The Pike with the Long Teeth,” pp. 54-55 AA: “The Sheep, the Fox, and the Wolf,” pp. 275-276 MAKE-UP EXAMINATION, 2:00 PM, LAWRENCE HALL 121