We added four Central Eurasian Studies Department courses for Fall 2008, listed below. Graduate credit options also exist (see Schedule of Classes).
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CEUS-U 320 (class #29854) VT: Hungary Through Literature and Film
3 credit hours
Instructor: Dr. Peter Nemes, pnemes@indiana.edu
TuTh 11:15AM - 12:30PM; BH 245
NOTE: Awaiting decision about COLL culture studies/distribution credit.
NOTE: The CMLT chair said this course will count toward CMLT degree requirements.
This course offers an introduction to Hungarian culture through literature (mainly novels) and cinema. The goal of “Hungary through Literature and Film” is to familiarize students with the unique culture of Hungary through a variety of readings and films. In each class the presentation of the historical context is followed either by a screening of a motion picture or a discussion and interpretation of the weekly reading. The loosely chronological sequence allows for a gradually deeper understanding of major themes and topics. The combined experience of literature and cinema builds a perspective from which history and culture can form a meaningful whole. All texts will be read in English translation, and all movies will have English subtitles, no knowledge of Hungarian is required.
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CEUS-U 426 (class #29859) Modern Hungarian Literature
3 credit hours
Instructor: Dr. Peter Nemes
TuTh 4:00PM - 5:15PM; PV 270
This course carries COLL A&H distribution credit
NOTE: The CMLT chair said this course will count toward CMLT degree requirements.
This course introduces students to modern Hungarian literature, through a variety of readings in English. All cultures can be explored via their literary achievements; however, in the case of smaller cultures (like Hungarian) this is especially true as all the major historical, social, and cultural events and structures are reflected in the writings of the different generations. The course takes great care to introduce, analyze and evaluate the context of literature, including the language, the social structure and the historical significances, and through a comparative literary historical perspective positions the achievements of Hungarian literature into a wider European context.
The course offers an introduction to the Hungarian literature of the twentieth century. The main topics to be discussed are: 1) socio-economic modernization and literary modernity at the beginning of the twentieth century; 2) The role of Hungary in the culture of the Habsburg Monarchy; 3) Naturalism, Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Expressionism; 4) the influence of Freud and Marx; 5) the conflict between urbanization and Populism in the interwar period; 6) Socialist Realism and its opposition (religious poetry, individualist parables, Postmodernism) in the years 1947-1996. All texts will be read in English translation. This semester we will focus on major accomplishments in prose (novels, short stories), and on the problems associated with constructing a national literary history.
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CEUS-U 320 (class #29856) VT: The Empire and the Nation - The Hapsburgs and Hungary, 1526-1920
3 credit hours
Instructor: Dr. Agnes Fulemile
TuTh 1:00PM - 2:15PM; GB238
In 1526 in the battle of Mohacs, Suleiman the Magnificent’s army crushed the Hungarian army. The young Jagiellon Louis II, brother in-law of Habsburg Ferdinand, died on the battlefield. The throne of Hungary became the subject of dynastic dispute. Hungary fell into three parts, while the Ottomans occupied central and Southern Hungary. From this time on the Habsburg Empire as a Central European Empire started to gradually emerge. From Ferdinand to Charles the IV (1916-1918), the last Habsburg king of Hungary, 16 Habsburg rulers followed each other in the throne of kingdom Hungary.
The course will discuss this long period of the history of Hungary embedded into the Habsburg dynastic history and into a larger European context. Besides basic political history there will be an emphasis on social and cultural history of the time. Alongside historic literature, archival sources, images and artwork will be used for analysis. The course is an interdisciplinary course using approaches of history, historical anthropology and art history.
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CEUS-U 320 (class #29853) VT: Medieval Hungary at the Crossroads of East and West
3 credit hours
Instructor: Dr. Agnes Fulemile
TuTh 11:15AM - 12:30PM; GB238
