Session 4 Ukrainian? English? Both? Languages for a Future Self-Determined and Prosperous Ukraine

Warm Up Activity 1

 Listen to the following excerpts of the interview with Dr Uilleam Blacker (Dr Uilleam Blacker is a renowned scholar of Ukrainian literature and one of the most prominent contemporary translators of Ukrainian literary works into English) and answer the following questions: 

7:53-16:43 

Does Blacker’s interpretation of Mykola Hohol and Franz Kafka resonate with your understanding? 

37:02-41:01

What do you think of Blacker’s parallels between Taras Shevchenko and Mykola Hohol on the one hand and Robert Burns and Walter Scott on the other? 

Warm Up Activity 2

Read Uilleam Blacker’s description of his perception and understanding of Halyna Kruk’s poem recited at Lviv Book Forum in 2023. 

What can Ukrainians learn from Blacker’s interpretation of Ukrainian poetry? 

Session 4 Recording

Watch the following recording and make notes to help you prepare your padlet response, more instructions on this below. 

The following is a copy of the slides covered in the session for your reference.

Session 4 Padlet and Response Instructions

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https://uniofyork.padlet.org/ursulalanvers/week-4-deep-1mwet5kcm0g8smph 

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