Three guest lectures (in Ukrainian with translation into German) for students of Leipzig University
Free and open for all students at Leipzig University
23.10.2023, Monday
9.15-10.45
Neues Seminargebäude Room 105
25.10.2023, Wednesday
9.15-10.45
Neues Seminargebäude Room 204
27.10.2023, Friday
9.15-10.45
Neues Seminargebäude Room 210
With:
Prof. Olena Brovko, full professor, born, studied and worked before 2014 in Luhansk (Donbass region); since 2014 in the status of temporarily and internally displaced person Prof. Brovko has been running the department of Ukrainian literature in Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University; Olena Brovko is also known as an essayist;
Prof. Snizhana Zhygun (Kyiv); studied and worked in Kyiv; she is a Professor at the department of Ukrainian literature in Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University and researcher of Shevchenko Institute of Literature of The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
“Modern Ukrainian Literature Undermines the Empire” comprises three lectures introducing modern Ukrainian East literature within a utopia/dystopia framework.
Prof. Brovko will analyze texts by Serhyi Zhadan and Lyuba Yakimchuk, considering influences from notable Donbass predecessors and the effects of 2008/2009 imperial propaganda. This literature reflects the traumas of those living near colonizers.
Dr. Zhygun will explore the war's herstory in Ukrainian women’s literature, focusing on novels by Vdovychenko, Duda, and Stiazhkina. The discussion will highlight the transformation of female characters from war victims to empowered figures affirming their national identity, interpreted through a postcolonial lens.
A cooperation between Leipzig University Library, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Sachsen, and American Space Leipzig and Institut für Slavisik at Leipzig University.
Gefördert durch den Freistaat Sachsen.
