COURSES ON SHEVCHENKO STUDIES AT CHERNIVTSI UNIVERSITY (THE SUBSTANTIVE SCOPE OF THE PROGRAMS)

Abstract

The article examines the peculiarities of teaching philological courses on Shevchenko studies at Chernivtsi University. To this end, the historical experience connected with the pedagogical activity here since 1885 of Prof. S. Smal-Stotskyi is actualized, in particular his introduction of an original method in working with gifted students, which consisted in a hermeneutic approach to understanding the works of T. Shevchenko. Thanks to these efforts, an entire scholarly center in Shevchenko studies emerged at that time.

It is stated that for subsequent generations of faculty at the Department of Ukrainian Literature at the mentioned university, Shevchenko studies has also always been a priority in research and research methodology, which has facilitated the engagement of participants in the educational process. Within the current programs for bachelor's degrees in "Secondary Education (Ukrainian Language and Literature)" and "Philology" in Chernivtsi, T. Shevchenko is most extensively covered in the courses "History of Ukrainian Literature of the First Half of the 19th Century", "Studying the Life and Works of Taras Shevchenko in Secondary Schools", "Literary and Artistic Shevchenko Studies Around the World", while the master's program in Philology also includes a separate course "Bukovynian Shevchenko Studies in Names". The substantive content of the work programs of these disciplines is analyzed, as is the broad range of relevant lecture and practical work with students; some topics for discussion are illustrated at the level of specific questions, tasks, methodologies for working on them, etc. Consideration is also given to the peculiarities of independent and individual work in the process of mastering these courses, which also involves developing interests in T. Shevchenko among his young researchers. The study of T. Shevchenko during classes is supplemented by students' individual scholarly work on Shevchenko studies in the form of term papers and master's theses, as well as the annual, now traditional, competitions in declaiming Shevchenko's poetry, and more.

An exchange of experience is initiated among higher education professionals in teaching T. Shevchenko.

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