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Estonian

EST200Y1 Intermediate Estonian [96P] Introduction Continued emphasis on basic language skills, on acquisition of both Given by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures active and passive vocabulary. (Offered in alternate years) Prerequisite: EST100Y1or permission of instructor Estonian is spoken by approximately one million people in present-day Distribution Requirement Status: Humanities Estonia and some 72,000 in other parts of the world, including 18,000 in Breadth Requirement: Creative and Cultural Representations (1) Canada. Closely related to Finnish and more distantly to Hungarian, Estonian is one of the few Finno-Ugric languages to exist surrounded by EST210H1 Introduction to Baltic Folklore [24L] speakers of Indo-European languages. A comparative survey of oral traditions of peoples on the eastern shore of An ancient people, the Estonians have preserved their language and the Baltic Sea (Finns, Carelians, Estonians, Livonians, Latvians) and culture despite centuries of domination by other nations. Not only is their their impact on these national cultures (e.g. Kalevala, Kalevipoeg, heritage enormously rich in folk epics and songs, but Estonians enjoy a Lacplesis). No knowledge of Finnic or Baltic language required. vigorous and diversified literary tradition which continues in Estonia Distribution Requirement Status: Humanities proper and in their adoptive countries. Breadth Requirement: Creative and Cultural Representations (1) Estonian studies at the University of Toronto are concerned with the language, literature, and culture of Estonia. The language courses will be EST300Y1 Advanced Estonian [72P] of interest to those wishing to improve their language skills, as well as to Advanced grammar and stylistics through study of a variety of texts; students of general linguistics who desire to acquire a knowledge of a problems of composition; translation; oral and written practice. (Offered in non-Indo-European language. alternate years) Prerequisite: EST200Y1or permission of instructor Estonian Programs Distribution Requirement Status: Humanities Breadth Requirement: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)

Estonian Studies Minor (Arts program) EST400Y1 Estonian Literature from 1700 [24L/24S] A survey of the major writers and literary periods in Estonian literature. This program has unlimited enrolment and no specific admission From Ksu Hans, Lament of Tartu to the National Awakening. Republican, requirements. All students who have completed at least 4.0 courses are Soviet, expatriate literature, and the New Awakening. Readings in eligible to enrol. Estonian or English. (Offered in alternate years) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor (4 FCEs or equivalent, including at least one at the 300+ level) Recommended Preparation: EST300Y1 Distribution Requirement Status: Humanities Four FCEs from: EST100Y1, EST200Y1, EST210H1, EST300Y1, Breadth Requirement: Creative and Cultural Representations (1) EST400Y1, EST420Y1, FIN220H1

EST420Y1 Independent Study [TBA] Estonian Courses A year-long reading and research project of significant depth in a major topic in Estonian language, literature or culture approved and supervised First Year Seminars by an instructor. Prerequisite: EST300Y1/EST400Y1; permission of instructor The 199Y1 and 199H1 seminars are designed to provide the opportunity Distribution Requirement Status: Humanities to work closely with an instructor in a class of no more than twenty-four Breadth Requirement: None students. These interactive seminars are intended to stimulate the students’ curiosity and provide an opportunity to get to know a member of EST421H1 Independent Study [TBA] the professorial staff in a seminar environment during the first year of A semester-long reading and research project of significant depth in a study. Details can be found at www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/course/. major topic in Estonian language, literature or culture approved and supervised by an instructor. Note Prerequisite: Permission of instructor The Department reserves the right to assign students to courses Distribution Requirement Status: Humanities appropriate to their level of competence in Estonian. Breadth Requirement: None

EST100Y1 Elementary Estonian [120P] The basics of Estonian: elementary phonology, morphology, and syntax. Emphasis on reading and speaking as well as writing skills. (Offered in alternate years) Distribution Requirement Status: Humanities Breadth Requirement: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)