SLAV 512, October 7, 2003

Hand out midterms

Rachel and Blake – dukhovnye stikhi

Kathleen – ballads

All the songs so far are tied to fact

How does the notion of fact apply to myth?

How does the notion of fact apply to lament?

How about religious verse?

What are lyric songs?

What are chastushki?

What is their relationship to fact?

Difference обрядовая лирика и необрядовая лирика

Make sure to consult the handouts with genre descriptions

Beauty of the many songs

Assign next set of books