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Russian Literature 1 (for first-year students)

International Teaching Russian Literature 1 (for first-year students)

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
Bachelor or equivalent first cycle
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
2025/2026

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
954LESSONS
MIKHAIL VELIZHEV T Curriculum
Objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVE: THE COURSE AIMS TO ACQUAINT STUDENTS WITH THE MAIN MOMENTS OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE OF THE XVIII-FIRST HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY THROUGH THE EXAMINATION OF ITS MAJOR EXPONENTS AND THE MAIN LITERARY CURRENTS.

KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS. THE STUDENT:
- WILL KNOW THE MOST RELEVANT MOMENTS OF RUSSIAN LITERARY EVOLUTION BETWEEN THE XVIII AND THE FIRST HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY AND ITS MAIN REPRESENTATIVES;
- WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF REFERENCE;
- WILL UNDERSTAND THE CLOSE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF THE POLITICAL, CULTURAL AND LITERARY HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN SPACE;
- WILL DEEPEN THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND EUROPE IN THE MODERN AGE.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING.
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- DEVELOP ORIGINAL APPROACHES AND INSIGHTS IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL FEATURES THAT CONSTITUTE THE SPECIFICITY OF RUSSIAN SPACE;
- UNDERSTAND PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL MAPS CONCERNING THE VARIOUS STAGES OF RUSSIAN HISTORY BETWEEN THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE MODERN AGE;
- COMPETENTLY EXAMINE THE REPERTOIRE OF LITERARY SOURCES RELATING TO THE RUSSIAN TRADITION OF THE XVIII-FIRST HALF OF THE XIX CENTURY;
- RESOLVE AND TRANSLATE WITH CRITICAL AWARENESS THE EVALUATION OF THE ISSUES ADDRESSED IN THE MORE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND EUROPE.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT.
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- CRITICALLY SELECT SOURCES, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY;
- FORMULATE HYPOTHESES, RECOGNIZE LOGICAL CONNECTIONS, ARGUE, COMPARE AND EVALUATE LITERARY TEXTS RELATED TO THE PERIOD STUDIED;
- PLACE AND CONSIDER LITERARY PHENOMENA IN RELATION TO THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF REFERENCE AS WELL AS THEIR TEMPORAL EVOLUTION.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- SUSTAIN CONVERSATIONS ON MULTIPLE TOPICS SHOWING A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ISSUES RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE;
- REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE THROUGH TEXTS THEIR ABILITY TO ANALYZE.

LEARNING SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC TOOLS AND COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR ANALYSIS AND DATA STORAGE;
- CARRY OUT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC OR LITERARY TEXTS;
- PROCEED TO THE CONTINUOUS UPDATING OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING THE RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.
Prerequisites
CONSOLIDATED KNOWLEDGE OF WRITTEN AND ORAL ITALIAN; BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN LITERATURE
Contents
THE COURSE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING OUTLINE STRUCTURE
1.GENERAL THREATS OF ANCIENT RUSSIAN CULTURE (2 HOURS)
2.THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF ANCIENT RUSSIA: 'THE SINGING OF IGOR' (2 HOURS)
3.RUSSIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE IN THE 1500S (2 HOURS)
4.RUSSIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE IN THE SIXTH CENTURY: THE FIRST POEMS AND "THE LIFE OF THE ARCIPRETE AVVAKUM WRITTEN BY HIMSELF" (2 HOURS)
5.RUSSIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE AT THE TIME OF PETER THE GREAT (2 HOURS)
6.RUSSIAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE IN THE 1730S AND 1740S: VASILIJ TRED'JAKOVSKY (2 HOURS)
7.RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN THE 1740S AND 1760S: MICHAIL LOMONOSOV AND ALEKSANDR SUMAROKOV (2 HOURS)
8.RUSSIAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE IN THE EPOCH OF CATHERINE II: THE INTRODUCTION (2 HOURS)
9.RUSSIAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE AT THE TIME OF CATHERINE II: DERŽAVIN, RADIŠEV, FONVIZIN (2 HOURS)
10.THE "BIRTH" OF MODERN RUSSIAN LITERATURE: NIKOLAJ KARAMZIN (2 HOURS)
11.RUSSIAN POETRY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EIGHTH CENTURY: VASILIJ ŽUKOVSKY AND KONSTANTIN BATUŠKOV (2 HOURS)
12.ALEKSANDR PUŠKIN: THE INTRODUCTION (2 HOURS)
13.PUŠKIN'S POETRY IN THE 1810S (2 HOURS)
14.PUŠKIN'S POEMS: RUSLAN AND LJUDMILA, THE MERIDIONAL POEMS (2 HOURS)
15.PUŠKIN'S POEMS IN THE 1820S (4 HOURS)
16.PUŠKIN'S "EUGENIUM ONEGIN" (4 HOURS)
17.PUŠKIN'S "BORIS GODUNOV": AN ANALYSIS OF THE TEXT (2 HOURS)
18. "THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER" BY PUŠKIN: ANALYSIS OF THE TEXT (2 HOURS)
LERMONTOV'S "A HERO OF OUR TIME": ANALYSIS OF THE TEXT (2 HOURS.)
20.NIKOLAJ GOGOL': THE INTRODUCTION (2 HOURS)
21. GOGOL''S "THE GENERAL INSPECTOR": ANALYSIS OF THE TEXT (2 HOURS)
22.GOGOL''S PIETROBURG TALES: POETICS AND LITERARY CONTEXT (2 HOURS)
26. GOGOL''S DEAD SOULS (6 HOURS)

Teaching Methods
THE COURSE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MEANS OF LECTURES (54 HOURS), IN WHICH THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL COORDINATES ON WHICH THE LITERARY PHENOMENA THAT ARE PART OF THE PROGRAMME ARE GRAFTED WILL BE PRESENTED. IN-DEPTH LECTURES ARE ALSO PLANNED, IN WHICH THE READING, TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY OF THE TEXTS IN THE PROGRAMME WILL BE CARRIED OUT. ATTENDANCE IS NOT MANDATORY, BUT ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY AT LESSONS ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.
Verification of learning
FOR ATTENDING AND NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS: ORAL FINAL EXAMINATION.
EXAMINATION PROCEDURE. THE ORAL EXAM CONSISTS OF A TALK ON THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE LECTURES, AIMED AT ASCERTAINING THE STUDENT'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORICAL AND LITERARY CONTEST OF THE PERIOD UNDER EXAMINATION AND HIS OR HER ABILITY TO SYNTHESISE AND PERSONALLY REWORK THE TOPICS ADDRESSED. WITH RESPECT TO THE LITERARY TEXTS ON THE SYLLABUS, THE STUDENT MUST DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE WORKS OF PUSHKIN, LERMONTOV AND GOGOL', THEIR THEMATIC LINES AND STYLISTIC PECULIARITIES AND, MORE GENERALLY, THE HISTORICAL-LITERARY CONTEXT OF REFERENCE. THE EXAMINATION IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS: A) STUDENTS MUST RECOGNISE A QUOTATION (I.E. INDICATE THE AUTHOR AND THE WORK AS WELL AS DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LITERARY CONTEXT RELATED TO THE QUOTATION); B) STUDENTS MUST ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ONE OF THE WORKS FROM THE LIST OF COMPULSORY TEXTS.
EXAMINATION PROGRAMME FOR ATTENDING AND NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS (COMPULSORY):
1. ALEKSANDR PUSHKIN "EUGENE ONEGIN",
2. MICHAIL LERMONTOV "A HERO OF OUR TIME".
3. NIKOLAI GOGOL' "THE INSPECTOR GENERAL", "DEAD SOULS"
Texts
BIBLIOGRAFIA:

ALEKSANDR PUŠKIN, POEMI E LIRICHE, A CURA DI TOMMASO LANDOLFI, MILANO, ADELPHI, 2001.
ALEKSANDR PUŠKIN, EUGENIO ONEGIN, TRAD. DI ETTORE LO GATTO (MACERATA, QUODLIBET, 2008) OPPURE DI GIOVANNI GIUDICI (MILANO, GARZANTI, 1999).
ALEKSANDR PUŠKIN, LA FIGLIA DEL CAPITANO, TRAD. DI ALFREDO POLLEDRO (TORINO, EINAUDI, 2012) OPPURE DI ANNELISA ALLEVA (MILANO, GARZANTI, 2005).
ALEKSANDR PUŠKIN, TEATRO E FAVOLE, A CURA DI TOMMASO LANDOLFI, MILANO, ADELPHI, 2005.
MICHAIL LERMONTOV, UN EROE DEL NOSTRO TEMPO, TRAD. DI PIA PERA, ROMA, MONDADORI, 2021.
NIKOLAJ GOGOL’, LE VEGLIE ALLA FATTORIA DI DIKAN’KA, TRAD. DI EMANUELA GUERCETTI, RIZZOLI, MILANO, 2016.
NIKOLAJ GOGOL’, I RACCONTI DI PIETROBURGO, TRAD. DI PIETRO ZVETEREMICH (MILANO, GARZANTI, 2014) OPPURE A CURA DI FRANCESCA LEGITTIMO (VENEZIA, MARSILIO, 2001) OPPURE TRAD. DI DAMIANO REBECCHINI (MILANO, FELTRINELLI, 2020).
NIKOLAJ GOGOL’, LE ANIME MORTE, TRAD. DI AGOSTINO VILLA (TORINO, EINAUDI, 2014) OPPURE DI EMANUELA GUERCETTI, GARZANTI (MILANO, GARZANTI, 2014).
NIKOLAJ GOGOL’, L’ISPETTORE GENERALE, TRAD. DI MARIA CRISTINA MORONI, MILANO, GARZANTI, 2020.

A HANDBOOK:
G. CARPI, STORIA DELLA LETTERATURA RUSSA, VOL. I: DA PIETRO IL GRANDE ALLA RIVOLUZIONE D’OTTOBRE, ROMA, CAROCCI EDITORE, 2010.

CRITICAL READINGS:
A. D’AMELIA, INTRODUZIONE A GOGOL’, BARI, LATERZA, 1995.
B. EJCHENBAUM, COME È FATTO IL CAPPOTTO DI GOGOL’, IN I FORMALISTI RUSSI, A CURA DI TZ. TODOROV, TORINO, EINAUDI, 1968, PP. 249-273.
S. GARZONIO, LERMONTOV E IL SUO EROE. BREVE RITRATTO DI VITA E DI ARTE, IN M. JU. LERMONTOV, UN EROE DEL NOSTRO TEMPO, ROMA, MONDADORI, 2006.
JU. LOTMAN, PUŠKIN: VITA DI ALEKSANDR SERGEEVI PUŠKIN, MILANO, LEDIZIONI, 2012.
JU. LOTMAN, IL TESTO E LA STORIA. L’“EVGENIJ ONEGIN” DI PUŠKIN, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 1985.
JU. LOTMAN, LA STRUTTURA INTELLETTUALE DELLA “FIGLIA DEL CAPITANO”, IN JU. LOTMAN, DA ROUSSEAU A TOLSTOJ, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 1984, PP. 229-250.
D. MIRSKIJ, STORIA DELLA LETTERATURA RUSSA, MILANO, GARZANTI, 1998.
RICCARDO PICCHIO, LA LETTERATURA RUSSA ANTICA, FIRENZE, SANSONI, 1968.
RICCARDO PICCHIO, LETTERATURA DELLA SLAVIA ORTODOSSA, BARI, DEDALO, 1991.
STORIA DELLA CIVILTÀ LETTERARIA RUSSA, A CURA DI M. COLUCCI E R. PICCHIO, TORINO, UTET, 1997, VOL. 1.
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