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Russian Literature 2 (for second-year students)

International Teaching Russian Literature 2 (for second-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 EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE IS TO INTRODUCE THE MAIN MOMENTS OF 19TH CENTURY RUSSIAN LITERATURE THROUGH AN EXAMINATION OF ITS MAJOR EXPONENTS AND THE MAIN LITERARY CURRENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EVOLUTION OF EUROPEAN THOUGHT.
KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS. THE STUDENT:
- WILL KNOW THE MOST RELEVANT MOMENTS OF RUSSIAN LITERARY EVOLUTION BETWEEN THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND ITS MAIN REPRESENTATIVES;
- ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF 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.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- DEVELOP ORIGINAL APPROACHES AND INSIGHTS IN ANALYSING THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL FEATURES THAT CONSTITUTE THE SPECIFICITY OF THE RUSSIAN SPACE;
- COMPETENTLY EXAMINE THE REPERTOIRE OF LITERARY SOURCES RELATING TO RUSSIAN LITERARY CULTURE OF THE 19TH CENTURY;
- EVALUATE WITH CRITICAL AWARENESS THE ISSUES ADDRESSED IN THE MORE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND EUROPE;
- FORMULATING HYPOTHESES, RECOGNISING LOGICAL CONNECTIONS, ARGUING, COMPARING AND EVALUATING LITERARY TEXTS RELATED TO THE STUDIED PERIOD;
- PLACE AND CONSIDER LITERARY PHENOMENA IN RELATION TO THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF REFERENCE AS WELL AS THEIR TEMPORAL EVOLUTION.
AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- CRITICALLY SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES;
- FORMULATE AUTONOMOUS INTERPRETATIVE HYPOTHESES ON THE LITERARY TEXT;
- COMPARE IT WITH OTHER TEXTS.
COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- HOLD CONVERSATIONS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS SHOWING A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ISSUES RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE;
- REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE THROUGH TEXTS THEIR ABILITY TO ANALYSE.
LEARNING SKILLS. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR ANALYSIS AND DATA STORAGE;
- CONTINUALLY UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING THE RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.
Prerequisites
CONSOLIDATED KNOWLEDGE OF WRITTEN AND ORAL ITALIAN; BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN LITERATURE
ONLY STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY PASSED THE RUSSIAN LITERATURE I AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGE I EXAMS ARE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE RUSSIAN LITERATURE II EXAM
Contents
THE COURSE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING OUTLINE STRUCTURE
1.RUSSIAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN THE 1840S (2 HOURS)
2.EARLY DOSTOEVSKY: BIOGRAPHY AND LITERARY CONTEXT (2 HOURS)
3.DOSTOEVSKY AND GOGOL': "POOR PEOPLE" (2 HOURS)
4. DOSTOEVSKY'S "THE DOPPELGANGER": ANALYSIS OF THE TEXT (2 HOURS)
5.THE YOUNG TOLSTOY: THE POETICS OF HIS DIARIES (2 HOURS)
6.TOLSTOY'S "THE STORY OF YESTERDAY'S DAY": AN ANALYSIS OF THE TEXT (2 HOURS)
7.THE NOVELS OF IVAN TURGENEV: "FATHERS AND SONS" (4 HOURS)
8.THE NOVELS OF IVAN GONAROV: "OBLOMOV" (2 HOURS)
9.RUSSIAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN THE 1860S (2 HOURS)
10.DOSTOEVSKY IN THE 1860S: "MEMOIRS FROM THE UNDERGROUND" (2 HOURS)
11.DOSTOEVSKY IN THE 1860S: "CRIME AND PUNISHMENT" (4 HOURS)
12.DOSTOEVSKY IN THE 1860S: "THE IDIOT" (4 HOURS.)
13.TOLSTOY IN THE 1860S: "WAR AND PEACE" (6 HOURS.)
14.TOLSTOY IN THE 1870S: "ANNA KARENINA" (4 HOURS.)
15.TOLSTOY IN THE 1880S: "THE KREUTZER SONATA" (2 HOURS.)
16.TOLSTOY IN THE 1880S: "CHOLSTOMER" (2 HOURS.)
17.DOSTOEVSKY IN THE 1870S: "THE DEMONS" (2 HOURS.)
18.DOSTOEVSKY IN THE 1870S: "THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV" (8 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
THE ORAL TEST CONSISTS OF AN INTERVIEW ON THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE LECTURE, AIMED AT ASCERTAINING THE STUDENT'S HISTORICAL AND LITERARY KNOWLEDGE 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 WILL HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE WORKS OF GONAROV, DOSTOEVSKY, TOLSTOY AND TURGENEV, THEIR THEMATIC LINES AND STYLISTIC PECULIARITIES AND, MORE GENERALLY, THE HISTORICAL-LITERARY CONTEXT OF REFERENCE. THE EXAMINATION IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS: A) STUDENTS HAVE TO 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 HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ONE OF THE WORKS FROM THE LIST OF COMPULSORY TEXTS.
THE EXAMINATION TEXTS (COMPULSORY)
1. A NOVEL OF YOUR CHOICE
IVAN TURGENEV, "FATHERS AND SONS"
IVAN GONAROV, "OBLOMOV"
3. ONE NOVEL OF YOUR CHOICE
FEDOR DOSTOEVSKY: "CRIME AND PUNISHMENT", "IDIOT", "DEMONS", "BROTHERS KARAMAZOV"
LEV TOLSTOY: "WAR AND PEACE", "ANNA KARENINA"
Texts
BIBLIOGRAPHY
FEDOR DOSTOEVSKY, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, THE IDIOT, THE DEMONS AND THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV (IN GARZANTI, EINAUDI OR MONDADORI EDITIONS, LATEST EDITION)
LEV TOLSTOY, ANNA KARENINA, WAR AND PEACE (IN EINAUDI OR GARZANTI EDITIONS, LATEST EDITION)
IVAN TURGENEV, PADRI E FIGLI (IN EINAUDI OR GARZANTI EDITIONS)
IVAN GONAROV, OBLOMOV (IN EINAUDI OR GARZANTI EDITIONS)
THE MANUAL
G. CARPI, HISTORY OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE, VOL. I: FROM PETER THE GREAT TO THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION, ROME, CAROCCI PUBLISHER, 2010.
CRITICAL READINGS
M. BACHTIN, DOSTOEVSKY. POETICS AND STYLISTICS, TURIN, EINAUDI, 1968.
W. BENJAMIN, THE NARRATOR. CONSIDERAZIONI SULL'OPERA DI NICOLA LESKOV, IN ID., ANGELUS NOVUS, TURIN, EINAUDI, 1995, PP. 247-274.
I. BERLIN, FATHERS AND SONS. TURGENEV E IL DILEMMA LIBERALE, IN IL RICCIO E LA VOLPE E ALTRI SAGGI, MILAN, ADELPHI, 1ED. 1986, PP. 417-481.
M. DI SALVO, DELITTO E CASTIGO, IN IL ROMANZO, II: LE FORME, EDITED BY F. MORETTI, TURIN, EINAUDI, 2002.
M.C. GHIDINI, DOSTOEVSKY, SALERNO, SALERNO EDITRICE, 2017.
F. MALCOVATI, INTRODUCTION TO DOSTOEVSKY, BARI, LATERZA, 1992.
D.P. MIRSKIJ, STORIA DELLA LETTERATURA RUSSA, MILAN, GARZANTI, 1998.
V. SKLOVSKY, MATERIALS AND LAWS OF STYLISTIC TRANSFORMATION. ESSAY ON "WAR AND PEACE", PRATICHE, PARMA, 1978.
V. SKLOVSKIJ, L'ARTE COME PROCEDIMENTO, IN I FORMALISTI RUSSI, EDITED BY TZ. TODOROV, TURIN, EINAUDI, 1968, PP. 73-94.
STORIA DELLA CIVILTÀ LETTERARIA RUSSA, EDITED BY M. COLUCCI AND R. PICCHIO, TURIN, UTET, 1997, VOL. 1.
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