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RUSSIAN LITERATURE 5

International Teaching RUSSIAN LITERATURE 5

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4322100120
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
Master or equivalent second cycle
MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
2025/2026

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
MIKHAIL VELIZHEV T Curriculum
Objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVE. THE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE IS TO FURTHER DEEPEN KNOWLEDGE OF RELEVANT MOMENTS IN RUSSIAN CULTURAL HISTORY THROUGH THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF VERSE, POETIC LANGUAGE AND PROSE. THE FOCUS WILL BE ON THE ANALYSIS OF SOME OF THE WORKS OF THE MAJOR ARTISTIC PERSONALITIES OF THE VARIOUS PERIODS, FROM THE 'GOLDEN AGE' TO THE PRESENT DAY.
KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS. THE STUDENT WILL
- WILL KNOW THE MOST RELEVANT MOMENTS IN THE LITERARY EVOLUTION OF RUSSIAN VERSE AND PROSE BETWEEN THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY AND THE MODERN ERA ITS MAIN REPRESENTATIVES;
- 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 CULTURAL FEATURES THAT CONSTITUTE THE SPECIFICITY OF THE RUSSIAN SPACE;
- COMPETENTLY EXAMINE THE REPERTOIRE OF LITERARY SOURCES RELATING TO THE RUSSIAN TRADITION OF THE 18TH-EARLY 21ST 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;
- 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
- SELECT AND CRITICALLY USE BIBLIOGRAPHIC AND LITERARY SOURCES
- ESTABLISH MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TEXTS AND CULTURAL PHENOMENA BELONGING TO THE DISCIPLINE;
- ESTABLISH COMPARISONS WITH OTHER CULTURAL FIELDS.
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;
- CARRY OUT RESEARCH, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC OR LITERARY TEXTS;
- CONTINUALLY UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE OF REFERENCE.
Prerequisites
AFTER GETTING OVER THE EXAMS I-II-III STUDENT MUST HAVE A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND CULTURE, AN ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF THE METHODOLOGIES OF TEXT ANALYSIS AND OF LITERARY CRITICISM AFTER PASSING RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IV AND RUSSIAN LITERATURE IV EXAMINATIONS.
Contents
THE COURSE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING OUTLINE STRUCTURE
1. INTRODUCTION: RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE BETWEEN TOWN AND COUNTRY (2 HOURS)
2. ARCHITECTURE AND LITERATURE IN RUSSIA (6 HOURS)
3. RUSSIAN ART AND PROVINCE (6 HOURS)
5. RUSSIAN LITERATURE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND THE CONFLICT BETWEEN TOWN AND COUNTRY (6 HOURS)
6. TWENTIETH-CENTURY RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND THE CITY-COUNTRY CONFLICT (6 HOURS)
7. THE RUSSIAN COUNTRYSIDE IN CINEMA (4 HOURS)
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MEANS OF LECTURES (30 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.
EXAM ARRANGEMENTS. THE ORAL EXAM CONSISTS OF AN INTERVIEW ON THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE LESSONS, 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 THEMES ADDRESSED. WITH RESPECT TO THE TEXTS ON THE SYLLABUS, STUDENTS MUST DEMONSTRATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE WORKS OF SOLZENICYN, EROFEEV, SOROKIN AND A. TOLSTOJ, THEIR THEMATIC LINES AND STYLISTIC PECULIARITIES AND, MORE GENERALLY, THE HISTORICAL-LITERARY CONTEXT OF REFERENCE.
Texts
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS:
ALEXANDER SOLŽENICYN, LA CASA DI MATRENA, TORINO, EINAUDI, 1971 (O IN ALTRE EDIZIONI ITALIANE)
VLADIMIR SOROKIN, LA GIORNATA DI UN OPRINIK, ROMA, ATMOSPHERE LIBRI, 2014
ALEKSEJ K. TOLSTOJ, IL PRINCIPE SEREBRJANYJ, NAPOLI, SCRITTURA & SCRITTURE, 2021.
VENEDIKT EROFEEV, MOSCA-PETUŠKI, POEMA FERROVIARIO, MACERATA, QUODLIBET, 2014.

CRITICAL READINGS:
ETTORE LO GATTO, GLI ARTISTI ITALIANI IN RUSSIA, IN L’OPERA DEL GENIO ITALIANO ALL’ESTERO, VOL. I, ROMA, LIBRERIA DELLO STATO, 1932.
DIMITRI V. SARABIANOV, RUSSIA-EUROPA. ARTE E ARCHITETTURA, MILANO, JACA BOOK, 2003.
MICHAIL ALPATOV, LE ICONE RUSSE. PROBLEMI DI STORIA E D’INTERPRETAZIONE ARTISTICA, TORINO, EINAUDI, 1975.
PAOLA COTTA RAMUSINO, IL SEICENTO RUSSO: RASSEGNA CRITICA DEGLI STUDI E PROSPETTIVE DI RICERCA, IN STUDI SLAVISTICI, VOL. I (2004).
STORIA DELLA CIVILTA’ LETTERARIA RUSSA, A CURA DI M. COLUCCI E R. PICCHIO, 3 VOLL., TORINO, EINAUDI, 1997.
ORNELLA DISCACCIATI, LA FERITA DENISOVI, IN ALEKSANDER SOLŽENICYN, UNA GIORNATA DI IVAN DENISOVI, LA CASA DI MATRENA, ACCADDE ALLA STAZIONE DI KOETOVKA, TORINO, EINAUDI, PP. V-XXXVIII.
GUIDO CARPI, STORIA DELLA LETTERATURA RUSSA, 2 VOLL., ROMA, CAROCCI, 2020.
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