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RUSSIAN LITERATURE IV

International Teaching RUSSIAN LITERATURE IV

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TU24100011
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
Master or equivalent second cycle
MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
2025/2026



YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2025
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
945LESSONS
MIKHAIL VELIZHEV T Curriculum
Objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVE. THE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE OF THIS TEACHING IS TO DEEPEN KNOWLEDGE OF RELEVANT MOMENTS IN RUSSIAN CULTURAL HISTORY THROUGH THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF VERSE, POETIC LANGUAGE AND PROSE. IT WILL FOCUS ON THE ANALYSIS OF SOME OF THE WORKS OF THE MAJOR ARTISTIC PERSONALITIES OF THE VARIOUS PERIODS, STARTING WITH THE 'GOLDEN AGE'.
KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS. THE STUDENT WILL
- WILL KNOW THE MOST RELEVANT MOMENTS IN THE LITERARY EVOLUTION OF RUSSIAN VERSE AND ITS MAIN REPRESENTATIVES;
- WILL ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF RUSSIAN METRE;
- UNDERSTAND THE CLOSE INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF THE CULTURAL AND LITERARY HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN SPACE;
- WILL ANALYSE 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 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-19TH CENTURIES;
- EVALUATE WITH CRITICAL AWARENESS THE ISSUES ADDRESSED IN THE MORE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND EUROPE;
- FORMULATE HYPOTHESES, RECOGNISE LOGICAL CONNECTIONS, ARGUE, COMPARE AND EVALUATE 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
- USE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES CRITICALLY;
- ESTABLISH COMPARISONS WITH OTHER CULTURAL FIELDS.
COMMUNICATION 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
BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE; BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN LITERATURE
Contents
THE COURSE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING OUTLINE STRUCTURE
1. INTRODUCTION: RUSSIAN CULTURE FROM A REGIONAL POINT OF VIEW (2 HOURS)
2. ANCIENT RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE IN THE VLADIMIR REGION (6 HOURS)
3. SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIAN ART: SUZDAL' (2 HOURS)
4. SUZDAL' AS A TOURIST CITY: HISTORY OF A SOVIET PROJECT (2 HOURS)
5. THE VLADIMIR REGION AND NINETEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIAN LITERATURE (6 HOURS)
6. VLADIMIR REGION AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY RUSSIAN LITERATURE (8 HOURS)
7. THE VLADIMIR REGION TODAY AND TOMORROW: THE SEVER PROJECT AND THE CITY OF KIRZAC (2 HOURS)
8. THE VLADIMIR REGION AND RUSSIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT (6 HOURS)
9. THE VLADIMIR REGION IN CINEMA (4 HOURS)
10. BETWEEN LITERATURE AND HISTORY: ALEKSANDROV (6 HOURS)
11. BETWEEN FOLKLORE AND HISTORY: MUROM (2 HOURS)
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MEANS OF LECTURES (45 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 TOPICS ADDRESSED. WITH REGARD TO THE TEXTS ON THE SYLLABUS, THE STUDENT MUST DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE WORKS OF SOLZENICYN, HERZEN, A. TOLSTOJ AND V. SOROKIN, 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).
ALEXANDER HERZEN, IL PASSATO E I PENSIERI (FRAMMENTI), TORINO, EINAUDI, 1997.
VLADIMIR SOROKIN, LA GIORNATA DI UN OPRINIK, ROMA, ATMOSPHERE LIBRI, 2014
ALEKSEJ K. TOLSTOJ, IL PRINCIPE SEREBRJANYJ, NAPOLI, SCRITTURA & SCRITTURE, 2021.

CRITICAL READINGS:
FRANCO VENTURI, IL POPULISMO RUSSO, MILANO, UDINE, MIMESIS, 2021.
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.
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