Course: Russian Literature in Cultural Context 2

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Course title Russian Literature in Cultural Context 2
Course code KRF/RLK2N
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Artemov Andrej, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Sováková Jana, PhDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Specific features of development of Russian literature of 20th century (1917- ca. 2000), narrow ties to political development in Russia. Classification of the literary development. Multi-nationality of the literature of the Soviet period. 2. Characteristics of the various developmental stages of literature. Reappraising tendencies of the literary development. 3. Work of I. Bunin in the context of European literature. 4 The issue of exile literature and so called inner emigration, the main authors. 5. Russian modernism and its authors in the context of European literatures (symbolism, futurism, imaginism, etc.). 6. Socialist Realism in the wider cultural and social context. Work of M. Gorky, M. Sholokhov in the period and contemporary context. 7. Work of M. Bulgakov in the context of Russian and world literature. 8. Work of V. Nabokov in the context of Russian and world literature. 9. Personality of B. Pasternak and his novel Doctor Zhivago. 10. Literature of the so called melting period (60s), the origin of Samizdat, underground. 11. A. Solzhenitsyn the author of the "lager literature", his work in the contemporary context. 12. - 13. The basic attributes of the literature development after 1985, Russian postmodernism and its authors.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Seminar
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
demonstrate good knowledge of 20th century Russian literature
understand historical events of the 20th century in Russia
orientate in European literature of the 20th century
Skills
understand the methods of literary science
orientate in translations of 20th century Russian literature into Czech
learning outcomes
Knowledge
characterize the literary situation in Russian literature after 1985
define Russian postmodernism in comparison with European postmodernism
explain the influence of censorship in literature
Skills
analyze the work of Russian postmodernism in terms of the use of means of expression
evaluate critical responses to works of Russian literature in the Russian and Czech press
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar
Skills
Seminar
Textual studies
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Test
Seminar work
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • XX vek. Tridcatyje gody: iz istorii meždunarodnych svjazej russkoj literatury. Naučnoje izdanije.. Sankt-Peterburg: Nestor-Istorija, 2013. ISBN 978-5-905987-8-92.
  • BAGNO, V. J. Mif - obraz - motiv: russkaja literatura v kontekste mirovoj.. Sankt-Peterburg: Izdatel´stvo Puškinskogo Doma, 2014. ISBN 978-5-93898-484-4.
  • DOBRENKO, J., ed. a TICHONOV, G. ed. Istorija russkoj literaturnoj kritiki: sovetskaja i postsovetskaja epochi.. Moskva: Novoje literaturnoje obozrenije, 2011. ISBN 978-5-86793-918-2.
  • GlLANC, T. Souostroví Rusko. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-87037-40-9.
  • JEROFEJEV, V. Russkije cvěty zla. Moskva, 2011. ISBN 5-94663-009-1.
  • LEJDERMAN, N. L., LIPOVECKIJ, M. N. Sovremennaja russkaja literatura (3 díly). Moskva, 2001. ISBN 5-8360-0199-5.
  • RYČLOVÁ, I. Mezi kladivem a kovadlinou. Brno, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7324-295-3.
  • ŠESTAKOV, V. P., ed. Russkaja utopija v kontekste mirovoj kul´tury.. Sankt-Peterburg: Aletejja, 2013. ISBN 978-5-91419-894-4.
  • TIME, G. A. Rossija i Germanija: filosofskij diskurs v russkoj literature XIX-XX vekov.. Sankt-Peterburg: Nestor-Istorija, 2011. ISBN 978-5-98187-655-4.


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