Course: Russian Literature in Cultural Context 1

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Course title Russian Literature in Cultural Context 1
Course code KRF/RLKT1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
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)
  • Sováková Jana, PhDr. CSc.
  • Artemov Andrej, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Characteristics of the so called Golden Age of Russian literature, implicit and explicit influences involved in the literature development. Taking poetological impulses of European literatures and their innovative action in Russian literature. 2. Specific features of the development of Russian literature and culture in the historic process from the end of 18th century to the end of the 19th century. 3. Czarist censorship, the origin of the opposition literature substituting the absence of democratic institutions for the whole century. 4. The work of Pushkin and Lermontov in the cultural and social context. 5. Relationship of literature and religion (Orthodox Christianity), Gogol's work in cultural and social context. 6. - 7. Genre paradigm of Russian literature. Specific features of the genre development of the Russian novel (Pushkin-Lermontov-Gogol-Turgenev-Chernyshevsky-Tolstoy Dostoyevsky). 8. Russian idealist philosophy and its influence on literature. 9. Personality and work of L. Tolstoy in the cultural and social context and its importance for European literature. 10. Personality and work of F. M. Dostoevsky in the cultural and social context and its importance for European literature. 11. Drama of A. Chekhov in the cultural and social context. 12. - 13. Writers of Russian literature of the 19th century in the context of European literatures.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 35 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
understand the development of 19th-century Russian literature
orientate themselves in the problems of artistic movements
explain historical events in Russia 19th century
Skills
analyze the key works of important Russian authors
orientate in basic trends of European literatures
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
place the work of Russian classical authors in the European context
gain an overview of translations of Russian texts into European literatures
describe the differences between the development of 19th-century Russian literature and the development of Czech literature with regard to the effects of extra-literary factors
Skills
carry out a literary analysis of selected artistic texts using literary science methods (analysis, synthesis, comparison)
compare the work of Russian representatives of critical realism with that of Western European critical realists
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar
Skills
Seminar
Textual studies
Individual study
Competences
Task-based study method
Textual studies
Individual study
Students' portfolio
One-to-One tutorial
Discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Peer evaluation of students
Self-evaluation
Individual presentation at a seminar
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.
  • BAL´BUROV, E. A. Russkaja filosofskaja proza: voprosy poetiki. Moskva: Jazyki slavjanskoj kul´tury, 2010. ISBN 978-5-9551-0406-5.
  • 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.
  • MASARYK, T. G. Rusko a Evropa (3 díly).. Praha, 1995. ISBN 8090197116.
  • MATHAUSEROVÁ, S. Cestami století. Systémové vztahy v dějinách ruské literatury. Praha, 1986.
  • Mednis, N. J. Poetika i semiotika russkoj literatury. Moskva: Jazyki slavjanskoj kul´tury, 2011. ISBN 978-5-9551-0482-9.
  • PAROLEK, R., HONZÍK, J. Ruská klasická literatura. Praha, 1977.
  • POSPÍŠIL, I. Ruský románu znovu navštívený. Brno, 2005. ISBN 80-7204-423-0.
  • Pospíšil, Ivo. K teorii ruské literatury a jejím souvislostem. Vyd. 1. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2013. ISBN 978-80-210-6216-0.
  • RICHTEREK, O. Dialog kultur v uměleckém překladu. Hradec Králové, 1999. ISBN 80-86148-22-10.
  • 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.
  • ZAHRÁDKA, M. Ruská literatura XIX. století v kontextu evropských literatur. Olomouc, 2005. ISBN 80-86624-25-0.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): SS Teacher Training in the Russian Language (16) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): SS Teacher Training in the Russian Language (19) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): SS Teacher Training in the Russian Language (17) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): SS Teacher Training in the Russian Language (18) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer