PdF:R2BP_KLP2 Russian class.lit.2 - Course Information

R2BP_KLP2 Russian classical literature 2

Extent and Intensity

1/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Kudrjavceva Malenová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Mgr. Simona Koryčánková, Ph.D.
Department of Russian Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Dagmar Kyselová
Supplier department: Department of Russian Language and Literature – Faculty of Education

Timetable

each odd Monday 8:25–10:05 učebna 62

Prerequisites

NOW( R2BP_KCx3 Compulsory reading 3 )
A good knowledge of the Russian language.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - Russian Language (programme PdF, B-SPE)

Course objectives

The main objectives of the course can be summarized as follows: to understand the basic features of the so-called golden and silver periods of Russian literature and culture; to learn the history of Russian literature and its relations with the historical and political conditions in Russia; to understand terms such as positivism, realism, critical realism, naturalism; to understand the conception of Decembrism, Slavophilism, Westernism, Populism, terrorism etc. and their forms in Russian literature; to understand and analyze the relations between the styles, movements and genres in their historical evolution; to understand the specificity of Russian modernism and the avant-garde

Syllabus

• The syllabus of Russian Literature II
• 1. The periodization of Russian literature the latter half of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century
• 2. Realism and positivism – the dominants of the latter half of the 19th century
• 3. The evolution of Russian prose from natural school, the main literary genres: physiological sketch, story, novel (A. I. Gercen, A. V. Druzhinin, I. S. Turgenev, M. Saltykov-Shchedrin, L. N. Tolstoi, N. Leskov, V. Garshin, V. Korolenko)
• 4. The specificity of Russian novel (A. Gercen, N. Chernyshevskii, I. Turgenev, I. Goncharov, M. Saltykov-Shchedrin, N. Leskov, F. Dostojevsky, L. N. Tolstoi)
• 5. The evolution of Russian drama (I. Turgenev, M. Saltykov-Shchedrin, A. Ostrovsky, A. Sukhovo-Kobylin, L. N. Tolstoi, A. P. Chekhov, M. Gorky, D. Merezhkovsky, A. Blok, L. Andreev)
• 6. The evolution of Russian poetry- realism (N. Nekrasov), pure poetry (F. Tyutchev, A. K. Tolstoi, A. Fet, S. Nadson)
• 7. The main representatives of Russian criticism (V. Belinsky, A. Gercen, N.Chernyshevsky, N. Dobroliubov, D. Merezhkovsky )
• 8. F. M. Dostojevsky
• 9. L. N. Tolstoi
• 10. A. P. Chekhov
• 11. The specificity of Russian story and novel at the turn of the 20th cent. (A. Chekhov, M. Gorky, D. Merezhkovsky, I. Bunin, V. Briusov, L. Andreev, A. Remizov)
• 12. The poetry of Russian modernism and the avant-garde: impresionism, decadence, symbolism, New art, acmeism, futurism (V. Solovyov, D. Merezhkovsky, Z. Gippius, I. Bunin, V. Briusov, K. Balmont, A. Blok, A. Bely, N. Gumilyov, A. Akhmatova, O. Mandelshtam, V. Khlebnikov, M. Mayakovsky, B. Pasternak, M. Tsvetaeva)

Literature

• Manifesty ruského symbolismu. Edited by Simona Koryčánková - Pavel Klein. 1. vydání. Brno: Katedra ruského jazyka a literatury, Pedagogická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, 2002, 151 stran. ISBN 8021030305. info
• POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Slovník ruských, ukrajinských a běloruských spisovatelů. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2001, 680 s. ISBN 8072770683. info
• DOHNAL, Josef, Ivo POSPÍŠIL and Galina Pavlovna BINOVÁ. Panoráma ruské literatury (Panorama of Russian Literature). In Panoráma ruské literatury. 1st ed. Boskovice: Albert, 1995, 415 pp. ISBN 80-85834-04-9. info
• HLAVÁČEK, Antonín and Jaroslav ŽÁK. Výběr textů z ruské literatury 20. století. 1. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1995, 204 s. ISBN 8071841293. info
• PAVELKA, Jiří and Ivo POSPÍŠIL. Slovník epoch, směrů, skupin a manifestů. Brno: Georgetown, 1993, 290 s. ISBN 8090160409. info
• Ústav slovanských literatur a literární komparatistiky : výběrová bibliografie. Edited by Miroslav Mikulášek. Vyd.1. Brno: Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, 1993, 55 s. ISBN 8021006617. info
• PAROLEK, Radegast and Jiří HONZÍK. Ruská klasická literatura. Vydání I. Praha: Svoboda, 1977, 629 stran. URL info
• LICHAČEV, Dmitrij Sergejevič. K pramenům ruského realismu. Praha: Lidové nakladatelství, 1975, 292 s. info

Teaching methods

Lecture. Analysis of classical russian literature, inclusion in the context of time period. Students must read recommended titles: 1. I. Bunin: Pán ze San-Franciska (ГосподинизСан-Франциско) 2. M. Gorkij: Старуха Изергиль; На дне 3. J. Zamjatin: Мы 4. M. Zoščenko: Aristokratka (Аристократка); Lázně (Баня); Nervózní lidé (Нервныелюди) 5. M. Šolochov: Tichý Don (ТихийДон) 6. A. Achmatovová: Rekviem (Реквием) 7. B. Pasternak: Doktor Živago (ДокторЖиваго) 8. M. Bulgakov: Mistr a Markétka (Мастер и Маргарита) 9. A. Solženicyn: Jeden den Ivana Děnisoviče (ОдинденьИванаДенисовича)

Assessment methods

Oral examination in Russian. The obligatory part of the colloquium and the examination is reading (at least 15 books during one year) and writing a paper on a literary theme from the period of the lecture: 9000 signs, a list of the used literature, a Russian abstract.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Student je povinnen zapsat si předmět Kontrola povinné četby 3.

Teacher's information

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