RTDS28 Russian Modernism, Avantgarde and Postmodernism

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/2. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Galina Pavlovna Binová, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Josef Dohnal, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Danuše Kšicová, DrSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Intricate events of Rusiian literature of the 20th century were started up by the emergence of Modernism at the 90th of 19th century. This style was sharply differentiated from previous Positivism, Realism and Naturalism, even though in reality specifically transformed many approaches of the previous periods. Similarly it took place in provocative declarations of vociferous Avant-garde, its own creation was founded on a deliberate and elaborate transfiguration of poetics, which was refused in public by the Avant-garde representatives. Thus it is not surprisingly, that we can meet such approaches in Postmodernism, where the tendency to rigorous diffusion of genres of imaginative, factual and profane literature including numerous use of decay linguistic layers has showed itself in the meantime as the most distinctive trend. Especially we will focus on analysis of poetics of some literary works selected in accordance with research subjects of graduant students.
Syllabus
  • 1. The formation of Russian Modernism in the European context
  • 2. The most important representatives of different Modernist schools
  • 3. Analysis of poetics of Decadent and Symbolic poetry and dramaturgy
  • 4. Acmeist poetics
  • 5. Futurist and Constructivist poetics
  • 6. Expressionist dramaturgy
  • 7. Problems of Modernist prose
  • 8. Transformations of novel genre in the 20th century
  • 9. Absurd dramaturgy of Avant-garde and Postmodernism
  • 10. Poetics of Postmodernist prose
  • 11. Problems of culture of the 20th century
  • 12. Student’s own project
Assessment methods
Individual study of works from the reading list Application of acquired knowledge in student’s own research work Submission of a chapter in student’s own research
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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