CJBC707 Russian Short Story for Non-Russianists

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Alexandr Kravčuk (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
Mon 18:20–19:55 C31
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of this course is to acquaint students of literary fields with the best examples of Russian short stories of the 19th and 20th century.
At the end of the course students should be able
to identify the cross impact of Russian literature and World literature and vice-versa;
to work with information about writers' lives, works and about the literary process of the respective period.
Students should be able to analyse selected works of Russian authors including:
the comprehensive analysis;
the preparation of reasons for the interpretation;
an attempt to compare selected author's works
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the Russian short story tradition. Literary analysis of separate stories by Alexander Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, Nikolai Gogol, Ivan Turgenyev, Nikolai Leskov, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Maxim Gorky, Ivan Bunin, Leonid Andreyev etc.
Literature
  • PUŠKIN, Aleksandr Sergejevič. Bělkinovy povídky. Translated by Bohumil Mathesius, Illustrated by Vladimir Aleksejevič Milaševsk. Vydání sedmé, V Odeonu t. Praha: Odeon, 1986, 87 stran. info
  • LERMONTOV, Michail Jur‘jevič. Hrdina naší doby. Praha: Odeon, 1983. info
  • GOGOL‘, Nikolaj Vasil‘jevič. Petrohradské povídky. Praha: Lidové nakladatelství, 1984. info
  • TURGENEV, Ivan Sergejevič. Milostný kruh. Praha: Lidové nakladatelství, 1984. info
  • DOSTOJEVSKIJ, Fedor Michajlovič. Chudí lidé. Vyd. 3. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1954, 202 s. URL info
  • TOLSTOJ, Lev Nikolajevič. Dvě smrti. Edited by Lev Nikolajevič Tolstoj, Translated by Alena Morávková. Vyd. v tomto překladu 1. Praha: Havran, 2003, 153 s. ISBN 8086515273. info
  • LESKOV, Nikolaj Semenovič. Železná vůle. Edited by Nikolaj Semenovič Leskov, Translated by Petr Křička. I. vydání. V Praze: Mladá fronta, 1949, 293 stran. info
  • ČECHOV, Anton Pavlovič. Cestou. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1977. info
  • GOR‘KIJ, Maksim. Zkazky a legendy od nočních ohňů. Praha: Albatros, 1982. info
  • BUNIN, Ivan Aleksejevič. Pán ze San Franciska. 1. vyd. Praha: Naše vojsko, 1970, 237 s. URL info
  • ANDREJEV, Leonid Nikolajevič. Velký Slam. Praha: Lidové nakladatelství, 1987. info
Teaching methods
Reading, homeworks, class discussion
Assessment methods
Assesment: essay and active participation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008.
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