RTDS28 Russian Modernism, Avantgarde and Postmodernism

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Josef Dohnal, CSc. (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.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
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
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain intricate events of Russian literature of the 20th century; explain the main principles of Modernism sharply differentiated from previous Positivism, Realism and Naturalism, even though in reality specifically transformed many approaches of the previous periods; understand and explain provocative declarations of Avant-garde; interpret its own creation founded on a deliberate and elaborate transfiguration of poetics which was refused in public by the Avant-garde representatives; analyse and interpet approaches in Postmodernism, very close to Avan-garde;explain the tendency to rigorous diffusion of genres of imaginative, factual and profane literature including numerous use of decay linguistic layers; analyse the poetics of some literary works selected in accordance with own research subjects of graduant student.
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
Literature
  • GLANC, Tomáš and Jana ROGOFF. Lexikon ruských avantgard 20. století. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2005, 373 s. ISBN 8072772597. info
Teaching methods
Individual study of works from the reading list; individual consultations; residency in abroad;
Assessment methods
oral examination; application of acquired knowledge in student’s own research work; write a chapter of dissertation
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
http://avantgarde.narod.ru/beitraege/ov/et_avangard_post.htm - www.russianculture.ru/fulle.asp?id=10 - Archiv - Podobné -
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