FF:RJA307 Modern and Postmodern Russian - Course Information

RJA307 Modern and Postmodern Russian Literature II

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Josef Šaur, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Josef Šaur, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Mon 9:10–10:45 B2.21

Prerequisites (in Czech)

RJA304 Modern and Postmodern Russian Literature I

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The course exploring the history of the 20th-century Russian literature is based on a new conception of interpretation of the development of Russian literature, with respect to the intellectual, cultural and socio-political changes that have taken place in Russia. It concentrates on three sections of literature: the best pieces of the officially published literature, Underground Literature and Emigration Literature. The emphasis is laid on the phenomenon of post-modernism and the post-modern poetics as well as the analysis of both the ideological and morphological aspects of the language of fiction.

Syllabus

• 1. The evolution and literary streams or movements of the 20th-century Russian literature that reflects the phenomenon of reassessment of cultural values in connection with the political changes in the late 20th century. The ideological and aesthetic intentions of the Russian literary process in the 20th century.
• 2. The range of styles in the 1920’s and 1930’s Russian poetry - e.g. Majakovskiy, Yesenin, Boris Pasternak and Akhmatova
• 3. The styles and genre modifications of the 1920’s and 1930’s Russian prose: neo-realism – e.g. Zamyatin, analytical realism – e.g. Sholokhov, metaphorical realism – e.g. Bulgakov, Ilf-Petrov and Platonov, and romanticism – e.g. Grin and Prishvin.
• 4. The literature of the period of The Great Patriotic War - the genres, ideological content and the leading figures.
• 5. The fundamental streams or movements in the poetry of the second half of the 20th century – e.g. Yevtushenko, Okudžava, Vysockij, Sosnora, etc.
• 6. The evolution of the 20th-century novel – e.g. Zamyatin, Sholokhov, Bulgakov, Pasternak, Solzhenicyn and Ajtmatov.
• 7. The dynamics and development of small epic forms in the Russian literature of the 20th century – e.g. Sholokhov, Zoshchenko, Platonov, Rasputin, Shukchin and Nagibin.
• 8. The problems of the 20th-century Russian satire, the forms and genres – e.g. Majakovskiy, Erenburg, Zoshchenko, Platonov, Bulgakov and Shukshin.
• 9. The new forms and artistic means in the Russian drama – e.g. Mayakovskiy, Bulgakov, Shvarz, Vampilov, Gorin and Petrushevskaya.
• 10. The epic and psychological stream in the Russian early post-war literature – e.g- Sholokhov, Nyekrasov, Bondarev, Vasiljev and Astafyev.
• 11. The so called 1970’s “country prose”, its ideological content and psychological artistry – e.g. Shukshin, Rasputin, etc.
• 12. Literature of Russian Emigration in the 20th century – the leading figures and artefacts.
• 13. The Apocalyptical motives in the 1980’s Russian literature – e.g. Rasputin, Astafyev, Byelov etc.

Literature

• Epštejn, M.: Posle buduščego.Paradoksy postmodernizma v sovremennoj russkoj kulture. Massachusetts 1996.
• Kričevskaja, Ju. R.: Modernizm v russkoj literature: epocha serediny veka. Moskva 1994.
• Nefagina, G. L.: Russkaja proza vtoroj poloviny 80-ch-načala 90-ch godov XX veka Minsk 1998.
• Nefagina, G. L.: Dinamika stilevych tečenij v russkoj proze 1980-90-ch godov. Minsk 1998.
• Kazak V. (Kasack, W.): Enciklopedičeskij slovar russkoj literatury s 1917 goda. London 1988.
• Skoropanova, I. S.: Russkaja postmodernistskaja literatura. Učebnoje posobije. Moskva 1999.
• L.P.Kremencov: Russkaja literatura XX veka, t.1,2. Moskva 2003.
• Šapir, M.: Čto takoje avangard. Russkaja alternativnaja poetika. Moskva 1990.
• Kol.aut.:Slovník ruských, ukrajinských a běloruských spisovatelů. Libri 2001.
• BINOVÁ, Galina Pavlovna. Panoráma ruské literatury. 1. vyd. Boskovice: Albert, 1995, 413 s. ISBN 80-85834-04-9. info
• DOBRENKO, Jevgenij. Metafora vlasti : literatura stalinskoj epochi v istoričeskom osveščenii. München: Otto Sagner, 1993, 405 s. ISBN 3876905567. info
• Antologia wolnej literatury rosyjskiej. Edited by Andrzej Drawicz. Warszawa: Slawistyczny Ośrodek Wydawniczy przy Instytucie Slawistyki PAN, 1992, 314 s. ISBN 83-85262-24-5. info
• Literatura rosyjska XX wieku :nowe czasy, nowe problemy. Edited by Grażyna Bobilewicz-Bryś - Andrzej Drawicz. Warszawa: Slawistyczny Ośrodek Wydawniczy przy Instytucie Slawistyki PAN, 1992, 171 s. ISBN 83-85262-21-0. info

Teaching methods

Lectures, tutorials, reading of papers, comprehensive analysis of text, co-reports, discussion, check up of compulsory reading, comparison of original and translation.

Assessment methods

Written and oral exam, check up of compulsory reading, hand over of paper.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
General note: Součástí zkoušky je kontrola povinné četby.

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