RJA303 Russian Classical Literature II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc. (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
Tue 8:00–9:40 B2.33
Prerequisites (in Czech)
RJA208 Russian Classical Literature I
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
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide the students with a more precise idea of the development of Russian literature in its key period of the so-called Golden Age, when it becomes real world literature and its poetics inspired and determined the world literature development. The student should understand - above all on the basis of his/her own reading, text analyses and study of the key works of special literature - the developmental peculiarities of the Russian literature of the second half of the 19th century by comparing it with European and other literatures and be able to read and interpret the poetics and social context of this literature and its significance for literature in general.
Syllabus
  • All the subjects will be dealt with at the European and world background 1) The specific features of the development of Russian literature 2) Aesthetic syncretism of Russian literature of the first half of the 19th century (neoclassicism. romanticism, realism), absorbing older cultural layers in European development 3) Genre shifts of emphasis (poetry,prose, drama) 4) "Natural school" as a source of the Golden Age of Russian literature 5) Pushkin - Lermontov - Gogol with the background 6) Aesthetics of revolutionary democrats and "softer" approaches 7) Development of Russian poetry from neoclassicism to realism 8) Development of Russian drama: from Griboedov and A. Ostrovsky to A. P. Chekhov 9) Golden Age of Russian literature and the Russian novel, Russian naturalism (N. Gogol, I. Turgenev, I. Goncharov, L. Tolstoy, F. Dostoevsky, G. Uspensky and others) 10) Beginnings of modernism, decadence, symbolism, expressionism, futurism, acmeism, imaginism and the Silver Age 11) Russian modernist poetry, prose and drama 12) The European context of Russian classical literature and the theme of Czech-Russian literary relations
Literature
    recommended literature
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Kapitoly z ruské klasické literatury (nástin vývoje, klíčové problémy a diskuse) (Chapters from Russian Classical Literature (outline of development, key problems and discussion)). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 178 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7277-0. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    not specified
  • Linkov, V. J.: Istorija russkoj literatury XIX veka v idejach. Moskva 2002.
  • Pospíšil, I.: Pátrání po nové identitě. Rusistické a vztahové reflexe. Brno 2008.
  • HRALA, Milan. Ruská moderní literatura 1890-2000. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2007, 767 s. ISBN 9788024612010. info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Ruský román znovu navštívený (The Russian Novel Revisited). 1st ed. Brno: Nadace Universitas, Akademické nakladatelství CERM, Nakladatelství a vydavatelství NAUMA, 2005, 209 pp. Edice Scientia. ISBN 80-7204-423-0. info
  • MASARYK, Tomáš Garrigue. Rusko a Evropa :studie o duchovních proudech v Rusku. Praha: Ústav T.G. Masaryka, 1996, 456 s. ISBN 80-901971-7-5. info
  • MASARYK, Tomáš Garrigue. Rusko a Evropa :studie o duchovních proudech v Rusku. Praha: Ústav T.G. Masaryka, 1996, 495 s. ISBN 80-901971-6-7. info
  • MASARYK, Tomáš Garrigue. Rusko a Evropa :studie o duchovních proudech v Rusku. Praha: Ústav T.G. Masaryka, 1995, 394 s. ISBN 80-901971-1-6. info
  • PAROLEK, Radegast and Jiří HONZÍK. Ruská klasická literatura : [1789-1917]. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1977, 629 s. URL info
Teaching methods
1)The genetic explication of literary history on the comparative, genre and area bases 2)The text analysis, search for the intertextuality of Russian classical literature 3)Presentation of the students' research and the following discussion and evaluation
Assessment methods
The course has a form of a lecture and a class discussion. Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Součástí zkoušky (resp. zápočtu či kolokvia) je kontrola povinné četby.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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