RJ2036 Early Russian Literature and Folklor 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Tatiana Savchenko, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mgr. Simona Koryčánková, Ph.D.
Department of Russian Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of Russian Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
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
Subject of old Russian literature and folklore includes not only an overview of the Russian oral literature, its genre specifics, but also elementary overview of the theoretical base of folklore. Attention is also paid to the formation of literature and to the oldest Russian literature and its development until the late 18th century. At the end of the course students understand key issues of Russian folklore, so-called old Russian literature and culture, also literature of the 18th century and their periodization; they understand Russian literary development, periodization and its specifics; understand the relationship of folklore, literature and other art forms, relationship among styles, movements and genres in their historical evolution; they understand terminology in specificities and inaccuracies, terminological labeling of East oldest literature; they are familiar with the basic plot, poetry, history and interpretation of the outstanding works of the so-called old Russian literature and literature of the 18th century; they are able to characterize the different degrees in the literary and cultural development, the differences between them and the specifics of each epoch and guidelines; they use the correct terminology in the genre and its historical development; they can give specific examples to various genres and tendencies.
Syllabus
  • Folklore, its definition and genre specifics. Russian folklore and its main representatives
  • Definition of so-called old Russian literature and literature of the 18th century, their periodization and specifics
  • The emergence of so-called old Russian literature. Literature of Kievan Rus
  • Literature in the period of feudal fragmentation and fight with Mongol Empire
  • Literature of centralized Russian state (from late 15th to 16th centuriy)
  • The literature of the 17th and 18th century
Literature
    required literature
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Stará literatura východních Slovanů a ruská literatura 18. století (Přehled a exkurzy z literatury 11.-17. století) (Old Literature of Eastern Slavs and 18th-Century Russian Literature (Outline and Probes from the 11-17th-Century Literature)). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 196 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7281-7. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • DOHNAL, Josef. Russkaja literatura XVIII veka : izbrannyje teksty I. : chrestomatija. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 266 s. ISBN 9788021064959. URL info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Slovník ruských, ukrajinských a běloruských spisovatelů. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2001, 680 s. ISBN 8072770683. info
  • KUSKOV, Vladimir Vladimirovič. Istorija drevnerusskoj literatury. Moskva: Vysšaja škola, 1977. info
    recommended literature
  • ŠVANKMAJER, Milan. Dějiny Ruska. 3. dopl. a přeprac. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1995, 558 s. ISBN 80-7106-183-2. info
  • KUSKOV, Vladimir Vladimirovič and Nikolaj Ivanovič PROKOF'JEV. Istorija drevnerusskoj literatury. Leningrad: Prosveščenije, 1987. info
Teaching methods
The subject will be taught in the form of lectures.
Assessment methods
Students work with electronic support and materials in IS, obligatory and recommended literature. Essay on selected, consulted topic is submitted to the teacher by the end of the semester.
Language of instruction
Russian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: v kombinovaném studiu 12 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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