RJ_63 Russian Poetry

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Vladimír Franta, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Timetable
Mon 13:20–14:55 zruseno D31
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 leading topic of lessons focuses on Russian revolutionary and Great patriotic war songs and the way of their reflecting a human individual, the society, self sensation, ideology (prejudices; lapses; dreams; visions; desires; manipulations; objective historical facts etc…). All these aspects are seen on the background of very specific cultural and political development of Russia-in-the-world. The format of a historic song serves as a unique mirror of broad problems – including the personal ones – that constitute Russian reality. Besides a general synthesis a new interpretation, too, should be concluded in the end. The students are supposed to gain the information for better recognition and understanding of important turning points in Russian/Soviet history.
Syllabus
  • 1) Heritage of Russian Romans (chanson); classical music; proto-revolutionary mood (19 century); Movements and groups in Art; Paths, development, perspectives. 2) Political situation of Imperial Russia at the beginning of 20th century; Urban songs; recruiters’ songs; songs of prisoners. 3) Russia and its epic icon; Social and revolutionary songs. 4) Songs of 1905-1917 time period; Russian philosophers; Discussion: Russian revolution and its impact on Russian future and on the world’s affairs; Discussion: Would be the current (medial/scientific) interest in Russian “putsch” (1917) legitimate (or even unconstitutional) in Czech Republic? Songs in Mikhail Sholokhov’s texts. 5) White movement and its songs; Songs of White generality; Russian emigration and anti-Soviet writers; Mikhail Bulgakov: writer, librettist, actor, dissident; Soviet theatre. 6)Inter war period; Chansons and popular hits; Time of terror; Songs of GULAG; Proscribed Art; Circus and market couplettes; Soviet film. 7) Russia and Europe; Russia in planetary view; Interventionists to Russia (1918-20) and their songs; Songs of Czechoslovak legionnaires. 8) Great patriotic war songs I; Russian front and its life; Konstantin Simonov: war poetry. 9) Great patriotic war songs II; War lyrics and epics; Songs of particular combat arm; Famous interprets; groups; choirs; ensembles. 10) Soviet revolutionary and war songs in time of World’s peace: public reception; Problems of current Russia and its cultural memory; Czechs, Russians and the others…+ workshop (practical analysis of selected examples of songs).
Literature
  • TGM: Rusko a Evropa. Praha, 1995.
  • Druskin, M.: Russkaja revoljucionnaja pesnja. Moskva, 1954.
  • Šip, S.V.: Muzykalnaja reč i jazyk muzyki. Odessa, 2001.
Assessment methods
The course has a form of a lecture. Oral colloquium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007.
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