Unit RUSSIAN LITERATURE I
- Course
- Foreign languages and cultures
- Study-unit Code
- GP004918
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Andrea Lena Corritore
- Teachers
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- Andrea Lena Corritore
- Hours
- 54 ore - Andrea Lena Corritore
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2024/25
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Letterature straniere
- Academic discipline
- L-LIN/21
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian, Russian
- Contents
- The course provides an initial approach to the study of Russian literature in the transition from the last decade of the 19th century to the first decades of the 20th century. It will provide an overview of the events, trends, schools and authors that marked Russian and Soviet cultural life in these years, through an in-depth study of some of its most representative figures: Cechov, Blok, Chlebnikov, Babel', Bulgakov.
- Reference texts
- Reference monographs
N. Riasanovsky, Storia della Russia. Dalle origini ai giorni nostri, Milano, Bompiani, 1997 (or other edition; some chapters)
Storia della civiltà letteraria russa, diretta da M. Colucci e R. Picchio, II: Il Novecento, Torino, Utet, 1997 (some chapters. Text not available for purchase, can be found in the University library)
Critical essays on individual authors.
Reading texts
A. Cechov: The Seagull; Uncle Vanya; The Cherry Orchard.
A. Blok: a selection of verses; The Twelve.
V. Chlebnikov, Verses.
I. Babel’: Odessa Stories; The Horsemen’s Army.
M. Bulgakov: Fatal Eggs; Heart of a Dog; The Master and Margarita.
Additional texts and photocopies will be provided during the lessons. Also in English.
Specific course information and teaching materials will be available on the Unistudium platform: https://www.unistudium.unipg.it/unistudium/login/index.php at the page: Letteratura russa IRussian Literature I.
Working and non-attending students must agree in advance with the course professor on the syllabus and any additional teaching materials required for exam preparation.
Students with disabilities and/or SLDs who, having been duly accredited through SOL, have obtained access to the University’s services, may request the compensatory tools envisaged by the regulations (e.g. textbooks in digital format; teaching materials in accessible formats: presentations, handouts, workbooks, provided if necessary in advance of the lessons), for which see https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa. For the request, the student is invited to contact the teacher, who will put him/her in touch with the Department's Contact Person for Disability and/or SLDs (Prof. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it) - Educational objectives
- The course constitutes the first phase of the three-year study course on Russian literature.
Due to its placement among the first-year subjects, it is also one of the first occasions in which students are confronted with literature teaching at university level, and in which they find themselves considering complex literary, cultural-historical, political-historical (in the specific case of post-revolutionary Russia), artistic and social phenomena in their mutual relations; at the same time, they are called upon to understand phenomena, structures and dynamics in their cultural specificity
Knowledge
• Basic knowledge of the features of Russian literature in the transition from the last decade of the 19th century to the first decades of the 20th century.
• Broad knowledge of the events, trends, schools and authors that marked Russian and Soviet cultural life in these years.
• In-depth knowledge of some of the most representative figures of Russian literature in the transition between the 19th and 20th centuries and their currents and schools of reference: Cechov (nineteenth-century realism in its transition to the twentieth century), Blok (second-generation Russian Symbolism), Chlebnikov (Cubofuturism and the artistic avant-gardes), Babel' (the legacy of the artistic avant-gardes in the post-revolutionary era), Bulgakov (great fiction in the Soviet era and writers in their relationship with power).
• Understanding of the cultural, artistic and historical-political dynamics of Russia in these years.
• Ability to grapple with the reading and analysis of fundamental poetic-literary texts of Russian literature.
• Ability to use the critical tools useful for understanding poetic and literary texts.
Skills:
The course contributes to the development of communication skills, the application of one's knowledge and the refinement of learning practices:
• Use of appropriate vocabulary and concepts necessary to describe historical-literary and artistic phenomena, with specific reference to the Russian and Soviet context in the transition between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
• Ability to understand and reflect on the complexity of the historical-literary and artistic phenomena examined, with a depth appropriate to the maturity of a university student and within the limits set by a general knowledge of them.
• Ability to measure oneself with the reading and analysis of complex poetic-literary texts, making use of the tools offered by literary criticism.
• To acquire sensitivity for an approach to the study of Russian-Soviet poetic-literary texts that takes into account the main critical interpretations referred to them. - Prerequisites
- Students must have basic knowledge concerning the European and extra-European history of the twentieth century.
- Teaching methods
- The course is organised as follows:
lectures in the classroom; reading with commentary and analysis of excerpts from works, in Italian translation and original language (also in seminar form with the active collaboration of the students); screening of films related to the main topics covered.
Students with disabilities and/or SLDs may request, in consultation with the lecturer, any teaching materials in accessible formats (presentations, handouts, workbooks), provided if necessary in advance of the lectures, as well as the use of other technological tools to facilitate study. For general information, please consult the University Services at https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Departmental Contact Person (Prof. A. Di Pilla).
The University of Perugia has admitted 11 categories of students to distance learning. Students who may be interested are invited to check the possibility of attending lectures in DL (distance learning) on the website Procedura DAD - Università degli Studi di Perugia (unipg.it) - Other information
- Attendance: at least 60% of lessons.
To be admitted to the examination, students who do not attend classes must arrange in advance an alternative program with the course professor.
Consulting hours will be communicated on the teacher's personal page.
Students with disabilities and/or SLDs: for any information on the University's services, please visit https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Departmental Contact Person (Prof.ssa Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it). - Learning verification modality
- The final examination consists of an oral interview to be taken once the course has been completed.
Verification of knowledge: the questions will concern the general themes of history and literature; the texts analysed in the classroom during the course, and their contextualisation within the historical-literary period of reference; the life and work of the authors dealt with during the course; the analysis and contextualisation of the work of these authors; literary criticism relating to the texts examined in depth.
Verification of skills: oral expository properties, in particular with reference to the concepts necessary for the description of literary, artistic, cultural and political phenomena relating to the reference period; ability to express complex concepts and hypotheses and to hierarchize, logically articulate and synthesise information.
In the final assessment, equal weight will be given, on the one hand, to the breadth and depth of knowledge, knowledge of the authors and texts examined and the ability to contextualise and comment on them and, on the other hand, to the ability to express oneself, on a conceptual and argumentative level, logical rigour and the personal character of the exposition.
The test generally lasts 30'-40'.
Students with disabilities and/or SLDs: for the way the tests are conducted, students can make use of the inclusive technologies, compensatory tools and dispensatory measures provided for by the regulations. Technologies, tools and measures must be requested and agreed with the teacher well in advance of the tests. For general information, consult the University Services at https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and get in touch with the Departmental Contact Person (Prof.ssa Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it). - Extended program
- The course provides a first approach to the study of Russian literature in the transitional period from the last decade of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century, from the particular perspective of the transition from the literary avant-gardes to the birth of socialist realism, through some of its most important figures: Cechov, Blok, Chlebnikov, Babel', Bulgakov.
The major historical and cultural events that led to the birth of the literary and artistic avant-gardes in Russia will be examined (with particular consideration of the October Revolution as a central moment in Russian history), and an attempt will be made to give an overview of the trends, schools and authors that recognised themselves in these avant-gardes, delving into some of their most important expressions in the artistic and cultural field, without however neglecting the work of the artistic and literary groups and authors that were in the tradition of the 19th century. It will then illustrate the historical, political and literary process that culminated in the birth of social realism as the only artistic method permitted in the USSR. - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
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