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2109044 - Ruska knjizevnost 4

Course specification
Course title
Acronym 2109044
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    ESPB 6.0 Status
    Condition Passed the Russian Literature 2 examination and attended the Russian Literature 3 course. Oblik uslovljenosti
    The goal Introduction to Russian literature and culture of the second half of the nineteenth century, with the aim of familiarizing students with their fundamental principles. Acquisition and application of basic skills in literary text analysis.
    The outcome Students will acquire the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to use and apply various approaches, models, and methods in the analysis of works of Russian realism.
    Contents
    Contents of lectures 1. Russian critical realism and naturalism in the late nineteenth century. Periodicals, satire, and critics N. Dobrolyubov and D. Pisarev. 2. Drama: A. Sukhovo-Kobylin and A. Ostrovsky; The Snow Maiden, The Storm, Without a Dowry; film adaptations. 3. Mid-century literary trends: forms of realism, genres, the Russian novel, civic poetry and “pure art.” 4. N. Chernyshevsky: criticism, social thought, What Is to Be Done?, rational egoism. 5. I. Turgenev: Fathers and Sons, short fiction, Poems in Prose. 6. I. Goncharov: Oblomov, Oblomovism, characters. 7. F. Dostoevsky: Poor Folk, The Double, Mr. Prokharchin, White Nights, The Landlady, Uncle’s Dream; Gogol, the Natural School, the “little man” and the dreamer. The journals Vremya and Epokha; Notes from Underground and Chernyshevsky; A Writer’s Diary. Major novels: Crime and Punishment (Raskolnikov, poetics); The Idiot (the “positively beautiful person,” Nastasya Filippovna); Demons (moral and social crises, the “great sinner”); The Adolescent (Bildungsroman); The Brothers Karamazov (religion, philosophy, society, Russia’s past and future). Polyphony, characterization and composition.
    Contents of exercises Ivan Turgenev: Fathers and Sons, Poems in Prose. Ivan Goncharov: Oblomov. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Major Novels: Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, The Adolescent, The Brothers Karamazov.
    Literature
    1. Amelin G, Lekcii po filosofii literaturы, 2006, M. (Original title)
    2. Toporov V. N. O strukture romana Dostoevskogo v svяzi s arhaičeskimi shemami mifologičeskogo mыšleniя («Prestuplenie i nakazanie») [1973] // Toporov V. N. Mif. Ritual. Simvol. Obraz: Issledovaniя v oblasti mifopoэtičeskogo. M., 1995. S. 193—258. (Original title)
    3. Saraskina L. I. Dostoevskiй v sozvučiяh i pritяženiяh (ot Puškina do Solženicыna). — Moskva: Russkiй putь, 2006. — 608 s. (Original title)
    4. Bahtin M.M. Problemы poэtiki Dostoevskogo M. , 1972 (Original title)
    5. Bilington, Ikona i sekira B. , 1988 (Original title)
    Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
    Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
    2 2
    Methods of teaching Lectures, practical classes, discussions, group work, and independent study (note-taking, analysis of a scene from a novel, and character analysis).
    Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
    Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
    Activites during lectures Test paper 30
    Practical lessons 20 Oral examination 30
    Projects
    Colloquia
    Seminars 20