RSb052 Reflection of Russian Literature in Russian Music of the 19th–21st Centuries

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024

The course is not taught in Spring 2024

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Polina Štěpánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Polina Štěpánková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Polina Štěpánková, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Russian language and fundamental works of Russian classical literature.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is focused on the connection of Russian classical literature and music, primarily on Russian classical literary works adapted by the 19th–21st centuries Russian composers. In the course students will gain an insight into the history of Russian classical music and its development, as well as some connections to the development of literature. The participants of the course will learn in detail the selected works of Russian classics from different periods and will focus on the specificity of their adaptation to music works. The range of authors includes various literature works from A. Pushkin, M. Lermontov, N. Gogol, N. Leskov, through A. Akhmatova, S. Chorny, A. Voznesensky to Vik. Yerofeyev, V. Sorokin and others. Students will hear the music by M. Glinka, M. Musorgsky, N. Rimsky-Korsakov, P. Tchaikovsky, S. Prokofiev, D. Shostakovich, A. Rybnikov, A. Sсhnittke, L. Desyatnikov and others.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course students will get and deepen their knowledge in the sphere of Russian literature, music, art and culture (both classical and modern);
- they will learn about the most important names of Russian authors, composers and artists;
- they will manage to feel specific cultural, historical and aesthetic connections;
- they will be able to recognize basic music works connected to Russian literature, to understand the difference of literary and music interpretations and to make their own comparative work on this topic.
Syllabus
  • 1) A. Pushkin’s fairy-tales in operas by M. Glinka (Ruslan and Ludmila) and N. Rimsky-Korsakov (The Golden Cockerel, The Tail of Tsar Saltan).
  • 2) A. Dargomyzhsky and his Rusalka and The Stone Guest.
  • 3) M. Mussorgsky Boris Godunov.
  • 4) P. Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin, The Queen of Spades.
  • 5) Gogol’s works in the music by Rimsky-Korsakov (May Night and Christmas Eve).
  • 6) Gogol’s works in the music by D. Shostakovich and A. Schnittke.
  • 7) D. Shostakovich and N. Leskov: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.
  • 8) Literary works in the music by S. Prokofiev.
  • 9) Literary themes in I. Stravinsky’s music works.
  • 10) Rock-opera Juno and Avos by A. Rybnikov and A. Voznesensky.
  • 11) Vl. Sorokin and L. Desyatnikov: The Children of Rosenthal.
  • 12) Overcoming music and literary genres, new synthetic art.
Literature
  • ŠPAČEK, Jan. Janáček - Rachmaninov - Prokofjev (Janáček - Rakhmaninoff - Prokofiev). Ostrava: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava, p. o., 2015, 6 pp. A2, programový text ke koncertu 12. listopadu 2015. informace o koncertu info
  • KLIMOVICKIJ, Arkadij I. Petr Il'jič Čajkovskij : kul'turnyje predčuvstvija, kul'turnaja pamjat', kul'turnyje vzaimodejstvija. Sankt-Peterburg: ID "Petropolis", 2015, 421 stran. ISBN 9785868451959. info
  • ADORNO, Theodor W. Úvod do sociologie hudby : dvanáct teoretických přednášek. Translated by Josef Hlaváček. Vydání první. Praha: Filosofia, 2015, 236 stran. ISBN 9788070074299. info
  • ŠPAČEK, Jan. Dmitrij Dmitrijevič Šostakovič (Dmitry Dmitryevich Shostakovich). Praha: Český rozhlas, 2013, 7 pp. Vltava - Klasika - Skladatelé. plný text info
  • ŠPAČEK, Jan. Petr Iljič Čajkovskij (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky). Praha: Český rozhlas, 2013, 5 pp. Vltava - Klasika - Skladatelé. plný text info
  • GREENHALGH, Chris. Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinskij : román o ikoně módního světa a slavném skladateli. Translated by Alexandra Hubáčková. Vyd. 1. Brno: Jota, 2011, 279 s. ISBN 9788072178155. info
  • BLÁHA, Jaroslav. Křižovatka geneze moderního malířství a hudby : [Picasso, Stravinskij, Kandinskij, Schönberg]. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Pedagogická fakulta, 2007, 272 s. ISBN 9788072902910. info
  • PEČMAN, Rudolf. Mozart a Salieri (Nikolaj Andrejevič Rimskij-Korsakov a jeho "puškinovská "opera. (Mozarts and Salieri). In Literaria humanitas VII. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, p. 157-162. VII. ISBN 80-210-2300-7. info
  • KŠICOVÁ, Danuše. Skazka o care Saltane. Puškin -Rimskij Korsakov-Bilibin (Tsar Saltan. The fairy by Pushkin-Rimskiy Korsakov-Bilibin). In Vzaimodejstvije literatur v mirovom literaturnom processe. Problemy teoretičeskoj i istoričeskoj poetiki. 1st ed. Grodno: Grodnenskij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet Janki Kupaly, 2000, p. 13-23. ISBN 985-417-176-0. info
  • TREMBOVEL'SKIJ, Jevgenij Borisovič. M.P. Musorgskij: Principy ladovogo razvitija : issledovanije. Voroněž: Izdatel'stvo Voronežskogo universiteta, 1992, 244 s. ISBN 5745505338. info
  • ŠOSTAKOVIČ, Dmitrij Dmitrijevič. O době a o sobě 1926/1975. Edited by M. Jakovlev, Translated by Eva Pensdorfová. 1. vyd. Praha: Supraphon, 1987, 403 s. URL info
  • VOZNESENSKIJ, Andrej Andrejevič. Stichotvorenija i poemy ; O : rifmy prozy. Moskva: Chudožestvennaja literatura, 1984. info
  • DRUSKIN, Michail Semenovič. Igor Stravinskij : osobnost, dílo, názory. Edited by Miloš Štědroň, Translated by Cyril Polách. 1. vyd. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1981, 327 s. info
  • DANĚK, Pavel. Sergej Prokofjev a jeho hudba k filmu "Alexandr Něvský". Edited by Jiří Vysloužil. 1977, 80 s. info
  • BALABANOVIČ, Jevgenij Zenonovič. Čechov i Čajkovskij. Moskva: Gosudarstvennoje muzykal'noje izdatel'stvo, 1962. info
  • RACEK, Jan. Ruská hudba : od nejstarších dob až po Velkou říjnovou revoluci. 1. vyd. V Praze: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1953, 168 s. URL info
  • VRÁNKOVÁ, Dagmar. Puškin i Čajkovskij v svoich proizvedenijach analiz i sravnenije. 1951, 130 s. info
  • BURIAN, Karel Vladimír. Modest Petrovič Musorgskij. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1950, 51 s. info
  • ČERNAJA, Jelena Semenovna. Puškin i Čajkovskij. Moskva: Muzgiz, 1950, 141 s. info
  • LAPŠIN, Ivan Ivanovič. Ruská hudba : profily skladatelů. Translated by Žofie Pohorecká. První autorisované vydán. Praha: Za Svobodu, 1947, 522 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
Lections, active discussions during lessons, reading and listening, collective critical analyses, working on student’s own coursework with the presentation.
Assessment methods
Oral exam, check of compulsory reading, written coursework.
Language of instruction
Russian
Further Comments
The course is taught: every other week.
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