RJ2025 Compulsory Reading 2

Faculty of Education
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Eva Kudrjavceva Malenová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PaedDr. Lenka Odehnalová, 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
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Course objectives
Reading primary works of Russian literature is necessary not only for teaching literary subjects, but also represents an indispensable foundation for contextual connection of understanding of Russian history, culture, cultural studies, etc. List of literary works for home-reading covers various genres, styles and currents; especially writers who belong to the world-famous classics. The seminar is based on a controlled discussions that take place on a given topic. Students read separately given literary works, at the seminar they consult their questions, concerns, analysis and interpretations. At the end of the course students gain the habit of reading in Russian; understand the style of a particular author; interpret specific literary work; develop their critical thinking not only about literature; they develop critical writing in Russian; understand the specific manifestations of various currents in Russian literature.
Syllabus
  • A. I. Herzen: Who is to blame?
  • F. M. Dostoyevsky: Crime and Punishment
  • I. S. Turgenev: Rudin, Fathers and Sons
  • L. N. Tolstoy: Anna Karenina
  • A. P. Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard, short stories
  • N. S. Leskov: short stories
  • V. G. Korolenko
  • V. M. Garshin: Attalea princeps
Literature
    required literature
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Ruský román znovu navštívený (The Russian Novel Revisited). 1st ed. Brno: Nadace Universitas, Akademické nakladatelství CERM, Nakladatelství a vydavatelství NAUMA, 2005, 209 pp. Edice Scientia. ISBN 80-7204-423-0. info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Ruský román : nástin utváření žánru do konce 19. století. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 136 s. ISBN 8021017708. info
    recommended literature
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Kapitoly z ruské klasické literatury (nástin vývoje, klíčové problémy a diskuse) (Chapters from Russian Classical Literature (outline of development, key problems and discussion)). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 178 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7277-0. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Slovník ruských, ukrajinských a běloruských spisovatelů. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2001, 680 s. ISBN 8072770683. info
  • KAUTMAN, František. F.M. Dostojevskij : věčný problém člověka. Praha: Rozmluvy, 1992. info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Proti proudu : (studie o N.S. Leskovovi). Vyd. 1. Brno: Sprint-Print, 1992, 101 s. info
  • ČERVEŇÁK, Andrej. Vajanský a Turgeněv. Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 1968. info
  • MEREŽKOVSKIJ, Dmitrij Sergejevič. Tolstoj a Dostojevskij : život, tvorba, náboženství. Translated by Josef Bečka. V Praze: Kvasnička a Hampl, 1929. info
Teaching methods
Reading obligatory and recommended literature. Students read independently selected items of literary works on the basis of agreement with teacher. Students do continuously their own analysis, if it is necessary, they will consult interpretive ambiguities with teacher.
Assessment methods
Colloquium. At the end of the semester students submit their analysis of required literary works, including handwritten notes and comments.
Language of instruction
Russian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: v kombinovaném studiu 24 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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