RJU_15 Independent Readings

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Josef Šaur, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Josef Šaur, 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
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 aim of the course is deepening the knowledge of contemporary Russian realia and language abilities of listeners by reading the Russian literature in the original. The students will individually choose the works of the contemporary Russian literature according to their preferences and interests and will individually read them. The subject is finished by the discussion of the lecturer and the students about the read works. It is expected that student will be able to interpret the social realia of the literary works and to comment on the linguistic aspect of the works with arguments. The students of the single-subject study programme will read four works of the contemporary Russian literature.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course, the student:
- will have the broaden and deepen knowledge of the contemporary Russian literature;
- will be able to comment on its linguistic aspect with arguments;
- to understand the social, cultural and historical context of the texts.
Syllabus
  • The syllabus of the course is changeable as the subject includes the independent reading of literary texts according to needs and interests of the singular students.
Literature
    required literature
  • Foster, Thomas C. Jak číst literaturu jako profesor. Zábavný průvodce ke čtení mezi řádky. Brno: Host, 2016.
  • PARKER, Robert Dale. How to interpret literature : critical theory for literary and cultural studies. Third edition. New york: Oxford University Press, 2015, xii, 400. ISBN 9780199331161. info
    not specified
  • CULLER, Jonathan D. Krátký úvod do literární teorie. Translated by Jiří Bareš. Druhé, rozšířené vydán. Brno: Host, 2015, 190 stran. ISBN 9788074912337. info
  • Russian literature since 1991. Edited by Jevgenij Dobrenko - Mark Naumovič Lipoveckij. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015, x, 308. ISBN 9781107068513. info
  • EMERSON, Caryl. The Cambridge introduction to Russian literature. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, xiv, 292. ISBN 9780521844697. info
  • HRALA, Milan. Ruská moderní literatura 1890-2000. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2007, 767 s. ISBN 9788024612010. info
  • ZAHRÁDKA, Miroslav. Ruská literatura XX. století :(literární proudy a osobnosti). Olomouc: Periplum, 2003, 236 s. ISBN 80-86624-08-0. info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Slovník ruských, ukrajinských a běloruských spisovatelů. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2001, 680 s. ISBN 8072770683. info
Teaching methods
Independent reading, discussion with the lecturer.
Assessment methods
Discussion on the independent reading.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
More detailed reading instructions are provided in the interactive course syllabus.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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