RJv130 Russian Classical Literature in the World Context

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Tuesday 14:00–15:40 VP
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the subject mainly oriented on ERASMUS students, a lecture with a seminar, is to demonstrate the poetological significance of Russian classical literature, its connection with the traditions of West-European literatures, its development since the Middle Ages up to the beginnings of modernism, the specific character of Russian classical literature as a predecessor of the world 20th-century modernism, a link to French, English, and American literature, international significance of Russian literature, the most influential Russian classical writers.
Syllabus
  • Beginnings:
  • The origin of Russian literature and its early contacts: Slavonic World, Cyrill-Methodius period, Old Church Slavonic, Byzantine Emnpire, translations from Byzantine Greek
  • Russian literature and Turkic impact – a case study on the Igoŕ Tale
  • The revival of European influence: Russian humanism, Renaissance, baroque
  • Russian literature and the West – neoclassicism, sentimentalism, preromanticism, romanticism: roots and contexts
  • European literature and Russian classical literature: poetry, drama, novel
  • Russian literature and its world significance
  • Russian literature and the Slavs
  • Russian Writers and the West
Assessment methods
Lecture
Seminar
Papers
The students are supposed to participate in the lecture and in the seminar and to present their own papers on the subject
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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