FF:RSn098 Interpretative Seminar - Course Information
RSn098 Interpretative Seminar to 20th Century Russian Literature
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Josef Šaur, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- 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 - Timetable
- Tue 8:00–9:40 B2.22
- 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
- there are 30 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course develops and deepen students’ knowledge of 20th century Russian literature. The crux of the seminar is compulsory reading. During the semester, students will read 10 texts of the 20th century Russian literature; 5 of them are compulsory for all participants of the course, other 5 texts everyone chooses individually. The main content of the course is interpretation of the read texts. 5 texts are interpreted by the lecturer so that there is demonstrated the process of the literary work interpretation. The other part of texts is interpreted by students individually under the tutelage of the lecturer. The foundation of the course is collective seminar discussion about the read texts. The course requires regular submission of homework for every seminar.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course the students will:
- acquire wider and deeper knowledge of 20th century Russian literary;
- acquire broader skills of critical reading of literary texts;
- get acquainted in detail with the ten texts of 20th century Russian literary (with respect to studentsʼ particular study needs and personal interests);
- be able to interpret them;
- have an understanding of the social, cultural and historical contexts of these texts. - Syllabus
- 1) Class discussion: Lev Lunts: Outside the Law
- 2) Class discussion: Vladimir Mayakovsky: A Cloud in Trousers
- 3) Class discussion: Andrei Platonov: The Return; Mikhail Sholokhov: The Fate of a Man
- 4) Class discussion: Edvard Radzinsky: Lunin, or the Death of Jacques in the Presence of His Master
- 5) Class discussion: Lyudmila Petrushevskaya: short stories (Hygiene, The New Robinson Crusoes)
- 6) Students’ presentations: discussion on independent reading
- 7) Students’ presentations: discussion on independent reading
- 8) Students’ presentations: discussion on independent reading
- 9) Students’ presentations: discussion on independent reading
- 10) Students’ presentations: discussion on independent reading
- Literature
- recommended literature
- LEJDĚRMAN, N.L., LIPOVECKIJ, M.N. Russkaja litěratura XX veka (1950-1990 gody), tom 1 i 2. Vyd. 3. Moskva: Akademia, 2008. 414 s., 686 s. ISBN 978-5-7695-4639-6
- 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
- not specified
- 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
- CULLER, Jonathan D. Krátký úvod do literární teorie. Translated by Jiří Bareš. Druhé, rozšířené vydán. Brno: Host, 2015, 190 stran. ISBN 9788074912337. info
- EMERSON, Caryl. The Cambridge introduction to Russian literature. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, xiv, 292. ISBN 9780521844697. info
- Teaching methods
- independent reading, class discussion, homework
- Assessment methods
- attendance 75%, presentation of the paper, a credit has a form of discussion about individual reading
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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