Mikhail VELIZHEV | RUSSIAN LITERATURE 5
Mikhail VELIZHEV RUSSIAN LITERATURE 5
cod. 4322100120
RUSSIAN LITERATURE 5
| 4322100120 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES | |
| EQF7 | |
| MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES | |
| 2024/2025 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 2 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018 | |
| AUTUMN SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L-LIN/21 | 6 | 30 | LESSONS |
| Exam | Date | Session | |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPELLO GIUGNO | 12/06/2025 - 09:00 | SESSIONE ORDINARIA | |
| APPELLO LUGLIO | 17/07/2025 - 09:00 | SESSIONE ORDINARIA | |
| APPELLO SETTEMBRE | 17/09/2025 - 09:00 | SESSIONE DI RECUPERO | |
| APPELLO DICEMBRE | 17/12/2025 - 09:00 | SESSIONE DI RECUPERO |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| GENERAL OBJECTIVE. THE EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVE OF THE COURSE IS TO FURTHER DEEPEN KNOWLEDGE OF RELEVANT MOMENTS IN RUSSIAN CULTURAL HISTORY THROUGH THE STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF VERSE, POETIC LANGUAGE AND PROSE. THE FOCUS WILL BE ON THE ANALYSIS OF SOME OF THE WORKS OF THE MAJOR ARTISTIC PERSONALITIES OF THE VARIOUS PERIODS, FROM THE 'GOLDEN AGE' TO THE PRESENT DAY. KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS. THE STUDENT WILL - WILL KNOW THE MOST RELEVANT MOMENTS IN THE LITERARY EVOLUTION OF RUSSIAN VERSE AND PROSE BETWEEN THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY AND THE MODERN ERA ITS MAIN REPRESENTATIVES; - WILL UNDERSTAND THE CLOSE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF THE POLITICAL, CULTURAL AND LITERARY HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN SPACE; - WILL DEEPEN THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND EUROPE IN THE MODERN AGE. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO - DEVELOP ORIGINAL APPROACHES AND INSIGHTS IN THE ANALYSIS OF THE CULTURAL FEATURES THAT CONSTITUTE THE SPECIFICITY OF THE RUSSIAN SPACE; - COMPETENTLY EXAMINE THE REPERTOIRE OF LITERARY SOURCES RELATING TO THE RUSSIAN TRADITION OF THE 18TH-EARLY 21ST CENTURY; - EVALUATE WITH CRITICAL AWARENESS THE ISSUES ADDRESSED IN THE MORE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF CULTURAL RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND EUROPE; - FORMULATING HYPOTHESES, RECOGNISING LOGICAL CONNECTIONS, ARGUING, COMPARING AND EVALUATING LITERARY TEXTS; - PLACE AND CONSIDER LITERARY PHENOMENA IN RELATION TO THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF REFERENCE AS WELL AS THEIR TEMPORAL EVOLUTION. AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO - SELECT AND CRITICALLY USE BIBLIOGRAPHIC AND LITERARY SOURCES - ESTABLISH MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TEXTS AND CULTURAL PHENOMENA BELONGING TO THE DISCIPLINE; - ESTABLISH COMPARISONS WITH OTHER CULTURAL FIELDS. COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO - HOLD CONVERSATIONS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS SHOWING A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ISSUES RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE; - REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE THROUGH TEXTS THEIR ABILITY TO ANALYSE. LEARNING SKILLS. THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO - USE TRADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOOLS AND COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR ANALYSIS AND DATA STORAGE; - CARRY OUT RESEARCH, UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC OR LITERARY TEXTS; - CONTINUALLY UPDATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, USING THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE OF REFERENCE. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| AFTER GETTING OVER THE EXAMS I-II-III STUDENT MUST HAVE A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND CULTURE, AN ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF THE METHODOLOGIES OF TEXT ANALYSIS AND OF LITERARY CRITICISM |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING OUTLINE STRUCTURE 1. STUDYING LITERATURE AND POLITICS: METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS (2 HOURS) 2. THE RUSSIAN SONDERWEG IN THE 19TH CENTURY: LITERATURE AS A SOURCE OF POLITICAL INSPIRATION (6 HOURS) 3. RUSSIAN REPUBLICANISM: DID IT REALLY EXIST? LITERATURE AND POLITICAL DOCTRINES (4 HOURS) 4. READING AND PUNISHMENT: RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND THE MECHANISMS OF POLITICAL REPRESSION IN IMPERIAL RUSSIA (THE AADAEV CASE) (6 HOURS) 5. RELIGIOUS UTOPIANISM AND RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN THE 19TH CENTURY: THE CASE OF NIKOLAI GOGOL' (6 HOURS) 6. "WAR" AND "PEACE": THE RUSSO-TURKISH WAR OF 1878-1879 IN THE INTERPRETATIONS OF TOLSTOY AND DOSTOEVSKY (6 HOURS). |
| Teaching Methods | |
|---|---|
| LECTURES, TUTORIALS. THE COURSE CONSISTS OF 30 COMPULSORY HOURS OF LECTURES. |
| Verification of learning | |
|---|---|
| FOR ATTENDING AND NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS: ORAL FINAL EXAMINATION. EXAM ARRANGEMENTS. THE ORAL EXAM CONSISTS OF AN INTERVIEW ON THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE LESSONS, AIMED AT ASCERTAINING THE STUDENT'S HISTORICAL AND LITERARY KNOWLEDGE OF THE PERIOD UNDER EXAMINATION AND HIS OR HER ABILITY TO SYNTHESISE AND PERSONALLY REWORK THE THEMES ADDRESSED. WITH RESPECT TO THE TEXTS ON THE SYLLABUS, STUDENTS MUST DEMONSTRATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE WORKS OF KARAMZIN, AADAEV, GOGOL', GERZEN, TOLSTOY AND DOSTOEVSKY, THEIR THEMATIC LINES AND STYLISTIC PECULIARITIES AND, MORE GENERALLY, THE HISTORICAL-LITERARY CONTEXT OF REFERENCE. THE EXAMINATION IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS: A) STUDENTS MUST RECOGNISE A QUOTATION (I.E. INDICATE THE AUTHOR AND THE WORK AS WELL AS DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE LITERARY CONTEXT RELATED TO THE QUOTATION); B) STUDENTS MUST ANSWER QUESTIONS ON ONE OF THE WORKS FROM THE LIST OF COMPULSORY TEXTS. EXAMINATION PROGRAMME FOR ATTENDING AND NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS (COMPULSORY) 1. NIKOLAJ KARAMZIN, MEMOIR OF ANCIENT AND MODERN RUSSIA (FRAGMENTS) 2 PETR AADAEV, THE FIRST "PHILOSOPHICAL LETTER 3. NIKOLAI GOGOL', "SELECTED PASSAGES FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE WITH FRIENDS" 4. ALEKSANDR GERZEN, "THE PAST AND THOUGHTS" 5. LEV TOLSTOY, "PATRIOTISM AND GOVERNMENT", "WAR AND REVOLUTION" 6. FEDOR DOSTOEVSKY, "DIARY OF A WRITER" (FRAGMENTS) |
| Texts | |
|---|---|
| BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS: PETR AADAEV, PRIMA LETTERA FILOSOFICA E APOLOGIA DI UN PAZZO, MILANO, ASPIS EDIZIONI, 2019. FEDOR DOSTOEVSKIJ, DIARIO DI UNO SCRITTORE, MILANO, BOMPIANI, 2007. NIKOLAJ GOGOL’, BRANI SCELTI DALLA CORRISPONDENZA CON GLI AMICI, FIRENZE, GIUNTI EDITORE, 1998 NIKOLAJ KARAMZIN, ZAPISKA O DREVNEJ I NOVOJ ROSSII, MOSKVA, MGU, 1991. LEV TOLSTOJ, GUERRA E RIVOLUZIONE, MILANO, FELTRINELLI, 2015. LEV TOLSTOJ, PATRIOTTISMO E GOVERNO, MARCO, 1991. CRITICAL READINGS: ISAIAH BERLIN, IL RICCIO E LA VOLPE E ALTRI SAGGI, MILANO, ADELPHI, 1986. ISAIAH BERLIN, TOLSTOJ E LA STORIA, MILANO, LERICI, 1959. PIER CESARE BORI, L’ALTRO TOLSTOJ, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 1995. FAUSTO MALCOVATI, INTRODUZIONE A DOSTOEVSKIJ, BARI, EDITORE LATERZA, 1995. RICHARD PIPES, IL CONSERVATORISMO RUSSO E I SUOI CRITICI. SAGGIO DI CULTURA POLITICA, SOVERIA MANNELLI, RUBBETTINO, 2009. QUENTIN SKINNER, DELL’INTERPRETAZIONE, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2001. GEORGE STEINER, TOLSTOJ O DOSTOEVSKIJ, MILANO, GARZANTI, 2005. VENTURI, HERZEN, BAKUNIN, ERNYŠEVSKIJ. TORINO FRANCO VENTURI, IL POPULISMO RUSSO, MILANO, UDINE, MIMESIS, 2021. |
| More Information | |
|---|---|
| NOTHING |
BETA VERSION Data source ESSE3 [Ultima Sincronizzazione: 2025-06-03]
