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2109043 - Ruska knjizevnost 3

Course specification
Course title
Acronym 2109043
Study programme
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    Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
      ESPB 6.0 Status
      Condition Russian Literature 2 Oblik uslovljenosti
      The goal The goals and objectives of the course are: to familiarize students with the literary process of the early 19th century, to study the works of Romantic writers, and to determine the place of the literary process of the first half of the 19th century within the overall development of Russian literature.
      The outcome The student will be able to understand, explain, and analyze the works of this epoch in Russian literature. The learning outcome of the course is the theoretical and practical proficiency of students in utilizing and applying various approaches, models, and methods in the interpretation of works from the field of Russian Romanticism.
      Contents
      Contents of lectures The Formation of Russian Sentimentalism. Poetics. Sentimentalism in the works of Karamzin. Pre-Romanticism and the emergence of Romanticism in Russian literature (Zhukovsky, Batyushkov). The literary movement of 1800–1825. "Discourse of the Lovers of the Russian Word" and "Arzamas". Prose of the Early 19th Century. Romantic Prose. The Russian Gothic Novel. Realistic Prose. Thematic and ideological orientation. The Elegy and the Ballad as genres of Sentimentalist and Romantic Poetry. Zhukovsky's ballads. Griboyedov, Woe from Wit (Gore ot uma). A. S. Pushkin. Lyric Poetry: Periodization (Southern Exile; Romantic crisis of 1823; Mikhailovskoye; 1826–1829; 1830s lyrics). Narrative Poems (Poemas): Ruslan and Lyudmila, The Bronze Horseman, Poltava. The novel in verse Eugene Onegin. Dramas: "The Little Tragedies", Boris Godunov. Prose/Novellas: The Captain's Daughter, The Queen of Spades, the cycle "The Belkin Tales". The Oeuvre of M. Yu. Lermontov. Lyric Poetry. Narrative Poems: The Demon, Mtsyri, A Song about the Merchant Kalashnikov. Dramatic works. Prose: A Hero of Our Time. N.V. Gogol. Early period. "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka". Mirgorod. "Petersburg Tales". Diary of a Madman, The Overcoat, and the "Natural School". Playwriting. Dead Souls as a "national poem." Typological characters. The role of Chichikov in the plot's development. "Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends".
      Contents of exercises -
      Literature
      1. Eikhenbaum, B. How The Overcoat is Made (Kak sdelana "Shinel'" Gogolya). L.: Khudozh. lit. Leningr. otd-nie, 1969.
      2. Lotman, Yu. M. In the School of the Poetic Word: Pushkin. Lermontov. Gogol (V shkole poeticheskogo slova: Pushkin. Lermontov. Gogol). M.: Prosveshcheniye, 1988.
      3. Toporov, V. N. "Poor Liza" of Karamzin: An Attempt at Reading. Marking the 200th Anniversary of Its Publication (K 200-letiyu so dnya vykhoda v svet). M., 1995.
      4. Anthology of Russian Poetry 18th-20th Centuries (Antologiya russkoy poezii 18-20 vv.), translated by A. Petrov, B., 1982.
      5. Yuri Lotman A.S. Pushkin's Novel Eugene Onegin: A Commentary (Roman A.S. Pushkina "Evgeniy Onegin": kommentariy)
      Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
      Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
      2 2
      Methods of teaching Lectures, exercises/seminars, discussions, group work, independent study (note-taking, analysis of a poem or excerpts from narrative poems, analysis of lyrical prose).
      Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
      Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
      Activites during lectures 5 Test paper 30
      Practical lessons Oral examination 30
      Projects
      Colloquia 35
      Seminars