Course: Literature of the 19th Century 1

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Course title Literature of the 19th Century 1
Course code KSR/7L191
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Russian
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Pechal Zdeněk, prof. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Periodization of the Russian literature of the 19th century from the historical, cultural and social aspects. 2. Characteristic features of literary streams (sentimentalism, romanticism, critical realism), evolution of genres, relation between poetry and prose. Satirical and psychological streams in the development of Russian literature and its main representatives. 3. A.S. Pushkin.Until 1925. Lyrics, drama. 4. A.S. Pushkin. Until 1935. Prose. Development of Russian novel. 5. M. J. Lermontov. Lyrics, poems, drama, novels. 6. N.V. Gogol. Until 1935. Ukrainian folklore, short stories. 7. N.V. Gogol. Until 1945. Drama. Further development of Russian novel. 8. F.M. Dostoevsky. Development of Russian novel. 9. F. M. Dostoevsky. His novels from 1860s. 10. L.N. Tolstoy. Development of Russian novel. 11. I. A. Goncharov, I.S. Turgenev. Development of Russian novel. 12. A.P. Chekhov. Short stories. Drama.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
These lectures on the literature of the 19th century are dedicated to periodization of Russian literature, characterising the separate periods, literary streams and movements, discussing the prominent writers and reception of their work in Czech culture. Students will get familiar also with the Russian drama and the development of Russian novel and prose of the 1st half of the 19th century. Special attention is paid to the changes of poetics occurring since the beginning of the 19th century till the moment when realism became the dominant stream in Russian literature.
Students will get an insight into the Russian drama, poetry and prose of the 1st half of the 19th century and will acquire basic methodology of literary analysis.
Prerequisites
A practical knowledge of Russian, at least A2 level of the European Framework of Reference for Languages. Knowledge of basic literary terminology as acquired from the course of Introduction to Literary Studies.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Student performance

Attendance, max. 2 absences Written or oral assignments, reading the assigned texts
Recommended literature
  • Odborné články a monografie k příslušným tématům.
  • Panoráma ruské literatury. Boskovice 1995..
  • Russkije pisateli 1800-1917. Biografičeskij slovar´. Moskva 1992. 1-4..
  • Kšicová, D. Východoslovanské literatury v českém prostředí do vzniku ČSR. Brno 1997.
  • Mann, J. V. Russkaja literatura XIX v. Epocha romantizma. M. 2006.
  • Nikolajev, I.A.l. : Slovar´ po literaturovedeniju. http://nature.web.ru/litera/foreword.htm.
  • Parolek, R., Honzík, J. Ruská klasická literatura. Praha 1977.
  • Pechal, Z. (2011). Fenomén živlu v ruské literatuře. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci.
  • Svatoň, V. Z druhého břehu (studie a eseje o ruské literatuře). Praha 2002.
  • Zadražilová, M. Ruská literatura přelomu 19. a 20. stol. Praha 1995.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Philology (2022) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Philology Aimed at Translation and Business (2019) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Philology (2015) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian and Economics, Law and Tourism (2015) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer