Course: Selected Chapters from Russian Literature

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Course title Selected Chapters from Russian Literature
Course code KSR/7VKL
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Russian
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
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.
  • Komendová Jitka, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. The development of the Russian novel of the 19th century in the context of world literature. I. Dramatic principle in the epic. (Svidrigailov, Nastasya Filippovna. Karamazovi.) 2. The development of the Russian novel of the 19th century in the context of world literature II. Ich-form of narative. (Notes from the Underground, F. Kafka: Transformation, (Metamorphosis)) 3. The development of the Russian novel in the 20th century. I. Dramatic principle in the novel's narration. (M. Gorky. Fragments of Novel Texts.) 4. The development of the Russian novel in the 20th century. II. Expressionism. The disorder of the novel form. (Babel, Andreev). 5, Development of the Russian novel of the 20th century. III. The lyrical principle in the Russian novel. (Pasternak, Ajtmatov). 4. The unreliable narrator in Russian literature. (Nabokov). 6. GULAG theme. Solzhenitsyn, Shalamov. 7. Postmodernism. Venedikt Jerofeev. 8. Joseph Brodsky. Poet. 9.. Discussion of metarealism. I. Zhdanov, A. Eremenko, A. Parshchikov. O. Sedakova. 10. Common features of Russian epic of the late 20th century. I. Petrushevskaya, Tolstoya. 11. Common features of Russian epic of the late 20th century. II. Sorokin, Pelevin. 12. The theme of individual revolt. "Pokayaniye".

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The discipline (lecture) is devoted to Russian literature of the 19th-21st centuries, which is viewed not through the prism of the analysis of individual literary texts, but in a comprehensive way (the development of the Russian novel, the most significant manifestations of Russian poetry, etc.), in the context of scholarly discussions The seminar will document these complex phenomena on selected works and their textual fragments.
A complex insight into the development of Russian literature of the last third of the 19th century 20th century in the context of the development of Russian literature in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Prerequisites
Requires knowledge of literary theory and the history of Russian literature of the 19th and 20th century.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Attendance, max. 2 absences Conspectus from the suggested literature Submitting written assignments, active participation in discussion Elaboration of the assigned topic and its presentation.
Recommended literature
  • Odborné články a monografie k příslušným tématům..
  • Bykov, D. Vremja potrjasenij. Moskva. 2019.
  • Epstein Mikhail et al. (2015). Russian Posmodernism. New Perspectives on Post-Soviet Culture.
  • Glanc Tomáš, Kleňhová Jana. (2005). Lexikon ruských avantgard 20. století. Praha.
  • Lejderman, N. L. Teorija žanra. Jekaterinburg. 2010.
  • Pechal Z. (2011). Fenomén živlu v ruské literatuře.. Olomouc.


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 for Translators (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter