Course: Culture of Russian Emigration

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Course title Culture of Russian Emigration
Course code KSR/7LSN2
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course 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)
  • Andrejs René, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Historical and cultural context of Russian emigration of the first wave. Centres of White emigration in Europe and in the world. Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian emigration in Czechoslovakia. Emigration of minorities.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The seminar deals with the phenomenon of Russian interwar emigration, its history, culture, and literature. The diversity of fields and areas in which Russian emigration played distinctive role across all important centres in Europe will be presented. A substantial part of the course is devoted to Russian emigration to Czechoslovakia, especially to lesser-known actors of social and cultural life. The course will also include practical research work, thanks to which students will learn the basic procedures of studying archival materials. The seminar is taught in Russian and Czech.
Student will enhance the general knowledge about Russian emigration of the first wave.
Prerequisites
The course is meant for all students interested in Russian literature and culture.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Active participation during the whole seminar, presentation of practical research work
Recommended literature
  • Babka, L., Gagen, S. J., Harbuĺová, L., et al. (2018). Příběhy exilu: osudy exulantů z území bývalého Ruského impéria v meziválečném Československu = Stories of exile : the destinies of exiles from the territory of the former Russian empire in interwar Czechoslovakia = Istorii izgnanija : sud?by ?migrantov s territorii byvšej Rossijskoj imperii v mežvojennoj Čechoslovakii. Praha: Památník národního písemnictví.
  • Babka, L., Zolotarev, I. (2012). Russkaja akcija pomošči v Čechoslovakii: istorija, značenije, nasledije. 1-oje izd. Praga: Nacional'naja biblioteka Češskoj respubliki - Slavjanskaja biblioteka.
  • Putna, M. C. - Zadražilová, M. (1994). Rusko mimo Rusko: dějiny a kultura ruské emigrace 1917-1991. Brno.
  • Putna, M. C. (1993). Rusko mimo Rusko: dějiny a kultura ruské emigrace 1917-1991. Díl 1.. Brno: Petrov.


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 - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -