Course: Selected Texts of Russian Literature of the Second Half of the 20th Century

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Course title Selected Texts of Russian Literature of the Second Half of the 20th Century
Course code KSR/7LSN4
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 Russian
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Varga Patrik, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Yevgeny Schwartz Boris Pasternak Poets and women poets of the 1960s Aleksander Solzhenitsyn Varlam Shalamov Venedikt Yerofeyev Strugatsky brothers Chingiz Aitmatov Valentin Rasputin Sergei Dovlatov Joseph Brodsky Ludmila Petrushevskaya

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The seminar is designed as a free continuation of the undergraduate courses on 20th century literature 7LSE and 7L202. However, it is open to all students, whether or not they have recently taken these seminars. Emphasis will be placed on key authors, texts, and contexts of Soviet and émigré literature produced between Stalin's death and perestroika.
Basic knowledge of the topic, key authors and their works, relevant theme areas.
Prerequisites
The B2 level in Russian is required. The course is meant for all students interested in Russian literature and culture.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

max. 2 absences during the semester filling the tasks, preparation, active participation in a scholarly discussion final essay (topics to be announced during the semester) presentation
Recommended literature
  • Barkovskaja, N.V. (1999). Poezija serebrjanogo veka. Jekaterinburg.
  • Glanc, T. - Kleňhová, J. Lexikon ruských avantgard 20. století, Praha 2005.
  • Glanc Tomáš. (2011). Souostroví Rusko. Ikony postsovětské kultury. Praha.
  • Hrala, M. (2007). Ruská moderní literatura 1890-2000. Praha: Karolinum.
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo et al. (2001). Slovník ruských, ukrajinských a běloruských spisovatelů.. Praha: Libri.


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: -