2015/2016

2015/2016

DM270

L-LIN/21 (SLAVIC STUDIES)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

LITERATURES OF EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

2nd semester (22/02/2016 - 28/05/2016)

6

36 lesson hours

ITALIAN

ORAL TEST

BRAGONE MARIA CRISTINA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

It is advisable to have passed at least an examination of Slavic Philology and Russian Language in previous examination.

The course deals with the study of Church Slavonic and the main aspects of the Medieval literary tradition in Slavia Orthodoxa (concerning especially the East Slavic area). The course aims to provide linguistic, philological and literary knowledge required to analyze literary texts.

The Autobiography of the Archpriest Avvakum: text, context and linguistic aspects

Lectures

- Zitie protopopa Avvakuma im samim napisannoe i drugie ego socinenija, pod. red. N.K. Gudzija, Moskva, 1960 (feb-web.ru/feb/avvakum/default.asp)

- Avvakum, Vita dell'arciprete Avvakum scritta da lui stesso, Milano, 1986

- V.M. Zivov, "Religioznaja reforma i individual'noe nacalo v russkoj literature XVII veka", in Razyskanija v oblasti istorii i predystorii russkoj kul'tury, Moskva, 2002, p. 319-343 (http://ruthenia.ru/fest/w/zhivov2002.pdf)

- A.M. Pancenko, "Avvakum kak novator", Russkaja literatura, N. 4, 1982, p. 142-152 (http://panchenko.pushkinskijdom.ru/Default.aspx?tabid=2328)

- P.H. Hunt, "The Autobiography of the Archpriest Avvakum: Structure and Function", Ricerche Slavistiche, XXIII, 1975-1976, p. 57-70

- Course notes and materials handed out during the lectures.

Students have to write a short paper on a subject related to the course chosen by previous agreement with the lecturer.

Students who do not attend the lectures are requested to contact the lecturer.
Materials and books included in the bibliography are available in the Department of Humanistic Studies, Section of Foreign Languages and Literatures Department.

Oral exam

Oral exam