2015/2016

2017/2018

DM270

L-LIN/21 (SLAVIC STUDIES)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

LINGUISTICO-FILOLOGICO-LETTERARIO

3°

2nd semester (26/02/2018 - 01/06/2018)

6

36 lesson hours

Russian

ORAL TEST

FASOLINI MARICA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

None

This course aims to introduce students, through the analysis of both literary and non-literary texts, slides and films, to the peculiarities of Russian cultural reality and to the significant moments that have characterized its evolution. The course also aims to develop the critical ability of the student to assess the episodes of Russian history.

History, politics and society in the URSS.
The course will offer students, in addition to a quick overview of the history of the Russian empire, an insight into the Revolution. In the course we will see how the USSR has developed, its politics, gulags, everyday life, art, cinema and literature.
We will focus on the visual culture of the USSR and its impact on society.

Frontal lessons with audio-visual material, slides and subtitled documentaries in Russian.

Literary Texts

M. Bulgakov, Il maestro e Margherita, qualsiasi edizione.
A. Aksjonov, Il biglietto stellato, Mondadori, 2009
A. Solženicyn, Una giornata di Ivan Denisovič, La casa di Matrjona, una qualsiasi edizione
V. Erofeev, Moska-Petuskì. Poema ferroviario, Quodlibet

Reference books

R. Bartlett, Storia della Russia, Mondadori, Milano 2007.
G.P. Piretto, Con gli occhi di Stalin, Raffaello Cortina ed., Milano 2009.
G. Piretto, Indirizzo: Unione Sovietica. 25 luoghi di un altro mondo, Milano, Sironi, 2015

Film: The End of a Great Era (2015 by di Stanislav Govoruchin)

Documentaries
Alcuni film tratti da Sovetskaja imperija (Sovet empire by E. Listova):
Vysotki (Stalin's skyscrapers 2005)
Kanaly (Canals, 2007)
Rodina-Mat' (Mother country 2003)
Chrushovki (2004)
Metro (2009)

Students who do not attend the lectures and students of Master Degrees are requested to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course.
The material are availables at the Library Boezio and on-line on the University moodle Platform Kiro.

Oral examination aimed at verifying the notions of history of Russia and of the USSR. The student should be able to know and present the material critically, with good language skills, connecting various topics and ideas.

Oral examination aimed at verifying the notions of history of Russia and of the USSR. The student should be able to know and present the material critically, with good language skills, connecting various topics and ideas.