2017/2018

2017/2018

DM270

L-LIN/21 (SLAVIC STUDIES)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

LITERATURES OF EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS

PERCORSO COMUNE

1°

1st semester (25/09/2017 - 10/01/2018)

9

54 lesson hours

Russian

ORAL TEST

BRAGONE MARIA CRISTINA (titolare) - 9 ECTS

Good knowledge of Russian literature (XVIII-XX centuries), of the historical and cultural background and the main authors.

The course aims to provide methodological, critical and cultural knowledge required for specialized knowledge of Russian literature's texts, problems and authors.

Twentieth-Century Russian Literature for Children: authors, ideas, characters. The course aims to provide an introduction to the most important writers and works.

Lectures including the use of audiovisual materials

- K. Čukovskij, Doktor Ajbolit, Barmalej, Krokodil, Mojdodyr, Mucha-Cochotucha, Telefon
- S. Maršak, Bagaž, Mister Twister, Otčego košku nazvali koškoj?, Počta, Pudel’
- V. Majakovskij, Skazka o Pete, tolstom rebenke, i o Sime, kotoryj tonkij
- D. Charms, Ivan Ivanyč Samovar, Koški, Noč’, Zagadočnyj slučaj, Skazka, Vo-pervych i vo-vtorych
- E. Švarc, Drakon
- Ju. Oleša, Tri tolstjaka
- A. Tolstoj, Zolotoj kljucik ili prikljucenija Buratino
- V. Kataev, Beleet parus odinokij
- А. Fadeev, Molodaja gvardija
- Course notes and materials handed out during the lectures

The works can be downloaded from: www.lib.ru, www.chukfamily.ru

Critical works

- B. Chelman, Skazka i byl'. Istorija russkoj detskoj literatury, Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie, Moskva 2016 (versione russa di: B. Hellman, Fairy tales and true stories. The History of Russian Literature for Children and Young People (1574-2010), Leiden-Boston, 2013) - only periods and authors discussed during the lectures
- M.P. Balina, Sovetskaja detskaja literatura: neskol'ko slov o predmete issledovanija, in: M.R. Balina, V. Ju. B'jugin (sost. i red.), "Ubit' Carskuju...". paradoksy sovetskoj literatury dlja detej (1920-e - 1930-e gg.). Sbornik statej, Aletejja, Sankt-Peterburg, 2014, pp. 7-19
M. Balina, L. Rudova (eds.), Russian Children's Literature and Culture, Routledge, New York, London, 2008 - only subjects and authors discussed during the lectures


Students can consult the following handbooks in order to revise the writers discussed in the course:

Storia della civiltà letteraria russa, diretta da Michele Colucci e Riccardo Picchio, vol. 2 Il Novecento, UTET, Torino 1997
Storia della letteratura russa. Il Novecento, diretta da E. Etkind, G. Nivat, I. Serman e V. Strada, vol. 1-3, Einaudi, Torino 1989
G. Carpi, Storia della letteratura russa. Vol. 2 Dalla rivoluzione d'ottobre a oggi, Carocci, Roma, 2016

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

Oral exam aiming to verify the ability to discuss and analyze the literary works and their historical-cultural background

Oral exam aiming to verify the ability to discuss and analyze the literary works and their historical-cultural background