Learning outcomes
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.
Reccomended or required readings
- Russkaja sillabiceskaja poezija XVII-XVIII vv., a cura di A.M. Pancenko, Sovetskij pisatel', Leningrad, 1970 (Biblioteka poeta) (selection of poems)
- Pamjatniki Literatury Drevnej Rusi. XVII vek, kniga tret'ja, a cura di S.I. NIkolaev, A.M. Pancenko, Chudozestvennaja literatura, Moskva, 1994 (selection of texts)
- Giovanna Brogi Bercoff, La cultura letteraria barocca in Russia, in Il Barocco letterario nei paesi slavi, a cura di Giovanna Brogi Bercoff, La Nuova Italia Scientifica, Roma, 1996, p. 223-260
- R. Bartlett, Cap. III. , in Storia della Russia, Mondadori, Milano, 2007, p. 67-104 oppure
- P. Bushkovitch, Cap. IV e cap. V, in Breve storia della Russia. Dalle origini a Putin, Einaudi, Torino, 2013, p. 71-117.
- Course notes and materials handed out during the lectures.
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.