CODE | 65312 |
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ACADEMIC YEAR | 2022/2023 |
CREDITS |
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SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR | L-LIN/21 |
LANGUAGE | Italian |
TEACHING LOCATION |
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SEMESTER | Annual |
TEACHING MATERIALS | AULAWEB |
In this course, we will read and analyze 20th-century Russian prose, poetry and film.
Our first-year course introduces students to Russian literature and culture from its medieval origins to the mid 1800s; in the second year, students focus more specifically on problems of literary style and evolution by examining texts from the 19th and 20th centuries that are linked by a particular theme; students who take the third-year course will go still more deeply into the literature and culture of a more specific historical period (such as the first half of the 20th century).
This course (A+B) will provide students (1) familiarity with the basic tools of literary and film analysis; (2) a thorough knowledge of several works that are significant for Russian 20th century culture; (3) a general knowledge of the main cultural figures and events from the period in question.
Classroom lectures.
This course has two parts: Course A and Course B. The program is the same for students who attend and for those who do not.
COURSE A (1st semester, 6 credits, 36 hours) is required of ALL students registered in this course.
COURSE B (2nd semester, 3 credits, 18 hours) is the continuation of Course A and is available ONLY to those students who need 9 credits (and who thus must also take Course A).
After Stalin's death in 1953, Soviet society enjoyed the first signs of liberalization. With the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party in 1956 and the beginnings of "Destalinization", it seemed that a new epoch had begun. After decades of closure, of caution in personal relationships and choreographed manifestations of institutionalized rejoicing, the population was finally allowed to socialize, to express itself more spontaneously, and to occupy "autonomously" the spaces designated for such activities: university lecture halls, theaters, even stadiums, but most of all, beginning on a humbler plane: houses, courtyards, city squares. The authorities encouraged this tendency, attempting to direct it towards well-defined goals, such as the renewed conquest of the Soviet countryside. The leaders in this rebirth were, understandably, members of the younger generation. Through the analysis of cinematographic and literary texts (novels, stories, songs), this course will attempt to reevoke the ideas, emotions, illusions and subsequent disillusionment of the brief epoch that terminated in the long Brezhnevian stagnation, leaving indelible traces in Soviet society.
COURSE A
TEXTS AND FILMS REQUIRED OF ALL STUDENTS - Updates and changes, if any, will be announced via Aulaweb.
Books
Films
COURSE B
TEXTS AND FILMS REQUIRED OF ALL STUDENTS - Updates and changes, if any, will be announced via Aulaweb.
Books
Films
Recommended criticism required for the exam
Office hours: Tuesday h 14 - 16 in the office. Online on the Teams platform, by appointment.
MARIO ALESSANDRO CURLETTO (President)
SARA DICKINSON
LAURA SALMON (Substitute)
COURSE A: 3 october 2022.
COURSE B: 2nd semester, 17 february 2023.
Oral exam. Students may take the exam in either Italian or Russian.
Students with 9 credits will have the option of taking a pre-exam for the first 6 credits of the course in January / February. Details will be announced in classroom and on Aulaweb.
The exam will test whether or not students have actually read the literary texts and seen the films found on the syllabus and will evaluate students' ability to offer a critical interpretation of these. The quality of students' exposition and the correct use of scholarly terms will be taken into consideration.
Date | Time | Location | Type | Notes |
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16/01/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Orale | Aula De André |
02/02/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Orale | Aula E Polo Didattico |
08/06/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Orale | Aula C Polo Didattico inizio h 10 |
10/07/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Orale |
Attendance is strongly recommended.
Students certified with SLD, disabilities or other special education needs are advised to contact the instructor at the beginning of the course, in order to agree on teaching and exam methods that, in compliance with the course learning outcomes, take into account individual learning methods and provide suitable compensatory tools.