Teaching code

4S002953

Teacher

Anna Giust

Coordinatore

Anna Giust

Credits

9

Language

Russian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/21 - SLAVIC STUDIES

Period

I semestre (Lingue e letterature straniere) dal Sep 28, 2020 al Jan 9, 2021.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars

Learning outcomes

The course completes the three-year path aimed at acquiring the basics of Russian literary and cultural history. It is therefore linked to courses held in the preceding years complementing them and undertaking in-depth examination of topics related to Russian works and movements.
At the end of the course students will be able to:
1) identify the main dynamics of modern and contemporary Russian historical and literary processes;
2) carry out a textual and comparative analysis using the acquired knowledge;
3) express autonomous and coherent opinions about outstanding moments of Russian cultural and historical development and analyse them properly.

Program

The course will provide an overview of the evolution of musical theatre in Russia from the beginning of the local tradition to modern developments (18th-20th centuries). Some of the most significant examples will be taken into consideration, among which there figure masterpieces that today represent an attraction in major Russian and international theaters. The lessons will aim to highlight the close link between the musical and the literary worlds, and at the same time give an account of the evolution of expressive languages in the two sectors. The following texts inserted in the respective genesis context and in the creative path of their authors will be treated:

A. O. Ablesimov, The Miller Magician
A. S. Pushkin, Ruslan and Lyudmila, The Stone Guest, Boris Godunov, The Miserly Knight
A.A. Shachovskoy, Ivan Susanin
N. V. Gogol’, The Nose, The Marriage, Dead Souls
P.I. Chaykovsky, The Oprichnik

The course will be held in Italian, but will include reading and analyzing some passages in the original language.

Given the method of delivery of the course scheduled for the first semester, the programme does not differ for attending and non-attending students.

Passages selected tath will be hardly accessible will be made available on the Moodle page of the course.

Erasmus students can contact the teacher for the assignment of an alternative bibliography.

Examination Methods

ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Exam: oral exam.
The questions will be consistent with the fundamental issues of the course.
At the exam, one of the aspects of knowledge verification will be the reading, translation and commentary of literary texts.
The evaluazion will follow the following criteria:
- correctness and completeness of the responses in terms of content;
- analytical skills;
- clarity of presentation, argumentative ability and knowledge of the specific vocabulary.

Prerequisites: to be admitted to the exam, students should have passed the exams of Russian language 2 and Russian literature 2.

Assessment method: single mark out of thirty. During the evaluation phase, the quality of personal reworking and the ownership of language with which the topics will be exposed will be taken into account.