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Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module between the following
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1 module between the following

3° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2025/2026

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module among the following (philology must related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
6
C
M-FIL/04
1 module between the following
Final exam
6
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1 module between the following
6
A
L-FIL-LET/10
activated in the A.Y. 2024/2025
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1 module between the following
activated in the A.Y. 2025/2026
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1 module among the following (philology must related to 1st or 2nd foreign language)
6
C
M-FIL/04
1 module between the following
Final exam
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°
3rd foreign language B1 level
3
F
-
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

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Teaching code

4S002953

Credits

9

Coordinator

Anna Giust

Language

Russian ru

Also offered in courses:

  • Russian Literature 3 of the course Bachelor's degree in Languages and literatures for publishing and digital media

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

L-LIN/21 - SLAVIC STUDIES

Courses Single

Authorized

The teaching is organized as follows:

Parte 1

Credits

6

Period

I semestre (Area Lingue e letterature straniere)

Academic staff

Anna Giust

Parte 2

Credits

3

Period

I semestre (Area Lingue e letterature straniere)

Academic staff

Anna Giust

Learning objectives

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.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Students can take the exam only once passed the exams “Russian language 2” AND “Russian literature 2”.

Program

Russian culture and literature through the prism of music and theatre:
- historical and historiographical framework
- theatrical institutions and practices
- Classicism and the influence of French and Italian theatre
- sentimentalism and Komicheskaya opera
- romanticism, nationalism, and aesthetics
- symbolism and theatricality
- experiments of the early 20th century (revolutionary agitation theatre, futurism, Oberiu)
- Soviet theatrical academism: the new classicism of socialist realism
Readings:
A.O. Ablesimov, The Miller, Magician, Cheat and Matchmaker
N.V. Gogol', The Nose
A.S. Pushkin, The Miserly Knight, Boris Godunov N. A. Nekrasov, Kalistrat
L. N. Tolstoy, Kreutzer sonata
V. Ja. Bryusov, The Fiery Angel

Bibliography

Visualizza la bibliografia con Leganto, strumento che il Sistema Bibliotecario mette a disposizione per recuperare i testi in programma d'esame in modo semplice e innovativo.

Didactic methods

Frontal classes, enriched with audio-video examples; reading of fragments in Russian.

Learning assessment procedures

Oral conversation. Questions will cover concepts and topics analyzed during the classes and included in the program.
Students will be also asked to analyze the texts proposed during the classes.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

- content accuracy and completeness in terms of contents
- adequate analysis abilities
- clarity in the exposition, argumentative ability
- mastery of the subject-specific vocabulary.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The final grade is out of 30.
It will consist of the average between open questions and textual analysis.

Exam language

Italiano; russo

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