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Study Plan
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Laurea in Lingue e letterature straniere - Enrollment from 2025/2026The 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.
1° Year
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One course to be chosen among the following
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2016/2017
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
One course to be chosen among the following
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
One course to be chosen among the following
One course to be chosen among the following
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
One course to be chosen among the following
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
One course to be chosen among the following
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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1st foreign literature
2nd foreign literature
1st foreign language
2nd foreign language
One course to be chosen among the following
One course to be chosen among the following
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Russian Literature 2 (2016/2017)
Teaching code
4S002943
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
9
Also offered in courses:
- Russian Literature 2 of the course Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Publishing
Language
Russian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/21 - SLAVIC STUDIES
Period
I SEMESTRE dal Oct 3, 2016 al Jan 21, 2017.
Learning outcomes
The course aims to improve the knowledge of twentieth-century Russian literature (with a prologue devoted to the Late Nineteenth Century) through a critical analysis of some of its most representative works. The main themes of the course will be the representation of death in the selected texts.
Program
DEATH IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY RUSSIAN LITERATURE
СМЕРТЬ В РУССКОЙ ЛИТЕРАТУРЕ XX ВЕКА
Bibliography
ЛИТЕРАТУРА
1) Primary sources
— L. Tolstoj, Smert’ Ivana Il’iča (L.Tolstoj, La morte di Ivan Il’ič).
— A. Čechov, Palata n. 6 (A. Čechov, Reparto n. 6).
— A. Achmatova, Rekviem (Posvjaščenie, Prigovor, K smerti) (A. Achmatova, i componimenti Dedica, Condanna, Alla morte del poemetto Requiem, in ID, La corsa del tempo. liriche e poemi, a cura di Michele Colucci, Torino, Einaudi, 1992, pp. 141-167.
— S. Kržižanovskij, Avtobigrafija trupa (S. Kržižanovskij, Autobiografia di un cadavere; Voland, a cura di A. Niero, Roma, Voland, 2002 [I ed. Biblioteca de Vascello, 1994], pp.107-131.
— V. Grossman, Žizn’ i sud’ba (V. Grossman, Vita e Destino, trad. di Claudia Zonghetti, Milano, Adelphi, 2013 [I ed. 2007]).
— V. Šalamov, rasskazy Noč’ju, Odinočnyj zamer, Posylka, Šerri-brendi, Gerkules (Kolymskie rasskazy); Utka (Artist Lopaty) (V. Šalamov, i racconti: Di notte, Misurato a parte, Il pacco da casa, Cherry-brandy, Ercole, L’anatra in ID, I racconti di Kolyma, voll. I-II, trad. di Sergio Rapetti, Torino, Einaudi, 2011 [I ed. 1999]).
b) Secondary sources
— V. Strada, Una lettura di Čechov, in. ID, Tradizione e rivoluzione nella letteratura russa, Torino, Einaudi, 1980 [nuova edizione accresciuta], pp. 269-288.
— M. Boschiero, Il tempo di Sigizmund D. Kržižanovskij: percorso biografico-letterario, in Immagini di tempo. Studi di Slavistica, a cura di P. Tosco, Verona, QuiEdit, 2010, pp. 47-62.
— C. De lotto, Vita e Destino di V. Grossman: dinamiche del totalitarismo nello spazio del lager // «Russica Romana», 2015 (XXII), pp. 53-75.
— M. Colucci, Introduzione, in La corsa del tempo. liriche e poemi, a cura di Michele Colucci, Torino, Einaudi, 1992, pp. V- XLVII.
— M. Martini, La rimozione del Gulag, in ID, Oltre il disgelo. La letteratura dopo l’Urss, Milano, Mondadori, 2002, pp. 47-63
c) General reference
— AA.VV., Storia della letteratura russa. Il Novecento, Torino, Einaudi 1989-1991 (le parti relative agli autori e agli argomenti trattati).
— M. Colucci e R. Picchio (a cura di), Storia della civiltà letteraria russa, Torino, UTET 1997 (le parti relative agli autori e ai periodi trattati)
— G.P. Piretto, Il radioso avvenire. Mitologie culturali sovietiche, Torino, Einaudi 2003
— F. Benvenuti, Storia della Russia Contemporanea. 1853-1996, Roma, Laterza 1999.
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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G. P. Piretto | Il radioso avvenire. Mitologie culturali sovietiche | Einaudi | 2003 | Inquadramento | |
M. Boschiero | Il tempo di Sigizmund D. Kržižanovskij: percorso biografico-letterario, in Immagini di tempo. Studi di Slavistica, a cura di P. Tosco, Verona, QuiEdit, 2010, pp. 47-62. | QuiEdit | 2010 | ||
M. Colucci | Introduzione, in A. Achmatova, La corsa del tempo. liriche e poemi, a cura di Michele Colucci, Torino, Einaudi, 1992, pp. V- XLVII. | Einaudi | 1992 | ||
M. Martini | Oltre il disgelo. La letteratura dopo l’Urss, Milano | Mondadori | 2002 | ||
M. Colucci e R. Picchio (a cura di) | Storia della civiltà letteraria russa | UTET | 1997 | Inquadramento (le parti relative agli autori e ai periodi trattati) | |
AA.VV. | Storia della letteratura russa. Il Novecento | Einaudi | 1991 | Inquadramento (le parti relative agli autori e ai periodi trattati) | |
F. Benvenuti | Storia della Russia Contemporanea. 1853-1996 | Laterza | 1999 | Inquadramento | |
V. Strada | Tradizione e rivoluzione nella letteratura russa | Einaudi, Torino | 1980 | ||
C. De lotto | Vita e Destino di V. Grossman: dinamiche del totalitarismo nello spazio del lager // «Russica Romana», 2015 (XXII), pp. 53-75. | 2015 |
Examination Methods
The assessment is carried out by an oral examination, which will verify the competences acquired during the classes. The questions will deal with any of the topics mentioned in the program.
The assessment will consider the following criteria:
- Content correctness and completeness
- Achievement of adequate analysis abilities
- Clarity in the exposition, arguing ability and knowledge of the subject-specific lexicon