Course: Literary Seminar

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Course title Literary Seminar
Course code KSR/7LSE
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Russian
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Varga Patrik, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. The poetry and prosa of Russian symbolism and akmeism: Blok, Belyj, Mandelstam 2. Russian Impressionism: Bunin, Zajcev 3. Russian Expressionism: Andreyev 4. Russian Futurism: Mayakovsky 5. Akhmatova, Tsvetayev 6. Nabokov: Invitation to a Beheading 7. Bulgakov: Master and Margarita 8. Pasternak: Doctor Zhivago 9. Grossman: Life and Fate 10. Shalamov, Solzhenitsyn

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The seminar is a continuation of the lecture series devoted to the development of Russian literature in the 20th century. The key texts of the authors of the first half of the 20th century will be discussed. The aim is to present the interpretive possibilities of the selected texts in relation to specific works and to place them in a literary and historical context.
Znalost vývoje hermeneutického myšlení, teoretická orientace v problému autora, vypravěče, textu, znakové struktury, recipienta.
Prerequisites
A practical knowledge of Russian, at least B1 level of the European Framework of Reference for Languages. Knowledge of the basic terminology of literary theory from the course Introduction to Literary Theory and the knowledge of theoretical basis as presented at the course Russian Literature of the 19th Century 1 and 2 and Russian literature of the 20th century 1.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance

Learning the necessary theoretical base about the literature of the 20th century. Reading and understanding the assigned texts. An ability for giving an aesthetical interpretation of literary work in the philosophical, psychological and socio-historical context. Knowledge of genres and topics of the literature of the 20th century, knowledge of terminology, understanding the essence of literary streams.
Recommended literature
  • Istorija russkoj literatury XX. veka. (20-90 gody). M. 1998..
  • Stat´i o russkoj literature. M. 1996..
  • Glanc T., Kleňhová J. (2005). Lexikon ruských avantgard. Praha.
  • Kasack, W. Slovník ruské literatury 20. století. Praha 2000..
  • Kasack, W. Slovník ruské literatury 20. století. Praha 2000..
  • Kremencova. Ruskaja literatura XX. v. v dvuch tomach. M. 2005..
  • Lejderman, H.L., Lipoveckou, M.N. Sovremennaja russkaja literatura. 1950-1990 gody. M. Editorial. 2001..
  • Martin C. Putna, M. Zadražilová. Rusko mimo Rusko. 1993 I, 1994 II. Petrov. .
  • Pechal, Z. (1999). Hra v románu Vladimíra Nabokova. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého.
  • Zadražilová, M. Ruská literatura přelomu 19. a 20. stol. Praha 1995..
  • Zadražilová, M. Ruská literatura přelomu 19. a 20. stol. Praha 1995..


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Philology Aimed at Translation and Business (2019) Category: Philological sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Russian Philology Aimed at Translation and Business (2025) Category: Philological sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter