Russian Literature and Culture of 20th Century - Images, motifs, and Addressed Issues I

B.Sc. seminars

Knowledge in the field of Russian history.

The aim of the seminar is to write a descriptive-analytical B.A. thesis devoted to Russian literary and cultural works of 20th century, deepen the knowledge of the science of literature and culture, in particular literary criticism, devoted to literary phenomena addressed in the B.A. thesis.

The aim of the seminar is to write a descriptive-analytical B.A. thesis devoted to Russian literary and cultural works of 20th century, which is achieved by means of introducing the students to works devoted to principal research methods, interpretative-analytical works devoted to prominent literary and cultural works of the period. During classes students get to know the principles of writing a B.A. thesis as well as the principles of the use of other authors' intellectual property; they learn to make cross-references, references lists and write summaries in Polish and Russian. After final formulation of their B.A. theses subjects, students present fragments of their works, which are consecutively discussed during classes. Making the students aware of social-political context of the period in question and its influence on historic-literary and cultural processes is one of the essential elements of the seminar.

Coursebooks, books by multiple authors, monographs, lexicons:

1. Historia literatury rosyjskiej XX wieku. Praca zbiorowa pod redakcją A. Drawicza, Warszawa 1997.

2. Russkaja literatura XX weka w dwuch tomach. Pod red. L.P. Kremencowa, Moskwa 2003.

3. I.N. Suchich, Russkaja literatura dla wsech: ot Błoka do Brodskogo, Sankt-Peterburg 2013.

4. I.N. Suchich, Dwadcat’ knig XX weka, Sankt-Peterburg 1997

5. S. Semionowa, Metafizika russkoj literatury, Moskwa 2004, t. 2.

6. L.G. Beriozowaja, N.P. Berlakowa, Wwedenije w istoriu russkoj kultury, Moskwa 2002.

7. T. Koladicz, Ot Aksionowa do Głuchowskogo. Russkij eksperiment, Moskwa 2010.

8. Z. Prilepin, Knigoczet. Posobije po nowejszej literature s liriczeskimi i sarkasticzeskimi otstuplenijami, Moskwa 2012.

9. J. Łotman, Struktura chudożestwiennogo teksta, Moskwa 1970.

10. B. Uspenskij, Poetika kompozicii. Struktura chudożestwennogo teksta i tipołogia kompozicionnoj formy, Moskwa 1970.

11 W. Grajewski, Jak czytać utwory fabularne, Warszawa 1980.

12. J. Sławiński, Analiza, interpratacja, wartościowanie dzieła literackiego, (w:) Problemy metodologiczne współczesnego literaturoznawstwa. Pod red. H. Markiewicza i J. Sławińskiego, Kraków 1976.

13. Postać literacka. Teoria i historia. Red. E. Kasperski, Warszawa 1998.

14. Słownik terminów literackich. Pod red. J. Sławińskiego, Wrocław etc. 1988.

15. Kulturołogija. XX wek. Słowar’, Sankt-Peterburg 1997.

16. W. Kasack, Leksykon literatury rosyjskiej XX wieku, Wrocław 1996.

17. Russkije pisateli 20 weka. Biograficzeskij slovar’. Gław.. red. i sostaw. P.A. Nikołajew, Moskwa 2000.

After completing the seminar, students:

[knowledge]

- know the phenomena, trends and currents representative of this period in literature and culture, both in the country and on emigration;

- know the hierarchy of literary and cultural values of the discussed period and understand the causes of the ongoing transformations;

- know various methods of research upon literary and cultural phenomena;

- know basic principles of writing a B.A./M.A. thesis;

[skills]

- can characterize the historic-literary process and the phenomena in literature and culture representative of the discussed period as well as define their social, cultural and political context;

[social competences]

- are aware of the achievements of Russian literature and culture of this period and their significance for the development of the world literature and culture.

- verification of preparation for classes

- class participation

- papers/presentations that verify the skill of presentation of the works read individually

Total number of hours that a student must devote to achieving the learning outcomes defined for the subject:

(plan of B.A. thesis – 30%; working in the library – 30%; preparation for seminar and consultations – 40%).

The student has the right to 2 unexcused absences, each subsequent one requires justification. The lecturer decides on the recognition of absence.

Exceeding excused and unexcused absences by 50% of classes may be grounds to fail the course. The conditions for passing the course on the resit exam are the same as on the ordinary of exam.

If it is not possible to conduct classroom classes, classes will be conducted using distance communication tools, most likely Google Classroom and others recommended by the University of Warsaw.

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