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

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 on the seminar is to write a descriptive-analitical B.A. thesis devoted to Russian literature 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 social-political context of the period I 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, leksikons:

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

2. Russkaja literatura 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. Z. Prilepin, Knigoczot. Posobije po nowejszej literatures liriczeskimi i sarkasticzeskimi otstuplenijami, Moskwa 2012.

6. P.S. Gurewicz, Kulturołogija. Uczebnoje posobije, Moskwa 1999.

7. J. Stepanow, Konstanty: Słowar’ russkoj kultury. Opyt issledowanija, Moskwa 1997.

8. J. Łotman, Kultura i wzryw, Moskwa 1992.

9. N. Bierdiajew, Fiłosofija swobody. Smysł tworczestwa, Moskwa 1989.

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.

[skills]

- can produce a longer text devoted to a selected subject within the field of Russian literature and culture oh 20th century

- can apply specialized vocabulary necessary to write a B.A. thesis

[social competences]

- feel the necessity to deepen their knowledge of Russian literature and culture of 20th century.

VI semester – two or three chapters of the B.A. thesis, introduction, bibliography, summary in Polish language (100%).

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

12 ECTS (writing the B.A. thesis – 40%; working in the library – 30%; preparations for the seminar and consultations – 30%).

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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