26022 - Russian Women's Literature

Learning outcomes

Acquiring deeper knowledge of modern and contemporary Russian literature. Developing  critical approaches to the literary text.

Course contents

Russian Women poets of the Twentieth century

The aim of the course is presenting a gallery of female protagonists of the 20th century Russian poetry against the background of social and political events of Russian history. An overview of the major Russian literary tendencies of the 20th century and an introduction to the Russian prosodic system will be provided. Texts of major Russian women poets will be presented, read and analized: Gippius, Guro, Tsvetaeva, Akhmatova, Bergolts, Akhmadulina, Schvarts, Sedakova, etc.

Lessons will be held in Italian and Russian.

Lessons are open to GEMMA students, in case they do not know Russian, lessons will be held in English or Italian.

Readings/Bibliography

Provisional list of the critical essays and hanbooks (see Italian version).

 

Teaching methods

Lectures, reading and analysis of texts, slides, film clips and viewing relevant internet sites, seminars and reports by the students.

Assessment methods

During the course students will be encouraged to participate with brief reports on topics related to the course. Their active participation will be considered integral part of their final test if they take the exam within the two following terms.

Students will be required to write an essay (possibly in Russian) on a topic connected with the course to be discussed during the exam. 

The test consists in an oral interview (held also in Russian) which has the aim of evaluating the students' knowledge of the contents of the programme and their critical and methodological abilities in discussing the topics and texts presented during the course. The student must demonstrate appropriate knowledge of  the contents and the bibliography of the course programme.

Those students who are able to demonstrate a wide and systematic understanding of the issues covered during the lessons, are able to use these critically and who master the field-specific language of the discipline will be given a mark of excellence.
Those students who demonstrate a mnemonic knowledge of the subject with a more superficial analytical ability and ability to synthesize, a correct command of the language but not always appropriate, will be given a ‘fair' mark.
A superficial knowledge and understanding of the material, a scarce analytical and expressive ability that is not always appropriate will be rewarded with a pass mark or just above a pass mark.
Students who demonstrate gaps in their knowledge of the subject matter, inappropriate language use, lack of familiarity with the literature in the programme bibliography will not be given a pass mark.Students will be required to to write an essay (possibly in Russian) on a topic connected with the course to be discussed during the exam. 

NB. GEMMA and Erasmus students are required to write an essay in English or Italian on a topic to be agreed with the Professor.

 

Teaching tools

Lectures, showing audio-visual materials, surfing the internet for relevant sites, analysis of literary texts. Presentations and papers of the students on topics suggested by the Professor.

Office hours

See the website of Gabriella Elina Imposti