ID:
500225
Duration (hours):
36
CFU:
6
SSD:
SLAVISTICA
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Primo Semestre (22/09/2025 - 19/12/2025)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
This course will provide an overview of Russian literature from its origins to the 18th century, focusing on the peculiarities of Russian cultural reality and on the significant steps of its evolution.
At the end of the course, the student will be able to identify the main literary trends of Russian literature, have a direct knowledge of the main literary works of the first half of the nineteenth century, expose the notions acquired and make connections with European literary trends and Russian history.
At the end of the course, the student will be able to identify the main literary trends of Russian literature, have a direct knowledge of the main literary works of the first half of the nineteenth century, expose the notions acquired and make connections with European literary trends and Russian history.
Course Prerequisites
None
Teaching Methods
Lectures with slides. Reading and explanation, classroom discussions.
Assessment Methods
al examination, aimed at verifying the assimilation of lectured material and assigned readings, and the ability of synthesis of the student. Of great importance will also be the knowledge of the historical situation in Russia from the origin to the first half of XIX century.
Texts
Literary texts
For the Medieval and early Modern period :
Excerpts from the following texts :
“Racconto dei tempi passati”; “Il cantare della schiera di Igor'”; Afanasij Nikitin, “Viaggio al di là dei tre mari”; Avvakum, “Autobiografia”
For the 18th and 19th centuries:
D. Fonvizin, “Il minorenne” (ediz.: D. Fonvizin, Il brigadiere. Il minorenne, Marsilio, Venezia 1991, pp. 183-341)
N. Karamzin, “La povera Liza” (ediz. Tranchida, a cura di A. Pasquinelli, 2003)
A. Radiščev, “Viaggio da Pietroburgo a Mosca” (ediz.: Voland)
A. Griboedov, “Che disgrazia l’ingegno” (ediz. a cura di M. Caratozzolo, Marchese editore 2017).
A. Puškin, “Evgenij Onegin” (ediz. Garzanti, traduzione di Giovanni Giudici oppure ediz. Marsilio, traduzione di Pia Pera ), “I racconti di Belkin” (qualsiasi edizione)
M. Lermontov, “Un eroe del nostro tempo” (ediz. Garzanti, traduzione di L. V. Nadai), “Il demone” (ediz. a cura di E. Bazzarelli, Rizzoli, Milano 2001)
Critical sources
For the historical part of the course :
R. Bartlett, Storia della Russia, Mondadori, Milano 2007, pp. 7-153.
For the literary part of the course :
G. Carpi, Storia della letteratura russa. Da Pietro il Grande alla Rivoluzione d'Ottobre, Carocci, Roma 2010 (chapters concerning the topics of the course).
Course notes and materials will be distributed in class. All works included in the bibliography are available at the Library of Humanities (San Tommaso).
For the Medieval and early Modern period :
Excerpts from the following texts :
“Racconto dei tempi passati”; “Il cantare della schiera di Igor'”; Afanasij Nikitin, “Viaggio al di là dei tre mari”; Avvakum, “Autobiografia”
For the 18th and 19th centuries:
D. Fonvizin, “Il minorenne” (ediz.: D. Fonvizin, Il brigadiere. Il minorenne, Marsilio, Venezia 1991, pp. 183-341)
N. Karamzin, “La povera Liza” (ediz. Tranchida, a cura di A. Pasquinelli, 2003)
A. Radiščev, “Viaggio da Pietroburgo a Mosca” (ediz.: Voland)
A. Griboedov, “Che disgrazia l’ingegno” (ediz. a cura di M. Caratozzolo, Marchese editore 2017).
A. Puškin, “Evgenij Onegin” (ediz. Garzanti, traduzione di Giovanni Giudici oppure ediz. Marsilio, traduzione di Pia Pera ), “I racconti di Belkin” (qualsiasi edizione)
M. Lermontov, “Un eroe del nostro tempo” (ediz. Garzanti, traduzione di L. V. Nadai), “Il demone” (ediz. a cura di E. Bazzarelli, Rizzoli, Milano 2001)
Critical sources
For the historical part of the course :
R. Bartlett, Storia della Russia, Mondadori, Milano 2007, pp. 7-153.
For the literary part of the course :
G. Carpi, Storia della letteratura russa. Da Pietro il Grande alla Rivoluzione d'Ottobre, Carocci, Roma 2010 (chapters concerning the topics of the course).
Course notes and materials will be distributed in class. All works included in the bibliography are available at the Library of Humanities (San Tommaso).
Contents
From the origins of Russian Literature to the first half of the 19th century.
Religious literature, translation literature, literary genres.
The beginning of secular literature.
The 18th century, Lomonosov, Sumarokov and the question of the language.
Radiščev and the ‘moral’ journey from Petersburg to Moscow.
Fonvizin and his comedy "The Minor".
Karamzin and his importance for the birth of the new literature.
Griboedov.
Pushkin, prose and poems, “Evgeni Onegin”.
Lermontov, prose and poems.
Historical background from the origins to the first half of the 19th century.
Religious literature, translation literature, literary genres.
The beginning of secular literature.
The 18th century, Lomonosov, Sumarokov and the question of the language.
Radiščev and the ‘moral’ journey from Petersburg to Moscow.
Fonvizin and his comedy "The Minor".
Karamzin and his importance for the birth of the new literature.
Griboedov.
Pushkin, prose and poems, “Evgeni Onegin”.
Lermontov, prose and poems.
Historical background from the origins to the first half of the 19th century.
Course Language
Italian
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Non-attending students are requested to contact the teacher.
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