Russian Literature 1

This course is the first stage of a three-year program which introduces students to the historical evolution and the main phenomena and authors of Russian literature from the 18th to the 20th century. It deals with Russian literature from the second half of the eighteenth to the first half of the nineteenth century and therefore it includes world-renowned authors at the origin of the great Russian novel such as Alexander Pushkin, Nikolaj Gogol', Mikhail Lermontov and others. Addressing students who are only at the beginning of the learning path of the Russian language, it presents the literary texts in translation, introducing the students to the analysis of the artistic text in mediated form.

Knowledge and understanding: outlines of the history of Russia from the second half of the eighteenth to the first half of the nineteenth century and interpretation of the relationship between social and literary dynamics in the light of the country's situation. Main authors and literary movements; evolution or the novel. Applying knowledge and understanding: the ability to read and contextualise fundamental works of Eighteenth and Nineteenth-century Russian literature in Italian. Reading passages of texts examined during the course in Italian. Understanding of historical, cultural, and social implications of literary texts; placing authors, movements and works in their context; recognizing and explaining each author's literary themes and strategies.