History of Russian literature 1929-1991 3202-S1OHL31e
1. Limitation of creative freedom and "collectivism" of literary life after 1929: 1.1. Liquidation of literary groups; 1.2. The First Congress of Soviet Writers. Socialist Realism as the only official method of writing Soviet literature; 1.3. Representatives and genres of Socialist Realism (N. Ostrovsky, A. Makarenko, M. Sholokhov, A. Leonov)
2. Great epic narrations on the revolution and civil war – "And Quiet Flows the Don" by M. Sholokhov, "The Ordeal" by A. Tolstoy
3. Historical novel: "Peter I" by A. Tolstoy – topics, form and ideological assumptions.
4. The Great Patriotic War vs. literature: 4.1. The second wave of Russian emigration and its representatives; 4.2. War topics in literary works written during the war, poetry and epics (A. Tvardovsky, K. Simonov, V. Grossman); 4.3. Post-war literature (B. Polevoy, V. Nekrasov, A. Fadeyev); 4.4. Prose of young lieutenants (lyrical front tale: B. Okudzhava, Y. Bondarev, G. Baklanov) and epic depiction (K. Simonov, V. Grossman).
5. Post-war decade: 5.1. The authorities' policy towards culture and artists (A. Akhmatova, M. Zoshchenko); 5.2. Anti-cosmopolitical campaign. Theory of peacableness, fake depiction of life in post-war Soviet Union ("polishing" the reality in literary works of P. Pavlenko and S. Babayevsky).
6. Thaw after Stalin's death. 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and its significance for culture. Positive symptoms of Thaw and first "frosts" – novel "Doctor Zhivago" by B. Pasternak and the so-called case of Pasternak: 6.1. Samizdat and Tamizdat; 6.2. Youth confessional prose (V. Aksyonov, A. Kuznetsov, A. Gladilin); 6.3. Stage poetry (Y. Yevtushenko, A. Voznesensky) and silent lyrics (N. Rubtsov); 6.4. Author's song (B. Okudzhava, A. Galich, V. Vysotsky).
7. Vision of a prison camp in literary works by A. Solzhenitsyn and V. Shalamov. "The Gulag Archipelago" as a prison-camp life encyclopaedia.
8. Rural prose, its origin and currents (descriptive-historical and lyrical). Literary works by V. Tendryakov, V. Shukshin, V. Astafyev and V. Belov.
9. Urban prose – literary works by Y. Trifonov.
10. Third wave of Russian emigration, its reasons, centres and representatives: 10.1. Satirical works by S. Dovlatov and V. Voinovich; 10.2. Y. Brodsky and his world of poetry.
11. Russian drama of the 1960s and 1980s. Novelty of drama by A. Vampliov. Post-Vampilov current. Drama works by L. Petrushevskaya.
12. The origins of Russian Post-Modernism, its development stages and representatives ("Moscow-Petushki" by Venedikt Yerofeyev).
13. Perestroika vs. historical-literary process of the mid and late 1980s: 13.1. The so-called literary revindications; 13.2. Literary works of the period of Perestroika (A. Rybakov, V. Astafyev, V. Dudintsev).
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Learning outcomes
After listening to the lecture, students:
[knowledge]
- are familiar with the principal phenomena, trends and currents in literature written in the country and on emigration as well as their social-political context.
- possess the knowledge of literary works by selected writers of the period 1929-1991
- know the hierarchy of literary and cultural values of the period in question and understand the reasons of their transformations.
[skills]
- can characterize historical-literary process and phenomena representative of the period in question; can define their social, cultural and political context.
- can recognize and interpret the selected works by writers of the period in question.
[social competences]
- are aware of their knowledge of Russian literature of the period 1929-1991
- are aware of the necessity to broaden their knowledge of literature of the period in question with the use of various resources.
Assessment criteria
Written exam
The number of questions – 24, the maximum number of points – 41.
Grades:
3,0: 17-21 points; 3,5: 22-26 points; 4,0: 27-31 points; 4,5: 32-36 points; 5,0: 37-41 points; 5! - the student should obtain the maximum number of points as well as demonstrate knowledge beyond the curriculum, the skill of their own interpretation of literary works and partial (40%) knowledge of additional reading.
The estimated total number of hours the student ought to devote to achieve the defined effects of studying:
4 ECTS (participation in the lecture – 30 hours - 1 point; student's own work [compulsory reading] – 30 hours – 1 point; preparation for the exam – 60 hours - 2 points)
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 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.
Practical placement
not applicable
Bibliography
Coursebooks:
1. G. Porębina, S. Poręba, Historia literatury rosyjskiej 1917 – 1991, Katowice 1994.
2. Historia literatury rosyjskiej XX wieku. Praca zbiorowa pod red. A. Drawicza, Warszawa 1997.
3. История русской литературы ХХ века (20 — 90-е годы). Основные имена. Учебное пособие. Отв. ред. С.И. Кормилов, Москва 1998.
4. Н.Л. Лейдерман, М.Н. Липовецкий, Современная русская литература: 1950 — 1990 годы. Т. 1: 1953 — 1968; Т. 2: 1968 — 1990, Москва 2003.
5. История русской литературы ХХ — начала ХХI века. Учебник. В 3 частях, Москва 2014.
6. История русской литературы в 2 ч. Под общей ред. В.В. Агеносова, Москва 2019.
7. М.М. Голубков, Русская литература ХХ века: учебное пособие для академического бакалавриата, Москва 2019 (wersja elektroniczna: urait.ru/viewer/russkaya-literatura-XX-veka-434278#page/15).
Literature:
1. A. Wołodźko, Pasierbowie Rosji. O prozaikach Trzeciej emigracji, Warszawa 1995.
2. J. Sałajczykowa, Dziesięciolecie przemian. Proza rosyjska lat 1985 – 1995, Gdańsk 1998.
3. М.В. Межиева, Н.А. Кондратова, Окно в мир: современная русская литература, Москва 2002.
4. М.А. Черняк, Современная русская литература, Санкт-Петербург — Москва 2004.
5. J. Sałajczykowa, Literatura rosyjska XX wieku. Wybrane zagadnienia, Gdańsk 2001.
6. A. Skotnicka, Model prozy „innej” w literaturze rosyjskiej po roku 1985, Wrocław 2001.
7. K. Pietrzycka-Bohosiewicz, Historia zapisana w człowieku... Wybrane problemy wolnej literatury rosyjskiej, Kraków 2008.
8. Od modernizmu do postmodernizmu. Literatura rosyjska XX – XXI wieku. Pod red. A. Skotnickiej i J. Świeżego, Kraków 2014.
Reading
А. Островский, Как закалялась сталь
В. Катаев, Время, вперед!
А. Платонов, Котлован, Возвращение (Семья Иванова)
М. Шолохов, Тихий Дон (кн. I , ч. I)
В. Набоков, Приглашение на казнь
К. Симонов, Жди меня
А. Твардовский, Василий Теркин
А. Ахматова, Реквием
Н. Заболоцкий, Читайте, деревья, стихи Гезиода, Я не ищу гармонии в природе, Признание (или другие стихи)
Е. Шварц, Дракон
И. Эренбург, Оттепель
Б. Пастернак, Доктор Живаго
Ю. Домбровский, Обезьяна приходит за своим черепом
В. Белов, Привычное дело или В. Распутин, Прощание с Матерой
В. Тендряков, Хлеб для собаки
В. Шукшин, Срезал, Чудик, Верую (или другие рассказы)
Ю. Трифонов, Дом на набережной
Е. Евтушенко, Людей неинтересных в мире нет, Бабий Яр
Н. Рубцов, Тихая моя родина
В. Аксенов, Коллеги
В. Гроссман, Все течет
А. Солженицын, Один день Ивана Денисовича, Матренин двор
В. Шаламов, 3 рассказа из цикла Колымские рассказы (напр. Инженер Киселев, Детские картинки, Ягоды)
В. Войнович, Жизнь и необычайные приключения солдата Ивана Чонкина (кн. 1) или Москва 2042
С. Довлатов, 2 рассказа из цикла Чемодан
А. Вампилов, Утиная охота
Б. Окуджава, Будь здоров, школяр; Песенка о солдатских сапогах, Песенка об Арбате, Молитва
А. Галич, Облака, Памяти Пастернака, Когда я вернусь
В. Высоцкий, Татуировка, Он не вернулся из боя, Песня о друге
И. Бродский, Большая элегия Джону Донну, Ниоткуда с любовью, На смерть Жукова
Вен. Ерофеев, Москва — Петушки
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