Russia – tradition and contemporaneity II 3202-S2ORTW22o
1. Russian literature of the late 20th and 21st century:
1.1. Has Russian Post-Modernism used up its possibilities? Evolution of the works of V. Sorokin and V. Pelevin.
1.2. New realists in the new century (V. Makanin, Z. Prilepin).
1.3. Women Prose Writers.
1.4. Russian drama – from N. Kolada to I. Viripaev (centres, schools, representatives).
1.5. Poetry of the 21st century.
2. “Mass” (popular) literature – a literary or social phenomenon? Genres, issues, representatives.
3. Plastic arts of the late 20th and early 21st century.
4. Russian cinematography – changes, experiments, representatives.
5. Contemporary Russian popular music.
Term 2023L:
As in the part "General information on the course (independent of a term)". |
Term 2024L:
As in the part "General information on the course (independent of a term)". |
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
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Learning outcomes
On completion of this course, the student:
[knowledge:]
- has expanded his/her knowledge about the latest Russian literature, current internal processes, its representatives and directions in their literary explorations
- is familiar with and understands the essence of Russian “mass” literature
- is familiar with the newest Russian art, its trends and representatives
- is familiar with the latest achievements of Russian cinematography
- is familiar with the latest trends in Russian pop music
[skills:]
- defines trends in contemporary Russian literature, names their representatives and works
- provides interpretations of selected works of contemporary Russian writers against a broader socio-cultural context
- provides an explanation for the phenomenon of Russian “mass” literature, defines its directions and names its representatives
- defines the role of e-space in the development of Russian culture
- describes exploratory directions in plastic arts in contemporary Russia
- characterises changes and directions of development in contemporary Russian cinematography
- names and defines phenomena related to contemporary popular music
- produces extended written texts about contemporary Russian culture
- finds, selects, analyses and evaluates information about contemporary Russian culture
[social competences:]
- has enhanced insight into his/her knowledge about Russian culture, understands the need to expand his/her knowledge using a variety of information media
- acknowledges a need to develop his/her own aesthetic sensitivity
- acknowledges a need to participate in cultural life and follow current political and cultural developments in Russia and Poland
Assessment criteria
Number of questions – 10;
maximum number of points – 40;
3,0 – points score: 28-23;
3,5 – points scored: 33-29;
4,0 – 34;
4,5 – points scored: 35-31;
5,0 – 40-36;
5! – the student should demonstrate extracurricular knowledge of contemporary Russian culture)
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.
Practical placement
not applicable
Bibliography
1. A. Wołodźko-Butkiewicz, Od pieriestrojki do laboratoriów netliteratury. Przemiany we współczesnej prozie rosyjskiej. Warszawa 2004
2. Liternet. Literatura i internet, red. P. Marecki. Kraków 2002
3. K. Gordovič, Russkaâ literatura konca XX veka. Sankt-Peterburg 2003
4. T. Koladič, Ot Aksionova do Gluhovskogo. Russkij eksperiment. Moskva 2010
5. Alternativnaâ literatura, http://www.alterlit.ru/
6. S. Čuprinin, Žizn’ po poniatiam, https://lit.wikireading.ru/11529
7. S. Čuprinin, Zarubežje. Russkaâ literatura segodnia, Moskva 2008
7. I. Šajtanov, Delo vkusa. Delo o sovremennoj poezii, Moskva 2007
8. V. Turčin, Russkaâ živopis’: obraz uhodiaščij, „Naše Nasledie” 2001, nr 56, s. 38-49
Term 2023L:
As in the part "General information on the course (independent of a term)". |
Term 2024L:
As in the part "General information on the course (independent of a term)". |
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: