Course: Old Russian Literature

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Course title Old Russian Literature
Course code KRF/SRLT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Dědečková Anastasiia Iljinična, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Characteristics of Russian folk literature. An overview of genres in Russian folklore. (Reading and analysis of Russian folk songs.) 2. Minor folklore genres and fairy tales (Overview and reading with analysis of folk proverbs and weather sayings, incantations and fairy tales). 3. Characteristics of folk legends and bylinas. (Reading and analysis of bylinas.) 4. The origins of literature in Russia. Periodisation of Old Russian literature. The beginnings of Old Russian literature and Kievan Rus' (Reading and analysis of excerpts from *The Tale of Bygone Years* and *The Word of Law and Grace*) 5. Literature of the 12th and early 13th centuries. (Interpretation of the epic 'The Tale of Igor's Campaign'.) 6. Characteristics of the main genres (chronicles, war tales, didactic genres, travelogues). The period from the Mongol invasion to the unification of the Russian lands. (Reading and analysis of excerpts from *The Life of Alexander Nevsky* and *Zadonshchina*.) 7. The image of the foreign world in the 15th century; the transformation of the travelogue genre in Old Russian literature (a comparison of *The Travels of Hegumen Daniel* and *Travels Beyond the Three Seas* by Afanasy Nikitin). 8. The literature of Muscovy during the period of state consolidation and territorial expansion in the 16th century. (Excerpts from Ivan the Terrible's correspondence with Andrei Kurbsky and *The Tale of Peter and Fevronia of Murom*.) 9. The Transformation of Traditional Genres in the 17th Century. The Author's Voice, Poetry and Drama in 17th-Century Literature (Reading and analysis of extracts from *The Life of Protopope Avvakum*) 10. Original and translated literature. Prose and democratic satire of the second half of the 17th century. (Reading and analysis of the short story *The Tale of Gore - Zločastii*.) 11. Literature of the Petrine era and the emergence of a new literary system. Syllabic poetry (reading of a satire by Antioch Kantemir). 12. Russian Classicism, its genre system and leading figures. The Tredyakov-Lomonosov reform (Reading and analysis of odes.) 13. Russian literature of the second half of the 18th century (readings from Fonvizin and Derzhavin.)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
describe the developmental stages of Russian literature of the 19th and 20th centuries
describe attributes of literary movements and genres
define the basic concepts of poetics of literature
give a brief overview of the history of Russia up to the 18th century
Skills
analyze and interpret the text of art literature in the original version
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
list the basic literary relics of each period of ancient Russian literature
link the development of ancient art literature and the historical development of Russia
define the genre specifics of ancient Russian literature and folklore
describe the differences between old, classical and modern literature
distinguish between artistic literature and verbal folk literature
Skills
present a selected sub-topic in front of a group with multimedia support
analyze and interpret selected texts of ancient Russian literature
compare the perception of people in medieval times with the perception of people today based on the reading old Russian literature
search for and process additional information in the literature
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Interactive lecture
Multimedia supported teaching
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Students' portfolio
Skills
Seminar
Textual studies
Multimedia supported teaching
E-learning
Discussion
Self-study of literature
Students' portfolio
Competences
Seminar
E-learning
Individual study
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Continuous assessment
Peer evaluation of students
Recommended literature
  • BOBRICKICH, Ljudmila Jakovlevna. Drevnerusskaja literatura v naučnych issledovanijach: chrestomatija. Voronež: Izdatel?skij dom VGU, 2018. ISBN 978-5-9273-2795-9.
  • Dohnal, J. Russkaja literatura XVIII veka : izbrannyje teksty II. : chrestomatija. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014. ISBN 978-80-210-7065-3.
  • Frouz, Josef; Sováková, Jana. Přehled žánrů ruského folklóru : Čítanka : Určeno stud. 4. roč. pedag. fak. oboru rusistika. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita, 1993. ISBN 80-7043-100-8.
  • Frouz, Josef. Úvod do staré ruské literatury. 1. díl. Plzeň: Pedagogická fakulta v Plzni, 1982.
  • Gudzij, N. K. Istorija drevněj russkoj litěratury. Moskva, 1953.
  • Komendová, J. D. S. Lichačov a ruská literárněvědná medievistika. In: Dmitrij Sergejevič Lichačov: Textologie (Stručný nástin). Praha: Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR, v. v. i., 2015. ISBN 978-80-88069-00-3.
  • Komendová, J. Lenost a disciplína v písemnictví středověké Rusi. In: Oddech a zahálka. Čas bez práce ve středověké Evropě. 59-69.. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta, 2023. ISBN 978-80-7422-892-6.
  • Komendová J., Téra M., Vydra Z., Hloušková K., Řoutil M. Dějiny Ruska. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7422-324-2.
  • Lichačov, D.S. Člověk v literatuře staré Rusi. Praha: Odeo, 1974.
  • Lichačov, D.S. Poetika staroruské literatury. Praha: Odeon, 1975.
  • MATHAUSEROVÁ, Světla. Cestami staletí: systémové vztahy v dějinách ruské literatury.. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1988.
  • Olševskaja, L. A., Travnikov, S. I. Litěratura drevněj Rusi i XVIII veka. Moskva: Interprax, 1995.
  • Pančenko, A.M., Lichačov, D. S. Smích staré Rusi. Praha: Odeon, 1984.
  • Pospíšil, I. Stará literatura východních Slovanů a ruská literatura 18. století : (přehled a exkurzy s ukázkami textů z literatury 11.-17. století. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014. ISBN 978-80-210-7281-7.
  • SOBOLEVSKIJ, Aleksej Ivanovič a BULANIN, Dmitrij Michajlovič. Drevnerusskaja perevodnaja literatura: kurs lekcij. Sankt-Peterburg: Dmitrij Bulani, 2019. ISBN 978-5-86007-921-2.
  • Sováková, J., Filipov, V. Obzor russkoj literatury = Přehled ruské literatury : ot Slova o polku Igoreve k postmodernizmu. Plzeň: Jiří Fraus, 1999. ISBN 80-7238-012-5.
  • Šindelářová, Jana. Úvod do staré ruské literatury. 2. díl. Plzeň: Pedagogická fakulta v Plzni, 1983.


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