ID:
L0038
Duration (hours):
54
CFU:
9
SSD:
SLAVISTICA
Located in:
PESCARA
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FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES/CORSO GENERICO Year: 2
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
Overview
Date/time interval
Secondo Semestre (15/02/2026 - 25/05/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
• read and contextualise fundamental works of 19th-century Russian literature in Italian translation;
• read and analyse selected passages from the texts examined during the course in their original language;
• highlight the historical, cultural and social implications of literary texts;
• place authors, movements and major works of the period studied in their historical context;
• recognise and explain the main themes and narrative strategies of each author;
• develop critical thinking skills regarding the historical and cultural processes of 19th-century Russia;
• apply basic methodological tools for the analysis of literary prose.
Achieving these objectives provides students with the foundations for studying other periods of Russian culture and for any subsequent in-depth study of individual authors, works or schools.
Course Prerequisites
Russian Literature 1
Students enrolled in the Russian Literature B1 course do not need to take this prerequisite into account.
Teaching Methods
The course consists of 54 hours of lectures, divided into theoretical lessons on the evolution of Russian literature and textual analyses of excerpts from the works of the authors studied, working on the original text where possible. Active participation by students is encouraged.
Assessment Methods
The examination is oral and results in a grade stated as a fraction of thirty.
The examination is passed with a grade of 18/30 or higher.
The assessment takes into account the level of in-depth knowledge of the course content, the ability to contextualise and make connections between the topics covered, the ability to conduct an independent and coherent analysis, clarity of expression and mastery of academic language.
Texts
REQUIRED READING
I.S. Turgenev, Padri e figli - Edizioni consigliate: Garzanti (trad. M. Crepax); Mondadori (trad. M. Gallenzi).
F.M. Dostoevskij, Delitto e castigo - Edizioni consigliate: Einaudi (trad. E. Guercetti); Mondadori (trad. S. Prina); Feltrinelli (trad. D. Rebecchini)
L.N. Tolstoj, Anna Karenina - Edizioni consigliate: Einaudi (trad. C. Zonghetti); Rizzoli (trad. L. Salmon).
A.P. Čechov, i racconti: Il monaco nero, Tre anni, La mia vita, Dell’amore, La signora col cagnolino, La fidanzata in “I racconti della maturità”, ed. Feltrinelli (a cura di F. Malcovati, trad. E. Guercetti, G.P. Piretto), A.P. Čechov, il teatro: Il giardino dei ciliegi, in “Teatro”, ed. Garzanti (a cura di F. Malcovati, trad. G.P. Piretto).
Students are encouraged to use the editions indicated. The lecturer is available for any questions or advice. Furthermore, the introductions, afterwords and biographical profiles within the editions indicated are a useful reference.
CRITICAL LITERATURE
V. Strada, Leggendo Padri e figli, in Id., Tradizione e rivoluzione nella letteratura russa, Torino, Einaudi, 1969, pp. 5-35.
M. Bachtin, Dostoevskij. Poetica e stilistica, Torino, Einaudi, 1968 (e seguenti), capp. I e V.
M. Bachtin, Tolstoj, a cura di V. Strada, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1986, pp. 7-58; 73-79; 131-141.
V. Strada, Idea di Čechov, in Id. Le veglie della ragione. Miti e figure della letteratura russa da Dostoevskij a Pasternak, Einaudi, Torino, 1986, pp. 91-131.
REFERENCE MANUALS
R. Bartlett, Storia della Russia, Mondadori oppure oppure P. Bushkovitch, Breve storia della Russia, Einaudi, 2013 (capitoli 9-13 e 15).
M. Colucci e R. Picchio (a cura di), Storia della civiltà letteraria russa, Torino, UTET, 1997, vol. I, parte V: capp. “Slavofilismo e occidentalismo”, “La scuola naturale”, “Turgenev”, “Dostoevskij”, “Tolstoj”, “Leskov”, “Čechov”.
[M.C. Bragone, M. Caramitti, R. De Giorgi, L. Rossi, S. Toscano (a cura di), OpeRus: la letteratura russa attraverso le opere. Dalle origini ai nostri giorni, Wojtek Edizioni, Pomigliano d'Arco (NA) 2023-, operus.uniud.it.]
RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTARY READING FOR THE EXAM
N. Kauchtschischwili, “La narrativa di I. S. Turgenev: problemi di lingua e arte”, Vita e Pensiero, Milano, 1969.
I. Berlin, Il riccio e la volpe, a cura di H. Hardy e A. Kelly, Adelphi, Milano 1986 (solo il saggio: “Padri e figli. Turgenev, il dilemma liberale").
M. Venditti, Tolstoj: guida ad «Anna Karenina», Roma, Carocci, 2023.
F. Malcovati, Introduzione a Dostoevskij, Laterza 2001.
V. Strada, Le veglie della ragione. Miti e figure della letteratura russa da Dostoevskij a Pasternak, Einaudi, Torino, 1986, cap. “Immagini di Dostoevskij” (pp. 15-77).
L. Grossman, La città e gli uomini di «Delitto e castigo», in Fëdor Dostoevskij, Delitto e castigo, trad. di Alfredo Polledro, Einaudi, Torino 1981.
I. Verč, I due Čechov di Vladimir Majakovskij, in Verifiche Vol.II, EUT-Edizioni dell’Università di Trieste, 2016
Richard Peace. Chekhov: A Study of the Four Major Plays. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1983.
A.M. Ripellino, Il teatro di Čechov, in Id., Letteratura come itinerario nel meraviglioso, Einaudi, Torino 1968, pp. 105-124.
Contents
The course provides an overview of Russian literature in the second half of the 19th century and focuses on its main developments with reference to the historical, philosophical, and cultural context of the period. Particular attention will be paid to the relationship between literature and historical and social developments.
During the course, the main schools of thought and cultural movements that characterised this period will be presented, from the debate between Slavophilism and Westernism to the formation and evolution of literary criticism, nihilism and populism.
Through the study of the artistic biographies of I.S. Turgenev, F.M. Dostoevsky, L.N. Tolstoy and A.P. Chekhov, we will observe the evolution of Russian fiction in the second half of the 19th century, highlighting the progressive transformation of the novel and short prose genres, from social and ideological realism to ethical-philosophical reflection, up to the forms of late 19th-century prose.
When possible, the course will require reading in the original language and guided analysis of short passages, contextualised in Italian.
Course Language
Italian
More information
Students who are unable to attend the course are invited to contact the lecturer at paola.ferrandi@unich.it to agree on some supplementary reading.
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