19th Century Russian Literature
Course code
SKK6081.HT
old course code
SKK6081
Course title in Estonian
19. sajandi vene kirjandus
Course title in English
19th Century Russian Literature
ECTS credits
5.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Aim is to give the students the review and the knowledge of the 19th century Russian literature.
Brief description of the course
Literary schools at the beginning of the 19th century. Romanticism in Russian literature, it’s national features in the works by V.Zhukovskii. Realism in A.Pushkin’s poetry, prose and dramaturgy. A.Griboedov. M.Lermontov’s poetics; „The Hero of our Time”. Prose and dramaturgy by N.Gogol. New themes in Russian literature. „Natural school”. I.Goncharov. I.Turgenev. Poetry: A.Foet, F.Tiutchev, N.Nekrasov. Literary features of 1860ies-1880ies.New critics. Predominance of prose. Philosophy and psyhology of the Russian literature. Satire: M.Saltykov Stshedrin. Russian literature of absurd. Dramaturgy: A.Ostrovskii, A,Tolstoi. Time of great writers: F.Dostoevskii, L.Tolstoi, A.Chekhov, their ideas, methods and works.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
Knowledge of the features and the best works by Russian poets and writers of the 19th century
Knowledge of the features and the best works by Russian poets and writers of the 19th century
Teacher
Sergei Dotsenko, PhD
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