East Slavic Folklore and Medieval Literature
Course code
SKS6139.HT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Idaslaavi folkloor ja keskaja kirjandus
Course title in English
East Slavic Folklore and Medieval Literature
ECTS credits
6.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The aim of the course is to study the texts of Old Russian literature (XII-XVII centuries) and East Slavic folklore texts from the point of view of history. To study the concept of "historicism" in the text. To reveal the relationship between history and myth in folklore text and literary text.
Brief description of the course
Folklore as a cultural phenomenon. Folklore and ethnography. Specifics of folklore text. Mythological and historical models of the world (the problem of time and space). Mythological genesis of Idaslaavi folk tales. History and myth in Russian epics and historical songs. Folklore and literary legend of the XII-XVII centuries. Old Russian literature and the history ("The Tale of Bygone Years," "The Word about Igor's Regiment," "The Legend of the Battle of Kulikovo," "The Life of Boris and Gleb," "The Life of Alexander Nevsky"). Christian apocrypha (legends about King Solomon, "The Virgin's Walking in Torments", a chronicle story about Ap. Andrew etc).
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- knows the history of the main events of medieval Russia;
- orients himself in the educational and scientific literature of the relevant field and knows the classical scientific works related to this topic;
- knows the texts of Russian literature of the Middle Ages;
- knows East Slavic folklore.
- knows the history of the main events of medieval Russia;
- orients himself in the educational and scientific literature of the relevant field and knows the classical scientific works related to this topic;
- knows the texts of Russian literature of the Middle Ages;
- knows East Slavic folklore.
Teacher
Sergei Dotsenko
Study programmes containing that course