Programme

The course aims at introducing to Russian Culture and Literature, from the origins to the A.S.Pushkin's times,through the prism of the city's images.

Core Documentation

Readings/Bibliography

Textbooks (or others in English/Russian for Erasmus students)
E. Lo Gatto, Storia della letteratura russa, Firenze, Sansoni
Storia della civiltà letteraria russa, a cura di M. Colucci e R. Picchio, Torino, UTET, 1997, v. I
A.S. Pushkin, Eugenio Onegin, a cura di E. Bazzarelli (parallel text), Milano, Bur, 1999


Readings
A.S. Pushkin Evgenii Onegin,
M.Iu. Lermontov Geroi nashego vremeni
A.S. Griboedov Gore ot uma
N.V Gogol Peterburgskie povesti
F.M. Dostoevskii Belye nochi

1 reading Suggested Readings
Avvakum Zhitie protopopa Avvakuma, im samim napisannoe
A.N. Radiščev Puteshestvie iz Peterburga v Mosku
A.S. Puškin Kapitanskaia dochka/ Boris Godunov/Povesti Belkina


Literary Criticism
Iu.M. Lotman, “Roman v Stikhach Pushkina ‘Evgenii Onegin’: Kommentarii. Posobie dlia uchitelia”, in Id., Pushkin, Sankt Peterburg, Iskusstvo, 1995
B.A. Uspenskii, Izbrannye trudy. T. 1 Semiotika Istorii. Semiotika Kul’turyi, Moskva, Gnosis, 1994: “Historia sub specie Semioticae”; “Tsar i samozvanets: samozvanchestvo v Rossii kak kul’turno-istoricheskii fenomen”
Io. Brodsky, “A Guide to a Renamed City”, in Id., Less than One: Selected Essays, New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1886
Iu Lotman, Simvolika Peterburga i problemy semiotiki goroda


The bibliographical material is available in the library of Faculty. Additional materials will be provided during the lessons.



Additional info
Attendance and participation are highly encouraged. Non-attending students should contact us immediately at the beginning of academic year to discuss what they should be doing. The course is taught in Italian.

Type of delivery of the course

Incoming students info Erasmus students, or any exchange students, can take their examination in Russian (English or French). Arrangements are to be made before the exam.

Attendance

Attendance and participation are highly encouraged. Non-attending students should contact us immediately at the beginning of academic year to discuss what they should be doing. The course is taught in Italian.

Type of evaluation

Incoming students info June/July exams: oral online exam via Microsoft Team Erasmus students, or any exchange students, can take their examination in Russian, English or French. Arrangements are to be made before the exam.