For both curricula, the international one and the one focused on the teaching of Italian as a second language, graduates in Languages and Literatures for Teaching and Cultural Professions obtain advanced knowledge and understanding in all the subject areas of their training in order to 1) consolidate and develop their competence in European and American Studies, with particular attention to their literature of specialisation; 2) deepen their knowledge of the two foreign languages chosen, with the achievement of a high level of proficiency in the first language and an improved level in the second language for the MULTIPLE curriculum or in the single foreign language chosen for the DIL 2 curriculum; 3) reach enhanced awareness of the linguistic features of their language of specialisation, both from a diachronic and a synchronic perspective; 4) reach an adequate knowledge of the most advanced methodologies for the analysis of literary texts; 5) handle confidently the theoretical-practical tools for teaching and for translation. Post-Soviet Russian literature is one of the characterising modules of the programme. It aims to consolidate language skills and sharpen specialised tools for a critical engagement with literary texts and phenomena of the Russian and Russophone cultural space from the 1990s to the present day. Student’s autonomy is pursued in the selection and application of critical approaches to the monographic topic of the module. At the same time, translation abilities will be enhanced, with a focus on both literary and specialised texts. The latter will include written (e.g. review, abstract, essay, comment), oral (e.g. presentation to the class, oral report) and digital (e.g. teaching platforms, blogs…) genres, with the knowledge acquired applicable to either research or professional practice. At the end of the module students will be able to: critically engage with texts both from a linguistic-literary perspective and for teaching purposes; communicate disciplinary contents at an advanced level. Requirements: Students must have already taken: Russian and Soviet culture.