Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LI Reading Russian Literature in Translation
School	Lan, Cult, Art Hist & Music
Department	Modern Languages
Module Code	09 39287
Module Lead	Natasha Rulyova
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-10 hours Seminar-20 hours Guided independent study-170 hours Total: 200 hours
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Description	The module focuses on key texts from the 19th century Russian literature, which is otherwise known as the Golden Age of Russian novel. In the course of the module, students will read in translation and critically engage with such novels as Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Chekhov's Cherry Orchard. The module will introduce students to recent scholarship on the Russian classics and provide them with the opportunities to examine the themes of nationalism, imperialism, westernisers/slavophiles, 'superfluous men' and decolonisation.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: outline the main political, historical and cultural debates of the 19th century and discuss them as they are portrayed in the discussed novels in light of up-to-date critical secondary literature; research limited pre-defined questions using secondary literature and present findings in written form; identify key stylistic and thematic features of the novels; discuss the approach of different authors to similar situations or problems; place specific works in their literary, cinematic (when appropriate), historical and societal contexts. outline the main political, historical and cultural debates of the 19th century and discuss them as they are portrayed in the discussed novels in light of up-to-date critical secondary literature;
Assessment
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 3500-word essay in English. (100%) Reassessment: Re-submit essay
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