| Unit name | Writing Revolution: Russian Literature, 1910-1940 |
|---|---|
| Unit code | RUSS30068 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Dr. Connor Doak |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Russian |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will advance students’ knowledge and understanding of Russian fiction, drama and poetry written between 1910 and 1940. Rather than subordinate the study of literature to the Bolshevik Revolution and its aftermath, students will examine how writers express and react to a time of radical movement and change in many spheres of human life, including society, culture, linguistics, science, psychology and anthropology.
They will explore topics including ideas of modernity, attitudes to revolution and change, linguistic and formal experiment, didacticism and anti-didacticism, literature and ideology. They will closely study major and less familiar works by the leading writers of the period, including Akhmatova, Mikhail Bulgakov, Fadeev, Kataev, Kharms, Khlebnikov, Maiakovskii, Mandel’shtam, Olesha, Pasternak, Pil’niak, Platonov, Tsvetaeva and Zamiatin.
Students will acquire a complex, thorough understanding of the features of Russian Modernism in its socio-political and cultural context and in the broader theoretical context of literary Modernism.
This unit carries a formative piece of assessment, preparation and delivery of an oral presentation. This may involve responses to primary or secondary readings.
Students will be able to;
1) Recognise and provide sophisticated interpretations of the treatment of key linguistic and thematic features in Russian Modernist writing;
2) Use these skills to provide extended, original comparative literary analysis of two or more primary texts;
3) Construct an advanced, complex argument that enables the comparative interpretation of two or more primary texts;
4) Identify the aims and evaluate in depth the success of critical literature devoted to Russian Modernist writing;
5) Demonstrate advanced academic writing skills at a standard appropriate to level H;
6) Demonstrate advanced oral presentation skills, and an ability to present complex ideas to their peers.
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous sessions and asynchronous activities, including seminars, lectures, and collaborative as well as self-directed learning opportunities supported by tutor consultation.
1 x 2000-word commentary task (40%), testing ILOs 1-6 1 x 3000-word essay (60%), testing ILOs 1-6
1 x formative group presentation (required to pass), testing ILOs 1-4 and 6
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
