For more details on the courses, please refer to the Course Catalog
| Code | Course Title | Credit | Learning Time | Division | Degree | Grade | Note | Language | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUS5058 | Soviet Literature | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| It is an undergraduate course that deals with literature from the Soviet era from the 1917 Russian Revolution until the dissolution of the former Soviet Union in 1991. It mainly deals with major literary theories and symbolism in the early 20th century, avant-garde aesthetics, professional literature, socialist realism, and literature during the ice age and stagnation period. | |||||||||
| RUS5059 | Post-Soviet Literature | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| This course examines representative Russian writers and literary works of the post-Soviet era. This course attempts to identify the changes and new directions in contemporary Russian literary topography from the transition period (perestroika) of the Soviet Union in the late 20th century up to the present. It also surveys the major literary trends and themes characteristic of Russian literature in this period. | |||||||||
| RUS5060 | Seminar on Russian Poetry1 | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| Investigates the Russian poetics as well as analyzes the representative Russian poets' works. Also, examines the mutual relation between the poetry and major Russian literary schools | |||||||||
| RUS5061 | Seminar on Russian Poetry2 | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| Investigates the Russian poetics as well as analyzes the representative Russian poets' works. Also, examines the mutual relation between the poetry and major Russian literary schools. | |||||||||
| RUS5062 | Seminar on Russian Drama1 | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| Does critical readings of major Russian playwriters, and attempts to arrive at a general theory of drama. In addition, strives towards an understanding of the inherent poetics and aesthetic characteristics of a drama as a literary genre. | |||||||||
| RUS5063 | Seminar on Russian Drama2 | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| Does critical readings of major Russian playwriters, and attempts to arrive at a general theory of drama. In addition, strives towards an understanding of the inherent poetics and aesthetic characteristics of a drama as a literary genre. | |||||||||
| RUS5064 | Russain Theory of Literature | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| Surveys the history and characteristics of Russian theories of literature, including critical theories of Russian Realism, Modernism, Formalism, Socialist Realism, Structuralist Mythopoetics, Mikhail Bakhtin, Cultural Semiotics. In addition, compares these Russian theories of literature with western literary theories. | |||||||||
| RUS5065 | Russian Formalism and Structuralism | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| Investigates the historical-structuralist approaches to literature of the 20th century, including Formalism, Czech Prague Structuralist School and Soviet Structuralism. Pays attention to the poetics and theories of prose in particular. | |||||||||
| RUS5066 | Seminar on Mikhail Bakhtin | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| This course mainly deals with Mikhail Bachchin's literary theory, based on Russian formalism, which later formed an important foundation for the formation of structuralism and semiotics. His polyphonic theory, literary narrative, major discourses and thesis are examined. | |||||||||
| RUS5067 | Russian Literature Ideas | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| Survey of the intellectual background of Russian literature with a view to a deep understanding of Russian literary culture. | |||||||||
| RUS5068 | Russian Religious Thought | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| Investigates the history and characteristics of religious thoughts of Russian Orthodoxy since the assimilation of Byzantine Orthodoxy. Examines the philosophy of Russian Orthodoxy according to the themes, periods and authors. | |||||||||
| RUS5070 | Russian Film and Stage Art | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| Examines the theoretical basis of film as a genre of art in connection with literary theories. Attempts to understand the mutual relation between the images of film and literary works. In addition, investigates the theme and techniques of representative Russian films. | |||||||||
| RUS5071 | Seminar in Russian Literature1 | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| This course aims at the further study of selected writers, themes, and genre on the basis of a general understanding of Russian literature. The relation betweenliterary works and literary theory are also discussed. | |||||||||
| RUS5072 | Seminar in Russian Literature2 | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| This course aims at the further study of selected writers, themes, and genre on the basis of a general understanding of Russian literature. The relation betweenliterary works and literary theory are also discussed. | |||||||||
| RUS5073 | Seminar on Russian Novel1 | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | - | No | ||
| Traces the process of the development of Russian novels as a genre, and examines various theories of novel. Furthermore, selects and criticizes major Russian novels, and attempts to arrive at a broadened theory of novel. | |||||||||