| Unit name | Pushkin and Russian Romanticism |
|---|---|
| Unit code | RUSS20037 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Emeritus Professor. Basker |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
RUSS10001 or RUSS10012 |
| Co-requisites | |
| School/department | Department of Russian |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
An examination of literary works in a variety of genres (lyric and narrative poetry, short story, novel in verse, 'little tragedies') by Pushkin and such of his contemporaries as Lermontov, Odoevskii, Tiutchev and/or Zhukovskii. Works are considered both intrinsically in relation to theme and form, and more broadly in relation to the nature and aspirations of Russian Romanticism and the development of Russian Literature during the earlier part of the 'Classical' period: the second quarter of the nineteenth century, preceding the emergence of the great novelists covered in other Level I (year 2) units. Attention will be paid to the reading in Russian of selected texts, knowledge of which in the original will be tested as part of the unit's assessment.
