CIVILIZATION OF RUSSIAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

L0667

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019

Year of supply:

2019/2020

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in MODERN LANGUAGES FOR MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Disciplinary Sector:

Slavic Studies

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

GUSEVA NATALIA

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

120

Prerequisites:

PREREQUISITES
Level B2 of Russian.

Objectives

The course aims to offer a broad overview of culture and institutions of the Russian-speaking territories of the USSR and the contemporary Russian Federation, with historical insights and various considerations on some aspects of the socio-cultural life of the Russian Federation and cultural bilateral relations between Italy and Russia. The aim of the course is identified in the acquisition of the essential historical, geographic, anthropological, social and artistic knowledge and the tools which are necessary to understand the complexity of contemporary Russian culture.
At the end of the course, students will have acquired the fundamental notions relating to the history of Russian culture and the essential elements connoting the identity of the Russian people, essential premises for a conscious start to transcultural dialogue.

Contents

The program provides for the analysis of the following points:
• Physical and political geography of the Russian Federation
• History and culture of Russian-speaking countries (XX-XXI sec.)
• Uses, customs, traditions, language of Russia
• The political-administrative structure of the Russian Federation, institutions and the separation of powers.
• Political, economic and cultural relations between Italy and Russia

Extended Syllabus

The program includes the following topics:
1. The geographical location and short history of Russia.
2. 70 years of Soviet culture.
3. Post-Soviet Russia.
4. Intercultural communication between Russians and Italians.
5. Population. The Russian national character.
6. Political system of the Russian Federation.
7. Legislative, executive and judicial powers.
8. The linguistic policy of the RF.

Recommended Bibliography

1. Piretto G. P. Quando c’era l’URSS. 70 anni di storia culturale sovietica. Raffaello Cortina Editore, 2018.
2. Riasanovsky N. V. Storia della Russia: dalle origini ai giorni nostri. Bompiani, 1994. – Capitolo XXXV. La Russia sovietica: introduzione. pp. 465-473; Capitolo XLII. Da Andropov a Gorbačёv (1983-1989). pp. 595-628.
3. Bartlett R. Storia della Russia. Oscar Mondadori, 2007. – “Introduzione: posizione geografica” pp. 7-15; “La Perestrojka e la fine dell’URSS: 1985-1991” pp. 279-288; “La Federazione Russa dopo il 1991: libero mercato e democrazia?” pp. 289-298.
4. Basko N. V. Znakomimsja s russkimi tradicijami i žizn’ju rossijan. Moskva: Russkij jazyk. Kursy, 2010
5. Žuravleva E.S. Stranovedenie Rossii. Nižnij Novgorod: Nižegorodskij gosuniversitet, 2008.
6. Dalla Libera C. Tra lingue e culture. La comunicazione interculturale fra russi e italiani. Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishing, 2017

Teaching Methods

Frontal lessons

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Final oral exam, in Italian and in Russian. Students will be asked to report some texts in the Russian language

Contacts/More Information

STUDENTS studying ON THEIR OWN will prepare the same reading materials. Native Russian students and ERASMUS students must get in contact with the teacher.

Mutuations

CIVILIZATION OF RUSSIAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

Course degree in: MODERN LANGUAGES FOR MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Training in:

Other courses

Course year: 1

ARABIC LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I
10 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I
10 Credits - Characterising
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I
10 Credits - Characterising
EUROPEAN UNION LAW
6 Credits - Characterising
FRENCH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I
10 Credits - Characterising
GEOGRAPHY I
8 Credits - Characterising
GERMAN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I
10 Credits - Characterising
MODERN HISTORY I
8 Credits - Characterising
POLITICAL ECONOMICS
6 Credits - Characterising
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I
10 Credits - Characterising
SERBO-CROATIAN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I
10 Credits - Characterising
SOCIOLINGUISTICS
9 Credits - Characterising
SPANISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I
10 Credits - Characterising
CIVILIZATION OF CHINESE-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
8 Credits - Related/Supplementary
CIVILIZATION OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
8 Credits - Related/Supplementary
CIVILIZATION OF FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
8 Credits - Related/Supplementary
CIVILIZATION OF GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
8 Credits - Related/Supplementary
CIVILIZATION OF RUSSIAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
8 Credits - Related/Supplementary
CIVILIZATION OF SERBO-CROATIAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
8 Credits - Related/Supplementary
CIVILIZATION OF SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
8 Credits - Related/Supplementary
ARABIC LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Elective Course
CHINESE LITERATURE I
9 Credits - Elective Course
CIVILIZATION OF ARABIC-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
9 Credits - Elective Course
CIVILIZATION OF CHINESE-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
9 Credits - Elective Course
CIVILIZATION OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
9 Credits - Elective Course
CIVILIZATION OF FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
9 Credits - Elective Course
CIVILIZATION OF GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
9 Credits - Elective Course
CIVILIZATION OF RUSSIAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
9 Credits - Elective Course
CIVILIZATION OF SERBO-CROATIAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
9 Credits - Elective Course
CIVILIZATION OF SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES
9 Credits - Elective Course
FILM THEORY
9 Credits - Elective Course
GEOGRAPHY
9 Credits - Elective Course
MODERN HISTORY I
9 Credits - Elective Course

Course year: 2

ARABIC LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II
9 Credits - Characterising
CHINESE LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II
9 Credits - Characterising
COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR HUMANISTIC DISCIPLINES
6 Credits - Characterising
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II
9 Credits - Characterising
FRENCH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II
9 Credits - Characterising
GERMAN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II
9 Credits - Characterising
ITALIAN LINGUISTICS I
8 Credits - Characterising
LOGIC AND LANGUAGE
8 Credits - Characterising
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II
9 Credits - Characterising
SERBO-CROATIAN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II
9 Credits - Characterising
SPANISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II
9 Credits - Characterising
ECONOMIC POLITICS
6 Credits - Related/Supplementary
INTERNATIONAL LAW
6 Credits - Related/Supplementary
FINAL DISSERTATION
18 Credits - Language/Final Examination
STAGE AND INTERNSHIPS
4 Credits

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