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Teacher
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CALDARELLI Raffaele
(syllabus)
Russia in 19th century: modernization and tradition. Dostoevskij: life and personality. The man and his contradictions: Russian character/universality, tradition/modernity, religiosity/God's death. So important for Nietzsche and Freud: why? A work in particular: Crime and punishment. Eleven authors you cannot ignore in Russian 19th century (apart from Dostoevskij): A.S. Puškin; V.A. Žukovskij; F.I. Tjutčev; M.J. Lèrmontov; N.V. Gogol’; I.A. Gončaròv; I.S. Turgenev; L.N. Tolstòj; N.S. Leskòv; V.M. Garšin; A.P. Čechov.
Students which cannot attend the courses, as well as Erasmus students and those which are not fluent in Italian, are kindly requested to contact the teacher for more information and a personal programme of readings.
(reference books)
Texts:
1) Fëdor M. Dostoevskij, Crime and punishment.
2) J. Catteau, Dostoevskij, in: Storia della civiltà letteraria russa, diretta da M. Colucci e R. Picchio, vol. I, Torino, UTET, pp. 666-689 (or an equivalent text in English).
3) Letteratura russa dell’Ottocento: capp. 4 e 5 di: S. de Vidovich, Letteratura russa, Milano, Vallardi, chapters 4-5 (or an equivalent text in English).
4) Materials to appear on Moodle.
5) The historical context: from Paul the First (1796-1801) to WWI.
Students which cannot attend the courses, as well as Erasmus students and those which are not fluent in Italian, are kindly requested to contact the teacher for more information and a personal programme of readings.
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