The course aims at giving: 1. a general introduction to the Russian culture; 2. a picture of the most important moments of Russian literary history; 3. knowledge in depth of selected moments and authors of Russian XIX century.
After the course students should: 1. know the main development trends of Russian literature and culture across history; 2. have a solid knowledge of the most important authors, applying the general knowledge; 3. be able to critically evaluate, at a certain extent, authors and literary groups; 4. be able to set out clearly the contents of the course; 5. be able to apply their knowledge approaching new authors and/or literary groups. In other words they should have developed their skills according to Dublin descriptors.