Università Roma Tre

I semester: Soviet Literature and Culture (1934-1991). Knowledge of historical (1917-1991), cultural and literary background. Soviet byt key-concepts. Analysis of literary and filmic works.
II semester: Post-Soviet Literature and Culture.

Readings/Bibliography (I semester)

Textbooks

- Storia della civiltà letteraria russa, a cura di Michele Colucci e Riccardo Picchio, UTET, Torino1997, v. II, pp. 173-198; pp. 396-403;

- Storia della letteratura russa. Il Novecento, a cura di Vittorio Strada et al., Einaudi, Torino 1990, v. III, pp. 167-197, pp. 407-418, pp. 421-436, pp. 459-465); pp. 770-783.

- Ju. Lejderman, M. Lipoveckij, Istorija russkoj sovremennoj literatury (any editions)

Readings
Students must have already read: E. Zamiatin, My, M. Bulgakov, Master i Margarita, B. Pasternak, Doktor Zhivago, A. Akhmatova, Rekviem.

A. Solhenicyn, Odin den’ Ivana Denisovicha
V. Aksenov Zvezdnyi bilet
V. Erofeev Moskva-Petushki
V. Pelevin Omon Ra
Vl. Makanin Andegraund, ili geroi nashego vremeni

3 additional readings
A. Bitov Pushkinskii dom
S. Dovlatov Zona/ Inostranka
V. Shalamov Kolymskie rasskazy
A. Solzhenitsyn Rakovyi Korpus
Iu. Trifonov Dom na naberezhnoi/Obmen
V. Voinovich Monumental’naia propaganda/ Shapka

Literary Criticism
G. P. Piretto, Il radioso avvenire. Mitologie culturali e sovietiche, Torino, Einaudi, 2001 (three chapters) or P. Vail, A. Genis, 60-e. Mir sovetskovo cheloveka, Moskva, Novoe Literaturnoe obozrenie, 2001 (two chapters).
Vi. Erofeev, I fiori del male russi, in I fiori del male russi. Antologia. a cura di Vi. Erofeev, Roma, Voland, 2001 (in Italian/English or Russian).
I. Brodskii, “Room an half”, in Id., Less than One: Selected Essays, New York, Farrar Straus Giroux, 1886


The bibliographical material is available in the library of Faculty.


The bibliographical material is available in the library of Faculty. Additional materials will be provided during the lessons.

Incoming students info
Erasmus students, or any exchange students, can take their examination in Russian. Arrangements are to be made before the exam.


Additional info
Attendance and participation are highly encouraged. Non-attending students should contact us immediately at the beginning of academic year to discuss what they should be doing. The course is taught in Russian and Italian.