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Undergraduate Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module RUSS2121: RUSSIAN LITERATURE OF THE LATER NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES

Department: Modern Languages and Cultures (Russian)

RUSS2121: RUSSIAN LITERATURE OF THE LATER NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES

Type	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Open	2	20	Available in 2005/2006	None.	Durham

Pre-requisites

Russian Language 1B (RUSS1042), or Russian Language 1A (RUSS1161) and Russian Translation 1A (RUSS1131) or an equivalent qualification to the satisfaction of the Chairman/Chairwoman of the Board of Studies in MLAC or his/her representative.

Corequisites

Modern Languages, Combined Honours and all Joint and 'with' programmes: Russian Grammar and Composition (RUSS2181) OR Russian Grammar and Composition (with Year Abroad Essay) (RUSS2171). Others: see Chairman/Chairwoman of the Board of Studies in MLAC or his/her representative.

Excluded Combinations

None.

Aims

To broaden cultural horizons by developing an appreciation of the values of the writers represented in the syllabus.
It is the Russian literature module for year 2.

Content

This module covers the major writers of the period in question, concentrating on selected works but attempting to provide enough of the background to see them as products of the intellectual climate of their time as well as individual creators of literary merit.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge

On completion of this module students will have developed, through an acquaintance with the authors studied, a familiarity with and competence in evaluating human experience and in articulating comments on it.

Subject-specific Skills

They will have acquired an ability to discriminate between writers with subtlety and attention to detail.

Key Skills

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

In the lectures students will acquire an overall view of Russian literature in this period, while in attending tutorials centred on the essays they will have written, they will learn in detail how to respond to a literary work or works.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total Hours
Total				200
Lectues	22	1 Per Week	1 Hour	22
Tutorials	5	1 Per Month	1 Hour	5
Preparation and Reading				173

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Length/Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Examination	100%	three-hour written examination		100%

Formative Assessment

3 essays.

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.