612033 Selected Topics of Russian Literature and Literary Studies: Literature and Exile: The Russian Berlin

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612033
Selected Topics of Russian Literature and Literary Studies: Literature and Exile: The Russian Berlin
VU 2
5
weekly
annually
German

Familiarity with different periods and individuell writing styles in Russian literature abroad; Insight into the cultural and historical context of the examined works (the Russian Berlin in the 1920s and after 1991) and in the literary and cultural theory of exile

In the 1920s and after the break down of the Soviet Union the city of Berlin is one of the major destinations of Russian emigrants. Many poets are among them. The course will provide a deeper insight into the Russian Berlin as it is depicted in literary texts (written for example by Cvetaeva, Ėrenburg, Nabokov, Šklovskij, Veremej as well as into literary conceptions of  space and the narrative and poetical devices of writing the exile. 

The course might be complemented by an excursion to Berlin in the following summer semester (2017).

Presentations by the participants and the lecturer, open discussion, teamwork in groups.

Regular and active participation, presentation in class, small written sample (minutes, essay or similar).

Korkowsky, Britta: Selbstverortung ohne Ort. Russisch-jüdische Exilliteratur aus dem Berlin der Zwanziger Jahre. Göttingen 2013.

Mierau Fritz: Russen in Berlin. Literatur, Malerei, Theater, Film. 1918–1933. Leipzig 1991.

Schlögel, Karl: Das russische Berlin: Ostbahnhof Europas. München 2007.

Slobin Greta: Russians Abroad. Literary and Cultural Politics of Diaspora (1919–1939). Boston 2013

Urban, Thomas: Russische Schriftsteller im Berlin der zwanziger Jahre. Berlin 2003.

BA (for students of the Bachelor and Master’s Programme), no prerequisites for students of the Teacher’s Programme, language skills (Russian) are recommended but not necessary

Due to substantial differences in the allocation of ECTS-Credits in various curricula (teacher training programs/specialized degree programs), the requirements for this course vary. Information will be provided by the instructor at the beginning of the course. 

11.10.2016
Group 0
Date Time Location
Tue 2016-10-11
10.15 - 11.45 40406 40406 Barrier-free
Tue 2016-10-18
10.15 - 11.45 40406 40406 Barrier-free
Tue 2016-10-25
10.15 - 11.45 40406 40406 Barrier-free
Tue 2016-11-08
10.15 - 11.45 40406 40406 Barrier-free
Tue 2016-11-15
10.15 - 11.45 40406 40406 Barrier-free
Tue 2016-11-22
10.15 - 11.45 40406 40406 Barrier-free
Tue 2016-11-29
10.15 - 11.45 40406 40406 Barrier-free
Tue 2016-12-06
10.15 - 11.45 40406 40406 Barrier-free
Tue 2016-12-13
10.15 - 11.45 40406 40406 Barrier-free
Tue 2017-01-10
10.15 - 11.45 40406 40406 Barrier-free
Tue 2017-01-17
10.15 - 11.45 40406 40406 Barrier-free
Tue 2017-01-24
10.15 - 11.45 40406 40406 Barrier-free
Tue 2017-01-31
10.15 - 11.45 40406 40406 Barrier-free