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FACULTY of LETTERS / DEPARTMENT of RUSSIAN LANGUAGE and LITERATURE
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FACULTY of LETTERS / DEPARTMENT of RUSSIAN LANGUAGE and LITERATURE / (100% Russian)
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RDE4009Contemporary Russian Literature3+0+0ECTS:4
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of RUSSIAN LANGUAGE and LITERATURE
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of Delivery
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerDoç. Dr. Badegül CAN EMİR
Co-LecturerAssoc. Prof. Dr. Badegul CAN EMIR
Language of instruction
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
To give an idea about the situation, development and basic principles of contemporary Russian literature.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : Gains the necessary information about contemporary Russian literature.1 - 2 - 91,3,5,
LO - 2 : Gains skill for literary analysis.1 - 2 - 91,3,5,
LO - 3 : Gains a critical perspective on the current literary process.1 - 2 - 91,3,5,
LO - 4 : Gains knowledge of the pluralism and artistic innovation of literary movements in contemporary literature.1 - 2 - 91,3,5,
LO - 5 : Establishes a connection between the development of world literature and artistic events with national and historical characteristics.1 - 2 - 91,3,5,
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
A general information about Contemporary Russian literature will be given. The creativity and works of the authors of this period will be studied.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Traces of Modernity in Russian Literature: The Value of Contemporary Literature, Reading Culture, Aesthetic Criteria, and the Writer's Role in Society
 Week 2The Development of Contemporary Russian Literature: The Role of Mass Literature in Modern Culture, New Information Technologies and PR, and the Search for the ?Hero of Our Time? in Contemporary Literature
 Week 3Genre Classification of Contemporary Russian Literature: Neoclassical, Metaphorical, ?Other? Prose, and Postmodernism. General Characteristics and Generational Groups of Contemporary Russian Writers
 Week 4From Socialist Realism to the Thaw Period, the Shestidesyatniki Generation, and the Modernization Movements of the 1960s: Economic Recovery Accompanying Liberalization, Cultural Transformation, the Cult of Personality (Kul't lichnosti Stalina), and the Processes of De-Stalinization
 Week 5An Overview of Russian Literature on the Path to Modernization in the 1970s: From Brezhnev?s Era of Stagnation (Zastoy) to Gorbachev's Period of Perestroika
 Week 6Underground Literature, Human-Faced Socialist Realism, Sots-Art, Moscow Conceptualism, Neobaroque, and the Poetry of Dmitri Prigov
 Week 7System Critique in Post-Soviet Realism: The Reflection of the Gulag Experience in Literature , G. Vladimov's Faithful Ruslan
 Week 8Testimony and Memory in Post-Soviet Realism: The Reflection of the Gulag Experience in Women's Narratives: Yevgeniya Ginzburg?s Journey into the Whirlwind
 Week 9Midterm Exam
 Week 10Feedback, Review, and Consolidation: An Overview of the Development of Contemporary Russian Literature from the 1970s to the Present
 Week 11New Realism in the Post-Soviet Period: Social Transformation, the Search for Identity, and the ?New Woman? Figure
 Week 12Female Identity, Family, and Social Transformation in the Works of Lyudmila Ulitskaya: Sonechka
 Week 13he Voice of Women Writers: Female Experience, Identity. The Social Role of Women in Contemporary Russian Literature from a Feminist Perspective. Mariya Arbatova ? ?My Name Is Woman?
 Week 14Psychological Realism in Contemporary Russian Literature: Moral Inquiry, Individual Loneliness, and the Modern Human Being ? Vladimir Makanin?s Asan, and Sergey Dovlatov?s The Zone and Pushkin Hills
 Week 15General Review and Perspectives on Postmodernism: Intertextuality, Parody, and the Transformation of Meaning in Contemporary Russian Literature
 Week 16final exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Leidermann, N., Lipovetski, M. 2003; Sovremennaya Russkaya Literatura, v dvuh tomah, Academia, Moskva.
2Çernyak, M. A. Sovremennaya russkaya literatura. 2-e izdaniye. ? Moskva: Forum ? Saga, 2008.
3Igoşeva, T. V. Sovremennaya russkaya literatura: Uçebnoe posobiye k kursu lektsiy ?Vvedeniye v sovremennuyu literaturu?. Velikiy Novgorod: Novgorodskiy gosudarstvennıy universitet imeni Yaroslava Mudrogo, 2002.
4Gorkovenko, A. E. Sovremennaya russkaya literatura v kontekste istorii: Uçebnoe posobiye. Chita: Zabajkal?skiy gosudarstvennıy universitet (ZabGU), 2021.
5Popova, I. M., Gubanova, T. V., & Lyubeznaya, E. V. Sovremennaya russkaya literatura: Uçebnoe posobiye. Tambov: Izd-vo Tambovskogo gosudarstvennogo tehniçeskogo universiteta, 2008.
 
Recommended Reading
1Suşlina, K. 2007; Sovremennıy literaturnıy protsess v Rossii, MGUP. Moskva.
2Döneme ait eser örnekleri
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 8 17/11/2025 60 dk. 50
End-of-term exam 16 07/01/2026 60 dk. 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Sınıf dışı çalışma 3 14 42
Arasınav için hazırlık 7 1 7
Arasınav 1 1 1
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 7 1 7
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 1 1
Diğer 1 5 5 25
Diğer 2 5 5 25
Total work load150