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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Russian and Slavic Studies
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Nina Rudnik
Coordinator Office Hours:
Monday, 15:30 - 16:30
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Nina Rudnick
Course/Module description:
The course will examine the evolution of the so-called "Russian Idea" in Russian literature and thought and especially in the major works of Feodor Dostoevsky (1821 – 1881). Exploring the dark side of the psyche Dostoevsky shaped a mythological image of the Russian soul. Dostoevsky believed that it was the purpose of the Russians to carry out a great mission in Europe. We will concentrate on his novels such as "The Possessed" and "The Brothers Karamazov" and publicist works in order to discuss Dostoevsky's Russian Idea in both its pacific universalist and aggressive nationalist variants. The comparison with contemporary and successive ideas in Russia and Europe will follow. The course will use rich visual background material (music, art, and cinema).The course will be conducted in Hebrew.
Course/Module aims:
To acquaint students with Dostoevsky's concept of the Idea of Russia (unity, brotherhood, nation etc)
To present students with the dialectical connection between Dostoevsky's philosophy and axiology and its realization in his famous works
To present students with the ideological and literary discussions between followers of the Slavophile movement and the Westernizers
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Understanding of the specificity and the ambivalence of Dostoevsky’s ideology and philosophy and his art
Discussion of the main features of literary and ideological development in Russia during the 1840 – 1870.
Examination of the main literary approaches to Dostoevsky’s work
Attendance requirements(%):
80
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Frontal lectures, reports, presentations
Course/Module Content:
Lesson 1. Dostoevsky's Russian Idea: its historical background and the Slavophile context. The years of exile and the philosophy of the Russian soil ("pochvennichestvo"). "The House of the Dead"
Lesson 2. The East and the West in Dostoevsky's works of the 1860s. "Notes from the Underground"
Lessons 3 – 5. The literary and ideological polemics in the second half of the 19th century: the philosophy of Russian soil versus the revolutionary Nihilism. "Crime and Punishment"
Lessons 6 – 7. "The perfect man" and the concept of Russian dignity: "The Idiot" and "A Gentle Creature"
Lesson 8. "The Possessed": the condition of ruthlessness and the dialog with the Russian people
Lessons 9 – 11. The Christian Church on Dostoevsky's work and the problem of power. "The Brothers Karamazov"
Lesson 12. Dostoevsky on the mission of Russia. The Russian Idea and its relevance
Required Reading:
בחטין, מיכאיל. סוגיות הפואטיקה של דוסטוייבסקי / מרוסית: מרים בוסגנג, בהשתתפות דה"ן. תל-אביב: ספרית פועלים, תשל"ח 1978 (פרקים).
דימיטרי סגל. ספינת השוטים. בספר: שדים : רומאן בשלושה חלקים. עי' 575 – 610.
V. N. Toporov. On Dostoevsky's Poetics and Archaic Patterns of Mythological Thought. Translated by Susan Knight // New Literary History, Vol. 9, No. 2, Soviet Semiotics and Criticism: An Anthology (Winter, 1978), pp. 333-352.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/468577
מוצ'ולסקי, קונסטנטין וסיליביץ'. דוסטוייבסקי: חייו ויצירתו; מרוסית: דוידה קרול. ירושלים: כתר, [תשמ"ה], 1985. PG 3328 M61
Grossman, Leonid Petrovich. Dostoevsky, a Biography: translated by Mary Mackler. London: Allen Lane, 1974. PG 3328 G6613
Frank, Joseph. Dostoevsky. The Seeds of Revolt, 1821-1849. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1976. Pp. 137 – 56, 295 - 312.
Frank, Joseph. Dostoevsky. The Stir of Liberation, 1860-1865. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1986. Pp. 213 – 32, 310 - 47.
Frank, Joseph. Dostoevsky. The Years of Ordeal, 1850-1859. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1983. Pp. 276 – 89.
Frank, Joseph. The Miraculous Years, 1865-1871. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1995. Pp. 60 – 147, 241 – 341, 382 – 412, 435 – 98.
Frank, Joseph. Dostoevsky. The Mantle of the Prophet, 1871-1881. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2002. Pp. 497 – 532, 567 – 703, 722 – 756.
Terras, Victor. The Idiot: an Interpretation. Boston: Twayne, 1990.
Wasiolek, Edward. ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ and the Critics. Chicago: Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc., 1967.
Holquist, Michael. Dostoevsky and the Novel. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1977. PG 3328 Z6 H6
Additional Reading Material:
Solovyov, Vladimir Sergeyevich. The Heart of Reality: Essays on Beauty, Love, and Ethics. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003.
Ivanov, Viacheslav Ivanovich. Freedom and the Tragic Life: a study in Dostoevsky; foreword by Sir Maurice Bowra. New York: The Noonday Press, 1960. PG 3328 Z6 I9
Berdiaev, Nikolai. The Russian Idea. Boston: Beacon Press, 1962.
Berdiaev, Nikolai. Dostoevsky. Cleveland: World Pub. Co., 1966.PG 3328 Z6 B45
Chestov, Leon. Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Nietzsche: translated by Bernard Martin and Spencer Roberts. Columbus: Ohio University Press, 1969. PG 3415 P5 S513
Jackson, Robert Louis. The Art of Dostoevsky: Deliriums and Nocturnes. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1981. PG 3328 Z6 J32
Jackson, Robert Louis. Dialogues with Dostoyevsky: the Overwhelming Questions. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1997. PG 3328 Z6 J33
דימיטרי סגל. דוסטוייבסקי בין מזרח למערב. בספר: דוסטוייבסקי, פיודור מיכאילוביץ'. רשימות חורף על רשמי קיץ. כתבים מן המחרת. תרגם מרוסית: גרשון חזנוב ; מבוא, הערות ועריכה מדעית: דימיטרי סגל. ירושלים: כרמל, תשנ"ו, עי' 7 – 41.
דימיטרי סגל. ספינת השוטים. בספר: שדים : רומאן בשלושה חלקים. תרגם מרוסית: גרשון חזנוב; תרגום הפרק 'אצל טיכון' ועריכת התרגום: דינה מרקון; עריכה מדעית ואחרית דבר: דימיטרי סגל. ירושלים: כרמל, תשס"ג, 2003, עי 575 – 610.
Wasiolek, Edward. Dostoevsky: the Major Fiction. Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T. Press, 1964.
Fanger, Donald. Dostoevsky and Romantic Realism: a Study of Dostoevsky in Relation to Balzac, Dickens, and Gogol. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1967
PG 3328 Z6 F25
Moss, Walter. Russia in the Age of Alexander II, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. London: Anthem Press, 2002.
Kostalevsky, Marina. Dostoevsky and Soloviev: The Art of Integral Vision. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1997.
Morson, Gary Saul. Narrative and Freedom : the Shadows of Time. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1994.
Ward, Bruce K. Dostoyevsky's Critique of the West. The Quest for the Earthly Paradise. Waterloo ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 20 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 70 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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