RU4133 Russian Children's Literature (1900 - 2015)
Academic year
2024 to 2025 Semester 2
Curricular information may be subject to change
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Key module information
SCOTCAT credits
15
SCQF level
SCQF level 10
Availability restrictions
Not automatically available to General Degree students
Planned timetable
To be arranged.
Module coordinator
Dr E Finer
Module Staff
Dr E Finer
Module description
Children's books are shaped by the pedagogical and political concerns of adults; as such, they are an excellent introduction to Russian twentieth and twenty-first century cultural policy. We will explore how children's literature mirrors society and aims to influence it. Three main thematic areas will be studied: socially-responsible literature; criminality and reform; classics and curricula. The module will involve close reading and the study of institutions that shape the canon: publishers, schools, censors, libraries, journals, the market, the state, the church, and the Internet. In addition to reading the selected texts, students will research their own material online by reading and presenting on magazines and journals published by the Russian State Children's Library Archive.
Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites
PERMISSION OF THE RUSSIAN HONOURS ADVISER
Assessment pattern
Coursework = 100%
Re-assessment
3-hour Examination = 100%
Learning and teaching methods and delivery
Weekly contact
1 seminar and 1 optional surgery hour
Scheduled learning hours
16
Guided independent study hours
135