RU4133 Russian Children's Literature (1900 - 2015)

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

15

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 10

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Not automatically available to General Degree students

Planned timetable

To be arranged.

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr E Finer

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Module Staff

Dr E Finer

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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

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

135

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.