HISTORY OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

The course History of Russian language [LM6490] is addressed to MA students in European, American and Postcolonial Languages and Literatures. It is included in the Slavistic-Balkan curriculum as integrative course.

Knowledge and comprehension:
In-depth knowledge of the historical phenomena wich concern the Russian language through the centuries up to the present day.

Knowledge and comprehension applied skills:
The application of the acquired notions for an in-depth study of the linguistic, historical and cultural dynamics underlying the use of the Russian language; the ability to orientate in the critical debates on the linguistic, historical and cultural topics in order to develop a personal research line, consulting linguistic corpora and proper bibliographic resources.

Autonomy of judgement:
The development of an autonomous expertise in the main linguistic characteristics of the selected texts in order to frame them in the Russian written tradition; the ability to find adequate and relevant bibliographic resources for an in-depth understanding of the issues in question.

Target communicative skills:
A general ability to present the acquired notions using relevant terminology, with particular reference to the historical and cultural framework of the phenomena and a linguistic text analysis.

Three-year study of the Russian language (required QCER level: B2).

The course program includes a short introduction to the main linguistic, historical and cultural aspects of the East Slavic world and some selected topics on the phonological, morphosyntactic and sociolinguistic characteristics of the Russian language from a diachronic perspective. Topics of the course: the Russian language grammar from a historical perspective, some paleographic aspects and the Cyrillic reforms, the birch bark letters, the main characteristics of the "prikaznyj jazyk", the theory of the three styles and the formation of the literary Russian language, the status of the Russian language in the Soviet Union and in the post-Soviet countries. Some selected passages from the Russian texts will be read and commented using the linguistical approach.

Живов В.М., История языка русской письменности: В 2 М.: Русский фонд содействия образованию и науке. 2017.
Živov V., Origini della lingua e tappe della sua evoluzione storica - Storia della norma letteraria, in: Il russo, a cura di N. Marcialis e A. Parenti, Scandicci: La Nuova Italia, 1995, pp. 17-81.
Comrie B., Corbett G. G. (eds), The Slavonic Languages, London: Routledge, 1993.
Sussex R., Cubberley P., The Slavic Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Vinokur G.O., The Russian language. A brief history, a cura di J. Forsyth, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971.
Uspenskij B.A., Storia della lingua letteraria russa, a cura di N. Marcialis, Bologna: Il Mulino, 1993.
Other learning materials will be uploaded on the Moodle platform.

A 30-minuted oral interview will be conducted on the contents of the course. See below the information for the non-attending students.

Lectures and seminar activities on the Moodle platform.

Italian

Non-attending students read an essay on the history of the Russian language. They also write a paper on a chosen topic (min. 20.000 print characters, spaces included). The essay and the topic are agreed upon together with the professor.

oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development