Russian: Culture

bmhru1342  2024-2025  Bruxelles Saint-Louis

Russian: Culture
5.00 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Language
Russian
Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- locate the major periods of Russian history in its geopolitical, economic, social and cultural dimensions ;
- identify and explain historical and socio-cultural references in written and oral texts ;
- produce, in writing and orally, a discourse on the cultural phenomena specific to the major periods of Russian history;
- master the lexical, syntactic and stylistic structures of Russian;
- to mobilise a know-how allowing to take part in communication situations.
 
Content
Theoretical part: an overview of Russian history and cultural phenomena.
Practical part: reading and discussion of texts; presentations of various topics by students; debates on current issues.
Teaching methods
Theoretical part: lecture with note-taking, syllabus.
Practical part: reading and discussion of texts, oral presentations on different cultural, historic and societal aspects.
Evaluation methods
Continuous assessment of ability to synthesise content, coherence of written and oral production, lexical richness and grammatical control.
The dates of 4 assessments will be posted on the Moodle page at the beginning of the semestre. Oral presentation (20% of the final grade). The subjects and the dates will be posted on the Moodle page at the beginning of the semestre.
In case of failure at the exam in June, the student must take an oral exam during the second session.
Bibliography
Syllabi mis à disposition par le professeur.e.
Granoff, Katia, Parain, Brice. Anthologie de la poésie russe. Paris : Gallimard, 1993.
Guilluy-Sulikashvili, Natalia, L'énigme russe : pouvoir, économie et société. Villeneuve d'Ascq : Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2019.
Nivat, Georges. Les sites de la mémoire russe. Paris : Fayard, 2007-2019.
Olive, Anne-Marie. Guide de civilisation russe. Paris : Ellipses, 1998.
Teaching materials
  • Moodle
Faculty or entity


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Bachelor in Translation and Interpreting