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Michail Bulgakov - 26825 Syllabus Life and Works of the Russian writer- Michail Bulgakov - 26825 Last update 25-08-2018 HU Credits: 2 Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master) Responsible Department: German, Russian & East European Studies Academic year: 0 Semester: 2nd Semester Teaching Languages: Hebrew Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Vladimir Khazan Coordinator Email: [email protected] Coordinator Office Hours: Tuesday, 14.00-16.00 Teaching Staff: Dr. Vladimir Khazan page 1 / 4 Course/Module description: This course is focused on the problems of studying the life and work of the outstanding Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov. The course is based on his most significant works: early stories, in which literary poetics was formed; novels of the 1920s (The Fatal Eggs and Heart of a Dog), in which the writer from an artistic position appeared as an oppositionist to the ruling Soviet regime; Bulgakovs connection with the theater; and three major his novels: The White Guard, A Dead Mans Memoir: A Theatrical Novel and The Master and Margarita. Thus, the course covers the principal stages of the biography of this writer and his high creative achievements. The main attention is paid to the problems of poetics (magical realism) and literary technique. Course/Module aims: Purposes of the course: - to acquaint students with the life and work of one of the greatest Russian writers of the 20th century; - reveal the secrets and mysteries hidden in the M. Bulgakovs works; - show how the best representatives of Russian literature fought by their texts with the Soviet totalitarian regime Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: Students must: - to recognize all texts submitted within the course, - to know a certain amount of bibliographic material, - to do the analysis of texts in the framework of the course, - to have certain knowledge (notions, names, phenomena) within the teaching material Attendance requirements(%): 80% Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: lectures, exercises Course/Module Content: 1. March 12 M. Bulgakov: Pages of Biography (Lesson 1) page 2 / 4 2. March 19 M. Bulgakov: Pages of Biography (Lesson 2) 3. March 26 M. Bulgakovs Short Stories: The Formation of Poetics (Lesson 1) 4. April 2 M. Bulgakovs Short Stories: The Formation of Poetics (Lesson 2) 5. April 9 Untimely Thoughts of M. Bulgakov (The Fatal Eggs, 1924) 6. April 30 Untimely Thoughts of M. Bulgakov (Heart of a Dog, 1925) 7. May 7 Novel The White Guard: History and Fiction (Lesson 1) 8. May 14 Novel The White Guard: History and Fiction (Lesson 2) 9. May 21 M. Bulgakov and Theater 10. May 28 A Place of A Dead Mans Memoir: A Theatrical Novel by M. Bulgakov in the M. Bulgakovs Theatrical World (Lesson 1) 11. June 4 A Place of A Dead Mans Memoir: A Theatrical Novel by M. Bulgakov in the M. Bulgakovs Theatrical World (Lesson 2) 12. June 11 Features of Philosophy and Poetics in the M. Bulgakovs Novel The Master and Margarita (Lesson 1) 13. June 18 Features of Philosophy and Poetics in the M. Bulgakovs Novel The Master and Margarita (Lesson 2) 14. June 25 Features of Philosophy and Poetics in the M. Bulgakovs Novel The Master and Margarita (Lesson 3) Required Reading: Michalopoulos, Dimitris (2014). Russia under Communism: Bulgakov, his Life and his Book, Saarbruecken: Lambert Academic Publishing. Weir, Justin (2002). The Author as Hero: Self and Tradition in Bulgakov, Pasternak, and Nabokov. Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press. Haber, Edythe C. (1998). Mikhail Bulgakov: the Early Years. Harvard University Press. Bulgakov: The Novelist-Playwright (1995) / Edited by Lesley Milne. Luxembourg: Harwood Academic Publishers. Milne, Lesley (1990). Mikhail Bulgakov: A Critical Biography. Cambridge University Press. Barratt, Andrew (1987). Between Two Worlds: A Critical Introduction to The Master and Margarita. Oxford: Clarendon Press page 3 / 4 Wright, Anthony Colin (1978). Mikhail Bulgakov: Life and Interpretations. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Additional Reading Material: Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 0 % Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 50 % Project work 50 % Assignments 0 % Reports 0 % Research project 0 % Quizzes 0 % Other 0 % Additional information: Shlomo Ben Yosef 207/5 Shlomo Ben Yosef 207/5 page 4 / 4 Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org).
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