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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / RUS109 - RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

Code: RUS109 Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN CULTURE Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 2
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer KAMİLE SİNEM KÜÇÜK (ksinemkucuk@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The course aims to provide information about various branches of art such as literature, painting, sculpture, music, and theater within the framework of the history of daily life in Russia and Russian political history; broaden students' perspectives on branches of art, and improve interpretation skills. In addition, it is to enable students to master the cultural developments of Russian principalities and Tsarist Russia until the 18th century.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 The students who succeed in this course have a basic knowledge of Russian culture. PO-
Examination
Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The content of the course is based on understanding the basic information about Russian culture by using visual and audio sources.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Brief information about Kievan Rus, Principalities, The Russian Empire, Soviet Union and Russian Federation Lecturing, discussion, questioning and answering
2 The establishment of the historical capital Moscow, important architectural structures and brief history about the city Lecturing, discussion, questioning and answering
3 The establishment of Saint Petersburg, brief history about Tsar Peter the Great and the city, important architectural structures Lecturing, discussion, questioning and answering
4 Entertainment in Russian throughout the history and Russian holidays Lecturing, discussion, questioning and answering
5 Social classes in Russia and Russian houses Lecturing, discussion, questioning and answering
6 Social classes in Russia and Russian cuisine Lecturing, discussion, questioning and answering
7 Russian costume and the perception of appearance Lecturing, discussion, questioning and answering
8 mid-term exam
9 Slavic mythology and Pagan Festivals Lecturing, discussion, questioning and answering
10 Christianization of Kievan Rus Lecturing, discussion, questioning and answering
11 The Byzantine Influence on Kievan Rus Lecturing, discussion, questioning and answering
12 The foundation of Moscow Lecturing, discussion, questioning and answering
13 Russian culture in the era of İvan IV Lecturing, discussion, questioning and answering
14 Russian iconography Lecturing, discussion, questioning and answering
15 Repeating Subjects about Early Russian Culture Lecturing, discussion, questioning and answering
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Orlanda Figes, Nataşa’nın Dansı: Rusya’nın Kültürel Tarihi, Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
2 Solomon Volkov, Romanov Hanedani: 1613'ten Devrime Rus Kültür Tarihi, Alfa Yayınları.
3 Solomon Volkov: Büyülü Koro Lev Tolstoy'dan Aleksandr Soljenitsin'e XX. yüzyıl Rus Kültür Tarihi, Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
4 Anonim, Gelenekler Bağlamında Rus Kültürü, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
5 Gönül Uzelli, XVIII.-XIX. Yüzyıllarda Rus Resim Sanatı, İ.Ü. Edebiyat Fakültesi.
Required Course instruments and materials
Books, audio, video, visual images

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 8 16
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 1 6 6
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 2 4
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 2 4
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 60