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OSD FAKÜLTESİ / OSDRDE 302 - ORTAK SEÇMELİ DERSLER BÖLÜMÜ

Code: OSDRDE 302 Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN CULTURE II Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department ORTAK SEÇMELİ DERSLER BÖLÜMÜ
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 aim of the course is 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.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can recognize the important examples of Russian painting, Russian architecture, Russian sculpture and Russian music. PO-1 Improves himself/herself in interdisciplinary fields that add value to personal change and development within the framework of interest, ability, social sensitivity and volunteering.
 		Examination
LO-2 can comment on Russian culture, Russian history and Russian art. PO-1 Improves himself/herself in interdisciplinary fields that add value to personal change and development within the framework of interest, ability, social sensitivity and volunteering.
 		Examination
LO-3 can compare Russian culture with own cultural values. PO-1 Improves himself/herself in interdisciplinary fields that add value to personal change and development within the framework of interest, ability, social sensitivity and volunteering.
 		Examination
LO-4 can research on Russian culture, Russian history and Russian art. PO-1 Improves himself/herself in interdisciplinary fields that add value to personal change and development within the framework of interest, ability, social sensitivity and volunteering.
 		Examination
Term Paper
LO-5 can evaluate about Russian culture, Russian history and Russian art. PO-1 Improves himself/herself in interdisciplinary fields that add value to personal change and development within the framework of interest, ability, social sensitivity and volunteering.
 		Examination
Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
This course is about Russian art history, Russian daily life history and the relationship between Russian history and Russian art history.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Historical and cultural information about Russia, Moscow and Petersburg Lecturing, Questioning and Answering, Discussion
2 Russian culture from Kievan Russia to the 17th century Lecturing, Questioning and Answering, Discussion
3 The Romanov Family Lecturing, Questioning and Answering, Discussion
4 Russian Culture and Architecture in the time of Peter the Great Lecturing, Questioning and Answering, Discussion
5 Russian Culture in the time of Catherine the Great Lecturing, Questioning and Answering, Discussion
6 Russian culture in the time of Alexander I: The War of 1812, “War and Peace” Lecturing, Questioning and Answering, Discussion
7 Russian culture in the time of Nicholas I: the birth of realism in Russian literature Lecturing, Questioning and Answering, Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Russian culture in the time of Alexander II: The Emancipation of the Russian Serfs, the effects on Russian literature and art Lecturing, Questioning and Answering, Discussion
10 In the second half of the 19th century the social change and the effects in daily life Lecturing, Questioning and Answering, Discussion
11 Russian culture in the time of Nicholas II: The collapse of Tsarist Russia and the Silver Age Lecturing, Questioning and Answering, Discussion
12 Russian culture in the time of V.İ. Lenin and İ.V. Stalin: Soviet architecture and literature Lecturing, Questioning and Answering, Discussion
13 Russian culture after 1950: Literature, art, architecture, cinema; Cold War and astronomy Lecturing, Questioning and Answering, Discussion
14 Soviet Posters and the formation of the new Soviet person, women in Soviet Russia Lecturing, Questioning and Answering, Discussion
15 Art events in today's Russia, Tretyakov Gallery, Hermitage Museum, Bolshoi Theater etc. Lecturing, Questioning and Answering, Discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Figes, O. (2018). Nataşa’nın Dansı: Rusya’nın Kültürel Tarihi. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
2 Volkov, S. (2010). Büyülü Koro Lev Tolstoy'dan Aleksandr Soljenitsin'e XX. yüzyıl Rus Kültür Tarihi. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
3 Uzelli, G. (2002). XVIII.-XIX. Yüzyıllarda Rus Resim Sanatı. İstanbul: İ.Ü. Edebiyat Fakültesi.
4 Uzelli, G. (2016). Slav Mitolojisi. İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
5 Şakar, R. (Ed.) (2020). Gelenekler Bağlamında Rus Kültürü. Ankara: Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
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 10 20
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 10 20
       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 3 6
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 4 8
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 90