Learning objectives
Reading and analysis of texts as an introduction to the tragic history of the twentieth century Russian
Prerequisites
An elementary knowledge of Russian
Course unit content
Anna Akhmatova. The resistence of poetry. After an overview of the poetry of Anna Akhmatova, the course will focus on the last period of activity of the poet, when History breaks into her work and is at the heart of her reflection. Anna Akhmatova's poetry becomes a firm voice which is accompanied by a clear view on the tragic events of her age. The Second World War, the siege of Leningrad and the alienating experience of totalitarism enter by force in the writing of this poet who was considered a "chamber poetess", drawing upon her the malevolent attention of the regime. The personal history of Akhmatova from the beginning intertwined with that of many other contemporary (Aleksandr Blok, Nikolai Gumilev, Osip Mandelshtam, Boris Pasternak and Marina Tsvetaeva) thus become the point of reference for the entire Russian people.
Full programme
Bibliography (possible changes will be communicated during the course on the course page on LEA)
A.A. ACHMATOVA, Poema senza eroe e altre poesie, a cura di C. Riccio, Giulio Einaudi Editore, Torino, 1966.
A.A. ACHMATOVA, Io sono la vostra voce, a cura di E. Pasucci, Edizioni studio tesi, Pordenone, 1990 (NB. Traduzioni che non mi soddisfano per niente)
A.A. ACHMATOVA, La corsa del tempo, a cura di M. Colucci, Einaudi, Torino 1992.
A.A. BLOK, M.I. CVETAEVA, N.S. GUMILEV, O.E. MANDEL'ŠTAM, B.L. PASTERNAK, Poesie scelte analizzate a lezione, a disposizione sulla pagina del corso sulla piattaforma LEA da portare obbligatoriamente in originale.
B.L. PASTERNAK, Il dottor Živago
Critics
I. BRODSKIJ, La Musa in lutto, in Il canto del pendolo, Adelphi, on LEA
L. ČUKOVSKAJA, Incontri con Anna Achmatova [Zapiski ob Anne Achmatovoj], trad. it. G: Moracci, Adelphi, Milano, 1990.
E. ETKIND, La crisi del simbolismo e l'acmeismo, in Storia delle letteratura russa, vol. III tomo II, Einaudi, Torino, 1989.
E. ETKIND, Anna Achmatova, in Storia delle letteratura russa, vol. III, tomo III, Einaudi, Torino, 1989.
L. FLEJSHMAN, Boris Pasternak, Il Mulino, Bologna
M.C. GHIDINI, Figure dell’immaginario europeo. Amleto (e Ofelia) in Russia, in PRINT (It ca be found su LEA .
L. LOSEV, Marina Cvetaeva in Storia della letteratura russa, vol. III, tomo II, Einaudi, Torino, 1989.
A. NAJMAN, La poetica di Anna Achmatova in Storia della letteratura russa, vol. III, tomo III, Einaudi, Torino, 1989.
T. VENCLOVA, La poetica di Osip Mandel'štam, in Storia della letteratura russa vol. III, tomo III, Einaudi, Torino, 1989.
OPTIONAL
V. MUSATOV, V to vremja ja gostila na zemle. Lirika Anny Achmatovy, M. 2007, online http://www.akhmatova.org/bio/musatov/
Bibliography
Bibliography and useful materials can be found on the course page at LEA, http://lea.unipr.it
Teaching methods
Class lections with audiovisual material and oral discussion.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination and elective papers.
