Høst 2025

RUS-3010 Language and Literature of Medieval Russia - 10 stp

The course is administrated by

Institutt for språk og kultur

Type of course

This course is intended for students in the Master's Programme in Russian and the Teacher Education Year 8-13 in Language and Social Studies Master's Programme.

This course may be taken as a single course by students who meet the admission requirements for the Master's Programme in Russian.

Course contents

The course gives an introduction to and an overview of Russian language history and dialectology. Students are given a short introduction to old Russian literature and read some important writings from this period. The writings will partly be read in translations and partly in old Russian.

Admission requirements

A bachelor's degree (180 ECTS), or equivalent qualification, in Russian or Russian Studies (with specialization in Russian) with a minimum of 80 ECTS in the Russian coursework. An average grade for the bachelor degree equivalent to C or better is required.

Application Code: 9371 (Nordic applicants)

Objective of the course

After completing the course you will have acquired the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

You have:

knowledge about the historical explanation for many phenomena in modern Russian
understanding of the origin and development of the Russian language
insight into Russian dialects
an overview of Medieval Russian literature and culture

Abilities

You can:

read and analyze texts in Old Russian
recognize and analyze Russian dialects
write research papers and present them to fellow students

Language of instruction

English and Russian.

Teaching methods

Teaching consists of seminars and exercises. In connection with the teaching, some supervision will also be given for the term papers. The literature is to be read in English and/or Russian.

Quality assurance

The course will be evaluated once every second year.