The course will address the study of some genres of journalistic style: the informative note, the reportage, the interview, the article, the letter-article and the essay. It aims to provide some basic theoretical notions necessary for the study of the linguistic and stylistic peculiarities of Russian journalism. After having reviewed the specificities of some informative, analytical and journalistic-literary genres, some contributions in the journalistic field by great Russian authors will be analyzed on a linguistic and stylistic level, highlighting the characteristics of the language and communication strategies adopted by them.

I. The functional styles of the Russian language. II. The journalistic style. 1. Grammatical specificities. 2. Syntactic specificities 3. Lexical specificities III. Some genres of journalistic style: 1. The information note 2. The reportage 3. The interview 4. The article 5. The wise man IV The transliteration systems used by the press and scientific journals

Knowledge and understanding: The student demonstrates the ability to read, understand and recognize the following text types: the information note, the interview, the report, the article and the essay.

Applied knowledge and understanding: Concretely, the student is able to analyze from a linguistic, lexical and stylistic point of view some contributions in the journalistic field by Russian authors and to describe the purposes, linguistic and rhetorical expedients of the communication strategies adopted by these great Russian writers.

Making judgements: at the end of the course, the student shows that he/she has the critical ability to recognize and evaluate, both linguistically and stylistically, some text types: the information note, the interview, the report, the article and the esssay. This objective will be pursued through textual analysis, discussion and commentary on the readings proposed in class.

Communication skills: at the end of the course, the student will be able to analyze some text types, also making use of the scientific-professional microlanguage used in the journalism field in Russian; can deal with the problems that arise in reading and understanding some textual typologies representative of contemporary Russian literary journalism, on the basis of some examples taken from interventions by great authors in the Russian press.

Learning skills: students acquire the basic theoretical and practical tools to translate the Russian press and to undertake studies and research on Russian journalism.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Monographic: Interactive lessons.

Russian Language Lecturer I: Elena Solodovnikova (5 ore).

Innovative teaching methods

Use of podcasts and the flipped classroom.

Attendance

Attend the first lesson or contact the teacher before the end of the course. 

Course books

Kasatkin, L.L., Russkij jazyk, Akademija, Moskva, 2004, 4-ed., pp. 666-728.

Tertyčnyj, A.A., Žanry periodičeskoj pečati, Aspent press, Moskva, 2019, 6-oe izd.

Assessment

Oral exam, written exam and language test.

The final exam will assess metalinguistic knowledge and language skills in Russian at the requisite  level. In particular, assessment will concern the following skills: written (33% of all marks), oral (33%), and metalinguistic knowledge (33%)

The exam on metalinguistics (“monographic course”) is a written test. It consists of 30 multiple choice questions in Italian, principally to assess the knowledge acquired and also applied comprehension skills. The use of dictionaries is not pernitted during this test. Criteria for the assessment of this test are:

- pertinence and correctness of answers in relation to contents of program

- ability to apply knowledge to specific cases

- ability to reflect critically on concepts and processes

- knowledge of the metalanguage

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Course books

Kasatkin, L.L., Russkij jazyk, Akademija, Moskva, 2004, 4-ed., pp. 666-728.

Tertyčnyj, A.A., Žanry periodičeskoj pečati, Aspent press, Moskva, 2019, 6-oe izd.

Assessment

Oral exam, written exam and language test.

The final exam will assess metalinguistic knowledge and language skills in Russian at the requisite  level. In particular, assessment will concern the following skills: written (33% of all marks), oral (33%), and metalinguistic knowledge (33%)

The exam on metalinguistics (“monographic course”) is a written test. It consists of 30 multiple choice questions in Italian, principally to assess the knowledge acquired and also applied comprehension skills. The use of dictionaries is not pernitted during this test. Criteria for the assessment of this test are:

- pertinence and correctness of answers in relation to contents of program

- ability to apply knowledge to specific cases

- ability to reflect critically on concepts and processes

- knowledge of the metalanguage

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.