“Russian Literature” is one of thirteen specializations within the Master’s Programme in Literature at the Faculty of the Humanities, and it is offered by the Department of Slavic and Baltic Studies, Finnish, Dutch and German.

Programme overview:

Year 1

Semester 1

• Introduction to Literary Interpretation, 7,5 credits (main field of study: Literature)
• Scientific Methods and Research Ethics, 7,5 credits (main field of study: Philosophy)
• Narrative Theory, 7,5 credits (main field of study: Literature)
• Russian Poetry, Close Reading, 7,5 credits (main field of study: Slavic Languages)

Semester 2

• Russian Fiction and Non-Fiction, 7,5 credits (main field of study: Slavic Languages)
• Optional courses worth a total of 22,5 credits (of which 15 credits must be in the main field of study: Slavic Languages)

Year 2

Semester 3

• Proficiency courses worth a total of 15 credits
• Optional course, 7,5 credits
• Seminar Course in Current Theoretical Perspectives, 7,5 credits (main field of study: Literature)
• The course English for Academic Research, 7,5 credits (main field of study: English) is taken as either a proficiency course or an optional course

Semester 4

• Russian - Master’s Course, 30 credits (main field of study: Slavic Languages)