Russian Music: Concert Hall to Dance Club

Lågaregradsemne

Emnebeskrivelse

Mål og innhald

Emneinformasjonen er kun tilgjengeleg på engelsk.

Læringsutbyte

Students who have completed the course will have:

  • broad knowledge of representative styles and genres of Russian music from approximately the mid-19th century to the present day
  • competence to contextualize broad stylistic and generic areas, as well as individual pieces, within a historical-cultural framework
  • the skill to independently work with source material and analyze works of Russian music within specific historical and sociocultural contexts

Studienivå (studiesyklus)

Bachelor

Undervisningssemester

Spring, odd years only.

Undervisningsstad

Bergen
Krav til forkunnskapar
None
Krav til studierett
The course is open for all students at the University of Bergen.
Undervisningsformer og omfang av organisert undervisning
One semester of lectures including audiovisual examples.
Obligatorisk undervisningsaktivitet
  • Attendance at lectures and seminars.
  • All instruction is obligatory; absence of more than 20% leads to loss of right to take the exam.
  • 4-5 short reading responses spaced throughout the semester (200-300 words each)
  • One mid-semester presentation on course-related topic
  • One end-of-semester presentation related to student's term paper (godkjent/ikke godkjent)
  • All mandatory instruction and compulsory requirements must be completed and approved before the exam
  • Vurderingsformer

    Term paper of approx. 5000-6000 words. This paper will focus on a specific work or corpus of works, and must exhibit that the student has been able to:

    a) formulate a valid research question
    b) find appropriate academic literature to support her/his thesis and
    c) correctly and convincingly contextualize her/his analysis with respect to historical (including political) and/or sociocultural variables

    Internal evaluation with at least two examiners.

    Karakterskala
    Letter grade from A to F.
    Litteraturliste
    Approx. 800 pages as well as audiovisual examples.
    Emneevaluering
    Evaluation will be carried out in accordance with the quality assurance system guidelines for the University of Bergen.