Teaching staff members of the Department of the Russian Language and Literature of the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities were invited to participate in a roundtable discussion, which was held as part of the Seventh International Intellectual Forum “Reading at the Eurasian Crossroads” on April 24th. It was organised by Chelyabinsk State Institute of Culture.
Roundtable discussion on the “Modern Literature: Near Future of Teaching Literature at a University” was moderated by Doctor of Sciences (Philology), Professor of Herzen University, Saint Petersburg, member of the Presidium of the Association of Science Fiction Researchers Mariia Cherniak and Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation Work of Chelyabinsk State Institute of Culture, Candidate of Sciences (Philology) Elena Selyutina.
Philology teaching staff members of all leading universities of Chelyabinsk, such as Chelyabinsk State University, South Ural State Humanitarian Pedagogical University, Chelyabinsk State Institute of Culture and South Ural State University participated in the roundtable discussion.
SUSU experts: Head of the Department of the Russian Language and Literature, Doctor of Sciences (Philology), Professor Tatyana Semyan, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), Associate Professor of the Department of the Russian Language and Language Elena Kanishcheva, and senior lecturer of the Department, Head of the Laboratory of Theoretical and Applied Philology Larisa Vybornova, joined the discussion of topical issues, such as:
1. How Did the Methodology of Teaching Modern Literature at a University Change in the New Decade of the 21st Century?
2. New Literary Pantheon, New Literary Canon: Debatability of the Issue and Its Representation in the Course.
3. Modern Theory of Literature and New Strategies for Reading Russian and Foreign Literature.
Head of the Department of the Russian Language and Literature Tatyana Semyan noted that modern literature is taught at SUSU in accordance with modern methods:
“Our department has introduced a “Current Problems of Modern Literature” propaedeutic course into the curriculum, which allows first-year students to better adapt to the university programme, learn about the latest literary process, and choose personal and professional interests.”