Departamentul Literatură Universală și Comparată și Filologie Rusă (DLUCFR)

The Department of World and Comparative Literature and Russian Philology (DLUCFR) was created in 2023 as a result of the merger of the Didactic Scientific Centre of World and Comparative Literature and the Didactic-Scientific Centre of Russian Philology, being one of the subdivisions of the Faculty of Letters of the Moldova State University. The Department provides the teaching of fundamental courses of world literature and national literatures within the study programs of the specialized departments at the first cycle – bachelor and second cycle – master, thus contributing to the training of highly qualified specialists in the field of educational sciences and translation studies. The courses of world literature are taught in Romanian and Russian, and the courses of national literatures – in the according European languages (English, French, German, Spanish).  

The Department also manages bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in Russian philology, training highly qualified specialists in the field of Russian language and literature. Graduates of the Faculty of Letters, specializing in Russian philology, are employed in educational institutions, scientific journals, periodicals, museums, libraries, publishing houses, radio and television stations.  

A priority objective of the Department is to expand and strengthen existing national and international partnerships and collaborations, including: Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, „A. Russo” University of Balti, The Romanian Cultural Institute Chisinau, Moldova-Institute Leipzig, Institute of Romance Studies of the University of Leipzig, Institute of Romance Studies of the University of Vienna, Institute of Romance Studies of the Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Sibiu, University „A. I. Cuza” of Iasi, the National Library of Moldova, the Union of Writers of Moldova, the House-Museum „Alexandr Pushkin”, the Library „B.P. Hasdeu”, the Library „Lomonosov”, etc. 

The scientific and teaching staff of the Department of World and Comparative Literature and Russian Philology consists of 2 PhD professors, 11 PhDs in philology (including 10 associate professors), 7 assistants. 

The Department of World and Comparative Literature and Russian Philology has in its management the following degree programs: 

Bachelor: 0114.9/0114.10 Russian and English Language and Literature (full-time) 

Master’s program: Russian Language and Literature: Intercultural and Organizational Communication (120 credits). 

Head of Department: Cristina Grossu-Chiriac, PhD, Associate Professor 

Teaching staff of the Department of World and Comparative Literature
and Russian Philology: 

PAVLICENCO Sergiu, Habilitated Doctor in Philology, Professor, taught subjects: World Literature of the 17th-18th Centuries; Spanish Literature of the 19th Century (I); Spanish Literature of the 19th Century (II); Spanish Literature of the 20th Century; Spanish Literature of the 20th (II)-21 Centuries; Postmodernism, Post-politics and the New Configuration of World Literature. 

PRUS Elena, Habilitated Doctor in Philology, Professor, taught subjects: French Literature of the 19th Century (I); French Literature of the 19th Century (II); French Literature of the 20th Century. 

CERNELEV Vsevolod, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, taught subjects: History of Old Russian Literature. Russian folklore; Russian Paremiology; Anthology of the Holy Scriptures; Historical Poetics; Publicity as the Art of Word and Image; Introduction to Research Technique; Art of Old Russia. History of Russian Culture; The Comic in Culture and Art. 

COLESNIC Liubov, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, taught subjects: History of Russian Literature of the 19th Century. 

DONȚU Nadejda, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, taught subjects: Business Style and Documentation; Stylistics and Cultivation of the Russian Language; Writing; Lexicology of the Russian Language; Culture of Speech; Phonetics and Orthography of the Russian Language; Spelling and Punctuation of Business Style; Problems of Slavistics and History of the Russian Language. 

FONARI Victoria, Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor, taught subjects: Spanish Literature up to the 16th Century. 

GROSSU-CHIRIAC Cristina, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, taught subjects: World Literature up to the 16th Century; World Literature to the 16th Century. XVII-XVIII; World Literature of the 19th Century (II); German Literature of the 19th Century (I); German Literature of the 19th Century (II); Literary Translation and Interpretation; German Literature in the 20th Century. 

PROCOPII Liuba, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, taught subjects: Media Language; Theory of Style; Business Ethics and Etiquette; Copyright: rules of drafting; Editing and Proofreading of Scientific and Business Texts; Reviewing and Editing of Literary Texts; Text Linguistics; Sociolinguistics. 

SOROCEANU Evdochia, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, taught subjects: Old Slavic Language; Old Slavic Language. Historical Grammar; Comparative Grammar of Slavic Languages; General Linguistics. Introduction to Text Theory; Problems of Slavistics and History of the Russian Language. 

SPORÎȘ Natalia, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, taught subjects: World Literature up to the 16th Century; World Literature of the 17th-18th Centuries; World Literature of the 19th Century (I); World Literature of the 19th Century (II); World Literature of the 20th Century; Postmodernism. 

TARABURCA Emilia, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, taught subjects: World Literature up to the 16th Century. World Literature up to 17th-18th Centuries. World Literature of the 19th Century (I); World Literature of the 19th Century (II). 

ȚVIC Irina, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, taught subjects: Comparative Russian Literature; History of Russian Literature of the 20th Century. 

POSTU Marin, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, taught subjects: English Literature of the 19th Century (I); English Literature of the 19th Century (II), English Literature of the 20th Century. 

BOSÎI Cristina, Master of Philology, Lecturer, taught subjects: World Literature up to the 16th Century; World Literature of the 17th-18th Centuries; World Literature of the 19th Century (I); World   the 19th Century (II); English Literature of the 19th Century (I); English Literature of the 19th Century (II); English Literature of the 20th (II)-21 Centuries. 

CRUDU Dumitru, Master of Philology, Lecturer, taught subjects: World Literature until the 16th Century; World Literature in the 19th Century (I); World Literature in the 19th Century. 

GHEORGHIȚĂ Ana, Master of Philology, Lecturer, taught subjects: World Literature until the 16th Century. World Literature of the 17th-18th Centuries; World Literature of the 19th Century (II); French Literature of the 19th Century (I); French Literature of the 19th Century (II). World Literature of the 20th Century (I); French Literature of the 20th Century (I); French Literature of the 20th(II)-21 Century; Postmodernism; Post-politics and the New Configuration of World Literature. 

SALTANOVSCAIA Galina, Master of Philology, Lecturer: Didactics of Language and Literature; Specialist Practice; General Linguistics. Introduction to Text Theory; Russian Language and Literature. 

VERBA Roxana, Master of Philology, Lecturer, taught subjects: Theory of Literature and Contemporary Russian Literature; History of Russian Literature of the 18th Century. 

VULPE Olga, Master of Philology, Lecturer, taught subjects: Morphology of the Russian Language; Syntax of the Russian Language; Russian Language; Pedagogical Ethics.