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1411041 - Ceska knjizevnost 1

Course specification
Course title
Acronym 1411041
Study programme
Module
Type of study
Lecturer (for classes)
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
    ESPB 6.0 Status
    Condition Enrolled in the first year of studies Oblik uslovljenosti
    The goal The goal of the course is to familiarize students with the works of the most representative authors in the field of poetry and mostly prose through the topic of translated Czech literature of the 20th century; to point out both the artistic phenomena and the socio-historical circumstances that changed the Czech society during the twentieth century so that the students could gain insight and knowledge about the conditions that encouraged the creation of the literary works of different authors.
    The outcome The outcome of the course is for the student to master the technique of literary text analysis, to analyze the literary tendencies of translated contemporary Czech literature, to compare mutual literary phenomena, and be able to conclude for himself to what extent the literary creativity of the selected authors arose as a spirit of the times, and to what measure is a part of personal authorial poetics.
    Contents
    Contents of lectures Presentation of the beginnings of modern Czech literature at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Characteristics of literary trends in contemporary Czech literature. Historical and cultural context. Analysis and interpretation of the literary creativity of writers of the interwar period (J. Hašek, K. Čapek, J. Seifert), dissident literature (B. Hrabal, J. Škvorecký, M. Kundera), and the works of authors published after the Velvet Revolution (M. Ajvaz, M Viveg, M. Urban, J. Topol).
    Contents of exercises Literary analysis of specific works of selected authors, discussions, interactive teaching, and writing essays. J. Hašek - The Good Soldier Švejk K. Čapek - Stories from a Pocket and Stories from Another Pocket (1929), An Ordinary Life (1934), Krakatit (1922) J. Seifert - The Plague Column (1968-1970) B. Hrabal - I served the King of England (1971), Closely Observed Trains (1965), Too Loud a Solitude (1977) J. Škvorecký - The Cowards (1958), The Swell Season (1975), The Bass Saxophone and other stories about jazz (1967) M. Kundera - The Joke (1967), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), Immortality (1990) M. Ajvaz - The Other City (1993) M. Viveg - Bringing Up Girls in Bohemia (1994), Bliss Was It In Bohemia (1992) M. Urban - The Seven Churches (1998) M. Topol - Nightwork (2001)
    Literature
    1. Aleksandar Ilić - Izgnana književnost. Beograd: Otkrovenje, 2000. (Original title)
    2. Aleksandra Korda Petrović - Kroz istoriju češke književnosti. Beograd: A. Korda-Petrović, 2012. (Original title)
    3. J.Lehár, A. Stich, J. Janáčkova, J.Holý. Česká literatura od počátků k dnešku, Praha: Nakl. Lidové noviny, 1998. (Original title)
    4. Dušan Karpatski: Češka književnost, u Povjest svjetske književnosti, knjiga 7, Zagreb: Mladost, 1975. (Original title)
    Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
    Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
    2 2
    Methods of teaching Lectures, exercises, discussions, interactive teaching, and writing essays.
    Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
    Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
    Activites during lectures Test paper
    Practical lessons 10 Oral examination 70
    Projects
    Colloquia
    Seminars 20