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2111042 - Ceska knjizevnost 2

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Acronym 2111042
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    ESPB 6.0 Status
    Condition Attended and passed the subject Czech literature 1 Oblik uslovljenosti
    The goal The course Czech Literature 2 is focused on introducing students to the development of old Czech literature starting at the end of the 9th century (which was the beginning of literacy on the territory of Great Moravia with accepting Christianity) until the appearance of the Baroque and the Counter-Reformation in the 17th century. The goal of the course is for students to gain knowledge about the most important medieval written monuments created in the Old Slavic language, the struggle between Old Slavic and Latin literacy, the beginning of the first written texts in Old Czech, as well as to master the cultural overview of the origin and development of the lands of the Czech crown.
    The outcome The student will be able to interpret basic literary phenomena in medieval Czech literature, classify them by genre, and analyze the contents and characteristics of the oldest written monuments of Czech culture. They will also acquire the ability to compare those texts with the characteristics of similar written monuments in other Slavic literature (the oldest chronicles, legends, translations of the Bible, and baroque poetry).
    Contents
    Contents of lectures Lectures are concentrated on presenting the development of old Czech literature, in a time span that includes the period from the end of the 9th century to the appearance of the Baroque and the Counter-Reformation in the 17th century, according to the following thematic units: 1. The beginning of Old Slavic literacy on the territory of Great Moravia (form 863 until 885) 2. Old Slavic and Latin tradition in Czech lands in the High Middle Ages (from 10th until 11th century) 3. Temporary dominance of Latin and the first traces of the Czech written language (from 12th until 13th century) 4. The origin of Czech written literature and its development in the 14th century 5. Luxembourg period (through the 14th century) 6. The Hussite period (end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th century) 7. Humanism and the Renaissance (the seventies of the 15th century till the second half of the 16th century) 8. Counter-Reformation / Baroque (from the 1720s till the 1870s) 9. Czech Bible translations
    Contents of exercises Practical work refers to the analysis and interpretation of various literary genres. Reading excerpts from hagiographies, old Czech legends, chronicles, poetic works, and satires from the Collection of Old Czech Literature with the translation of selected texts into Serbian in the given chronological order: Staroslověnské písemnictví na Velké Moravě: 863-885 1. Konstantin Cyril: Proglas – Předzpěv k překladu evangelií Latinská a slovanská tradice v Přemyslovských Čechách 10. a 11. Století 2. První staroslověnská legenda o sv.Václavu Latinská literatura 12. a 13. století 3. Kosmas: Kronika česká Zrození české literatury: doba kolem roku 1300 4. Dalimilova kronika 5. Alexandreida Doba lucemburská 6. Mastičkář Doba husitská 7. Jan Hus: Výklady (1,2) Humanismus 8. Václav Hájek z Libočan: Kronika česká Baroko 9. Jan Amos Komenský: Labyrint světa a ráj srdce 10. Adam Michna z Otradovic: a. Česká mariánská muzika / b. Loutna česká 11. Fridrich Bridel: Co Bůh? Co člověk? 12. Bohuslav Balbin: Život sv. Jana Nepomuckého
    Literature
    1. Česká literatura od počátku k dnešku, J. Lehár, A. Stich, J. Janáčková, J. Holý (eds). Praha: Lidové noviny, 1998 (Original title)
    2. Dějiny české literatury I – Starší česká literatura, ed. Hrabák Josef et al. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1959 (Original title)
    3. Zdeňka Tichá: Cesta starší české literatury. Praha: Panorama, 1984 (Original title)
    4. Čítanka české literatury 1 - Od počátků do raného obrození. Lehár Jan a Stih Alexandr. Praha: Český spisovatel, 1997 (Original title)
    5. Arne Novák; Jan V. Novák. Přehledné dějiny literatury české. Brno: Atlantis, 1995 (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, translation, presentations on given topics.
    Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
    Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
    Activites during lectures 10 Test paper
    Practical lessons 20 Oral examination 70
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