CST:CZS35 Major Works of Modern Czech Li - Course Information
CZS35 Major Works of Modern Czech Literature
Pan-university studiesSpring 2004
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Thomas Donaldson Sparling, B.A.
Pan-university studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Věra Honzíková - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Central European Studies Program (programme CST, CESP)
- Multidisciplinary studies (programme CST, KOS)
- Tesol Teacher Education Program (programme CST, TTEP)
- Course objectives
- Few small nations have such a distinguished literature as the Czechs. This course looks at the main trends that have shaped Czech literature in the twentieth century, as well as the texts of many of the authors that have made it famous worldwide.
- Syllabus
- 1. From Vision to Analysis: Literature in the 19th Century 2. Fin de Siècle and the Grotesque Tendencies in the Early 20th Century 3. Neo-Baroque Poetics 4. Two Worlds of Karel Čapek: Mythology and Ordinary Life 5. Poetism - Playful and Optimistic Avantgarde Poetry between the Wars 6. Two Generations of Czech Surrealism 7. Vladimír Holan and Jaroslav Seifert 8. The Theme of the Holocaust in Czech Literature 9. Milan Kundera 10. Josef Škvorecký and His Opus Magnum in a Large Perspective 11. Saying Postmodern in the 1990s 12. How Many Versions Has Contemporary Czech Literature?
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- lectures, an essay
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week. - Teacher's information
- http://www.rect.muni.cz/ois/students/special_programs%2C_individual_courses/cesp
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2004, recent)
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