CST:CZS54 Modern Czech Literature - Course Information

CZS54 Modern Czech Literature and Culture

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Petr Bubeníček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miroslav Kotásek, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Šárka Hakalisto, M.A.
Contact Person: Šárka Hakalisto, M.A.
Supplier department: Pan-university studies

Timetable

Mon 20. 2. to Fri 19. 5. Tue 16:30–18:00 KOM 257

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Celta Teacher Education Program (programme CST, TTEP)
• Central European Studies Program (programme CST, CESP)
• Multidisciplinary studies (programme CST, KOS)
• Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Economics and Administration (programme CST, KOS)
• Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Informatics (programme CST, KOS)
• Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Social Studies (programme CST, KOS)
• Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Sport Studies (programme CST, KOS)
• Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Arts (programme CST, KOS)
• Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Medicine (programme CST, KOS)
• Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Education (programme CST, KOS)
• Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Law (programme CST, KOS)
• Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Science (programme CST, KOS)

Course objectives

The course aims at presenting foreign students with different forms that Czech literature and culture of the 20th century took. It will provide an overview of the historical development, significant cultural movements and groups positioned on the background of various media – literature,film, music, photography, architecture, and fine arts –, at the same time hinting at relevant European cultural context.
Instructors Dr Petr Bubeníček, and Dr Miroslav Kotásek

Syllabus

• The topics will include:
• 20th Century Czech cultural history;
• Beginnings of the Czech Modern;
• Good Soldier Schweik;
• Depiction of war and holocaust in Czech literature and film;
• 1960s: „The Joke“ in Kundera’s novel and its filmic adaptation;
• Czech Nobel Prize winner Jaroslav Seifert;
• Czech surrealism both before and after 1945;
• Different forms of Czech exile writing: Josef Škvorecký and Ivan Blatný;
• Lyrics in Czech popular / rock /alternative music;
• Forms of Czech postmodern art and literature;
• Ecriture feminine across generations: Milada Součková, Věra Linhartová, and Daniela Hodrová

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials

Teacher's information

http://cic.muni.cz/cs/left-incoming-mobility/incoming-student/incoming-student-exchange/incoming-student-exchange-cesp

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