PdF:CJp038 Chs. in 20th Cent. Czech Lit. - Course Information
CJp038 Chapters in the 20th Century Czech Literature 2
Faculty of EducationSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Jiří Poláček, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Jiří Poláček, CSc.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Czech Language and Literature for Education (programme PdF, B-CJ3S) (2)
- Czech Language and Literature for Education (programme PdF, B-SPE)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the subject is to present an outline of the development of Czech literature between the years 1918 and 1945.
- Learning outcomes
- Students will get a deeper insight into the problematic nature of individual literary genres, key personalities, movements and groups, as well as the social context.
- Syllabus
- 1.General characteristics of the years 1918-1938. 2. Literature about the First World War. 3. Poetry between the two wars. 4. Prose between the two wars. 5. Drama and Theatre between the two wars. 6. Literary criticism and periodicals between the two wars. 7. Literature in the Czech lands written in german. 8. General characteristics of the years 1938-1945. 9. Poetry in the period of the German occupation. 10. Prose in the period of the German occupation. 11. Drama and Theatre in the period of the German occupation. 12. Literary criticism and periodicals during the Nazi occupation.
- Literature
- required literature
- GALÍK, Josef, Erik GILK, Petr HORA, Jana KOLÁŘOVÁ, Petr KOMENDA, Radek MALÝ, Eduard PETRŮ, Martin PODIVÍNSKÝ, Jan SCHNEIDER, Jiří SKALIČKA and Alena ŠTĚRBOVÁ. Panorama české literatury. Edited by Lubomír Machala. Vydání první. Praha: Knižní klub, 2015, 607 stran. ISBN 9788024248189. info
- Dějiny české literatury. Edited by Jan Mukařovský. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, 714 s. ISBN 80-85865-48-3. info
- recommended literature
- POLÁČEK, Jiří. Průhledy do české literatury 20. století. Vyd. 1. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 2000, 307 s. ISBN 80-7204-162-2. info
- ČERVENKA, Miroslav. Slovník básnických knih : díla české poezie od obrození do roku 1945. Vyd. 1. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1990, 428 s. ISBN 802020217X. info
- Poetika české meziválečné literatury : (proměny žánrů). Vydání první. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1987, 351 stran. URL info
- not specified
- WINNER, T. G. a kol. The Czech avant-garde literary movement between the world wars. New York: Peter Lang, 2015. 200 s.
- CHITNIS, Rajendra A. Vladislav Vančura: The heart of the Czech avant-garde. 1. Ed. Prague: Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press, 2007, 172 s. ISBN 9788024614564. info
- Teaching methods
- Students will be able to identify and analyze the style of outstanding personalities of the literary process of the period in question. Students will further develop all their literary knowledge and interpretational skills with the aim to communicate with a literary work more efficiently. They will creatively use their knowledge gained not only in the contact classes but also in their individual study of recommended literature which they will be able to discuss regularly with their teacher.
- Assessment methods
- Type of course: lecture. Type of completion: credit. Credit requirements: active participation students can be three times absent) and assigned tasks completed individually (text interpretations). The emphasis is put on student´s ability to evaluate a literary work, to compare it in the context of the current Czech and world literary production and to defend their views using precise terminology.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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