CJp510 Old Czech Literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Ondřej Sládek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ondřej Sládek, Ph.D.
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 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
Course objectives
Through selected topics, the seminar covers the most important works and personalities of the earliest Czech literature. The main stages (from the 9th to the 18the century) will be characterised, as well as their genre and style specificity. Deeper insights into the literary events will be offered through a detailed analysis and interpretation of artistic texts. Students will learn about the basic secondary literature which will enable them to complete and extend the gained knowledge. They will develop their literary-historical knowledge and interpretational skills in order to communicate with a literary work more effectively.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to identify, analyze and interpret basic literary works and genres of the earliest Czech literature.
Syllabus
  • Literature of the early Middle Ages (9th -13th century) Literature of the late Middle Ages (14th century) Literature of the Husite and anti-Husite movements (from the beginning to the 1470s) Humanism, renaissance and reformation (from the 1470s to the 1620s) Barogue and antireformation (from the 1620s to the 1720s)
Literature
    required literature
  • KOPECKÝ, Milan. Dějiny starší české literatury. 1. vyd. Opava: Masarykova univerzita, 1991, 80 s.
  • KOSMAS,. Kronika Čechů. Vyd. 8., (v této úpravě a v Argu 1.). Praha: Argo, 2011, 285 s. ISBN 9788025704653.
  • LEHÁR, Jan a Alexandr STICH. Čítanka české literatury. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Český spisovatel, 1997, 605 s. ISBN 8020206612.
  • KOMENSKÝ, Jan Amos. Labyrint světa a ráj srdce. V České knižnici vyd. 2. Brno: Host, 2014, 249 s. ISBN 9788074911545.
    recommended literature
  • PETRŮ, Eduard. Vzdálené hlasy: studie o starší české literatuře. Olomouc: Votobia, 1996, 443 s. ISBN 8071981621.
  • LE GOFF, Jacques a Jean-Claude SCHMITT. Encyklopedie středověku. Edited by Franco Alessio, Translated by Lada Bosáková. Vyd. 3. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2014. 935 s. ISBN 9788074291302.
  • HRABÁK, Josef (ed.). Dějiny české literatury. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1959, 531 s.
  • KOPECKÝ, Milan. Starší česká a slovenská literatura. Dotisk 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1991, 186 s. ISBN 8021002638. info
  • HRABÁK, Josef. Starší česká literatura : úvod do studia. Vyd. 3. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 245 s. URL info
  • TICHÁ, Zdeňka. Cesta starší české literatury. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1984, 295 s. URL info
    not specified
  • VELTRUSKÝ, Jarmila F. The sacred farce from medieval Bohemia, Mastičkář. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1985. ix, 396 s. ISBN 0-936534-05-2.
  • Objet et méthodes de l'histoire de la culture. Edited by Jacques Le Goff - Béla Köpeczi. Paris: Éditions du CNRS, 1982. 247 s. ISBN 9630529343.
Teaching methods
Students will get an insight into basic literary trends and movements in Czech literature in the period concerned, as well as into its genre specifics. They will further develop 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 contact classes but also in their individual study of recommended literature which they will be able to discuss regularly with their teacher.
Assessment methods
Active participation in seminars (80%), submission of two essays on the assigned topic, and successfully passing the exam in the form of a written test. The final test consists of questions from the given topics. The test is scored. Grading is based on the following grading scale: A=100-88; B=87-75; C=74-62; D=61-49; E=48-36; F=35-0 points.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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