CS2RC_LStC Ancient Czech Literature

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/10/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Ondřej Sládek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Poláček, CSc.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Nataša Vrbová
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-hisorical knowledge and interpetational skills in order to communicate with a literary work more effectively.
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
  • 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
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
Credit requirements: active participation in seminars (80% attendance), oral presentation dealing with an assigned topic, satisfactory seminar paper, oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/ped/autumn2014/CS2RC_LStC