CJc526 Literature for Young Adults

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Synchronous online teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Milena Šubrtová, Ph.D. (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 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
Students will gain a literary-historical overview of the changes in Czech literature for children and youth from the beginning to the present. Emphasis is placed on the form of current book production for children.
Learning outcomes
On the basis of the literary historical awareness developed, students will be able to interpret and critically reflect on literary works for children in order to work with them in the teaching of literary education. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to formulate and defend evaluative criteria for literary critical assessment of literature for young people and apply them in literary critical and pedagogical practice.
Syllabus
  • Block 1: The problem of triviality in youth literature, model examples from contemporary Czech literature for children and youth. Block 2: Nodal points in the development of Czech literature for children and youth from the 19th century to the mid-20th century (poetry in the 19th century, activities in the field of literature for youth at the beginning of the 20th century, the development of narrative prose and fairy tales). Block 3: The development of literature for children and young people in the second half of the 20th century (the period from 1945 to the end of the normalisation). Block 4: Genre differentiation and syncretism in literature for children and youth after 1989, new development tendencies, change of thematic composition. Block 5: Pictorial narratives in literature for children and youth, their form, function and interpretation.
Literature
    required literature
  • JANOUŠEK, Pavel, Lucie ANTOŠÍKOVÁ, Zdeněk BRDEK, Marie BRUNOVÁ, Eduard BURGET, Vojen DRLÍK, Erik GILK, Lukáš HOLEČEK, Petr HRUŠKA, Petr JANEČEK, Michal JAREŠ, Lenka JUNGMANNOVÁ, Ivan KLIMEŠ, Jiří KŘESŤAN, Klára KUDLOVÁ, Petra LOUČOVÁ, Martin LUKÁŠ, Ester NOVÁKOVÁ, Luisa NOVÁKOVÁ, Iva MIKULOVÁ, Martin PILAŘ, Karel PIORECKÝ, Pavel ŠIDÁK, Martina ŠMEJKALOVÁ, Jitka ŠOTKOVSKÁ, Štefan ŠVEC, Milena ŠUBRTOVÁ, Václav VELČOVSKÝ, Petra JANÁK ZACHATÁ and Jiří ZIZLER. Dějiny české literatury v Protektorátu Čechy a Morava. Edited by Iva Málková - Kateřina Piorecká - Alena Šidáková Fialová - Bar. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2022, 735 stran. ISBN 9788076580534. info
  • ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena. Pohádkové příběhy v české literatuře pro děti a mládež (1990-2010) (Fairy tales in the Czech literature for children and youth (1990-2010)). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 327 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5692-3. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-5692-2011. info
  • Dějiny české literatury 1945-1989. Edited by Pavel Janoušek - Petr Čornej - Alena Šidáková Fialová - Pavel Ja. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2008, 977 stran. ISBN 9788020016317. info
  • Dějiny české literatury 1945-1989. Edited by Pavel Janoušek - Petr Čornej - Blahoslav Dokoupil - Pavel Janáček. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2008, 688 stran. ISBN 9788020015839. info
  • Dějiny české literatury 1945-1989. Edited by Pavel Janoušek - Věra Brožová - Alena Šidáková Fialová - Petr. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2007, 549 stran. ISBN 9788020015280. info
  • Dějiny české literatury 1945-1989. Edited by Pavel Janoušek - Petr Čornej - Alena Šidáková Fialová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2007, 431 s. ISBN 9788020015273. info
    recommended literature
  • ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena. Slovník autorů literatury pro děti a mládež 2. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2012, 456 pp. ISBN 978-80-7277-506-4. info
  • TOMAN, Jaroslav. Konstanty a proměny moderní české poezie pro děti : (tvorba, recepce, reflexe). [České Budějovice]: Vlastimil Johanus, 2008, 271 s. ISBN 9788090424722. info
  • URBANOVÁ, Svatava and Milena ROSOVÁ. Žánry, osobnosti, díla : (historický vývoj žánrů české literatury pro mládež - antologie). 3. upr. vyd. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita - Filozofická fakulta, 2002, 236 s. ISBN 8070426047. info
    not specified
  • URBANOVÁ, Svatava. S holokaustem za zády : téma holokaustu v české a překladové literatuře pro děti a mládež vydávané po roce 1989. Vydání první. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2018, 323 stran. ISBN 9788074649929. info
  • URBANOVÁ, Svatava. Figury a figurace : studie o ilustracích, obrázkových knihách, albech, leporelech a komiksech. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, Filozofická fakulta, Ústav pro regionální studia, 2010, 173 stran. ISBN 9788073688592. info
  • URBANOVÁ, Svatava. Sedm klíčů k otevření literatury pro děti a mládež 90. let XX. století : reflexe české tvorby a recepce. Olomouc: Votobia, 2004, 457 s. ISBN 8070426683. info
Teaching methods
Teaching is conducted online in the form of lectures, combining overview explanations, interpretative analyses and introductions to examples of literary works. The lectures are followed by a space for discussion.
Assessment methods
The course concludes with a written exam consisting of answers to open-ended questions on literary history and assigned required readings on the topic. Students are introduced to the topics to be covered in the exam and the criteria for its evaluation at the beginning of the semester.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10 hodin v semestru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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