FF:PJN213 Famous Authors of Polish Lit. - Course Information
PJN213 Famous Authors of Polish Literature (Czesław Miłosz, Zbigniew Herbert)
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Renáta Buchtová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Renáta Buchtová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Renáta Buchtová, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Renáta Buchtová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Tue 12:00–13:40 D51, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
- Prerequisites
- PJN104 History and Culture of Poland || NOW( PJN102 Course of Polish I )
The course is intended for students of Polish / Slavonic studies at the Faculty of Arts MU with at least minimal knowledge of Polish. - 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
- there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- W ramach zajęć studenci poznają wybitnych twórców literatury polskiej XIX i XX wieku. Chodzi przede wszystkim o lekturę fragmentów ich dzieł (proza, dramaty) lub wierszy opatrzoną komentarzami dotyczącymi ich życia, twórczości i kontekstu epoki. Pod uwagę brane są też ważne wydarzenia i rocznice, np. Rok Czesława Miłosza (2011), Rok Henryka Sienkiewicza (2016), Rok Zbigniewa Herberta (2008 i 2018), Rok C. K. Norwida, S. Lema, T. Różewicza i K.K. Baczyńskiego (2021) albo Rok Romantyzmu Polskiego (2022). W takich przypadkach przez cały semestr poświęcamy uwagę konkretnym twórcom.
- Learning outcomes
- Absolwent będzie w stanie:
- analizować ważne teksty autora z wykorzystaniem znajomości jego biografii oraz tła historycznego i kulturalnego,
- przedstawić znaczenie i rolę konkretnych twórców,
- przedstawić konteksty interpretacyjne,
- dyskutować o tych tematach i poprawnie argumentować. - Syllabus
- Czesław Miłosz:
- 1. Seteiniai (Lithuania) – Miłosz 's native place. • 2. Miłosz memorialized his Lithuanian childhood in novel "The Issa Valley". • 3. Study period in Vilnius and his first volume of poetry. • 4. In 1931 he co-founded the Polish avant-garde literary group "Zagary". • 5. Miłosz spent World War II in Warsaw - collection of verse "The Rescue". • 6. After World War II, Miłosz served as cultural attaché of the communist People's Republic of Poland in Paris. • 7. He revealed the problems of intellectuals living under Stalinism - "The Captive Mind" and "The Seizure of Power" (1953). • 8. In 1960 he moved to the United States to become a lecturer in Polish literature at the University of California at Berkeley. • 9. In 1980 Miłosz received the Nobel Prize for Literature. • 10. Miłosz 's support to the Solidarity movement and his comeback to Poland. • 11. New books of poetry after 1989. • 12. Poet's death in Cracov and "The Last Poems" (2006).
- Zbigniew Herbert:
- 1. Lvov – Herbert's native place. • 2. The Second World War and Home Army (AK). • 3. Study period and socrealism in Poland. • 4. Polish October 1956 and Herbert's debut. • 5. Book of essays The Barbarian in the Garden and poet’s trips. • 6. Book of poetry Mr. Cogito and Herbert's hero. • 7. Herbert's support to the Solidarity movement - comeback to Poland at the 1981. • 8. Poet published in 'second circulation' and in 1986 he moved to Paris. • 9. New books of poetry after 1989. • 10. Epilogue to a Storm – poet's death in Warsaw.
- Literature
- required literature
- FRANASZEK, Andrzej. Herbert : biografia. Wydanie I. Krakow: Znak, 2018, 958 stran. ISBN 9788324053766. info
- FRANASZEK, Andrzej. Miłosz : biografia. Wyd. 1. Kraków: Znak, 2011, 959 s. ISBN 9788324016143. info
- recommended literature
- MIŁOSZ, Czesław. Poslední básně. Translated by Josef Mlejnek. 1. vyd. Praha: Triáda, 2011, 85 s. ISBN 9788087256459. info
- HERBERT, Zbigniew. Barbar v zahradě. Translated by Josef Mlejnek. Vyd. 1. Zblov: Opus, 2010, 200 s. ISBN 9788087048214. info
- HERBERT, Zbigniew. Epilog bouře. Edited by Vlasta Dvořáčková, Translated by Miroslav Červenka - Miroslav Hol. Vyd. tohoto souboru 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2000, 156 s. ISBN 8020408762. info
- MIŁOSZ, Czesław. Rodná Evropa. Translated by Helena Stachová. V Olomouci: Votobia, 1997, 277 s. ISBN 8071982792. info
- MIŁOSZ, Czesław. Údolí Issy. Translated by Helena Stachová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1993, 270 s. ISBN 8020403647. info
- MIŁOSZ, Czesław. Zotročený duch. Praha: Torst, 1992. ISBN 8085639025. info
- MIŁOSZ, Czesław. Mapa času. Praha: Odeon, 1990. ISBN 8020702326. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures and discussions about texts. Compulsory home reading. An active participation and one PPT presentation are required.
- Assessment methods
- Attendance (3 absences per semester are allowed), an active participation and presentation are required.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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