CJBC113 Second Life of St. Wenceslaus

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marie Škarpová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Helena Bednářová
Timetable
Thu 15:00–16:35 4
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
In the seminar we will interpret together a variety of texts from old Czech literature of different genres (spiritual song, legend, chronicle) and times (10th to 18th century), which are connected through the theme of St. Václav. Thus we will not be interested in "historic", but "literary" St. Václav. We will attempt at following varieties of the St. Václav myth and we will note their part in forming and changing the St. Václav tradition, which will form a basis for our discussion concerning the nature of the link between literature and memory as well as the meaning of historical consciousness and tradition.
Syllabus
  • The past, historical memory and literature: What is the use of tradition?
  • St. Václav choir and its genesis
  • Changes in the legend
  • The era of Jan Hus and its reflexion of the tradition
  • Baroque features of St. Václav
  • St. Václav in Czech historiography
Literature
  • Třeštík, Dušan. Kníže svatý Václav. Dějiny a současnost 1990, s. 6 - 13.
  • Royt, Jan. Svatý Václav v umění 17. a 18. století. Praha, Národní galerie 1994.
  • HOŠNA, Jiří. Druhý život svatého Václava. Vyd. 1. Praha: ISV, 1997, 233 s. ISBN 80-85866-27-7. info
  • UHLÍŘ, Z. Literární prameny svatováclavského kultu a úcty ve vrcholném a pozdním středověku. Praha, 1996. info
  • PEKAŘ, Josef. Postavy a problémy českých dějin. Vyd. 2. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1990, 322 s. ISBN 8070210575. info
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Spring 2005.
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