BJA305 Bulgarian 20th Century Literature I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Krejčí, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 10:00–12:25 A46
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BJA210 19th-Century Bulgarian Lit.
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
Course objectives
Lecture has been focused to the development of Bulgarian literature since the end of the WWI up to this date. We follow modernistic trends of the Bulgarian literature, analyzing so called September Literature, arisen as a repercussion the coup d'état taking place in 1923 as well as ensuing poetical wave initiated by it. We are tracing the development of Bulgarian novel taking place in 30th, showing Bulgarian trends in literary criticism as well as history. Attention is drawn to post-war schematism, after the overcoming of which a new heyday of novel took place. Principal significance is paid to a new blooming of prose in sixties of 20th century (J. Radičkov, N. Chaitov, I. Petrov, G. Markov, P. Vežinov, B. Rainov, A. Guljaški, B. Dimitrova). Final survey shows the contemporary literary trends. At the end of this course a student will be capable to interpret fundamental trends of Bulgarian literary heritage of the 20th century.
Syllabus
  • Christo Jasenov, Christo Smirnenski.Geo Milev, and expressionism. September literature.
  • “Strelac” group, Atanas Dalčev.Elizaveta Bagrjana.
  • From a short story to a novel. Trends in Bulgarian prose of 30th: Rural psychological novel, historical novel, and experimental prose.
  • Jordan Jovkov.
  • Revolutionary literature. Criticism and artificial trends of thirties and first half of forties.
  • Prosaic debuts: Stanev, Dimov, Vežinov, Guljaški, Kalčev. Poetry: forties Generation. Nikola Vapcarov.
  • Literary life after 1944 – overall survey, literary dogmatism, novel renaissance (Dimov, Stanev, Talev)
  • Thawing in political climate and its literary impact (memoirs, new poetry wave, historical prose, science-fiction, detective novel, satire, and humor.
  • Poetry flowering in sixties, advancement within the end of eighties.
  • New wave in prose, characteristics of J. Radičkov, N. Chajtov, I. Petrov, G. Markov, P. Vežinov, B. Rainov, A. Guljaški, B. Dimitrova.
  • Drama: Lyrical drama (Džagarov, V. Petrov, etc.). Satire (Radičkov, Stratiev)
  • Evolution of literary history and criticism.
  • Bulgarian literature at the “fin de siécle”.
Literature
  • IGOV, Svetlozar. Kratka istorija na bălgarskata literatura. Sofija: Prosveta, 1996, 574 pp. ISBN 954-01-0732-6. info
  • Rečnik na bălgarskata literatura. Sofija: Izdatelstvo na Bălgarskata akademija na naukite, 1982. info
  • Slovník spisovatelů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1978, 484 s. info
  • Rečnik na bălgarskata literatura. Edited by Georgi Canev. Sofija: Izdatelstvo na Bălgarskata akademija na naukite, 1977, 486 s. info
  • Rečnik na bălgarskata literatura. Edited by Georgi Canev. Sofija: Izdatelstvo na Bălgarskata akademija na naukite, 1976, 407 s. info
  • WOLLMAN, Frank. Bulharské drama. V Bratislavě: Filosofická fakulta University Komenského, 1928, vi, 166. info
Assessment methods
Schooling consists of lecture and seminar, requiring home preparation, i.e. primary literature reading and referring on read literature. Exam is of oral type.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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