CJA061 Czech literature since 1895 Follow-up Studies - Seminar

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Balaštík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jitka Bednářová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Darina Čurdová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Luisa Nováková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CJA061/A: Tue 10:00–11:35 A32 stara, L. Nováková
CJA061/B: Thu 10:00–11:35 N01023, J. Kudrnáč
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
The course is devoted to the deeper Czech literature of the first half of the 20th century. The emphasis will be put on contemporary literary historiography including the secondary literature from abroad and on imanent interpretation of literature as well as on interpretation in a cultural context. Attention will be paid to issues which were considered as controversial or were not taken into account in last decades, such as decadence, symbolism, expresionism, Literary group, catholic authors, pragmatism, existencialism and ruralism.Lessons are devoted to particular personalities, groups, movements and their mutual relations. The works are interpreted on the basis of comparative approach and literary theory.
Main aim of this course is: understanding to literary development in the broader cultural and social context; encompassment of deep analysis of particular works and methods of critical synthesis; getting deep and broad knowledge in this field.
Syllabus
  • Doc. Kudrnáč: The seminar is outlined as a complementation of a lecture on 20th century Czech literature. The sessions are devoted to authors and problems of Czech literature in a comparative perspective, in relation to Czech literature of different periods as well as in relation to other literatures. The starting point of the work in the seminar is usually a topic dealt with in a seminar paper. The texts from both primary and secondary literature are chosen so as to complement the list of reading required for the exam. After an introduction to the reference literature of the field, the sessions will be devoted to literary groups of the Czech fin de siecle; the ante-war generation or the "generation of rebels"; the role of the "1914 Almanac"; poetism in its relations to other literary schools; psychological prose of the nineteen thirties and before; drama from the end of the nineteenth century to the nineteen forties; the birth of the Czech literary criticism at the turn of the twentieth century and its further development; the innovative and traditional tendencies in historical prose; important expressionistic authors; the poetic schools of the nineteen thirties and forties.
  • Dr. Nováková: The seminars will be aimed at analyses of particular literary works of this period in Czech literature. We will focus on the key works as well as on the works written by authors who are wrongfully neglected. We will think over the particular texts to consider also the literary, cultural and social contexts.
Literature
  • Dějiny české literatury. Edited by Jan Mukařovský. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, 714 s. ISBN 80-85865-48-3. info
  • LEHÁR, Jan. Česká literatura od počátků k dnešku. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2004, 1078 s. ISBN 80-7106-308-8. info
  • VOISINE-JECHOVÁ, Hana. Dějiny české literatury. Edited by Aleš Haman. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H&H, 2005, 625 s. ISBN 8073190311. info
  • JEŘÁBEK, Dušan. Česká literatura od konce národního obrození do roku 1918 [Jeřábek, 1999]. Vyd. 3., přeprac. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 118 s. ISBN 80-210-2142-X. info
  • ČORNEJ, Petr. Česká literatura na předělu století. 2. upr. vyd. Jinočany: H & H, 2001, 303 s. ISBN 808602282X. info
  • NOVÁK, Jan Václav and Arne NOVÁK. Přehledné dějiny literatury české : od nejstarších dob až po naše dny. 4. přeprac. a rozš. vyd. V Brně: Atlantis, 1995, 1804 s. ISBN 8071081051. info
  • PUTNA, Martin C. Česká katolická literatura v evropském kontextu 1848-1918. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 1998, 801 s. ISBN 80-7215-059-6. info
  • ČERVENKA, Miroslav. Slovník básnických knih : díla české poezie od obrození do roku 1945. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1990. ISBN 80-202-0217-X. info
  • MED, Jaroslav. Spisovatelé ve stínu. Vyd. 2., rozš., v Portále. Praha: Portál, 2004, 237 s. ISBN 8071789399. info
  • MED, Jaroslav. Od skepse k naději : studie a úvahy o české literatuře. 1. vyd. Svitavy: Trinitas, 2006, 245 s. ISBN 8086885046. info
  • Poláček, Jiří, a kolektiv: Průhledy do české literatury 20. století, Brno: Akademické nakladatelství Cerm, 2000. ISBN 80-7204-162-2
  • SKÁCEL, Jan. Třináctý černý kůň. Vyd. 1. Brno: Blok, 1993, 259 s. ISBN 80-7029-085-4. info
  • CHALUPECKÝ, Jindřich. Expresionisté :Richard Weiner, Jakub Deml, Ladislav Klíma, podivný Hašek. [Praha]: Torst, 1992, 200 s. ISBN 80-85639-00-9. info
  • CHVATÍK, Květoslav. Strukturalismus a avantgarda. Vyd. 1. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1970, 143 s. URL info
  • Avantgarda známá a neznámá. 1919-1924. Edited by Štěpán Vlašín. Praha: Svoboda, 1971. info
  • Avantgarda známá a neznámá. Sv. 2, Vrchol a krize poetismu 1925-1928 [11669/2]. Praha: Svoboda, 1972. info
  • Avantgarda známá a neznámá. Edited by Vladimír Dostál. Praha: Svoboda, 1970. info
  • HODROVÁ, Daniela. --na okraji chaosu-- :poetika literárního díla 20. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2001, 865 s. ISBN 80-7215-140-1. info
  • ČERVENKA, Miroslav. Pohledy zblízka: zvuk, význam, obraz :poetika literárního díla 20. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2002, 586 s. ISBN 80-7215-171-1. info
  • ČERVENKA, Miroslav. Na cestě ke smyslu : poetika literárního díla 20. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2005, 1051 s. ISBN 8072152440. info
  • KOŽMÍN, Zdeněk. Interpretace básní. Vyd. 2., přeprac. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 186 s. ISBN 8021016949. info
Assessment methods
Assessment:

doc. Kudrnáč: essay

dr. Nováková: essay and reading for each session

The examination for students of single-subject form is based on their knowledge in particular literary-historical section with regard to specific contents of particular course including knowledge in primary and secondary courses.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008.
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