FF:CJQ030 Cz.Lit.- beg. to the 18th C./L - Course Information

CJQ030 Czech Literature from the beginning to the 18th Century I / Lecture

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Hana Bočková, Dr. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Michaela Soleiman pour Hashemi, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová

Timetable

Thu 16:40–18:15 zruseno C21

Prerequisites (in Czech)

CJQ021 Cz. Lit. of the 19th CenturyII

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

• Czech Language for Foreigners (programme FF, B-FI)

Course objectives

In the introductory lessons there will be presented the basic literature concerned by presenting and evaluating the syntheses of literary history in 20th century, including the literary history from 1999. In following lectures the main "controversial" themes will be dealt with (e.g. the love lyric poetry of the Middle Ages, medieval legends, genre system of Renaissance literature, the understanding of baroque literature, the importance of J.A. Komenský, artistic value of baroque homiletics). At the end of the course, the student should be able to understand specific features of old Czech literature; to use its genre system; to compare it with the model of the modern literature;

Syllabus

• - the specifics of artistic presentation in old literature
• - basic literature concerning the topic, comparison of syntheses of literary history
• - the problems concerning medieval legends
• - "controversions" around love lyric poetry of the Middle Ages
• - specifics of the protestant literature in the 15th century
• - genre system of the humanistic period in Czech literature
• - Renaissance books of travel as a sign of the changing ideas of the era
• - Komenský between humanism and Baroque
• - homiletics as a basic genre of Baroque literature
• - questions around Baroque legends
• - folk and semi-folk literature of the 18th century

Literature

• CURTIUS, Ernst Robert. Evropská literatura a latinský středověk. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triáda, 1998, 738 s. ISBN 80-86138-07-0. info
• PETRŮ, Eduard. Vzdálené hlasy :studie o starší české literatuře. Olomouc: Votobia, 1996, 443 s. ISBN 80-7198-162-1. info
• KOPECKÝ, Milan. Česká literatura od 20. let 17. století do 70. let 18. století [Kopecký, 1993]. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1993. ISBN 80-210-0696-X. info
• HLOBIL, Ivo and Eduard PETRŮ. Humanismus a raná renesance na Moravě. Photo by Prokop Paul. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1992, 274 s. ISBN 8020003851. info
• Česká středověká lyrika. Edited by Jan Lehár. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1990, 406 s. ISBN 807021015X. info
• KOPECKÝ, Milan. Český humanismus. 1. vyd. Praha: Melantrich, 1988, 282 s. URL info
• ŠKARKA, Antonín. Půl tisíciletí českého písemnictví. Edited by Emanuel Macek - Pavel Spunar - Jan Lehár. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1986, 502 s. URL info
• PETRŮ, Eduard. Vzrušující skutečnost : fakta a fantazie ve středověké a humanistické literatuře. Ostrava: Profil, 1984. info
• LEHÁR, Jan. Nejstarší česká epika : Dalimilova kronika, Alexandreida, první veršované legendy. Translated by Rudolf Mertlík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1983, 230 s. URL info
• PETRŮ, Eduard. Zašifrovaná skutečnost : deset otázek a odpovědí na obranu literární medievalistiky. V Ostravě: Profil, 1972, 162 s. URL info
• O barokní kultuře : sborník statí. Edited by Milan Kopecký. Vyd. 1. Brno: Universita J.E. Purkyně, 1968, 191 s. URL info
• DAŇHELKA, Jiří. Dějiny české literatury. Edited by Josef Hrabák. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1959, 531 s. URL info

Assessment methods

Lectures, reading. Colloquium on the basis of written test.

Language of instruction

Czech

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