LKDS26 Medieval Literary Studies

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jana Nechutová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Prerequisites
Enrolment into the doctorand study of Theory of Area Studies, Literature Compratistics
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
Sudents should obtain general information about specific features of medieval European literatue and national literatures (according to the field of interest) and about principal methods and trends in their study.
Syllabus
  • Classical roots of the medieval literature (Plato, Cicero, Boethius); Christian roots of the medieval literature (Bible, patristic literature, Augustinus); Contribution of benedictine cloisters to medieval literature; The role of rhetoric in medieval literature; The Carolingian and Ottonian Renaissance, Humanism of the 12. century, Renaissance and Humanism; The relationshib between medieval Latin literature and the literatures in national languages; Medieval poetry (religious and secular); Carmina Burana and its analogies in the national literatures; Hagiography; Woman in medieval literature; What is "locus communis"?
Literature
  • CURTIUS, Ernst Robert. Evropská literatura a latinský středověk. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triáda, 1998, 738 s. ISBN 80-86138-07-0. info
  • SPUNAR, Pavel. Kultura středověku. 2. pozměn. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1995, 226 s. ISBN 8020005471. info
  • GUREVIČ, Aron Jakovlevič. Kategorie středověké kultury. Translated by Jaroslav Kolár. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1978, 286 s. URL info
  • BACHTIN, Michail Michajlovič. François Rabelais a lidová kultura středověku a renesance. Translated by Jaroslav Kolár. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1975, 406 s. info
  • AUERBACH, Erich. Mimesis : zobrazení skutečnosti v západoevropských literaturách. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1968, 501 s. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Písemná práce v rozsahu min. 10 stran, počítačová sazba, velikost fontu 12, řádkování 1,5 - s poznámkovým aparátem a seznamem pramenů a literatury! Jako téma lze vybrat ketékoli ze souborných témat uvedených v "osnově" nebo na kterýkoli rozvíjejí pojem z těchto témat, vše s ohledem na specializaci doktoranda. Kolokvium o odevzdané práci a o kterémkoli z témat "Osnovy".
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
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