SBB422 Serbian Prose in the second half of 20th century - interpretation seminar

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Igor Mikušiak (lecturer)
Mgr. Igor Mikušiak (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Thu 8:20–9:55 A41 stara
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Schopnost číst text v originále.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main attention is focused on the reading of the most progressive authors of serbian literature of the late 20th century, and the way how they are appreciated by the contemporary literaty critics. Therefore, emphasis will be placed also on the wide range of writing strategies. Student will be informed not only about the their positon in serbian literatury , but also about the wider (interliterary) connections and the contexts as well. Texts of these authors will be read: Miodrag Bulatović, Aleksandar Tišma, Pavle Ugrinov, Borislav Pekić, Danilo Kiš, Mirko Kovač, Milorad Pavić, David Albahari, Svetislav Bazara,Radoslav Petković and Dragan Velikić. Students may propose some of other names, which they find interesting.
Syllabus
  • Lyrical and cynical hero in M. Bulatovic’s short stories.
  • Innovator - P.Ugrinov.
  • A. Tisma – traditionalist?
  • Echo of history in B. Pekic’s short stories.
  • Documentarism in D. Kis’s prose.
  • Narative stategies in M. Pavic’s texts.
  • D. Albahari’s books – themes and narative techniques.
  • Irony and grotesqueness, ground of S. Basara’s writing.
  • D. Velikc: post- modernist?
Literature
  • DOROVSKÝ, Ivan. Slovník balkánských spisovatelů. Albánská, bosensko-hercegovská, bulharská, chorvatská, makedonská, slovinská, srbská a černohorská literatura (Dictionary of the Balkan Authors. Albanian, Bosnian-Herzegovinian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovenian, Serbian and Montenegrian Literature). 1. vyd. Praha: LIBRI, 2001, 683 pp. Slovníky spisovatelů. ISBN 80-7277-006-3. info
  • PALAVESTRA, Predrag. Posleratna srpska književnost 1945-1970. Beograd: Prosveta, 1972, 503 s. info
Assessment methods
The course has a form of a class discussion. Oral exam. Students must be active in class discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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