CJBC412 Czech Reception of Central European Modernism

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. František A. Podhajský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
Wed 11:40–13:15 N01023
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
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Course objectives
The course will treat Czech interpretations of main literary works of Central European modernism. Students will be also introduce to various concepts of literary modernism.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to understand main works of Central European modernism;
to learn the history of Czech interpretations of this works;
to work with concept of literary modernism independently;
to interpret works of literary modernism.
Syllabus
  • 1. Notion of Literary Modernism.
  • 2. Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis.
  • 3. Italo Svevo, Zeno's Conscience.
  • 4. Luigi Pirandello, One, No one and One Hundred Thousand.
  • 5. Bruno Schulz, The Street of Crocodiles.
  • 6. Elias Canetti, Auto-da-Fé.
  • 7. Sándor Márai, Egy polgár vallomásaiból (Confession of a Bourgeois).
  • 8. – 9. Robert Musil, The Man Without Qualities.
  • 10. Vladimir Bartol, Alamut.
  • 11. Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke, and Possessed.
  • 12. Dominik Tatarka, V úzkosti hladania (The Anxiety of Quest).
Literature
  • Havelka, M., „Střední Evropa: konstrukce – iluze – realita“, Svět literatury, č. 36
  • GELLNER, Ernest André. Jazyk a samota : Wittgenstein, Malinowski a habsburské dilema. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2005, 247 s. ISBN 8073250551. info
  • ÁSTRÁÐUR EYSTEINSSON. The concept of modernism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990, x, 265 s. ISBN 0-8014-8077-9. info
  • Fokemma, D., Literary History, Modernism, and Postmodernism (Utrecht, 1984)
  • Fokemma, D. a Ibsch, E., Modernist Conjectures (New York, 1988)
  • HILSKÝ, Martin. Modernisté :Eliot, Joyce, Woolfová, Lawrence. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 1995, 269 s. ISBN 80-85639-40-8. info
  • DOLEŽEL, Lubomír. Studie z české literatury a poetiky. Edited by Bohumil Fořt. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2008, 355 s. ISBN 9788072153374. info
  • KUNDERA, Milan. Kastrující stín svatého Garty. Vyd. tohoto souboru 1. V Brně: Atlantis, 2006, 70 s. ISBN 8071082740. info
  • FLEMROVÁ, Alice. Protagonisté italského modernistického románu. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2004, 211 s. ISBN 807308080X. info
Teaching methods
seminar
Assessment methods
Credit will be given for final essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Při nadlimitním počtu přihlášených studentů vybere vyučující účastníky na základě vědomostního testu nebo pohovoru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011.
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