RJB421 Comparative History of Slavonic Literatures

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Ludvík Štěpán, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Vladimír Franta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Timetable
each even Thursday 16:40–18:15 B11
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
RJB421/A: each odd Thursday 16:40–18:15 B11, V. Franta, I. Pospíšil, L. Štěpán, V. Štěpánek
RJB421/B: each even Thursday 15:00–16:35 A45, V. Franta, I. Pospíšil, L. Štěpán, V. Štěpánek
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The lecture is oriented on the historical and theoretical outline of Slavonic literatures on the comparative basis, i. e. on the South-Slavonic literatures with the background in the Balkan and Mediterranean area (Slovene,Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian literatures), West-Slavonic (Czech, Slovak, Polish, Sorbian, Kashubian) a East-Slavonic(Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorusian/Belorussian). The aim of the lecture is to provide the slavists of various specializations with the traditional comparative context of Slavonic literatures with special regard to the contemporary stage of development. At the end of the course, the student will have the knowledge about the development of Slavonic literatures and their poetics and will be able to integrate their aesthetic values in world literature.
Syllabus
  • The oldest Old Church Slavonic literature Slavonic literary schools The Dubrovnik Renaissance Enlightenment National revival, language question, folklore Slavonic Romanticism Modernism with the Slavs Literary models between the two world wars The literature of the Second World War reflecting the national liberation movement Postwar generations of writers East-Slavonic literatures and the specific features of their development The Golden Age of Russian literature in the Slavonic and world context East-Slavonic modernism, avant-garde, and postmodernism in the Slavonic and world context West-Slavonic literatures and the specific features of their development West-Slavonic modernism, avant-garde, and postmodernism in the Slavonic and world context
Literature
  • Pospíšil, I.: Střední Evropa a Slované. Brno 2006.
  • 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
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Slovník ruských, ukrajinských a běloruských spisovatelů. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2001, 680 s. ISBN 8072770683. info
  • ŠTĚPÁN, Ludvík, Roman MADECKI, Anna GAWARECKA, Krystyna KARDYNI-PELIKÁNOVÁ, Lenka VÍTOVÁ, Vanda PINDUROVÁ, Jarmil PELIKÁN, Karla ONDRÁŠKOVÁ, Boguslaw BAKULA, Dobrochna DABERT, Grzegorz GAZDA, Andrzej ZAWADA and Irena HRABĚTOVÁ. Slovník polských spisovatelů (Dictionary of Polish Writers). Ludvík Štěpán - autor koncepce slovníku a editor, autor předmluvy a úvodní eseje. první. Praha: Libri, 2000, 555 pp. Slovníky spisovatelů 107. ISBN 80-7277-005-5. info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Ruská literatura (The Russian Literature). In Světové literatury 20. století v kostce. Praha: LIBRI, 1999, p. 167-189. ISBN 80-85983-80-X. info
  • MASARYK, Tomáš Garrigue. Rusko a Evropa :studie o duchovních proudech v Rusku. Praha: Ústav T.G. Masaryka, 1996, 456 s. ISBN 80-901971-7-5. info
  • MASARYK, Tomáš Garrigue. Rusko a Evropa :studie o duchovních proudech v Rusku. Praha: Ústav T.G. Masaryka, 1996, 495 s. ISBN 80-901971-6-7. info
  • DOHNAL, Josef, Ivo POSPÍŠIL and Galina Pavlovna BINOVÁ. Panoráma ruské literatury (Panorama of Russian Literature). In Panoráma ruské literatury. 1st ed. Boskovice: Albert, 1995, 415 pp. ISBN 80-85834-04-9. info
  • MASARYK, Tomáš Garrigue. Rusko a Evropa :studie o duchovních proudech v Rusku. Praha: Ústav T.G. Masaryka, 1995, 394 s. ISBN 80-901971-1-6. info
  • DOROVSKÝ, Ivan, Miroslav MIKULÁŠEK, Ivo POSPÍŠIL and Jarmil PELIKÁN. Slovník slovanských spisovatelů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1984, 343 s. info
  • MÁCHAL, Jan. Slovanské literatury. V Praze: nákladem Matice české, 1929, 795 stran. info
  • WOLLMAN, Frank. Slované : kulturní obraz slovanského světa. Praha: "Vesmír" - nakladatelská a vydavatelská společnost s r.o., 1928, 259 s. URL info
  • MÁCHAL, Jan. Slovanské literatury. V Praze: nákladem Matice české, 1925, 605 stran. info
  • MÁCHAL, Jan. Slovanské literatury. V Praze: nákladem Matice české, 1922, 319 stran. info
Teaching methods
The lecture is based on the comparative approach to Slavonic literatures at the background of the development of world literature and its aesthetic values. It applies new models of literary history linked to the methods of area and cultural studies. In the framework of the seminar the students' research and the following discussion are being presented.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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