CJBC214 J. A. Komenskýs The Labyrinth: Literary Artwork and Passage to Knowledge

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. Sylvie Richterová (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
Mon 15:50–17:25 pracovna, Wed 15:50–17:25 pracovna, Thu 15:50–17:25 pracovna
Prerequisites
The students should be familiar with the work and life of Jan Ámos Komenský.
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
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Course objectives
The course introduces the students to the biblical kontext of J. A. Komenský’s most famous work, The Labyrinth of the Universe and the Paradise of the Heart. The commented fading of the text during this course focuses not only on clasically emphasized religious fiction of the text but it also point sout its fiction aesthetic. The teacher will, together with the students, apply the means of literky criticism, which are adequate for the inquiry of old literature but can aslo be applicable to modern texts.The students after finishing the course will be able to: work with various semantic plans of the work, understand the principle of an allegorical exegesis, apply hermeneutic methods to the text’s analysis, uncover the semantic kontext of the text’s architecture.
Syllabus
  • The acrchitecture of Labyrinth, the principle of labyrinth and the character of a pilgrim in Medieval art. Cognitive and aesthetic functions in Komenský’s Labyrinth; the categories of seing, vision and knowledge. The meaning of moves in Labyrinth. The tradition of allegorical exegesion and Dante; The Labyrinth of the Universe and Paradise of the Heart from the perspective of exegesion. Komenský’s sources: biblical topics and their adaptation; Evangelist, Song of Songs and Apocalypsis in Labyrinth. Characters of Labyrinth; stopping down in the universe and the ibdeals of the society of invisible Christians. Metamorphosis of the pilgrim, religious and initiative meanings of Labyrint. Text as an object of cognition and text as a means of cognition. The possibilities of useage of the critical approaches introduced during the course.
Literature
  • RICHTEROVÁ, Sylvie. Ticho a smích : studie z české literatury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1997, 198 s. ISBN 802040662X. info
  • RICHTEROVÁ, Sylvie. Slova a ticho :[Eseje o české literatuře a autorech Věře Linhartové, Milanu Kunderovi, Bohumilu Hrabalovi, Vladimíru Holanovi, Františku Halasovi, Janu Skácelovi, Ludvíku Vaculíkovi a Jaroslavu Haškovi]. Edited by Karel Jadrný. 1. vyd. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1991, 155 s. ISBN 80-202-0333-8. info
  • RICHTEROVÁ, Silvie. Slovo a ticho. 1. vyd. Praha, 1991, l52 s. info
Teaching methods
Seminar.
Assessment methods
In order to be given the credit the students have to present thein own research in the during the seminars and also sucessfully pass the final interview.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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