FF:ESA776 Chesterton: Cultural Criticism - Course Information

ESA776 Gilbert K. Chesterton and Culture Criticism

Extent and Intensity

1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.

Timetable

Thu 17:30–19:05 C32

Prerequisites

Course is taught in Czech language.

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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Aesthetics and Culture Studies (programme FF, N-HS)
• Aesthetics and Culture Studies (programme FF, N-OT) (2)
• Aesthetics (programme FF, B-HS)
• Aesthetics (programme FF, B-OT) (2)
• Combined Art Studies (programme FF, B-HS)
• Combined Art Studies (programme FF, B-OT) (2)
• Theatre Science (programme FF, B-HS)
• Theatre Science (programme FF, B-OT)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS)

Course objectives

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction. Chesterton influenced authors like Ernest Hemingway, Graham Greene, Harold Bloom, Evelyn Waugh, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Karel Čapek, Paul Claudel, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, Sigrid Undset, Igmar Bergman, Kingsley Amis, W. H. Auden, Orson Welles, Franz Kafka, C.S. Lewis a J.R.R. Tolkien.

Syllabus

• The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904) text Heretics (1905) Charles Dickens: A Critical Study (1906) The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) text Orthodoxy (1908) Doubleday, 1991. ISBN 978-0-385-01536-3 The Ballad Of The White Horse (1911) poetry Manalive (1912) Father Brown short stories (detective fiction) Eugenics and Other Evils (1922) The Everlasting Man (1925) Saint Thomas Aquinas: "The Dumb Ox", Doubleday, 1974. Saint Francis of Assisi, Doubleday, 1987.

Literature

• CHESTERTON, G. K. Autobiografie. Edited by Jan Lukavec, Translated by Jana Kuchtová. 2. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2007, 271 s. ISBN 9788073251277. info
• CHESTERTON, G. K. Co je špatného na světě. Translated by Ladislav Vymětal. Praha: Votobia, 1997, 180 s. ISBN 8072200623. info
• CHESTERTON, G. K. Ortodoxie. Brno: Nakladatelství Tomáše Janečka, 1993, 156 s. ISBN 80-900802-4-3. info
• CHESTERTON, G. K. Nesmrtelný člověk. Praha: Václav Petr, 1927, 315 s. info
• CHESTERTON, G. K. (Gilbert Keith). The uses of diversity : a book of essays. London: Methuen, 1920, vi, 191 s. info

Teaching methods

Lectures, discussions.

Assessment methods

written test, oral exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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