SJ0B762 Hispanoamerican Short Stories

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Eva Lukavská, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Ivo Buzek, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
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 aim of the course is to familiarize students with the development and main authors of Latin American fantastic short story as a genre.
Syllabus
  • Fantastic short story as a European literary genre.
  • Fantastic genre in the history of literature.
  • Basic concepts.
  • Latin American literature in mid-19th century.
  • Development of Latin American fantastic literature.
  • Analysis and commentary of chosen texts.
Literature
    required literature
  • Todorov, Tzvetan, Introducción a la literatura fantástica. Buenos Aires, Tiempo contemporáneo, 1972.
  • Šrámek, Jiří, Morfologie fantastické povídky. Brno, Masarykova univerzita 1993.
  • LUKAVSKÁ, Eva. Had, který se kouše do ocasu. Výbor hispanoamerických fantastických povídek. (The Serpent swallowing its own tail. Anthology of Latin American Fantastic Short Stories). Přel. Eva Lukavská, Jan Machej, Daniel Nemrava, Markéta Riebová, Eva Spitzová. 1th ed. Brno: Host, 2008, 472 pp. ISBN 978-80-7294-264-0. info
    recommended literature
  • Lada Hazaiová: Skryté tváře fantastična, Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta, 2007.
Teaching methods
Lecture, class discussion
anylysis and commentary of chosen fiction extracts, homeworks, reading,
Assessment methods
Exam: analysis and commentary of chosen fantastic short story
Language of instruction
Spanish
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Minimální počet studentů: 5
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019.
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