PJ_46 Contemporary Polish Poetry and Drama II

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Renáta Buchtová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Renáta Buchtová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Roman Madecki, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Renáta Buchtová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:50–12:25 zrusena M12
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předpokládá se dobrá znalost polštiny (pro analýzu básní a dramat).
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
Course objectives
An overview of the history of Polish poetry and drama from 1956 till 2000. The course contains information about the period, the literary epochs, trends, schools and authors, with an analysis of genres and specific works and also leads toward a knowledge of written forms of expression within the given issues. Main aims of the course are: to understand development of the Polish literature of that period; to understand the most prominent representatives of the Polish literature of post-war years.
Syllabus
  • 1. Literature in Poland after the Second World War.
  • 2. Tadeusz Różewicz – precursor of the avant-garde in poetry and drama.
  • 3. The characteristics of the period between 1945 and 1956.
  • 4. The political “thaw” in 1953-1956.
  • 5. Contemporary Polish poetry.
  • 6. Zbigniew Herbert – the poet and essayist, author of plays and radio dramas.
  • 7. Nobel Prize winners Czesław Miłosz (1980) and Wisława Szymborska (1996).
  • 8. The developement of Polish inter-war drama.
  • 9. The most important plays of Sławomir Mrożek.
  • 10. "New Wave" and Stanisław Barańczak.
  • 11. Polish Heritage and poetry of the 1980s.
  • 12. Poetry after the Breakthrough.
  • 13. The So-called "brulion" Generation.
Literature
  • Czapliński, Przemysław: Ślady przełomu. WL, Kraków, 1996.
  • Literatura polska XX wieku. Przewodnik encyklopedyczny, WN PWN, Warszawa 2000;
  • Tomkowski, Jan: Dwadzieścia lat z literaturą 1977-1996, PIW, Warszawa 1998.
  • Klejnocki, Jarosław, Sosnowski, Jerzy: Chwilowe zawieszenie broni. O twórczości tzw. pokolenia
  • Raszewski, Zbigniew: Krótka historia teatru polskiego, Warszawa 1977.
  • Maciąg, Włodzimierz: Nasz wiek XX. Przewodnie idee literatury polskiej, Wrocław, 1992.
  • Czapliński, Przemysław, Śliwiński Piotr: Literatura polska 1976-1998; Przewodnik po prozie i poezji, WL, Kraków, 1999.
  • Danilewicz-Zielińska, Maria: Szkice o literaturze emigracyjnej, Warszawa 1992.
  • Czapliński, Przemysław: Ruchome marginesy. Szkice o literaturze lat 90., Znak, Kraków, 2002.
  • Stala, Marian: Druga strona. Notatki o poezji współczesnej, Znak, Kraków, 1997.
  • Autorzy naszych lektur. Szkice o pisarzach współczesnych, Ossolineum, Wrocław, 1987.
  • Leksykon dzieł polskiej literatury współczesnej, Znak, Kraków, 2000.
  • Marczak-Oborski, Stanisław: Życie teatralne w latach 1944 - 1964, Warszawa 1968.
  • Balcerzan, Edward: Poezja polska 1939 - 1965, cz. 1, Warszawa 1982, cz. 2, Warszawa 1988.
  • Matuszewski, Ryszard: Literatura polska 1939-1991, WsiP, Warszawa 1995.
  • Wójcik, Tomasz: Literatura polska XX wieku. Terminy i zagadnienia, AWM, Warszawa 1996.
  • Matuszewski, Ryszard: Literatura polska 1939-1991, WsiP, Warszawa 1995;
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, reading, homeworks
Assessment methods
Attendance (3 absences per semester are allowed), compulsory reading
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
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