CJBC731 Contemporary children's stories

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marcela Křápková Hrdličková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 15:50–17:25 L11
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
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Story-Based Prose for Children represents one of the most popular basic genres of children's and youth literature. There were many brilliant writers of this genre in the history of Czech literature. In this way, students will get information about the development of Czech Story-Based Prose for Children after the year 1989. In lectures students will acquire the knowledge of basic terms connected with the theory of children’s and youth literature. At the end of the course students should be able to: - understand and explain genre development in 20th century (after the year 1989); - use the information about the genre development for own interpretation of individual works; - analyse basic proses about children's life; - use relevant secondary literature, including scientific journals.
Syllabus
  • 1. Secondary literature; 2. Terminology; 3. Children's stories as one of the important genre of children's literature; 4. Genre development before the year 1989; 5. Children's stories after 1989 (basic problems and trend); 6. Analysis of representative books (by I. Procházková, I. Březinová, V. Steklač, M. Drijverová, J. Stránských and others)
Literature
  • ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena. Tematika smrti v české a světové próze pro děti a mládež. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 127 s. ISBN 9788021044135. info
  • URBANOVÁ, Svatava. Sedm klíčů k otevření literatury pro děti a mládež 90. let XX. století : reflexe české tvorby a recepce. Olomouc: Votobia, 2004, 457 s. ISBN 8070426683. info
  • URBANOVÁ, Svatava. Meandry a metamorfózy dětské literatury. V Olomouci: Votobia, 2003, 363 s. ISBN 80-7198-548-1. info
  • URBANOVÁ, Svatava and Milena ROSOVÁ. Žánry, osobnosti, díla : (historický vývoj žánrů české literatury pro mládež - antologie). 3. upr. vyd. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita - Filozofická fakulta, 2002, 236 s. ISBN 80-7042-604-7. info
  • TOMAN, Jaroslav. Trivialita a kýč v literatuře pro děti a mládež. Brno: Cerm, 2000, 22 s. ISBN 8072041401. info
  • TOMAN, Jaroslav. Dětské čtenářství a literární výchova. Brno: Cerm, 1999, 22 s. ISBN 8072041118. info
  • TOMAN, Jaroslav. Vybrané kapitoly z teorie dětské literatury. České Budějovice: Jihočeská univerzita, 1992. info
  • NEZKUSIL, Vladimír and Otakar CHALOUPKA. Vybrané kapitoly z teorie dětské literatury. 1. vyd. Praha: Albatros, 1979, 148 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Seminars are based on the methods of presentation, interpretation of literary works and discussion about them. Students present acquired knowledge by oral and written forms of outcomes.
Assessment methods
Credit requirements: active participation in seminar discussions (on the basis of own home preparation) and final essay. Students need to have 150 points for final essay and in Internet-based application.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014.
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