CJBC638 Selective Survey of World Literature II

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Zuzana Urválková, 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
Mon 14:10–15:45 zruseno D21
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 170 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/170, only registered: 0/170, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/170
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will master an overview of significant schools of thought, figures, and works of the history of the individual national literatures (Greek, Roman, English, American, German, Scandinavian, French, Russian, and Polish) – from classical antiquity to the Enlightenment (Selective survey of world literature I, spring 2015) and from the Enlightenment to 1945 (Selective survey of world literature II, autumn 2015). The newly acquired knowledge will enhance the students’ understanding of the significance of world literature for the development of Czech literature in the Central European cultural area.
Syllabus
  • 1. A survey of Russian romantic literature of the 19th century 2. The Manuscripts of Dvůr Králové and of Zelená Hora in the context of inspirations in other languages 3. 19th century Polish literature – different forms of romanticism and realism 4. Johann Wolfgang Goethe and his times. Romanticism in German literature 5. The Victorian era: 1837-1901 in English literature (Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, G. B. Shaw, Oscar Wilde and others) 6. The gothic novel and the aesthetics of the uncanny; translations of world literature in the publishing house Odeon 7. Romanticism in French literature 8. Realism and naturalism in French literature 9. The Modern Breakthrough in Scandinavia (1860 –1890). From the Norwegian national awakening to critical realism and naturalism 10. The modernist novel and the interwar period in American literature 11. German literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries 12. Significant figures in Russian literature of the 19th and 20th centuries 13. Prague German literature 14. Spanish literature of the 19th and early 20th centuries
Literature
  • MÜHLBERGER, Josef. Dějiny německé literatury v Čechách 1900-1939. Translated by Veronika Dudková. Ústí nad Labem: Albis International, 2006, 401 s. ISBN 8086971112. info
  • Dějiny německé literatury : kontinuita a změna : od středověku po současnost. Edited by Ehrhard Bahr - Franz H. Bäuml - Friedrich Gaede - Gerd Hillen, Transl. 1. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2005, 382 s. ISBN 8024610175. info
  • BARNARD, Robert. Stručné dějiny anglické literatury. Translated by Zdeněk Beran. Vyd. 1. Praha: Brána, 1997, 251 s. ISBN 8071767050. info
  • STŘÍBRNÝ, Zdeněk. Dějiny anglické literatury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1987, s. 421-837. info
  • STŘÍBRNÝ, Zdeněk. Dějiny anglické literatury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1987, 414 s. info
Teaching methods
Students will master an overview of significant schools of thought, figures, and works of the history of the individual national literatures (Greek, Roman, English, American, German, Scandinavian, French, Russian, and Polish) – from classical antiquity to the Enlightenment (Selective survey of world literature I, spring 2015) and from the Enlightenment to 1945 (Selective survey of world literature II, autumn 2015). The newly acquired knowledge will enhance the students’ understanding of the significance of world literature for the development of Czech literature in the Central European cultural area.
Assessment methods
Assessment: A test in the e-learning system. In order to pass, students need to score at least 60% in the test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
General note: Předmět bude otevřen a vyučován při minimálním počtu 10 zapsaných studujících.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017.
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