VIETX11 Literature of Vietnam 1

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Monday 10:50–12:25 G31
Prerequisites
no prerequisites
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
At the end of the course students should have a basic knowledge about the literature of the Ancient Champa, Chams and the earliest literature of Vietnam written in Classical Chinese.
Syllabus
  • Outline:
  • 1. Short introduction to the history and culture of Champa civilisation. Cham language, script and their development. Champa epigraphy in Sanskrit and Old Cham.
  • 2. Later Cham literature, influence of the Malay cultural area, influence of Islam. Cham literature of ritual character.
  • 3. The oldest written monuments from the Northern Vietnam - epigraphy.
  • 4. The oldest Buddhist literature of Vietnam, chronicle Thiền uyển tập anh
  • 5. Fragments of the Vietnamese literature from the period until the Ming conquest of Vietnam (1407)
  • 6. The earliest Vietnamese historiography in Classical Chinese - introduction to the Chinese historiographic tradition, Vietnamese tradition of historiography and the chronicle Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư.
Literature
    required literature
  • HLAVATÁ, Lucie and Ján IČO. Slovník vietnamské literatury. Edited by Mária Strašáková. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2011, 350 s. ISBN 9788072774951. info
    recommended literature
  • Sources of the Vietnamese tradition. 2012. Edited by George E. Dutton, Jayne S. Werner and John K. Whitmore. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • Cuong Tu Nguyen. 1998. Zen in Medieval Vietnam: A Study and Translation of Thien Uyen Tap Anh. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
  • Lê Thành Khôi. 2008. Histoire et anthologie de la Littérature viêtnamienne des origines à nos jours. Paris: Les Indes Savantes.
Teaching methods
Lectures (according to the number and background of participants accompanied by authentic sources)
Assessment methods
Short written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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