FF:CJBC558 Modern and postmodern novel - Course Information

CJBC558 Modern and postmodern novel

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Petr Bubeníček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miroslav Kotásek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Jan Tlustý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Lenka Tóthová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Romana Švachová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Zuzana Fonioková, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)

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 10:00–11:40 C11

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 55 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/55, only registered: 0/55, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/55

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, B-MA)
• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• Dutch Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Dutch Language, Literature and Culture in Middle-European Context (programme FF, B-FI)
• English-language Translation (programme FF, N-HS)
• English-language Translation (programme FF, N-PT) (2)
• French-language Translation (programme FF, N-HS)
• French-language Translation (programme FF, N-PT) (2)
• German-language Translation (programme FF, N-HS)
• German-language Translation (programme FF, N-PT) (2)
• Russian-language Translation (programme FF, N-HS)
• Russian-language Translation (programme FF, N-PT) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (2)

Course objectives

The aim of this course is to introduce the key points in the history of world novel from the end of the 19th century to present. In the first session students will be introduced to basic aspects of thinking about novel and transformations of its form (the destruction of traditional epics) in the 20th century with regard to issues of concepts modernism and postmodernism. In following sessions the type of selected novel, its structure (narrative strategies, poetics of characters, time etc.) and broader issues (authority and ethics of novel) will be analysed. Lecturer will introduce literary-historical text in every session, which will clarify a place of the particular work of the author.

Syllabus

• 20. 9. Úvod (dr. Zuzana Fonioková)
• 27. 9. – přednáška se nekoná
• 4. 10. Knut Hamsun: Matka země (dr. Petr Bubeníček)
• 11. 10. Max Frisch: Člověk se objevuje v holocénu (doc. Aleš Urválek)
• 18. 10. Richard Wright: Černý chlapec (dr. Nina Bosničová)
• 25. 10. Literární postmodernismus (a slovenská literatura) (prof. Lubomír Machala)
• 1. 11. Lawrence Durrell: Alexandrijský kvartet (Mgr. Jan Němec)
• 8. 11. João Guimarães Rosa: Velká divočina: stezky (Mgr. Lenka Tóthová)
• 15. 11. Paul Auster: Muž ve tmě (dr. Jan Tlustý)
• 22. 11. Angela Carter: Noci v cirkuse (dr. Klára Bicanová)
• 29. 11. Vasil Bykav: Lom (prof. Jiří Trávníček)
• 6. 12. Salman Rushdie: Děti půlnoci (dr. Miroslav Kotásek)

Assessment methods

Oral examination in the form of a discussion over the work of selected authors.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Pro posluchače oboru LMK je předmět povinný - kredity A. Pro posluchače bohemistiky je povinně volitelný (kredity B), pro ostatní posluchače volitelný (kredity C).
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.

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