PJV024 Refren kolczastego drutu: on the Holocaust and Concentration Camps Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Markéta Páralová Tardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Markéta Páralová Tardy, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Roman Madecki, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Markéta Páralová Tardy, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Student must be able to work with texts in Polish.
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course aims to acquaint students with the Polish literature on the Holocaust and Nazi concentration camps.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students will be able:
to characterize content and form of the Polish literature on the Holocaust and concentration camps;
to put this literary production into a wider literary, cultural and historical context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Characteristics of the literature on the Holocaust and concentration camps – the development of this literature and its reception, general features and specific cases
  • 2. A brief introduction to the history of concentration camps, especially the Auschwitz-Brezinka camp
  • 3. Sociological and psychological view of the concentration camp
  • 4. Analysis and reading of selected texts
Literature
  • PIECHOWSKI, Kazimierz. Byłem numerem… Warszawa 2004.
  • DWORKOVÁ, Déborah a PELT, Robert Jan. Osvětim: 1270 až současnost. Praha 2006.
  • KOSSAK, Zofia. Z otchłani. Warszawa 2011.
  • BARTNIKOWSKI, Bogdan. Dzieciństwo w pasiakach. Warszawa 1989.
  • JUSTA, Krystyna. Z bagna i kamieni. Warszawa 1948.
  • KULESZA, Dariusz. Dwie prawdy: Zofia Kossak i Tadeusz Borowski wobec obrazu wojny w polskiej prozie lat 1944–1948. Białystok 2006.
  • DREWNOWSKI, Tadeusz. Ucieczka z kamiennego świata: O Tadeuszu Borowskim. Warszawa 1972.
  • KOWALCZYK, August. Refren kolczastego drutu. Pszczyna 1995.
  • MORAWIEC, Arkadiusz. Literatura w lagrze, lager w literaturze. Łódź 2009.
  • Literatura polska wobec zagłady (1939-1968). Edited by Sławomir Buryła - Dorota Krawczyńska - Jacek Leociak. Wydanie drugie poprawione. Warszawa: Instytut badań literackich PAN, 2016, 719 stran. ISBN 9788365573117. info
  • HES, Milan. Promluvili o zlu : holocaust mezi dějinami a pamětí--. 1. vyd. Praha: Epocha, 2013, 346 s. ISBN 9788074251917. info
  • PAWEŁCZYŃSKA, Anna. Wartości a przemoc : zarys socjologicznej problematyki Oświęcimia. Wydanie III, (I w tej edycji. Lublin: Test, 2004, 247 stran. ISBN 8370380905. info
  • BOROWSKI, Tadeusz. Rozloučení s Marií. Praha: Odeon, 1987. info
  • NAŁKOWSKA, Zofia. Dům nad loukami ; Medailóny. Edited by Zofia Nałkowska, Translated by Helena Stachová - Helena Teigová. Vydání první. Praha: Odeon, 1984, 197 stran. info
  • PAWEŁCZYŃSKA, Anna. Values and violence in Auschwitz : a sociological analysis. Translated by Catherine S. Leach. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979, xxxi, 170. ISBN 0520042425. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, home reading, analysis of selected texts, papers on given topic (including PPT presentation) - approx. 20 min.
Assessment methods
Regular attendance, the fulfilment of the seminar tasks (reading texts, preparing seminar paper and presentation).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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