Vb1 Asian Literatures: Tradition and Innovation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Prof. Byambasuren Khishigsukh, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Rachel Mikos, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D. (deputy)
Thi My Dieu Nguyen, M.A. (lecturer)
Bc. Xuan Trang Nguyen (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Ondřej Pazdírek (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D.
Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
not specified
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
The course focuses on current topics in the research of selected Asian literatures of the pre-modern period, oral literary forms, modern national literatures and literary works of authors of Asian origin living outside of Asia.
The course objective is to inspire students to new, alternative and critical approaches to literary heritage and contemporary literary work.
The content of the course will be different in each semester when it is open, therefore it is possible to repeat the course.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student will be:
- able to orientate himself in selected chapters of Mongolian, Vietnamese and Korean literatures;
- able to identify and describe some of trends in the current scholarship of selected Asian literatures;
- able to understand historical and cultural context of selected literary genres of Asian literatures;
- inspired to own informed reading within the relevant national literature, the field of which s/he studies.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Asian Literatures: Tradition and Innovation (Mongolia, Vietnam, Korea): A Blended Speaker Series
  • (Exact dates of online lectures will be announced. In case that some of the lectures do not fit into the free time of the students, participation at least in 3 lectures or alternative forms of the course fulfillment are acceptable.)
  • Ondřej SRBA (Masaryk University):
  • "Mongolian Ritual Texts: A Reinvented Genre of the Classical Mongolian Literature" / "Mongolské rituální texty: Znovuobjevený žánr klasické mongolské literatury"
  • "A History for the Common Readers: Concepts of History and Future in the Pre-Modern Popular Mongolian Literature" / "Historie pro prosté čtenáře: Pojetí historie a budoucnosti v předmoderní mongolské populární literatuře"
  • Ondřej PAZDÍREK (Masaryk University):
  • "Korejské překlady biblických textů" / "Korean Translations of Biblical texts"
  • Xuan Trang Nguyen (Masaryk University):
  • "Lam’s Perfume Dreams: Fragmented and Fluid Identities" (Vietnamese Refugee literature)
  • Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Diệu (Masaryk University):
  • "Realistic literature of Vietnam 1930-1945"
  • Rachel MIKOS (Charles University, Prague):
  • "Mongolian Riddles from an Ethnolinguistic Perspective"
  • Prof. Byambasüren KHISHIGSÜKH (National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar):
  • "Historical fiction before and after 1990"
  • "The latest tendencies in the Mongolian literature"
  • - lectures of Prof. Khishigsükh will be in Mongolian with consecutive interpreting into Czech
  • Přednášky budou nabízeny spolupracujícím pracovištím na FF UK a FF UP v rámci spolupráce v programu podpory strategických jazyků.
  • The lectures will be offered also to collaborating departments at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University and Faculty of Arts, Palacký University.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Slovník spisovatelů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1967, 454 s. info
  • Slovník spisovatelů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1967, 449 s. info
Teaching methods (in Czech)
online course (or blended - lecturers from MU can teach with the participation of some students with full synchronous online transmission and active online participation of other participants)
Assessment methods (in Czech)
To obtain a positive evaluation of the colloquium, it is necessary to meet one of the following requirements:
A.) active participation in at least 4 single lectures of the series (attendance list in classroom, or namely participance in synchronic online version throughout the whole lecture),
B.) in case of attendance to less than 4 lectures, a short (2 full standard pages) essay typically about one literary work from one the related literary traditions (Mongolia/Vietnam/Korea) can be sent to Ondřej Srba (ondrejsrba@phil.muni.cz) and/or Michal Schwarz (schwarz@phil.muni.cz) until 1. 2. 2022 at the latest.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
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