NJK42 Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vlastimil Brom, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Sylvie Stanovská, Dr. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Sylvie Stanovská, Dr.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Friday 9:00–16:40 L32
Prerequisites
For students of follow-up master's studies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The lectures have several objectives: - introduce students to specific European medieval literary material, the works arising from them, and present them to students both from the perspective of the period and through the eyes of today's listener/reader. - to acquaint students with the medieval view of the researched materials and literary works, to acquaint them with selected research procedures and methods of contemporary medieval studies - to offer an overview of at least a part of European medieval literature and of the relations of individual literary material across the countries and languages. - to introduce problem-oriented scholarly thinking to students. Lectures in this course do not want to provide sterile overviews of literary periods or texts, but they present open research questions in a "conference"-like way, considering of course the audience. - to have students experience different methodological approaches to literature studies and various styles of interpretation and presentation. The lecture series (Ringvorlesung) has a different topic each semester, but there is always at least a half of guest lecturers. - to familiarize students with significant topics above the level of a single literary period, with subjects, motives or questions (eg. suicide in literature, problems of left-wing literature, etc.)
Learning outcomes
After completing the lecture series NJII_23, students should be able: - to sort out their knowledge of the given literary material circulating in medieval and late medieval Europe - they should be able to follow the research methods of contemporary medieval studies and be able to describe and partially use them - view medieval research as a fascinating sequence of steps and revealing connections between literary materials and individual genres - be aware of the connection between literary materials from the past and their overlaps and modifications in the present - to view literary history as a rugged, problematic, fascinating terrain defined not by a sterile and seemingly obvious sequence of periods, names and data, but by packed with (topical) meanings, questions and perhaps answers, - to see literary criticism as a multi-layered tool for orientation in these meanings, questions and answers.
Syllabus
  • • - Autumn 24: Let's not be afraid of older literature: Fascination with the Middle Ages. (lectures will be held in Czech) • Speakers for AUTUMN 2024: Přednášející na PODZIM 2024: Sylvie Stanovská 18.9. Cesta duše k Bohu. Vzájemné vztahy mezi českou, německou a latinskou mystickou literaturou české a německé provenience vrcholného a pozdního středověku na příkladě čtyř písní a jejich zařazení do daného kontextu. Sylvie Stanovská 25.9. Velká díla starohornoněmecké literatury 9. století Václav Bok 2.10. Dva středověké německé překlady legendy o svaté Anežce. Michaela Soleiman pour Hashemi 9.10. Fenomén tzv. žďárských textů v kontextu bádání o barokní literatuře. Lucie Machalová 16.10. Staročeská literatura jako historický pramen. Vlatimil Brom 23.10. Kroniky a další dějepisecká díla z českých zemí. Jakub Sichálek 30.10. Literární dílo v pozdním středověku Marie Hanzelková 6.11. Když se Pán Bůh ve svém hněvu rozpálí. Kázání o katastrofách z období Malé doby ledové (16./17. století). Anežka Klimentová 13.11. Německá dvorská lyrika v českém překladu. 20.11. přednáška se nekoná - čtecí týden Zbyněk Sviták 27. 11. Dana Dvořáčková-Malá 4.12. Kristýna Solomon 11.12. Proč číst (starou ) poezii ve školách. Petra Mutlová 18.12. Jak ukončit studium na středověké univerzitě: Husovy latinské promoční řeči Lecture NJII_23: Topics and motifs has different content each semester when it is taught. Terms, lecturers and topics will be published before the beginning of the semester. At least half of lecturers are German studies researchers specializing in the topic of the semester. - Autumn 2017: Literature and Suicide, - Autumn 2018: Left-wing Literature, - Autumn 2019: Caesura of 1945 - Autumn 2020: Two languages in one literary field?. The topics of the lectures will reflect current discussions in the area of German studies (among Czech, Austrian and German literary scholars).
Literature
  • BECHER, Peter; HÖHNE, Steffen; KRAPPMANN, Jörg; WEINBERG, Manfred: Handbuch der deutschen Literatur Prags und der Böhmischen Länder. Stuttgart: Metzler 2017.
  • • Epochen der deutschen Lyrik 1600-1700. Nach den Erstdrucken in zeitlicher Folge herausgegeben von Christian Wagenknecht. (Epochen der deutschen Lyrik, hrsg. Von Walther Killy, Band 4). München 1969. • Huizinga, Johan: Podzim středověku. H+H, 1999. • Wa
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
regular attendance, report, essay
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 14 hodin za semestr.
Teacher's information
You will receive credit EITHER for submitting one argumentative essay OR for submitting protocols from three lectures that took place as part of the course. Deadline: January 31, 2020 Please upload the texts as Word files to the Course Homework Vault in the IS. In the file name, please state your name and the name(s) of the teacher(s) from whose lectures your essay or lectures were published. Your protocol is based on.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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