CJA008 Czech Literature of the 19th century

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Fiala, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Fránek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Dina Polická (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CJA008/A: Mon 13:20–14:55 A44, D. Polická
CJA008/B: Mon 15:00–16:35 A44, D. Polická
CJA008/C: Tue 15:00–16:35 C126, J. Fiala
CJA008/D: Thu 10:00–11:35 C41, J. Kudrnáč
CJA008/E: Thu 13:20–14:55 A44, M. Fránek
CJA008/F: Thu 15:00–16:35 A44, M. Fránek
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
doc. Kudrnáč: The seminar is outlined as a complementation of a lecture on 19th century Czech literature. The sessions are devoted to authors and problems of Czech literature in a comparative perspective, in relation to Czech literature of different periods as well as in relation to other literatures.
Mgr. Fránek: This seminary is focused on basic developement tendencies in the 19th century Czech literature - from the beginnings of the "Revival Period" untill 1880s (with regard to european context). The lecture will be based on analysis of particular works typical for certain periods.
prof. Fiala: The seminar is focused on humour and satire in the Czech literature of the 19th century.
Syllabus
  • doc. Kudrnáč: After an introduction to the reference literature of the field, the sessions will be devoted to pre-romantism in poetry, prose and drama; to romanticism, biedermeier, the beginnings of realism during the "Revival Period", the formation and work of the Máj generation, the Lumír and Ruch model, variations in realistic prose in the second half of the 19th century, the development of realistic drama in the second half of the 19th century, the development of historical prose, the rise of neoromanticism and art nouveau at the end of the 19th century, and to literary criticism (beginning in the Revival Period).
  • Mgr. Fránek: Topics of this course are following: intoduction into problematics and secondary literature, beginnings of the "Revival Period" and an argument about its character, delimitation of trends classicism, pre-romantism, romanticism, biedermeier and identification of their influences in poetry, prose and drama, the Máj generation, the Lumír and Ruch model, features of realism in prose and drama of the second half of the 19th century. In this seminar will be discussed cultural-historical context in general and also acceptance of studied works by people of those times.
  • prof. Fiala: The seminar is focused on humour and satire in the Czech literature of the 19th century, especially on the humouristic and satiric works of Š. Hněvkovský, F. L. Čelakovský, K. Havlíček Borovský, J. Neruda, S. Čech, V. Rais a I. Hermann. The rest of seminar time is devoted to the analyses of the selectes parts of Czech literary texts of 19th century with the accent on interpretations of the way of contemporary living and the defining of poetics particularities in this literature; by the poetry with the accent on the versologic analysis.
Literature
  • DVOŘÁK, Karel. Dějiny české literatury. Edited by Felix Vodička. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1960, 684 s. URL info
  • BRABEC, Jiří. Dějiny české literatury. Edited by Miloš Pohorský. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1961, 631 s. URL info
  • NOVÁK, Jan Václav and Arne NOVÁK. Přehledné dějiny literatury české : od nejstarších dob až po naše dny. 4. přeprac. a rozš. vyd. V Brně: Atlantis, 1995, 1804 s. ISBN 8071081051. info
  • Skalička, J.: Humor a satira v české obrozenské literatuře. Olomouc 1986
  • Skalička, J.: Humor a satira v české literatuře 2. poloviny 19. století. Olomouc 1987
  • LEHÁR, Jan. Česká literatura od počátků k dnešku. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2004, 1078 s. ISBN 80-7106-308-8. info
  • MAREK, Jaroslav. Česká moderní kultura. Vydání první. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 335 stran. ISBN 8020406743. info
  • MACURA, Vladimír. Znamení zrodu :české národní obrození jako kulturní typ. 2., rozšíř. vyd., v H&H 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1995, 264 s., [8. ISBN 80-85787-74-1. info
  • VODIČKA, Felix. Struktura vývoje. Souborné 1. vyd. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1969, 360 s. info
  • JANÁČKOVÁ, Jaroslava. Český román sklonku 19. století. Praha: Academia, 1967. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Požadavky pro ukončení semináře: seminární práce, aktivní účast. Požadavky ke zkoušce: 1. Výklad historického vývoje literatury příslušného období, v rozsahu učebnice Lehár, Jan a kol.: Česká literatura od počátků k dnešku. 2. Znalost doporučené primární literatury. 3. Analýza přečtených literárních děl.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Seminář souvisí s přednáškou Česká literatura 19. století, celý kurs je uzavřen zkouškou. Podmínkou přístupu ke zkoušce je splnění podmínek pro uzavření semináře.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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