FF:CJBC203 The Bible and the Hymn Book. C - Course Information

CJBC203 The Bible and the Hymn Book. Characteristics features of the non-catholic

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Marie Hanzelková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová

Timetable

Fri 8:20–9:55 A49

Prerequisites

The course is ment primarily for students, who have already taken the course Old Czech Literatureand already have some experience reading old czech texts.

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

• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI) (2)
• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)

Course objectives

The seminar will concentrate on the role of the hymnus in the Reformation period of the 16. century,the period, in whitch the hymnus was a great phenomenon and the most significant feature of the religious life. The topics examine will be the hymnals of the Bohemian Bretheren and less known Lulecz Bretheren.In addition to the comparison of these two fields we will try to put the czech hymnus in a wider european context, especially to work of Martin Luther and german Protestantism.

Syllabus

• 1.The hymn-text and melody 2. Methods of Hymn research 3. The religious situation in the 1st half of the 16th century 4. The specific of the Bretherenś hymn 5. The changes of the hymns 6. Christmas and Easter Songs 7. The song and imagery- the metaphore and symbol 8. The cathegory of time and space 9. The verse, rhyme and metrum 10. The comparison of the Brethrens and Habrovany hymns with the lutheran hymns

Literature

• Kožmín, Z.: Komenský básník. In: Studia Comeniana et historica, 19/1989, č. 38, s. 153-7
• Škarka, A.: Komenský jako hymnograf a jeho místo v dějinách české duchovní písně. In: Komenský, J.A.: Kancionál. Praha 1952, s. 7-44.
• Škarka, A.: Kapitoly z české hymnologie. In: Půl tisíciletí českého písemnictví. Praha 1986.
• Jenny, Markus: Luther, Zwingli, Calvin in ihren Liedern. Zürich 1983.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
General note: Seminář se bude konat pro maximálně 20 studentů.

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