FF:CJA008 Czech Lit. of the 19th century - Course Information

CJA008 Czech Literature of the 19th century

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

Mgr. et Mgr. Darina Čurdová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Fránek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Matula, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Zuzana Urválková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Darina Čurdová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)

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: Tue 15:00–16:35 zrusena A22 stara, M. Fránek
CJA008/B: Wed 10:00–11:35 C41, J. Kudrnáč
CJA008/C: Thu 15:00–16:35 A43 stara, D. Čurdová
CJA008/D: Thu 15:00–16:35 B12, P. Matula
CJA008/E: Mon 8:20–9:55 C41, Z. Urválková
CJA008/F: Tue 10:00–11:35 A48, Z. Urválková

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

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

Course objectives

This first literary-historical course in the Bachelor s degree 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, i.e. from Josef Dobrovský s generation to a coming of Czech modern movement generation. Tendencies and works which were less influent or neglected for various reasons are also mentioned. Sessions are based on topics of students essays which have both encyclopedic and interpretative character; session include explication and discussions. At the end of the course students should be able to: make the selection of primary sources in convenient publications (critical ones) and the orientation in secondary sources as well as their independent work.

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).
• dr. Urválková:
• This course is based on the interpretations of selected Czech works of poetry, fiction and drama written at the end of the 18th century and throughout the 19th century. Literary-theoretical knowledge and skills will be deepened and used to better comprehension of the literary-historical background in the 19th century. Special attention will be paid to issues of transformation of various genres and dominant literary styles and tendencies; period literary critical receptions will be also mentioned. Reflections of literature on the subject are part of the course.
• 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.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.
• Mgr. Lukášová:
• In this course the students will work with selected Czech works of poetry, prose and drama, which will be interpreted in cultural-historical context and their transformations. On the basis of these interpretations we will try to describe basic developement tendencies in the 19th century Czech literature. We will focus on following topics: classicism, pre-romantism, romanticism, biedermeier, the Máj generation, the group of the authors concentrated around the almanac Ruch and the magazine Lumír, the forms of realism in the second half of the 19th century. Czech literature will be also analyzed with regard to international context of literary development.
• Mgr. Matula:
• The cource is focused on appreciating basic developement tendencies in Czech literature 19th century. We will interpret chosen literary texts, which represented following areas: clasicism, preromantism, romanticism, biedermeier, literary groups around allmanacs Máj and Ruch and also around the magazin Lumír, realism and his forms in the second half of 19th century. Interpreted works will not appreciated only as autonomous literary artifacts, the part of presentation will also their induction to cultural-historical context.

Literature

• ČERVENKA, Miroslav. Slovník básnických knih : díla české poezie od obrození do roku 1945. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1990. ISBN 80-202-0217-X. info
• ZEMAN, Milan. Rozumět literatuře : interpretace základních děl české literatury. 1 [1986, SPN]. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986. info
• LEHÁR, Jan. Česká literatura od počátků k dnešku. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2004, 1078 s. ISBN 80-7106-308-8. info
• 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
• HAMAN, Aleš. Česká literatura 19. století a evropský kontext. 1. vyd. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita, 1999, 182 s. ISBN 80-7082-548-0. info
• Haman, Aleš. Trvání v proměně. Vyd. 1. Praha : Arsci, 2007. 370 s. ISBN 978-80-86078-71-7
• JANÁČKOVÁ, Jaroslava. Český román sklonku 19. století. Praha: Academia, 1967. info
• JANÁČKOVÁ, Jaroslava. Stoletou alejí : o české próze minulého věku. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Československý spisovatel, 1985, 292 s. info
• VODIČKA, Felix. Struktura vývoje. Souborné 1. vyd. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1969, 360 s. info
• KREJČÍ, Karel. Česká literatura a kulturní proudy evropské. 1. vyd. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1975, 387 s. URL info
• MAREK, Jaroslav. Česká moderní kultura. Vydání první. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 335 stran. ISBN 8020406743. info
• KUSÁKOVÁ, Lenka. Krásná próza raného obrození. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2003, 234 s. ISBN 8024606224. URL info
• Josef Jungmann : život obrozence. Edited by Robert Sak. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2007, 313 s. ISBN 9788070218907. info
• Janáčková, Jaroslava. Božena Němcová. Příběhy - situace - obrazy. Vyd. 1. Praha : Academia. 309 s. ISBN: 978-80-200-1574-7.
• TUREČEK, Dalibor. Rozporuplná sounáležitost :německojazyčné kontexty obrozenského dramatu. 1. vyd. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 2001, 190 s. ISBN 80-7008-122-8. info
• Tureček, Dalibor. Fejeton Jana Nerudy. Vyd. 1. Praha : Arsci, 2007. 200 s. ISBN: 978-80-86078-78-6.

Assessment methods

Assesment: essay and active participation. Exam will be based on interpretation of historical development of particular period (to the extent of the textbook Lehár, Jan a kol.: Česká literatura od počátků k dnešku), knowledge of recommended primary literature and analyses of the works read by student.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
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.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
  
• Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/spring2009/CJA008