CJBC02 Memoire Literature (seminar)

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Vlastimil Válek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
Tue 8:20–9:55 C41
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The main aims of the seminar:
- the understanding of the particularity of the memoir literature;
- the concretization of the general knowledge from the lecture during the interpretation;
- the assumption of the possible interpretative methods;
- the verification of the gained skills during the individual interpretation of the chosen text;
- the development of the interpretative skills of students.
In this seminar concrete works of memoir literature, chosen by the students from the items "on offer", will be analysed. Analyses of memoirs from all periods of literary development (old literature, the nineteenth and twentieth century as well as present times) will also be part of the seminar. The aim of the seminar is for the students to learn how to work with testimonies of contemporaries, how to use them in their own work, and how to come to deeper understanding of life in the given era with their help.
Syllabus
  • (sessions 1-2) Characterisation of basic features of memoir literature. How to analyse a work of memoir literature. Verification of memoirs. The relationship of memoir literature to literature of fact, belles letters and journalism. The composition of a work of memoir literature. The list of books offered for analysis. The students chose the topic of their seminar paper. Participants may come with their own suggestions for books eligible for analysis. It is determined which of the chosen topics will be dealt with in which seminar session so that all participants are able to prepare well. (sessions 3-15) According to this plan (works are arranged in chronological order) students present their seminar papers. The presentation of each paper is followed by a discussion; each seminar session closes with the evaluation of the paper.
Literature
  • Strejček, Ferdinand, Úvod. In: Z pamětí našich spisovatelů. Praha 1928, s. 5-9
  • Pražák, František, Soupis literárních pamětí. In: Paměti českých spisovatelů z dětství. Praha 1946, s. 215-223.
  • VÁLEK, Vlastimil. K specifičnosti memoárové literatury. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 1984, 160 s. URL info
Assessment methods
The seminar is based on the method of the explication, the analysis and the interpretation. The seminar is terminated by the credit. Students have to present their paper and they have to hand in its theses with the list of the used literature. The seminar represents the continuation of the lecture of the autumnal semester. Students can enlist in the seminar even if they did not participate on the lecture.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Seminář navazuje na přednášku Memoárová literatura (CJBC01) v zimním semestru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
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