ESB012 Karel Čapek as Theorist of Arts

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslava Čejková (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Ivo Osolsobě (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Timetable
Wed 15:00–16:35 C32
Prerequisites
Students must be able to present and defend their own opinions and to accept constructive criticism and advice. Tackling topics in depth and defending the arguments in their written work sharpens their thinking.
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Karel Čapek as an avant-gardist. To what extent in Čapek's case is an artistic transformation of various thought –isms beneficial to a literary work, what kind of difficulties does such an approach raise? The relevance of the home milieu in Čapek's work: the phenomenon of „a modest man“, the philosophy of modest and small in general. Method: the analysis of particular works by Čapek with the use of his own theoretical texts and relevant secondary literature as well.
Syllabus
  • 1. Conception, literature 2. R. U. R. ("entry comedy" and 1st act), literary context, genealogy of the drama 3. R. U. R. (2nd act), characters, relativism 4. R. U. R. (3rd act), drama construction according to Aristotele's theory of tragedy 5. Hordubal, literary context, particular novels of the trilogy, inspiration, fact vs. fabulation 6. Hordubal, perspectivism, architecture, characters 7. Hordubal, text tectonics, main motives and their meaning variability 8. Hordubal, category of lyrics, epics, dramatics according to E. Staiger 9. Hordubal from the view point of the genre, reception of the novel, discussion 10. Holmesiana čili o detektivkách, Marsyas čili Na okraj literatury, underestimated literature, ethics of the detective genre 11. Application of Čapek's principles taken from Holmesiana 12. Čapek's contribution to the genre, the modest man, humanism
Literature
  • ČAPEK, Karel. Loupežník ; R.U.R. : rossum's universal robots ; Bílá nemoc. Edited by Karel Čapek. Loupežník 12., v ČS 3. vy. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1988, 335 s. info
  • ČAPEK, Karel. Hordubal ; Povětroň ; Obyčejný život. Edited by Karel Čapek. 5. vyd. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1975, 339 s. info
  • ČAPEK, Karel. Marsyas, čili, Na okraj literatury : 1919-1931. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1971. URL info
  • ČAPEK, Karel. Povídky z jedné kapsy ; Povídky z druhé kapsy. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1985. info
  • ČAPEK, Karel. Kritika slov o věcech obecných čili Zóon politikon. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1991. ISBN 80-202-0271-4. info
  • Poznámky o tvorbě. Edited by Miroslav Halík, Illustrated by Karel Čapek - Josef Čapek - Adolf Ho. Vydání první. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1959, 140 s. info
  • MATUŠKA, Alexander. Člověk proti zkáze : pokus o Karla Čapka. Translated by Jiřina Kintnerová. Vyd. 2., české 1. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1963, 271 s. info
  • HALÍK, Miroslav. Karel Čapek, život a dílo v datech. Edited by Jiří Opelík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1983, 88 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Every lecture requires homework preparation in reading the assigned study literature. After teacher's presentation of the general and particular features of the subject, students are guided to interpretation of the chosen extracts, and class discussions follow.
Assessment methods
written test, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky
The course is taught only once.
General note: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky.
Information on course enrolment limitations: posluchači estetiky Bc., kteří začali své studium před více než čtyřmi semestry, musí mít splněnu postupovou zkoušku (ESAPZE), jinak si nesmí předmět zapsat
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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