BA421 Lithuanian and Latvian literature

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil. (lecturer)
Almis Grybauskas (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Hoskovec, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil.
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 15:50–17:25 zruseno D31, Thu 10:50–12:25 zruseno D51
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Bez předpokladů
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
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain main features of the development of the modern Lithuanian and Latvian literature (XIX - XX century).
Syllabus
  • Cultural and political identity in Latvia and Lithuania at the beginning of 19th century.
  • National revival in Lithuania and Latvia
  • Lithuanian literature and the literature of Lithuania.
  • Latvian literature and the literature of Latvia.
  • The institutional frame of the natopnal literature.
  • Literary classicism, modernism and avantgard
  • Exil in the lithuanian and latvian literature.
  • Literatura in the Soviet Lithuania and Latvia
  • Contemporary lithuanian and Latvian literature
Literature
  • Les duší :antologie lotyšské poezie 19. a 20. století. Edited by Vojtěch Jestřáb - Vladimír Smetáček - Anděla Janoušková - Pav. 1. vyd. Praha: Bohemika, 2001, 133 s. ISBN 80-901739-9-3. info
  • PAROLEK, Radegast. Lotyšská literatura :vývoj a tvůrčí osobnosti. 1. vyd. Praha: Bohemika, 2000, 190 s. ISBN 80-901739-7-7. info
  • V kruhu krásy :malá antologie z lotyšské a litevské lidové poezie. Edited by Radegast Parolek - Pavel Štoll. 1. vyd. Praha: Bohemika, 1998, 132 s. ISBN 80-901739-6-9. info
  • PAROLEK, Radegast. Litevská literatura (vývoj a tvůrčí osobnosti). Praha: Bohemika, 1996, 131 s. ISBN 80-901739-1-8. info
  • PAROLEK, Radegast. Souboj nad propastí, aneb, Hrdinský příběh o lotyšském silákovi Láčplésisovi a jeho moudré nevěstě, sličné Laimdotě. 1. vyd. Praha: Albatros, 1987, 108 s. info
  • Slunce v jantaru : deset litevských básníků. Edited by Radegast Parolek. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1982. info
  • PAROLEK, Radegast. Srovnávací dějiny baltických literatur : od nejstarších dob do současnosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1978, 126 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Written colloquim.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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