CJBC516 Milan Kundera

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jan Čulík (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–17:25 pracovna
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
Aims and Objectives: The close connection between Milan Kundera´s early, socialist-realistic work from the 1950s and his later, mature novel is a highly interesting feature of his writing. The course will analyse the principal novels by Milan Kundera from the 1970s and 1980s with reference to his early work as well as his later work, written in French.
The aims and objectives of the course will be to:
- identify the main characteristic features of Kundera´s writing; - comprehend the work by Milan Kundera in the context of Czech literature in the 1950s und 1960s.;
- interpretate the work by Kundera in the European literary context, especially the French one;
- realise the difference bettween the work written in Czech and written in French.
Syllabus
  • 1. Člověk, zahrada širá, Poslední máj, O sporech dědických, Monology
  • 2. Majitelé klíčů, Umění románu I a II, Ptákovina, Jakub a jeho pán
  • 3. Směšné lásky, Žert, Valčík na rozloučenou, Život je jinde
  • 4. Kniha smíchu a zapomnění, Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí, Nesmrtelnost
  • 5. Pomalost, Identita, Nevědomost
Literature
  • CHVATÍK, Květoslav. Svět románů Milana Kundery. Vyd. 2., upr., rozš. Brno: Atlantis, 2008, 199 s. ISBN 9788071082972. info
  • KOSKOVÁ, Helena. Milan Kundera. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1998, 189 s. ISBN 8086022196. info
  • Jan Čulík, "Milan Kundera", in Dictionary of Literary Biography 232, 208-226, The Gale Group, 2001, na internetu viz: http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/Slavonic/Kundera.htm
  • Marie Němcová-Banerjee: Terminal Paradox: The Novels of Milan Kundera (New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990)
  • POHORSKÝ, Miloš. Zlomky analýzy :k poválečné české literatuře. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1990, 433 s. ISBN 80-202-0196-3. info
  • LE GRAND, Eva. Kundera, aneb, Paměť touhy. V Olomouci: Votobia, 1998, 204 s. ISBN 80-7198-305-5. info
  • RICHTEROVÁ, Sylvie. Ticho a smích : studie z české literatury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1997, 198 s. ISBN 802040662X. info
  • Daniela Hodrová, "Kunderovo Umění románu- zpověď romanopisce, nebo teorie románu?! Česká literatura 38, no. 5, 1990, 470-473
  • DOLEŽEL, Lubomír. Narativní způsoby v české literatuře. Praha: Český spisovatel, 1993. ISBN 80-202-0418-0. info
  • Milan Jungmann, Kunderovské paradoxy, Svědectví 77, 1986, 135-162, také in Cesty a rozcestí, Londýn, Rozmluvy, 1998, 214-254
Teaching methods
This is a short series of seminars/lectures on the work of writer Milan Kundera. Class discussion, reading of the Kunderas works, seminar paper.
Assessment methods
The students will write an essay, analysing one or more works by Milan Kundera. The length of the essay is 2000 words. The essay topic will be approved by the lecturer. Please, email the essay to culik@blisty.cz, the deadline is 30th June 2010.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
General note: Výuka probíhá blokově 4x4 hodiny v měsíci dubnu 2012. Předpokládá se, že studenti budou mít předem přečtené texty. V seminární práci jde o vlastní, samostatný, sémantický rozbor každého díla.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2016, Spring 2019.
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