ESB400 Themes of Love and Death in Hölderlin, Rilke, and Bachmann

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Eduard Roreček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 15:50–17:25 C31
Prerequisites
-
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
At the end of the course students should be able to: interpretating literary texts (reading, understanding and explaining) - make deductions about depiction of Love and Death in these texts - answer questions - discuss about texts
Syllabus
  • Introdoctury seminar - Love, Death and aesthetics, Ancient Greece and Rome (mythology, Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, Cicero ...), typology of Love and Death in literature, Scheler´s concept Ordo amoris HÖLDERLIN: influence of ancient Grece (Sophocles, Heraclitus, Empedocles, Plato, dionysian concept ...) and german philosophy and literature theory (Schiller, Fichte, Hegel, Schelling), epistolary novel Hyperion, drama The Death of Empedocles, selected Poems, Essays and letters - writing on poetic theory a philosophical matters RILKE: philosophy of Death, concept of intransitive Love (non-interpersonal relationship), mysticism, gnosticism, role of the Poet and Artist, Works: The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke, Stories of God, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, The Book of Hours, Duino Elegies, Sonnets to Orpheus, letters and essays INGEBORG BACHMANN: her reception of existencial philosophy, status of woman in modern society, self identification as woman vs man (f.e. relationship with Max Frisch, P. Celan), Works: poetry, novel Malina (unfinished novel-cycle project Todesarten), short stories, radio plays, essays
Literature
  • Rilke : evropský básník z Prahy (Variant.) : Rainer Maria Rilke : evropský básník z Prahy : sborník z mezinárodní konference [konané v pražském Goethově institutu v listopadu 1994]. info
  • BACHMANN, Ingeborg, Paul CELAN, Max FRISCH and Gisèle CELAN-LESTRANGE. Čas srdce : korespondence. Edited by Eva Jelínková, Translated by Michaela Jacobsenová - Vlasta Dufková. 1. vyd. Praha: Pulchra, 2013, 355 s. ISBN 9788087377215. info
  • KROLOP, Kurt and Jiří STROMŠÍK. Eseje o německé romantice. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2013, 175 s. ISBN 9788074650611. info
  • RILKE, Rainer Maria and Erika MITTERER. Přelož prosím vůni růží-- : korespondence v básních 1924-1926. Edited by Viera Glosíková, Translated by Miloš Kučera. Praha: Nakladatelství Franze Kafky, 2012, 95 s. ISBN 9788086911366. info
  • BACHMANN, Ingeborg. Místo pro náhody : eseje, prózy, rozhovory. Edited by Michaela Jacobsenová, Translated by Eva Jelínková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triáda, 2009, 283 s. ISBN 9788087256008. info
  • HORYNA, Břetislav. Dějiny rané romantiky : Fichte, Schlegel, Novalis. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2005, 453 s. ISBN 807021810X. info
  • PREISNER, Rio. Když myslím na Evropu. Edited by Jan Šulc. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2004, s. 393-977. ISBN 8072152203. info
  • HÖLDERLIN, Friedrich. Blažený mezi bohy. Edited by Antonín Pešek. Praha: Nakladatelství Josefa Šimona, 2000, 318 s. ISBN 80-85637-49-9. info
  • BACHMANN, Ingeborg. Tři cesty k jezeru. Edited by Hana Žantovská, Translated by Josef Čermák. Vyd. v tomto uspořádání. Praha: Academia, 2000, 340 s. ISBN 8020008268. info
  • PRATER, Donald A. Jak znějící sklo :život Rainera Marii Rilka. Translated by Alena Bláhová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Franze Kafky, 1999, 555 s. ISBN 80-85844-44-3. info
  • BACHMANN, Ingeborg. Básně. Edited by Michaela Jacobsenová. Vyd. 1. Praha: ERM, 1997, 147 s. ISBN 80-85913-27-5. info
  • HÖLDERLIN, Friedrich. Texty k teorii básnictví. Edited by Johann Kreuzer, Translated by Martin Pokorný. Vyd. 1. Praha: Miroslav Šimáček, 1997, 180 s. ISBN 80-902444-0-8. info
  • BACHMANN, Ingeborg. Malina. Edited by Michaela Jacobsenová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1996, 306 s. ISBN 8020405844. info
  • RILKE, Rainer Maria. Zápisky Malta Lauridse Brigga. Translated by Josef Suchý, Edited by Rio Preisner. 2., uprav. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1994, 223 s. ISBN 80-204-0497-X. info
  • HEIDEGGER, Martin. Básnicky bydlí člověk. Translated by Ivan Chvatík. 1. vyd. Praha: Ise, 1993, 185 s. ISBN 80-85241-40-4. info
  • HÖLDERLIN, Friedrich. Hyperion, aneb, Eremita v Řecku. Translated by Antonín Pešek. Praha: Odeon, 1988. info
  • HÖLDERLIN, Friedrich. Světlo lásky. Translated by Vladimír Mikeš. Vydání první. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1977, 115 stran. info
  • BERKOVSKIJ, Naum Jakovlevič. Německá romantika. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1976, 541 s. URL info
  • RILKE, Rainer Maria. Píseň o lásce a smrti korneta Kryštofa Rilka. Translated by Radovan Lukavský. V Praze: Vyšehrad, 1971. info
  • RILKE, Rainer Maria. Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1899, 33 stran. info
Teaching methods
seminar form, reading, interpretation, discussion, presentations by students
Assessment methods
colloquium - oral examination based on one of the texts explained and discussed during seminars, essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006.
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