CHA210 Croatian Literature II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Stehlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Stehlík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Stehlík, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Petr Stehlík, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 17:30–19:55 B2.32
Prerequisites (in Czech)
CHA201 Language Course III || SBA201 Language Course III
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide a survey of the development of the Croatian literature since the beginning of the 18th century until the founding of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918. The characteristics of the dominant styles, genres, tendencies and creative methods is based on the contextual analysis of the most significant works of the Croatian realism, modernism and avatgarde. Croatian literature is examined in the context of the domestic as well as European historical and cultural developments. The seminar is based on the intensive home reading and the analysis of relevant texts. On successful completion of the course student will acquire knowledge of several epochs of the development of Croatian literature and he will deepen his skill to analyse and interpret a literary text.
Syllabus
  • 1) Literary Romanticism, Illyrism and its Cultural Programme; 2) Literature of Illyrism; 3) Literature of Illyrism II; 4) Literature of the 1850s, Croatian Political Ideologies and Their Role in Literature; 5) August Šenoa and the New Literary Perspective; 6) Šenoa’s Contemporaries R. Jorgovanić and J. E. Tomić, Declarative Naturalism of E. Kumićić; 7) Realism in Croatian Literature, Life and Works of A. Kovačić, Novel U registraturi; 8) Croatian Realists K. Š. Gjalski, J. Kozarac and V. Novak, Croatian Poetry of the Last Third of the 19. Century, Poetry of S. S. Kranjčević; 9) Ivo Vojnović and His Dubrovnik Trilogy, Traces of Modernism in the Stories of J. Leskovar; 10) Croatian Literary Modernism (1895–1914), the Role of Manifests; 11) Poets of Modernism – M. Begović, V. Nazor, D. Domjanić, V. Vidrić, A. G. Matoš; 12) Prose-writers of Modernism– A. G. Matoš, M. Cihlar Nehajev, D. Šimunović, I. Kozarac; 13) Playwrights of Modernism – Josip Kosor, M. Ogrizović; 14) Almanac Mlada hrvatska lirika (1914), the Works of J. Polić Kamov and F. Galović; 15) Beginnings of Expressionism – Stories of U. Donadini, Poetry of A. B. Šimić.
Literature
    required literature
  • NOVAK, Slobodan Prosper. Povijest hrvatske književnosti. Split: Marjan tisak, 2004, 285 s. ISBN 9532142088. info
  • NOVAK, Slobodan Prosper. Povijest hrvatske književnosti. Split: Marjan tisak, 2004, 317 s. ISBN 9532142096. info
  • FRANGEŠ, Ivo. Povijest hrvatske književnosti. Zagreb: Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske, 1987, 563 s. ISBN 8640100845. info
  • NEDVĚDOVÁ, Milada. Slovník spisovatelů. srbská a černohorská, charvátská, bosensko-hercegovská, slovinská a makedonská literatura. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1979, 555 s. info
  • DOROVSKÝ, Ivan. Slovník balkánských spisovatelů. Praha: Libri, 2001, 683 pp. info
  • PAVELKA, Jiří and Ivo POSPÍŠIL. Slovník epoch, směrů, skupin a manifestů. Brno: Georgetown, 1993, 290 s. ISBN 8090160409. info
  • Lexikon teorie literatury a kultury : koncepce / osobnosti / základní pojmy. Edited by Ansgar Nünning - Jiří Trávníček - Jiří Holý, Translated by Al. Vydání první. Brno: Host, 2006, 912 stran. ISBN 8072941704. info
  • Koráb korálový : tisíc let charvátské poezie v díle stovky básníků. Translated by Dušan Karpatský. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Fori Prague, 2007, 750 s. ISBN 9788023995947. info
  • PAVLETIĆ, Vlatko (ed.): Zlatna knjiga hrvatskog pjesništva od početaka do danas. Zagreb 1970
  • Međaši : hrvatsko pjesništvo dvadesetog stoljeća. Edited by Zvonimir Mrkonjić. Zagreb: Profil, 2004, 826 s. ISBN 953200873X. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, home reading, class discussion, oral presentation, e-learning, essay.
Assessment methods
Prerequisites for granting the credit: regular attendance (maximum of 3 absences during a semester) and thorough home preparation on weekly basis (unprepared student is going to be considered as absent), participation in class discussion, fulfilling all tasks in the ELF, oral presentation, handing in an essay. Final exam has a form of a written test. Final assessment consists of three criteria: test (50 %), essay (25 %), participation in class discussion, oral presentation, e-learning (25 %).
Language of instruction
Czech
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Study Materials
Teacher's information
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