RJ_55 Textual Seminar on Sorbian Culture and History

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Josef Šaur, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Josef Šaur, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
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 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The main objective of the seminars is reading and analysis of selected source and literary texts that regard Sorbian history and culture. The course is intended for all students interested in Slavonic Studies. Knowledge of Sorbian and/or German is not required (the texts in question have been translated into Czech).
Syllabus
  • The following texts will be read and analysed in the seminars: 1. Adolf Černý "Různé listy o Lužici" (selected passages) 2. Ludvík Kuba "Čtení o Lužici" (selected passages) 3. "Vlastní životopis Jana Arnošta Smolera" 4. Jakub Bart-Ćišinski "Národní snahy studentstva lužicko-srbského" 5. Měrćin Nowak-Njechorński "Chmurný rok sedmatřicet" 6. Memorands od Sorbs from years 1945 and 1947 7. Romuald Domaška "Pilátovo jezero" 8. Beno Budar "Starý křižák" 9. Jan Skala "Starý Šimko"
Literature
  • Kunze, P.: Kurze Geschichte der Sorben. Bautzen 1995.
  • Kuba, L.: Čtení o Lužici. Praha 1923.
  • Frinta, A.: Lužičtí Srbové a jejich písemnictví. Praha 1955.
  • Páta, J.: Úvod do studia lužickosrbského písemnictví. Praha 1925.
  • Slovník spisovatelů německého jazyka a spisovatelů lužickosrbských. Edited by Václav Bok - Věra Macháčková-Riegerová - Jiří Veselý. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1987, 844 s. URL info
  • PETR, Jan. Nástin politických a kulturních dějin Lužických Srbů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1972, 342 s. info
Teaching methods
E-learning, reading, homework.
Assessment methods
The course consists of 10 lessons, each lesson is completed with a test, for each test, you can get a total of 10 points and to successfully completing the lesson is necessary to get all ten (regardless of the number of questions for lesson; to obtain 10 points is always necessary to correctly answer all the questions). If you fail at the first attempt, you can answer the questions again. Correction test appears only to those who submit test in due time and not get full points. The successful completion of this course you must meet at least 8 out of 10 lessons.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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