MED16 Roman Literature II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Athena Alchazidu, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Kyloušek, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Zuzana Šebelová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Athena Alchazidu, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 16:00–17:40 L42
Prerequisites (in Czech)
MED15 Roman Literature I
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 main aim of the course is to mediate the basic knowledge of the French, Italian and Spanish literature from the beginnings to the end of 19th century.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able:
- to describe the periodization of Romance literatures,
- to discuss the questions concerning the relationships between the particular national literatures, as well as those concerning their contribution to the esthetic development of particular genres and periods,
- to apply acquired knowledge on individual literary works.
Syllabus
  • 1.   Romance area in the early Middle Ages. Chilvaric epic. Latin education after the collapse of the Western Empire (Isidorus Hislapiensis, Gregoire de Tours, authors of Carolingian "Renaissance"). Chilvari epic in France and Spain (  Canson de Roland, el Catar del Cid). The influence of chivalric epics in Italy  .
  • 2.   Courtly culture - and epic poetry. Its development in France, Spain and Italy. Occitan poetry, its resources and its impact. Sicilian school, dolce stil nuovo, Dante, Petrarca. Courtly epics (Chrétien de Troyes, Marie de France). Galicia-Portuguese poetry.
  • 3. Antikourtly satiric literature. Didactic poetry Roman de Renard, fablels and their influence on medieval and Renaissance short novels. Satiric poetry (Rutebeuf, Cecco Angiolieri, Villon), didactic poetry (Roman de la Rose, Brunetto Latini). Late medieval theater of Gil Vicente.
  • 4.   Humanism and the Renaissance Changing paradigm, formulation of Renaissance aesthetics. Italian and European humanists. Neolatin literature and national literatures. Science and philosophy in the national language   (Galilei Machiavelli, Montaigne), poetry (Petrarca and petrarchismo, School of Lyon, La Pleiade), epics (Ariosto, Amadis da Gaula), fiction (Boccaccio, Marguerite de Navarre, Rabelais), Theatre (Machiavelli, Ariosto, Trissino)
  • 5.   Mannerism and the Baroque Aesthetics of Mannerism and Baroque: Arcadia (Sannazaro, Guarini, Tasso), concettismo, marinismo, gongorismo, culteranismo, préciozité. Religious poetry and mysticism (Juan de la Cruz, Jean de Sponde). Epic poetry and Luis de Camoes. Baroque Theatre (Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, Tirso de Molina, Corneille, Rotrou, commedia dell'arte). Baroque novel and novella (Cervantes, Lazarillo de Tormes, Honoré d'Urfé, Scarron). Baroque thinkers (Pascal, Descartes, Campanella).
  • 6.   Classicism (France) and Neo-Classical Period (Italy, Spain) Formulation of Classical Aesthetics (Trissino, Scaliger, Castelvetro, Heinsius, Boileau). Drama (Molière, Racine, Alfieri), novel and short story (Mme de La Fayette, Abbe de Saint-Real), poetry (La Fontaine, Monti).
  • 7.   Enlightenment. Enlightenment rationalism and a new sensibility associated with sentimentalism. Enlightenment philosophers (Vico, Beccaria, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot). New impulses in the theater production   (Marivaux, Diderot, Goldoni, Gozzi) prose (Prévost, Choderlos de Laclos), poetry (Chenier, Parini).
Literature
    recommended literature
  • LEPAPE, Pierre. Země literatury : od Štrasburských přísah do Sartrova pohřbu. Translated by Nora Obrtelová. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2006, 519 s. ISBN 9788072942183. info
  • Slovník francouzsky píšících spisovatelů : Francie, Belgie, Lucembursko, Švýcarsko, Kanada, Maghreb a severní Afrika, "Černá" Afrika, Libanon, oblast Indického a Tichého oceánu. Edited by Jaroslav Fryčer. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2002, 759 s. ISBN 8072771302. info
  • DE SANCTIS, Francesco. Dějiny italské literatury. Translated by Václav Černý. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1959, xiii, 601. URL info
  • PELÁN, Jiří. Slovník italských spisovatelů. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2004, 751 s. ISBN 8072771809. info
  • ŠEBELOVÁ, Zuzana. Antologie textů k italské literatuře 13.-19.století (Anthology of Italian Literature 13th-19th Century). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 219 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7021-9. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • BĚLIČ, Oldřich and Josef FORBELSKÝ. Dějiny španělské literatury. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1984, 261 s. info
  • BURIANOVÁ, Zuzana. Slovník spisovatelů Španělska a Portugalska :baskická literatura, galicijská literatura, katalánská literatura, portugalská literatura, španělská literatura. Edited by Eduard Hodoušek. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1999, 653 s. ISBN 80-85983-54-0. info
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  • ALCHAZIDU, Athena, Yolanda PÉREZ SINUSÍA and Paula GÓMEZ GONZÁLEZ. Esbozo de la historia de la literatura espaňola. Brno: Anton Pasienka, 2004, 284 pp. ISBN 80-902652-3-5. info
  • DARCOS, Xavier. Histoire de la littérature française. Paris: Hachette, 2013, 573 s. ISBN 9782011609328. info
  • DOTTI, Ugo. Storia della letteratura italiana. 1a edizione. Roma: Carocci, 2007, 596 stran. ISBN 9788843042531. info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo and Simoneta DEMBICKÁ. Světové literatury 20. století v kostce : americká, britská, francouzská, italská, Latinské Ameriky, německá, ruská, španělská. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1999, 239 s. ISBN 80-85983-80-X. info
  • SARAIVA, António José and Óscar LOPES. Dějiny portugalské literatury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1972, 633 s. URL info
Teaching methods
The course is provided as lectures. Students are required to attend the lectures regulary. Apart from that, regular home-reading of particular chapters or the whole works from the list of reading (available at the beginning of the course) in the Czech translation is required.
Assessment methods
Written test based on the lecture and the literary history within all three literatures (success rate: 60%).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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