PJ_SLAV15 The Space of Post-Communist Europe in Contemporary Polish Reportages

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Przybylski (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Przybylski (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Roman Madecki, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Roman Madecki, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Przybylski
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 18:00–19:40 B2.32
Prerequisites (in Czech)
V semináři pracujeme s literárními texty, které jsou přeložené i do češtiny/slovenštiny, proto jsou vítáni i studenti jiných programů a specializací.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The course introduces students to the literary phenomenon of Polish reportage, focusing consistently on texts reflecting the space of post-communist countries in Central, Eastern and South-East Europe and the changes taking place there over the last thirty years. Special attention will be paid to the problem of space in the literary work.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- explain theoretical background of genres reportage, travelogue and selected types of novel,
- use the concepts and procedures of geopoetics and imagology,
- to classify selected authors of reportages (in the context of contemporary Polish literature),
- describe common and different features in the representation of space in the analyzed texts,
- think critically about the texts.
Syllabus
  • Preliminary list of reportages to read and analyse (all texts available also in Czech or Slovak):
  • Witold Szabłowski: Tańczące niedźwiedzie
  • Ryszard Kapuściński: Imperium
  • Andrzej Stasiuk: Jadąc do Babadag; Wschód
  • Margo (Małgorzata) Rejmer: Bukareszt: kurz i krew
  • Lidia Ostałowska: Cygan to cygan
  • Ziemowit Szczerek: Przyjdzie Mordor i nas zje, czyli tajna historia Słowian; Tatuaż z tryzubem
  • Wojciech Górecki: Toast do przodków; Planeta Kaukaz
  • Jacek Hugo Bader: Dzienniki kołymskie
  • Filip Springer: Miedzianka: historia znikania
  • Mariusz Szczygiel: Zrób sobie raj
Literature
  • BENEŠOVÁ, Michala, Renata DYBALSKA and Lucie ZAKOPALOVÁ. Fenomén: polská literární reportáž. Vydání první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2016, 202 stran. ISBN 9788024632827. URL info
  • 100/XX : antologia polskiego reportażu XX wieku. Edited by Mariusz Szczygieł. Wyd. 1. Wołowiec: Czarne, 2014, 871 s. ISBN 9788375365740. info
  • 100/XX : antologia polskiego reportażu XX wieku. Edited by Mariusz Szczygieł. Wyd. 1. Wołowiec: Czarne, 2014, 955 s. ISBN 9788375367249. info
  • 20 let nového Polska v reportážích podle Mariusze Szczygieła. Edited by Mariusz Szczygieł. 1. vyd. [Bratislava]: Premedia, 2014, 404 s. ISBN 9788081590368. info
Teaching methods
In-class discussion and acitivities, compulsory home reading of selected texts (in Polish or in Czech/Slovak translation).
Assessment methods
Student will gain a credit for regular attendance (min. 75%), home reading and submission of homework assignments on time.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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