Va6 Analytical tutorial on the Literature of Vietnam

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Bohumil Fořt, Ph.D.
Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 12:00–12:50 L10
Prerequisites
"Vs6 Literature of Vietnam" should be enrolled simultaneously (or finished earlier)
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
Reading of various books on the topic of the course, their analysis and critical review. The course Analytical tutorial on the Literature of Vietnam is a profile core course of the study programme Vietnamese Studies. Content of this course and acquired knowledge will be also a part of the Final State Examination. The course is open for students of other study programmes also.
Learning outcomes
Students will get insight into correspondences between the earlier Vietnamese literature and Chinese literature. Students will get acquainted with examples of literary monuments (written in Classical Chinese or Cham), which they usually cannot read directly without a deeper knowledge of the languages and because translations into Western languages does not exist.
Syllabus
  • The seminar will follow the syllabus of the course "Vs6 Literature of Vietnam" (for the list of issues please see the syllabus of Vs6). In this seminar, the instructor will go through examples of literary works of the earlier Vietnamese literature, point out cultural and historical correspondences and explain relations of the Vietnamese literature to the Chinese literary tradition.
Literature
    required literature
  • HLAVATÁ, Lucie and Ján IČO. Slovník vietnamské literatury. Edited by Mária Strašáková. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2011, 350 s. ISBN 9788072774951. info
  • Cuong Tu Nguyen. 1998. Zen in Medieval Vietnam: A Study and Translation of Thien Uyen Tap Anh. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press.
    recommended literature
  • Sources of the Vietnamese tradition. 2012. Edited by George E. Dutton, Jayne S. Werner and John K. Whitmore. New York: Columbia University Press.
  • SŁUPSKI, Zbigniew and Olga LOMOVÁ. Úvod do dějin čínského písemnictví a krásné literatury. 1. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2006, 140 s. ISBN 8024612674. info
  • SŁUPSKI, Zbigniew and Olga LOMOVÁ. Úvod do dějin čínského písemnictví a krásné literatury. 1. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2009, 190 s. ISBN 9788024617275. info
    not specified
  • DURAND, Maurice M. – NGUYEN Tran-Huan. Introduction à la littérature vietnamienne. Paris: G. P. Maisonneuve et Larose, 1969.
  • Lê Thành Khôi. 2008. Histoire et anthologie de la Littérature viêtnamienne des origines à nos jours. Paris: Les Indes Savantes.
  • Nguyen Du. 1989. Vaste recueil de légendes merveilleuses. Paris: Gallimard.
  • SIMA, Qian. Kniha vrchních písařů : výbor z díla čínského historika. Edited by Olga Lomová, Translated by Timoteus Pokora. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2012, 645 s. ISBN 9788024621548. info
  • Lê Hồng-Lý + Trần Hải-Yến (eds.). 2009. Nghiên cứu văn học Việt Nam: Những khả năng và thách thức. Literary Study in Vietnam. Possibilities and Challenges. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản Thế giới.
Teaching methods
seminar (complementary lectures, reading and examining sources, reports of selected scholarly works read by students, discussion)
Assessment methods
active participation, self-study, draft with main points of selected publication and its presentation, then writing the final paper with the results of discussion
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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