CONTENTS



A Short Survey of Czech Literature

Naughton, James: “EARLY HISTORY AND WRITING TO THE 18^TH CENTURY”……………………………………………………….…...…...5

Naughton, James: “CZECH LITERATURE, 1774 TO 1918”…………………………………………………………………………………..…..…..8

Naughton, James: “CZECH LITERATURE SINCE 1918”……………………………………………………………………………………..….…17



1. Fictional and Factual Worlds (A Theoretical Introduction)…………………………………………… …………………………………….....21

Lecturer: Bohumil Fořt


·        Ondaatje, Michael: The Collected Works of Billy the
Kid………………………………………………………………………………………………..22

·        Dykes, J.C.: Billy the Kid. The Bibliography of a
Legend…………………………………………………………………………………………...……..23



2. Fictional and Factual Worlds of Modern Czech Literature……………………………………………………………....……………………...24

Lecturer: Bohumil Fořt


2.1.

·        Beuer, Gustav: New Czechoslovakia and Her Historical
Background……………………………………………………………………………..………25

·        Galandauer, Jan: “František Ferdinand d’Este”…………………………………………………………………………………………………….26

·        Polišenský, J.V.: History of Czechoslovakia in
Outline……………………………………………………………………………………..…….……....27

·        Hašek, Jaroslav: The Good Soldier Švejk…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….…….28

2.2.

·        Good News Bible……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..32

·        Čapek, Karel: Apocryphal Tales…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……........34

2.3.

·        Olbracht, Ivan: Nikola Šuhaj The Robber………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………....36

·        Holub, Ota: “Loupežník Nikola Šuhaj”…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….38

·        Uhde, Milan: Balada pro banditu………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..….....39




3. From Vision to Analysis: Literature in the 19^th Century and the Early 20^th Centuries
………………………………………………………....40

Lecturer: Jiří Kudrnáč


·        Nosek, Vladimír: “Poets of the Czech Regeneration”
……………………………………………………………………………………………...41

·        Pynsent, Robert B.: “Conclusory Essay: Decadence, Decay and
Innovation”…………………………………………………………….……...…53

·        Erben, Karel Jaromír: “The Willow”……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….61

·        Erben, Karel Jaromír: “The Daughter’s Curse”…………………………………………………………………………………………………….64

·        Erben, Karel Jaromír: “Christmas Eve”……………………………………………………………………………………………………....…….65


4. The film: Wild Flowers will be
presented..........................................................................................
........................................................……......................…68

Lecturer: Jiří Kudrnáč


5. Poetism – Playful and Optimistic Avantgarde Poetry between the
Wars….…………………………………………………………...………69

Lecturer: Miloš Fiala


·          Seifert, Jaroslav. Poems from The poetry of Jaroslav
Seifert…………………………………………………………..............…………………………70

·        Nezval, Vítězslav. “The Lesser Rose Garden”…...………………………………………………………………………....……………………….80



6. The film: Capricious Summer will be presented……………………………………………………………………………………..…………..83

Lecturer: Miloš Fiala


7. Two Worlds of Karel Čapek – Mythology and Ordinary Life…...……………………………………………………………….....……………84

Lecturer: Miloš Fiala


·          Čapek, Karel. Tales from Two
Pockets…...……………………………………………………………………………………………….........………85

·          Frazer, James George. The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and
Religion…..……………………………………………………................……………92


8. The film: The Unbearable Lightness of Being will be
presented……....………………………………………….……………………...…......95

Lecturer: Bohumil Fořt


9. Milan Kundera’s Fiction and Facts……………………………………………………………………………………………………..……....... 96

Lecturer: Bohumil Fořt



10. – 12. The Theme of the Holocaust in Czech Literature I, II + the film The
Cremator……….........………………...…………….…..........…97

Lecturer: Petr Bubeníček


·          Fuks, Ladislav. The Cremator. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….......……98

·          Lustig, Arnošt. A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova.
……………………………………………………………………………...…………............…112