PdF:CS2RC_L2OS Czech Lit 20th - Course Information

CS2RC_L2OS Czech Literature of the 1st Half of the 20th Century

Extent and Intensity

0/15/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Miroslav Chocholatý, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jiří Poláček, CSc.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Nataša Vrbová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• ZS1 Czech Language and Literature Teacher Education for Lower Secondary Schools (programme PdF, C-CV)

Course objectives

Students will be able to explain the development of literary trends and movements in the particular period of Czech literature. They will be able to identify and analyse the style of outstanding literary personalities of the period. They will be able to interpret literary pieces as well as justify and support their views using their knowledge of literary studies. The aim of the subject is to outline the main changes in the development of Czech literature in the years 1890-1945 (with the inner differentiation in the following periods: 1890-1918, 1918-1938, 1938-1945). The emphasis is put on the problematic nature of literary genres and key personalities, as well as social context.Students will be able to explain the development of literary trends and movements in the particular period of Czech literature. They will be able to identify and analyse the style of outstanding literary personalities of the period. They will be able to interpret literary pieces as well as justify and support their views using their knowledge of literary studies.

Syllabus

• 1. The period of the so-called Czech-modern (literature) 2. Anarchist- rebel period (first decade of the 20th century) 3. WW1 and the literary reaction 4. Literature from 1918 to the late 1920s (poetism, expressionism...) 5. Literature from the end of the 1920s to the formation of the protectorate (surrealism, christian poetry, Halas-Nezval generation, historical prose, catholic prose, imaginative prose, psychological prose, etc.) 6. Literature in the period of fashist invasion

Literature

• Dějiny české literatury. Edited by Jan Mukařovský. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, 714 s. ISBN 80-85865-48-3. info
• GALÍK, Josef. Panorama české literatury :(literární dějiny od počátků do současnosti). Edited by Lubomír Machala - Eduard Petrů. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Rubico, 1994, 547 s. ISBN 80-85839-04-0. info

Teaching methods

Students will be able to recognise and describe literary trends and movements of Czech poetry and prose, as well as the specific nature of their poetics. They will be able to identify and analyze the style of outstanding personalities of Czech poetry and prose, significant for the particular period. Students will further develop their literary knowledge and interpretational skills with the aim to communicate with a literary work more efficiently. They will creatively use their knowledge gained not only in contact classes but also in their individual study of recommended literature which they will be able to discuss regularly with their teacher.

Assessment methods

Credit requirements: oral examination which tests students´ knowledge of topics covered in the seminars. Active participation, attendance of min. 80%. Students will present results of their work in written form (seminar paper) and in the form of mini-lectures. They will develop their ability of critical thinking as well as their individual style. Student´s ability to evaluate a work, compare it in terms of contemporary Czech and world production will be emphasised, along with the ability to defend their views using specific terminology of the field.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.

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