XCJp03 Chapters in Czech and World Literature for Children and Young Adults 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MgA. Miroslav Jindra, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Milena Šubrtová, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Mon 20. 9. to Mon 13. 12. Mon 10:00–10:50 učebna 24
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
Course objectives
The course focuses on the historical and social contexts of the development of literature for children and youth and its theoretical background. Students get acquainted with national and world literature for children and youth, from its beginning to 1989.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course, students will be able to:
- periodize children’s and youth literature in relation to the national literature;
- analyze the effect of the world’s children’s literature on local production;
- identify the literary movements, periods and groups;
- identify and analyze the production of important literary figures;
- connect the development of the Czech children’s and youth literature with general socio-cultural events.
Syllabus
  • 1. Beginnings and definition of European young adult literature, the first fairy tales written by authors.
  • 2. Preconditions for development of the Czech children’s and young adult literature in the 1st half of the 19th century.
  • 3. Classical poets of the 30’s to 90’s of the 19th century and a development of children’s poetry.
  • 4. Intentional and non-intentional prose of the 19th century.
  • 5. Folk tale tradition and its position in children’s reading, storytellers.
  • 6. Development of modern fairy tales written by authors in the 19th and 20th century as a principal inspirational movement for the contemporary culture. Boom of fairy tales written by authors in the Czech literature of the interwar period.
  • 7. Stories fiction of the 19th and the 1st half of the 20th century in world and Czech literature.
  • 8. Child hero stories in Czech and world literature, changes of this genre and its representatives in the Czech literature from 1945 to the end of the 80’s of the 20th century.
  • 9. The 60’s of the 20th century – new impulses in the Czech children’s and young adult literature.
  • 10. Element of a play, diversity within genres, nonsense in the children’s literature of the 2nd half of the 20th century; various forms of humour in children’s literature.
  • 11. Twenty years of normalization and other authors’ generations.
Literature
  • HAHN, Daniel. The Oxford companion to children's literature. Edited by Michael Morpurgo. Second edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, xiii, 663. ISBN 9780199695140. info
  • TOMAN, Jaroslav. Konstanty a proměny moderní české poezie pro děti : (tvorba, recepce, reflexe). [České Budějovice]: Vlastimil Johanus, 2008, 271 s. ISBN 9788090424722. info
  • ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena and Ivan DOROVSKÝ. Autoři světové literatury pro děti a mládež (Children and Youth Literature Authors of the World). 1st ed. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, s.r.o., 2007. Nakladatelství Olomouc. ISBN 978-80-7182-228-8. info
  • ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena. Brněnské impulzy v literatuře pro děti. Z dějin světové literatury pro děti a mládež I. Slavkov u Brna: BM Typo, 2007, 67 pp. edice Ladění. ISBN 978-80-903707-4-6. info
  • ČEŇKOVÁ, SIEGLOVÁ, DEJMALOVÁ, Jana, Naděžda, Kateřina. Vývoj literatury pro děti a mládež a její žánrové struktury. první. Praha: Portál, 2006, 171 pp. ISBN 80-7367-095-X. info
  • URBANOVÁ, Svatava and Milena ROSOVÁ. Žánry, osobnosti, díla : (historický vývoj žánrů české literatury pro mládež - antologie). Vyd. 5, upr. a dopl. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita - Filozofická fakulta, 2005, 239 s. ISBN 8073680467. info
  • URBANOVÁ, Svatava. Sedm klíčů k otevření literatury pro děti a mládež 90. let XX. století : reflexe české tvorby a recepce. Olomouc: Votobia, 2004, 457 s. ISBN 8070426683. info
  • URBANOVÁ, Svatava. Meandry a metamorfózy dětské literatury. V Olomouci: Votobia, 2003, 363 s. ISBN 8071985481. info
  • SIEGLOVÁ, Naděžda. Nástin dějin literatury pro mládež a četby mládeže druhé poloviny 19. století. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1991, 89 s. ISBN 8021002441. info
Teaching methods
Type of course: lecture. Lectures summarize literary-hstorical knowledge, students own reading is selected in order to illustrate the tendencies of development in the literature for children.
Assessment methods
Requirements: students are required to pass a written test in history of literature and the recommneded reading. The test covers ten questions. Questions are evaluated separately. Passmark is up to and including 2,9.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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