CJp211 Chapters on Newest Czech Literature

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Chocholatý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Miroslav Chocholatý, 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
Tue 17:00–17:50 učebna 4
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
The lectures offer overview of the development of Czech literature after November 1989. Students will learn the basic trends and genres of co-temporary poetry and prose between the years 1990 and 2015, important authors and their production.
Learning outcomes
Students will acquire knowledge of literary movements and genres of the given period of Czech literature and also of the specifics of their poetics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic characteristics of the period. Overview of important literary groups, magazines and their publishers. Literary studies and criticism of the 1990’s and their representatives. Look at important works of literary studies after the year 1989. 2.-3. Poetry of the 1990’s (spiritual, existential and empiric Czech poetry, post-surrealistic tendencies, aftermath of the underground). 4.-5. Poetry in the first decade of the 21st century and its current 6. The issues of journal literature and memoirs in the 1990’s. 7. The forms of the prosaic postmodern after November 1989 (reflection upon chronotopes of big cities, intertextuality and its manifestations, hybrid genres). 8. Normalization-reminiscence attempts in co-temporary prose. 9. The image of historical traumas of the 20th century in Czech prose after November 1989 (reflecting societal changes in contemporary prose). 10. Prose of personal drama (existential prose after the year 2000). 11. Forms of self-reflection in co-temporary prose. 12. Prose for women and about women
Literature
  • V souřadnicích mnohosti : česká literatura první dekády jednadvacátého století v souvislostech a interpretacích. Edited by Alena Šidáková Fialová - Petr Hruška - Lenka Jungmannová. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2014, 817 stran. ISBN 9788020024107. info
  • V souřadnicích volnosti : česká literatura devadesátých let dvacátého století v interpretacích. Edited by Petr Hruška. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2008, 738 s. ISBN 9788020016300. info
  • KOŽMÍN, Zdeněk. Na tvrdém loži z psího vína (On a Hard Bed of Virginia Creeper). První. Brno: Jota-Books, 1998, 320 pp. ISBN 80-725-42-001-1. info
  • MACHALA, Lubomír. Literární bludiště : bilance polistopadové prózy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Brána, 2001, 241 s. ISBN 8024207354. info
  • HAMAN, Aleš. Prozaické surfování. Olomouc: Votobia, 2001, 289 s. ISBN 80-7198-493-0. info
  • BALAŠTÍK, Miroslav. Nová jména v české poezii 90. let. Brno: CERM - akademické nakladatelství, 1998, 16 pp. Literatura. ISBN 80-7204-100-2. info
  • MACHALA, Lubomír. Česká próza 90. let. Brno: CERM akademické nakladatelství, 1999, 25 s. ISBN 8072041207. info
  • CHOCHOLATÝ, Miroslav. Na křižovatkách nejmladší ženské poezie. Weles. Brno: Wendryňská Literárně-Estetická Společnost, 2005, IX, No 22, p. 82-96. ISSN 1214-2948. info
Teaching methods
Students will use and enhance their knowledge of trends of Czech literature in the period in question. Students will be instructed how to develop all their knowledge of literary history and interpretational skills in order to communicate more effectively with a literary work. They will creatively apply their knowledge gained not only in contact classes but also through their independent work with recommended literature which they will be able to consult with the teacher regularly.
Assessment methods
Credit requirements: - discussion of an assigned topic. For students who register the course as an optional course within the common course subjects, the requirements consis of a seminar paper only.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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