JSB_SLAV57 Serbian and Croatian Avant-garde Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024

The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Pilch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavel Pilch, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Petr Stehlík, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Serbian/Croatian at the level when student is able to understand artistic texts is required.
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
Aim of this course is to provide students with complex picture of Croatian and Serbian Avant-garde literature in their mutual comparison and European context.
Learning outcomes
Absolvents of this course will be able to discuss about the Avant-garde literature (mainly Croatian and Serbian) on a specialized level. They will be able to apply gained knowledge on literary production of 1918 - 1941 and interpret it in wider context of European literature, as well as compared to preceding and following eras.
Syllabus
  • 1) What is Avant-garde in literature? General characteristic of the term, what preceded? (J. P. Kamov, M. Ćurćin).
  • 2) Avant-garde movements in Europe and in Croatian and Serbian literature (Futurism, Dadaism, Expressionism, Surrealism, Zenitism and others).
  • 3) Analysis of literary works written by Croatian and Serbian Avant-garde authors:
  • KRLEŽA, Miroslav: Hrvatski bog Mars
  • KRLEŽA, Miroslav: Balade Petrice Kerempuha
  • ŠIMIĆ, Antun Branko: Preobraženja
  • DAVIČO, Oskar: Hana
  • CRNJANSKI, Miloš: Lirika Itake
  • CRNJANSKI, Miloš: Dnevnik o Čarnojeviću
  • selected poems of other Croatian and Serbian authors: Gustav KRKLEC, Ulderiko DONADINI, Tin UJEVIĆ, Dobriša CESARIĆ, Nikola ŠOP, Rade DRAINAC, Stanislav VINAVER, Milan DEDINAC, Momčilo NASTASIJEVIĆ and others
  • selected works of Serbian Dadaism
  • magazine Zenit and Zenitism (Lj. Micić, Branko V. Poljanski)
  • 4) Legacy of Avant-garde after the Second World War
Literature
    required literature
  • DOROVSKÝ, Ivan. Slovník balkánských spisovatelů : albánská literatura, bosenskohercegovská literatura, bulharská literatura, chorvatská literatura, makedonská literatura, slovinská literatura, srbská a černohorská literatura. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2001, 683 s. ISBN 8072770063. info
    recommended literature
  • TODOROVIĆ, Predrag: Antologija srpskog dadaizma. Beograd 2014.
  • DERETIĆ, Jovan: Kratka istorija srpske književnosti, dostupné z: https://www.rastko.rs/knjizevnost/jderetic_knjiz/index_c.html
  • MILOŠEVIĆ, Petar. Storija srpske književnosti. Beograd: Službeni glasnik, 2010, 846 s. ISBN 9788651904489. info
  • NOVAK, Slobodan Prosper. Povijest hrvatske književnosti. Split: Marjan tisak, 2004, 304 s. ISBN 9532142118. info
  • FRANGEŠ, Ivo. Povijest hrvatske književnosti. Zagreb: Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske, 1987, 563 s. ISBN 8640100845. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, home reading, discussions in seminar.
Assessment methods
For granting the credit, student must
  • fulfill the requirements on attendance (max. 3 unexcused absences)
  • actively participate in the seminar
  • undertake final oral exam
    • Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught: every week.
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