LMKB_a213 Modern and Postmodern Novel

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Bubeníček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Budňák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tereza Dědinová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Zuzana Fonioková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miroslav Kotásek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Jan Tlustý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Vokřínek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Providers of Specific teaching support
Mgr. et Mgr. Iva Raclavská, DiS. (zapisovatel)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Zuzana Fonioková, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Bromová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 B2.23, except Thu 16. 11.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(ND)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 19/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce the key points in the history of world novel from the end of the 19th century to present. The first session will deal with basic concepts related to the novel and the transformations of its form (the destruction of traditional epics) in the 20th century with regard to modernism and postmodernism. In the following sessions selected individual novels will be analysed: their type, structure (narrative strategies, characters, time, reflexivity, etc.) and broader issues (authority, ethics, etc.). In every session the lecturer will also present the literary-historical context of the given novel.
Learning outcomes
After the course, students will be able to:
be familiar with the history of world novel from the end of the 19th century until present;
explain basic features and concepts of modernism;
explain basic features and concepts of postmodernism;
analyse novels taking into account their literary-historical and social context.
Syllabus
  • 21.9. Mgr. Zuzana Fonioková, Ph.D. – Rachel Cusk: Obrys (2014)
  • 28.9. státní svátek
  • 5.10. doc. Petr Bubeníček – Knut Hamsun: Matka země (1917)
  • 12.10. Mgr. Jan Němec - Annie Ernaux: Roky (2008)
  • 19.10. Mgr. et Mgr. Lenka Tóthová, Ph.D. – Carlos Fuentes: Aura (1962)
  • 26.10. Mgr. Nina Bosnićová, Ph.D. – Alice Walker: Barva nachu (1982)
  • 2.11. Mgr. Václav Maxmilián, Ph.D. – Joan Didion: Demokracie (1984)
  • 9.11. Mgr. Petr Vokřínek, Ph.D. – Paulo Coelho: Alchymista (1988)
  • 16.11. čtecí týden
  • 23.11. Mgr. Tereza Dědinová, Ph.D. – Johanna Sinisalo: Ne před slunce západem (2000)
  • 30.11. Mgr. Jan Tlustý, Ph.D. – J. M. Coetzee: Deník špatného roku (2007)
  • 7.12. Mgr. Miroslav Kotásek, Ph.D. – Don DeLillo: Bílý šum (1985)
  • 14.12. Mgr. Jan Budňák, Ph.D. – Christian Kracht: Imperium (2012)
Literature
    required literature
  • CUSK, Rachel. Obrys. Translated by Alžběta Ambrožová. Vydání první. Praha: NLN, 2022, 199 stran. ISBN 9788074229121. info
  • ERNAUX, Annie. Roky. Translated by Tomáš Havel. První vydání. Brno: Host, 2022, 277 stran. ISBN 9788027511020. info
  • KRACHT, Christian. Impérium. Translated by Tomáš Dimter. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2014, 192 s. ISBN 9788020427472. info
  • DELILLO, Don. Bílý šum. Translated by Libuše Bryndová. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 366 s. ISBN 8071982679. info
    recommended literature
  • Jařab, Josef a kol. Literární modernismus ve světě. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2014.
  • HUTCHEON, Linda. Poetika postmodernismu : historie, teorie, beletrie. Translated by Markéta Musilová. První české vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2023, 383 stran. ISBN 9788024652719. info
  • HILSKÝ, Martin. Modernisté. Druhé, upravené vydání,. Praha: Argo, 2017, 301 stran. ISBN 9788025721933. info
  • LODGE, David. The modes of modern writing : metaphor, metonymy, and the typology of modern literature. London: Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015, xix, 348. ISBN 9781474244213. info
  • The Routledge companion to postmodernism. Edited by Stuart Sim. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2011, xiv, 328. ISBN 9780415583329. info
  • NICOL, Bran. The Cambridge introduction to postmodern fiction. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, xvii, 220. ISBN 9780521679572. info
  • KUNDERA, Milan. Zneuznávané dědictví Cervatesovo. Vyd. tohoto souboru 1. Brno: Atlantis, 2005, 45 s. ISBN 8071082589. info
  • TRÁVNÍČEK, Jiří. Příběh je mrtev? : schizmata a dilemata moderní prózy. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2003, 300 s. ISBN 8072940791. info
  • PECHAR, Jiří. Dvacáté století v zrcadle literatury. Praha: Filosofia, 1999, 582 s. ISBN 80-7007-124-9. info
  • HILSKÝ, Martin. Současný britský román. [Jinočany]: H & H, 1992, 304 s. ISBN 8085467003. info
  • FORSTER, E. M. Aspects of the novel. Edited by Oliver Stallybrass. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976, 204 p. ISBN 0140183981. info
  • BACHTIN, Michail Michajlovič. Problémy poetiky románu. Edited by Vincent Šabík, Translated by Marta Baránková. Vyd. 1. V Bratislave: Slovenský spisovateľ, 1973, 301 s. info
  • LUKÁCS, György. Metafyzika tragédie. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1967, 187 s. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
Oral examination in the form of a discussion over the work of selected authors.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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