PJV039 Kafka and Schulz – (Not) Lost in Translation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. et Mgr. Hana Nela Palková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. et Mgr. Hana Nela Palková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Roman Madecki, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. et Mgr. Hana Nela Palková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 B2.42, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Polish or German and English is an advantage, not a requirement.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is to show two world-famous authors - Franz Kafka and Bruno Schulz - in relation to each other and in less discussed contexts, and to open up to Czech students the lesser-known author from Drohobyc through the traditional label "Polish Kafka", which survives in the English-speaking environment already in its entirety.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, the student will be able to actively name the relationship between Franz Kafka and Bruno Schulz, i.e. mutual similarities as well as fundamental differences at the biographical, thematic and narrative levels:
- the specifics of the Jewish fate in Central Europe;
- the body as an epistemological metaphor of modernity;
- not only WHAT, but also HOW it is told;
The seminar will also include lectures, author readings and discussions with guests of the Brno reads Bruno festival on the same topic: Kafka and Schulz - (not) lost in translation, i.e. a lecture on the genesis of Schulz's not/together/translation of Kafka's Process, a presentation of the exclusive bibliophile Kafka's Transformations from the Teapot publishing house, a new translation of Schulz's Mannequins and Treatise on Mannequins in the Souvislosti revue, and a discussion panel by Magdalena Platzová and Benjamin Balint on their books Life After Kafka, Kafka's Last Trial: The Case of a Literary Legacy and Bruno Schulz: An Artist, a Murder, and the Hijacking of History.
Syllabus
  • Bruno Schulz - "Polish Kafka"?
  • Kafka and Schulz: known and unknown, or myths and clichés
  • Life after Kafka, life after Schulz
  • Who do Bruno Schulz and Franz Kafka belong to?
  • The body as an epistemological metaphor of modernity
  • The quality of a dog - the limits of literary form
  • Is ornament a crime? To the roots of the narrative of Bruno Schulz and Franz Kafka
Literature
    required literature
  • KAFKA, Franz. Proces. Přel. Pavel Eisner a Dagmar Eisnerová. Praha: Argo, 1995.
  • SCHULZ, Bruno. Kniha dopisů. Translated by Hanele Palková. Vydání první. [Ostrava]: Protimluv, 2021, 364 stran. ISBN 9788087485941. info
  • SCHULZ, Bruno. Republika snů. Praha: Odeon, 1988. info
    recommended literature
  • KAFKA, Franz. Proces. Přel. Jakub Ekier. Wydawnictwo Oficyna, 2016.
  • MUSIAŁ, Łukasz. Kafka - w poszukiwaniu utraconej rzeczywistości. Wrocław: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT, 2011.
  • KAFKA, Franz. Proces. Přel. Bruno Schulz (?), Józefina Szelińska. Kraków: Wydawnictwo MG, 2014.
  • Franz Kafka : člověk své i naší doby. Edited by Franz Kafka, Translated by Radek Malý, Illustrated by Renáta Fučík. V českém jazyce vydání p. Praha: Práh, 2017, 100 nečí. ISBN 9788072526741. info
  • ČERMÁK, Josef. Franz Kafka : výmysly a mystifikace. 1. vyd. V Praze: Gutenberg, 2005, 173 s. ISBN 8086349187. info
    not specified
  • TUSZYŃSKA, Agata. Narzeczona Schulza: apokryf. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 2015.
Teaching methods
Participation and discussion at seminars, preparation and presentation of a selected topic, participation in selected literary events of the Brno Reads Bruno festival, e.g. author's reading and discussion program by Magdaléna Platzová and Benjamin Balint.
Assessment methods
Classes take place every week, including participation in the literary part of the Brno reads Bruna festival (in November 2024).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: + příprava kulturní akce.
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