UJS303b History of ukrainian literature IV

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Krystyna Kuzněcova, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Volodymyr Zvyniatskovskyi, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Volodymyr Zvyniatskovskyi, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Petr Kalina, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
UJS302b History of literature III
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
Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of this subject is to acquaint the student with the Ukrainian literature of the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, the development of poetry and prose of this period in general. The individual lessons of this literary-historical subject are devoted to the development of Ukrainian literature in the post-Soviet and Soviet periods, the curves of independence of Ukraine and to the present, the characteristics of major development tendencies, the life and creation of significant writers of Ukrainian literature of the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. The literature of the generation of so-called "sixties", historical prose, intellectual and urbanistic prose, post-Byzantine work, the literature of the generations of the so-called "eighties", the birth of the Ukrainian postmodernism, the major artistic tendencies and the extraordinaryness of the Ukrainian postmodernism, flight. Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to explain the literary development in a cultural and social context, to know the main literary trends, streams, groups and organizations, and to be able to talk about the important personalities created by the Ukrainian literature. The student will be acquainted with the leading pieces of Ukrainian literature of this period.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to explain the literary development in a cultural and social context, to know the main literary trends, streams, groups and organizations, and to be able to talk about the important personalities created by the Ukrainian literature.
Syllabus
  • The second half of the 20th century.
  • General trends in artistic development.
  • • Literature of the generation of "sixties".
  • • Poetry of "Sixties".
  • • Intellectual and urbanistic prose.
  • • Historical novel. R. Ivanychuk, P. Zahrebelnyj.
  • • Ukrainian emigration literature.
  • • "Prague School".
  • • Non-modernism.
  • • The Ukrainian version of postmodernism.
  • • The beginnings of Ukrainian postmodernism. "BU-BA-BU".
  • • Ukrainian black humor and mystical production by Yuriy Vynnyucuk.
  • • Youth issues in contemporary Ukrainian prose.
  • • Main themes of Ukrainian contemporary poetry. Comic, intimate and optical poetry.
Literature
  • Litteraria Humanitas XVI. Dialogy o slovanských literaturách: tradice a perspektivy. Dohnal, J. - Zelenka, M. (eds.). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 240 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5850-7. info
  • PECHAL, Zdeněk. Současná ruská, polská a ukrajinská literatura. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2013, 375 s. ISBN 9788024439242. info
  • PILCH, Pavel. Slavomír Wollman: Slovanské literatury ve střední Evropě. Brno: Universitas : Revue Masarykovy univerzity, 2014. 3/2014, s. 67-68. ISSN 1211-3387. URL info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo and Anna ZELENKOVÁ. Supplementum. Postmodernismus s pozadím. In Slavica Litteraria. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012. ISSN 1212-1509. info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Postmodernismus s pozadím. In Slavica Litteraria. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012. ISSN 1212-1509. info
  • WOLLMAN, Slavomír. Slovanské literatury ve střední Evropě (Slavic Literatures in Central Europe). Zelenka, Miloš (ed.). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 236 pp. Slavica Universitatis Masarykianae, sv. 1. ISBN 978-80-210-6127-9. info
  • Агаєва В., Бойко Л. "Діалектика художнього пошуку: літературний процес 60-80-х років", Київ: "Наукова думка", 1989.
  • Андрусяк, І.М. "Сучасна українська література кінця XX ст. - початку XXI ст. Хрестоматія", К.: Школа, 2006.
  • Гундорова Т. "Післячорнобильська бібліотека. Український літературний постмодерн", К.: "Критика", 2005.
  • Даниленко, В. "Лісоруб у пустелі", Письменник і літературний процес. Київ, 2008.
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, active participation of students
Assessment methods
oral examination
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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