FJ0B768 Image of the Anglo-Canadian in French-Canadian Literature

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Kyloušek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Vurm, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 15:50–17:25 G31
Prerequisites
The course is primarily intended for students of master degree students and advanced undergraduate study.
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of this course the students should be able to:
- understand problems concerning different modes of representing Otherness in Quebec literature and apply this analysis to Canadian, especially Frech-Canadian literary works
- use informations on Canadian, especially Frech-Canadian literature
Syllabus
  • 1. Identity and Otherness and their philosophical, sociological and literary aspects. 2. Epistemic dimension of art. 3. Identity schemes involvinf Self and Other and their interpretation in the text. 4. Canadian identity in historical context. 5. The issue of national literature. 6. How to represent an Anglo-Canadian? 7. How to kill the Anglo-Canadian (French-Canadian) in oneself? 8. How to accept the Anglo-Canadian as Other 9. How to deal with the "francité".
Literature
    required literature
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. 0. Évidence d'une culture nationale. I. Dimension noétique de l'art. II. Identité canadienne dans le contexte historique. III. Littérature canadienne-francaise et québécoise. VI. Solitudes canadiennes et la perception de l'autre (0. National Culture as a Natural Phenomenon? I. Noetic Dimension of Art. III Canadian Identity in Historical Context. III. French Canadian and Quebec Literature. VI. Canadian Solitudes and the Perception of the Other.). In Petr Kyloušek, Klára Kolinská, Kateřina Prajznerová, Tomáš Pospíšil, Eva Voldřichová Beránková: Us-Them-Me: The Search for Indentity in Canadian Literature and Film, Nous-Eux-Moi: La quete de l'identité dans la littérature et le cinéma canadiens. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, p. 6-11, 24-43, 57-139, 246-255, 129 pp. Spisy Masarykovy univerzity v Brně 387. ISBN 978-80-210-5061-7. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. 0. Samozřejmost národní kultury. I. Umění jako poznání. II. Utváření kanadské identity v historickém kontextu. III. Francouzsko-kanadská a quebecká literatura. VI. Kanadské samoty a vnímání druhého. (National Culture as a Natural Phenomenon? I. Canadian Identity in Historical Context. III. French Canadian and Quebec Litarature. VI. Canadian Solitudes and the Perception of the Other.). In Petr Kyloušek, Klára Kolinská, Kateřina Prajznerová, Tomáš Pospíšil, Eva Voldřichová Beránková, Petr Horák: MY ONI JÁ. Hledání identity v kanadské literatuře a filmu. 1st ed. Brno: Host, 2009, p. 9-11, 27-49, 67-161, 293-297, 126 pp. Host, 413. ISBN 978-80-7294-306-7. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr, Jeffrey Alan VANDERZIEL, Kateřina PRAJZNEROVÁ and Petr VURM. Identity through Art, Thougth and the Imaginary in the Canadian Space - Art, pensée et imaginaire identitaire de l'espace canadien. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, 184 pp. FF-33/080-02/58. ISBN 978-80-210-4798-3. info
    recommended literature
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Dějiny francouzsko-kanadské a quebecké literatury (History of French Canadian and Quebec Literature). 1st ed. Brno: Host, 2005, 534 pp. 1. ISBN 80-7294-140-2. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Pour une typologie de modeles identitaires? (For a Typology of Identity Patterns?). In De la fondation de Québec au Canada d'aujourd'hui / From the Foundation of Quebec City to Present-Day Canada. 1st ed. Katowice: PARA, 2009, p. 103-115. ISBN 978-83-61061-56-4. info
    not specified
  • BIRON, Michel, François DUMONT and Élisabeth NARDOUT-LAFARGE. Histoire de la littérature québécoise. Edited by Martine-Emmanuelle Lapointe. Montréal (Québec): Boréal, 2007, 689 s. ISBN 9782764605226. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Discours politique et discours esthétique de la littérature québécoise des années 1960. Le cas de Miron, Ferron, Godbout, Aquin (Political and aesthetic discourse in hte Quebec literature of 60's. The case of Miron, Ferron, Godbout, Aquin). In Canadiensia I. Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis. Philologica 83. 1st ed. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2004, p. 9-16. ISBN 80-244-0829-5. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Petr. Hledání Ameriky. Antologie současného quebeckého románu (1980-2000) (In Search of America. Anthology of the Contemporary Quebec Novel (1980-2000)). Antonová, B., Janda, L., Kunešová, M., Vurm, P. 1st ed. Brno: Host, 2003, 269 pp. sine. ISBN 80-7294-081-3. info
Teaching methods
Lecture and seminar: description, explanation and definition of basic notions and their demonstration on concrete texts by concrete authors.
Assessment methods
Examination - Seminar paper on a novel, analysis. 18.000 characters.
Language of instruction
French
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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