CJBC417 Existential Poetry of Czech Poets of XX. Century

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Vokřínek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 10:50–12:25 pracovna
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
Course objectives
Selected works of authors whose writing is characteristic of intense existential reflection (at least in a certain period) will be analysed in this course. Attention will be paid to similarities and differences in the works of individual poets, both in their way of depicting existential contradiction and in their way of looking for values which could represent a solution, e.g. faith, love, childhood, creative work etc. (however, these solutions are often problematic in existential poetry). We will consider not only the development in the works of individual authors and possible sources of inspiration (social and personal traumas, real experience as well as attempts at self-centred stylization or provocation) but also the global perception of the development of 20th century poetry.
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
specify basic topics and motives characteristic of existential poetry;
place existential works among corresponding art movements;
interpret reflections coded into sometimes rather complicated metaphors;
demonstrate the variability of creative means on the basis of text analysis;
compare similarities and differences in the works of individual authors;
assess the role of the works in literary development.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction into the topic of the course: characteristics of existential poetry, its main sources (Baroque, “Mácha’s romanticisms”)
  • 2. V. Závada, F. Halas
  • 3. J. Orten, J. Kainar
  • 4. F. Hrubín
  • 5. J. Seifert, O. Mikulášek
  • 6. V. Holan
  • 7. K. Šiktanc, J. Diviš
  • 8. Z. Hejda, I. Wernisch
  • 9. V. Slíva, K. Křepelka
  • 10. I. M. Jirous, J. H. Krchovský
  • 11. Summary of knowledge acquired within the course
Literature
  • V souřadnicích volnosti : česká literatura devadesátých let dvacátého století v interpretacích. Edited by Petr Hruška. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2008, 738 s. ISBN 9788020016300. info
  • Báseň mého srdce : /poezie jako výraz osobnosti/ : rukopisy, portréty, kréda současných českých básníků. Edited by Vladimír Křivánek - Karel Piorecký - Nikola Homolová Richtrová. 1. vyd. Brno: Host, 2005, 233 s. ISBN 8072941542. info
  • OPELÍK, Jiří. Holanovské nápovědy. 1. vyd. Praha: Thyrsus, 2004, 206 s. ISBN 8090266029. info
  • TRÁVNÍČEK, Jiří and Zdeněk KOŽMÍN. Na tvrdém loži z psího vína :česká poezie od 40. let do současnosti. Vyd. 1. Brno: Jota, 1998, 318 s. ISBN 80-7242-001-1. info
  • TRÁVNÍČEK, Jiří. Poezie poslední možnosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 1996, 242 s. ISBN 80-85639-74-2. info
  • ČERVENKA, Miroslav. Slovník básnických knih : díla české poezie od obrození do roku 1945. Vyd. 1. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1990, 428 s. ISBN 802020217X. info
  • BRABEC, Jiří, Miroslav ČERVENKA, Mojmír GRYGAR, Vladimír KARFÍK, Věra KARFÍKOVÁ and Zdeněk PEŠAT. Jak číst poezii. Edited by Jiří Opelík. Vydání druhé, doplněné. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1969, 261 stran. URL info
  • PÍŠA, Antonín Matěj. Stopami poezie : studie a podobizny. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1962. info
Teaching methods
reports focusing on the topic of existential poetry (introducing author, analysis of relevant texts), joint analysis of selected samples,summary and additions of topic by teacher
Assessment methods
recited report focusing on the topic of existential poetry, written report, active participation in discussions
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011.
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