LMKA_a02 Modern Literature in European Culture and Media Context II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Bubeníček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miroslav Kotásek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tereza Dědinová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Zuzana Fonioková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Vokřínek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Miroslav Kotásek, 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
Tue 16:00–17:40 D31, except Tue 16. 4.
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.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course will cover the main tendencies in the development of European literature, from the end of WWII to modern day. Literature will not be understood as an aesthetic phenomenon that can be examined primarily by means of philology. Literature, as represented by these lectures, is an art form that finds itself under the ever-growing influence of film (the establishment of film studies at universities); changes in political and social sphere (postmodernism), changes in the identities of certain parts of society (feminism, post-colonialism), as well as the “crisis” of aesthetic values (postmodernism) and the influence of the “new media” (Internet, digital media) The lectures aim to elaborate on the main tendencies in the development of Czech literature post-1945, in the broader frame of the history of world literatures. They will also reflect on intermedia relationships between literature, visual arts, film, etc.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
- understand the development of (Czech) literature on the background of social and cultural changes,
- understand the intermedia connections between Czech literature and other art forms,
- analyze and interpret literary texts from the social and cultural context,
- utilise the acquired knowledge in further studies of the differences between literary text and its film (musical and other) adaptation.
Syllabus
  • 20. 2. Representation at the Closure of Modernism: concentration camps, human body, and death (dr. Kotásek)
  • 27. 2. Surrealism after 1945 (dr. Kotásek)
  • 5. 3. „Skupina 42“ (doc. Bubeníček)
  • 12. 3. European Existentialism and its impact on art (dr. Vokřínek)
  • 19. 3. English written literature in conncetion with the Czech culture 1945-1990 (dr. Fonioková)
  • 26. 3. Political allegory in Czech post-war prose (dr. Vokřínek)
  • 2. 4. Utopia and antiutopia of the 2nd half of the 20th Century (dr. Dědinová)
  • 9. 4. Genre literature and its problems (dr. Dědinová)
  • 16. 4. Reading Week
  • 23. 4. Experimental, Situationist Poetry (dr. Kotásek)
  • 30. 4. Changes within the practice of film adaptation in the 1950s and 60s (doc. Bubeníček)
  • 7. 5. Exile writing (Blatný, Škvorecký) (dr. Kotásek)
  • 14. 5. Text / Lyrics in popular music (dr. Kotásek)
  • 21. 5. The Postmodern (dr. Kotásek)
Literature
    required literature
  • LANGEROVÁ, Marie, Josef VOJVODÍK, Anja TIPPNER and Josef HRDLIČKA. Symboly obludností : mýty, jazyk a tabu české postavantgardy 40.-60. let. Vydání první. [Praha]: Malvern, 2009, 510 stran. ISBN 9788086702667. info
    recommended literature
  • Kmeny 90 : městské subkultury a nezávislé společenské proudy v letech 1989-2000. Edited by Vladimir 518. 1. vydání. V Praze: Yinachi, 2016, 813 stran. ISBN 9788090473591. info
  • BOLTON, Jonathan. Světy disentu : Charta 77, Plastic People of the Universe a česká kultura za komunismu. Translated by Petruška Šustrová. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2015, 478 stran. ISBN 9788020024626. info
  • WÖGERBAUER, Michael, Petr PÍŠA, Petr ŠÁMAL and Pavel JANÁČEK. V obecném zájmu : cenzura a sociální regulace literatury v moderní české kultuře 1749-2014. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 2015, Strana 873. ISBN 9788088069119. info
  • Kmeny 0 : městské subkultury a nezávislé společenské proudy před rokem 1989. Edited by Vladimir 518, Photo by Josef Bahník. 1. vyd. V Praze: Bigg Boss, 2013, 739 s. ISBN 9788090473546. info
  • PAPOUŠEK, Vladimír. Existencialisté : existenciální fenomény v české próze dvacátého století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2004, 465 s. ISBN 8072152378. info
  • MUGGLETON, David. Inside subculture :the postmodern meaning of style. 1st pub. Oxford: Berg, 2000, viii, 198. ISBN 1-85973-352-2. info
Teaching methods
The lectures include commentary, analysis, and instructive interpretation that demonstrate the theory and methodology discussed.
Assessment methods
Only students who deliver an essay can take part in the exam. The exam consist of a discussion of the student essay and answering questions based on the topics covered by the lectures. The knowledge of the "compulsory reading" for the course is presupposed as well.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Pro posluchače oboru LMK (jednooboroví) je předmět povinný - kredity A, pro posluchače LMK (dvouoboroví) a bohemistiky povinně volitelný (kredity B), pro ostatní studenty volitelný (kredity C).
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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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