CJBC08 Folk Songs

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marie Hanzelková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Pavel Kosek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Marie Hanzelková, 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
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Czech (at least B2, please).
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 22 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/22, only registered: 0/22, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/22
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim is to introduce the phenomen of Czech broadsides. We will be dealing with the old prints from Moravian Library. We will explore the typical issues of Czech broadsides and also the stereotypes, connected to the broadside ballads. Czech broadside ballads will be seen in the global perspective as the wide spread phenomenon, an important part of the popular culture.
Learning outcomes
The student is able to
- recognise the broadsides and describe their typical features
- analyse the history of the broadsides in the European context, describe the Czech specifics
- define the typical topics of broadsides a analyse their narratives, features and specifics
- search the broadsides in the both in the Czech and foreign catalogues and databasis
- describe and interpret the concrete broadside ballads - write a hand-out
Syllabus
  • 1. The main issues of broadsides, topics, genres, authors, reception, history...
  • 2. Catalogues and databasis (excursion Moravská zemská knihovna)
  • 3. Broadside Ballads:Family and love
  • 4. Broadside Ballads:Characters and professions
  • 5. Broadside Ballads:Patriotism, nation, war
  • 6. Broadside Ballads:News and innovation
  • 7. Broadside Ballads:Disasters, murders
  • 8. Broadsides and broadside ballads: Brno and neighbourhood
  • 9. Broadsides: Blessed Trinity, Jesus, Virgin Mary
  • 10. Broadsides: Pilgrimage songs, miracles
  • 11. Broadsides: Saints
  • 12. Synthesis, evaluation
Literature
  • HOLUBOVÁ, Markéta. Katalog kramářských tisků. Vydání první. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, v.v.i., 2017, 127 stran. ISBN 9788088081159. info
  • Ballads and broadsides in Britain, 1500-1800. Edited by Kris McAbee - Patricia Fumerton - Anita Guerrini. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016, xv, 357. ISBN 9780754662488. info
  • BÄNSCH, Gabriele. Bänkelsang. Kulturanthropologische Aspekte. [München]: GRIN, 2013, ii, 26. ISBN 9783656550945. info
  • HOLUBOVÁ, Markéta. Katalog kramářských tisků. Vydání první. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2012, 353 stran. ISBN 9788087112694. info
  • KOPALOVÁ, Ludmila and Markéta HOLUBOVÁ. Katalog kramářských tisků. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2008, 485 stran. ISBN 9788087112076. info
  • CHEESMAN, Tom. The shocking ballad picture show : German popular literature and cultural history. First published. Oxford: Berg, 1994, xxxv, 240. ISBN 0854968938. info
  • Deutsche Balladen : Volks- und Kunstballaden, Bänkelsang, Moritaten. Edited by Hans Peter Treichler. Zürich: Manesse, 1993, 503 stran. ISBN 3717518410. info
  • SCHEYBAL, Josef V. Senzace pěti století v kramářské písni : [příspěvek k dějinám lidového zpravodajského zpěvu]. 1. vyd. Hradec Králové: Kruh, 1991, 388 s. ISBN 8070316241. info
  • PETZOLDT, Leander. Bänkelsang : vom historischen Bänkelsang zum literarischen Chanson. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1974, ix, 141. ISBN 3476101304. info
  • BENEŠ, Bohuslav. Světská kramářská píseň : příspěvek k poetice pololidové poezie. Vyd. 1. Brno: Universita J.E. Purkyně, 1970, 287 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Group projects
excursion
discussion
interpretation of broadsides
Assessment methods
Group paper and it´s presentation, abstract, active collaboration during the lessons.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět bude otevřen a vyučován při minimálním počtu 6 zapsaných studujících.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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