CJBC172 Herzog Ernst

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2005
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Otakar Slanař (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
Thu 16:40–18:15 C41
Prerequisites
General survey of the history of Czech literature from the beginning to the 18th century. Passive knowledge of German (grammar school level).
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
The aim of the seminar is the formal and content analysis of the 14th century Czech knightly epic, written in Czech. After putting this genre into historical and literary context, we will try to critically evaluate the artistic level of theses works and compare them to some of its European counterparts, mainly of German language origin.
Syllabus
  • 1.- 3. literary, historical and cultural context; survey of Czech and European knightly epic 4. - 5. the issue of topical motives in knightly epic 6. - 7. the figure of knight 8. - 9. symbolism in knightly epic 10. the figure of enemy in knightly epic 11. woman in knightly epic 12. the interpretation of some essential passages in Czech knightly epic
Literature
  • Rytířské srdce majíce : česká rytířská epika 14. století. Praha: Odeon, 1984. info
  • Lexikon des Mittelalters. Edited by Robert-Henri Bautier. München: Artemis, 1980, lxiii, 210. ISBN 3-7608-8901-8. info
  • LCI (Variant.) : Lexikon der christlichen Ikonographie. Bd. 1, Allgemeine Ikonographie., A-Ezechiel : Lexikon der christlichen Ikonographie. Bd. 2, Allgemeine Ikonographie., Fabelwesen-Kynokephalen : Lexikon der christlichen Ikonographie. Bd. 3, Allgemei. info
  • LEHÁR, Jan. Nejstarší česká epika : Dalimilova kronika, Alexandreida, první veršované legendy. Translated by Rudolf Mertlík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1983, 230 s. URL info
Language of instruction
Czech
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