BKA308 Chapters from the History of Bulgarian Literature II

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Przybylski (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Przybylski (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Przybylski
Timetable
Wed 15:00–16:35 A45
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BKA303 History of Bulgarian Lit. I
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
Course objectives
A two-term overview of the history of the Bulgarian literature. The course contains information about the periods, the literary epochs, trends, schools and authors, with an analysis of genres and specific works and also leads toward a knowledge of written forms of expression within the given issues. Main aims of the course are: - to understand development of the Bulgarian literature - to understand the most prominent representatives of the Bulgarian literature - to understand Bulgarian literature as an integrative part of the building the national consciousness.
Syllabus
  • 1. The beginning of the "modernist" phase in Bulgarian literature. The review "Misal" group (Slaveykov, Krastev, Todorov, Yavorov).
  • 2. Traditional and modern trends in literature. Continuators of the realist tradition (Strashimirov, Stamatov, Elin Pelin).
  • 3. Symbolist movement in Bulgaria (Trayanov, Debelyanov, Liliev, Popdimitrov, Yasenov, Raynov).
  • 4. Poetry in the inter-war years. Proletarian poetry. Bulgarian avant-garde. So-called September Literature.
  • 5. Prose and critics in the inter-war years. Short stories by Yordan Yovkov – a classical mastery of Bulgarian narrative prose.
  • 6. "Revolutionary writers" (Karaslavov, Vutimski, Vaptsarov).
  • 7. The Communist regime set up in 1944. Uniformity of Socialist Realism. The poetical generation of the 1940s.
  • 8. The wave of extensive novels in the 1950s (Dimov, Talev, Stanev).
  • 9. The "new wave" in the prose of the 1960s and the early 1970s and the beginnings of a change of literatury generation.
  • 10. Contemporary Bulgarian literature (the 1990s and 2000s).
Literature
  • IGOV, Svetlozar. Kratka istorija na bălgarskata literatura. Sofija: Prosveta, 1996, 574 pp. ISBN 954-01-0732-6. info
  • DOROVSKÝ, Ivan. Recepce literatury jižních Slovanů u nás. Vydání první. Boskovice: František Šalé - ALBERT, 2004, 83 stran. ISBN 8073260220. info
  • DOROVSKÝ, Ivan. Slovník balkánských spisovatelů. Praha: Libri, 2001, 683 pp. info
  • Slovník spisovatelů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1978, 484 s. info
  • WOLLMAN, Frank. Littérature dramatique des slaves du sud. V Praze: nákladem Slovanského ústavu, 1930, vi, 248. URL info
  • Rečnik na bălgarskata literatura. Edited by Georgi Canev. Sofija: Izdatelstvo na Bălgarskata akademija na naukite, 1976, 407 s. info
  • Rečnik na bălgarskata literatura. Edited by Georgi Canev. Sofija: Izdatelstvo na Bălgarskata akademija na naukite, 1977, 486 s. info
  • Rečnik na bălgarskata literatura. Sofija: Izdatelstvo na Bălgarskata akademija na naukite, 1982. info
  • WOLLMAN, Frank. Bulharské drama. V Bratislavě: Filosofická fakulta University Komenského, 1928, vi, 166. info
  • WOLLMAN, Frank. Slované : kulturní obraz slovanského světa. Praha: "Vesmír" - nakladatelská a vydavatelská společnost s r.o., 1928, 259 s. URL info
Assessment methods
Lectures are combined with seminar discussions. Attendance (3 absences per semester are allowed) and compulsory reading (12 titles) are required. Assessment: oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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