CJBC200 Czech and German chivalresque epic

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2006
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
Prerequisites
Czech and German Knightly Epic 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.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The content of this seminar is an analysis of selected groups of motives in Czech and German knightly epic. Comparative look at both groups will enable the students to evaluate them fully and more objectively.
Syllabus
  • 1. - 3. literary, historical and cultural context; survey of Czech and German knightly epic with regard to the development in the 13th century 4. - 5. Courtesy in Czech and German knightly epic 6. - 7. the issue of topical motives in Czech and German knightly epic 8. - 9. Arthurian cycle of poems in Czech and German medieval epic 10. - 12. the interpretation of selected passages in Czech and German knightly epic
Literature
  • STANOVSKÁ, Sylvie. Moravo, Čechy, radujte se! Němečtí a rakouští básníci v českých zemích za posledních Přemyslovců. (Moravia and Bohemia, Be Happy and Enjoy Yourselves!). První vydání. Praha: Aula, 1998, 231 pp. Litteraria germano-austro-bohemica, vol.I. ISBN 80-901626-9-X. info
  • Vanický, Jaroslav: Minnesang : středověký rytířský zpěv 12.-15. století : historické črty a výběr skladeb
  • STANOVSKÁ, Sylvie. Das alttschechische und das deutsche Liebeslied im 14. und 15.Jh. Von dem späten Minnesang zum neuartigen Liebeslied im böhmischen und deutschen Raum (Old Czech and German Love Songs in the 14th and 15th Centuries. From the late Minnesang to the modern love songs on the Czech and German territories.). Germanoslavica. Zeitschrift fur germano-slawische Studien. Praha, 2003, IX (XIV), No 2, p. 163-178. ISSN 1210-9029. 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
Assessment methods (in Czech)
podmínkou pro získání zápočtu je aktivní účast na seminářích a vypracování seminární práce na předem zadané téma
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
General note: Seminář se bude konat pro maximálně 20 studentů.
  • Enrolment Statistics (recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/spring2006/CJBC200