CJBC204 Allegory and Symbol in Old Czech Literature

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marie Hanzelková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
Fri 10:00–11:35 A49
Prerequisites
The course is ment primarily for students, who have already taken the course Old Czech Literatureand already have some experience reading old czech texts.
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
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Course objectives
The course concentrates on the analysis of Old Czech texts, where the allegory aspect plays a significant role.We will deal with the function of allegory in Old Literature and the connection between the allegory form and the esthetic value of a work. The seminar wants to capture the developement of allegory, emphasis will be put on the role of alegory in medieval esthetics and the change of the allegorical perception of the world in later periods. Selected czech texts will be compared to works of European literature.
Syllabus
  • 1. Allegory, Symbol and Metaphore- definition of therms 2. Allegory and Symbol in Ancient Myths and the Bible 3. Allegorical- symbolic cosmology in medieval literature 4. The allegory of love 5. Allegory as a tool of political ideology 6. Allegory and its place in the Reformation and Antireformation period 7. Theatrum mundi 8. The world as a labyrinth 9. The allegory in folk Baroque Literature 10. The text and image- the allegorical tools in luboks, leaflets and cartoons of the 18th and 19th centuries 11. Allegory and its role in the Literature of the 20th century
Literature
  • ECO, Umberto. Umění a krása ve středověké estetice. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1998, 239 s. ISBN 8072030981. info
  • PETRŮ, Eduard. Zašifrovaná skutečnost : deset otázek a odpovědí na obranu literární medievalistiky. V Ostravě: Profil, 1972, 162 s. URL info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
- aktivni ucast a prace na seminarich (mozne 2 neomluvene absence) - domaci priprava (prace s texty, sekundarni odbornou lit., obrazovymi materialy)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Seminář se bude konat pro maximálně 20 studentů.
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