CJBC222 How to read old Czech literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Veronika Benešová (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Hana Bočková, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 25. 10. 9:10–17:25 pracovna, Fri 29. 11. 12:30–19:05 pracovna
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The content of this seminary will be the interpretation of selected Czech works of Old Czech Literature, include explication and discussions. The texts are chosen according to both develompent of the literature in the Middle-Ages, Humanism and Baroque and the diversity of the genres in the old Czech literature. Most of the texts have been selected according to the list of primary literature. So the seminar is suitable addition to preparation for Disscusion about Old Czech Literature. At the end of this course the students will be able to:
- to widen the knowledge of the old Czech literature;
- to deepen the knowledge of both primary sources and scientific literature;
- to be able to analyse the texts of the old Czech literature on basis of the contemporary ethical and social standards;
- to be able to apply the gained knowledge in the writing a scientific text.
Syllabus
  • 25. 10. 2013
  • 1. Kristiánova legenda
  • 2. Legenda zlatá, Legenda o Jidášovi
  • 3. Hra o Kristovu zmrtvýchvstání, Hra veselé Magdaleny
  • 4. Desatero kázání božie, O ženě zlobivé
  • 5. Vévoda Arnošt
  • 29. 11. 2013
  • 6. Jan Hus: Knížky o svatokupectví a Vyprávění o Milíčovi od M. z Janova
  • 7. Budyšínský rukopis a protihusitské sklady
  • 8. Petr Chelčický: O trojím lidu
  • 9. Mikuláš Konáč z Hodiškova: Pravidlo lidského života
  • 10. Fridrich Bridel: Život svatého Ivana
  • 11. Matěj Václav Šteyer: Věčný pekelný žalář
Literature
  • MANNI, Giovanni Battista. Věčný pekelný žalář. Edited by Alena Wildová Tosi - Martin Valášek, Translated by Matěj Václav. Vyd. 1. Brno: Atlantis, 2002, 290 s. ISBN 8071082244. info
  • SLÁDEK, Miloš. Vítr jest život člověka, aneb, Život a smrt v české barokní próze. Vyd. 1. [Jinočany]: H & H, 2000, 323 s. ISBN 8086022471. info
  • JACOBUS DE VORAGINE. Legenda aurea. Translated by Irena Zachová - Václav Bahník - Anežka Vidmanová. Vyd. 2., přeprac. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 444 s. ISBN 8070212721. info
  • KOPECKÝ, Milan. Fridrich Bridel, Básnické dílo. In Fridrich Bridel, Básnické dílo. Praha: Torst, 1994. ISBN 80-85639-22-X. info
  • Legenda Christiani :vita et passio sancti Wenceslai et sancte Ludmile ave eius. Translated by Jaroslav Ludvíkovský. Vydání ve Vyšehradu prvn. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1978, 164 stran. URL info
  • CHELČICKÝ, Petr. Drobné spisy. Edited by Petr Chelčický - Eduard Petrů. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1966, 239 s. URL info
  • KONÁČ Z HODIŠKOVA, Mikuláš. Pravidlo lidského života. Edited by Milan Kopecký. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1961, 271 s. URL info
  • HUS, Jan. Knížky o svatokupectví. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1954, 150 s. info
  • Staročeské drama. Edited by Josef Hrabák. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1950, 256 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Work with texts (with the use of analytical-synthetic method) is emphasized in seminars. Interpretation of texts are realized as collective tasks in seminars.
Assessment methods
Credits are obtained on the basis of active work in seminars and students have to write short texts about books from the reading list.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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