CJBC515 Fantastic literature

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tereza Dědinová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
Mon 15:00–16:35 A32 stara
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Specifying and clarifying the term fantastic literature and its particularity and footing in a frame of imaginative literature will be the aims of our seminar. We will focus foremost on texts of competent authors of SF (speculative fiction, so not only science fiction) and based on them, we will try to rebut the traditional attribution of SF to less serious streams in literature.
Syllabus
  • What at all is fantastic literature and what are features?
  • Description and differentiation of realistic and fantastic streams in literature, roots of their origin and their blending together.
  • Inner-structuring of fantastic literature to literature fantasque (Michal Ajvaz, Jáchym Topol aj.) and speculative (SF); their further division.
  • Criteria and pitfalls of such structuring.
  • Resources of fantastic literature, its connection to myth.
  • Elementary functions of speculative literature, its balance and imbalance in particular pieces of art. Reasons, why authors reach for fantastic motives.
  • Role of speculative literature in society. Second-rate, escapist literature, elucidation of criteria and prejudices.
Literature
  • SLOBODNÍK, Dušan. Genéza a poetika science fiction. Bratislava: Mladé letá, 1980. info
  • KAGARLICKIJ, Julij Iosifovič. Fantastika, utopie, antiutopie. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1982, 438 s. URL info
  • ASH, Brian. Faces of the future : the lessons of science fiction. Pemberton: Elek, 1975, [6], 213 p. ISBN 0-236-31004-639. info
  • ROBERTS, Adam. Science fiction. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2006, vi, 159. ISBN 0415366682. info
  • Vědeckofantastická literatura : srovnávací žánrová studie. Edited by Miroslava Holejšovská-Genčiová. 1. vyd. V Praze: Albatros, 1980, 177 s. URL info
  • NEFF, Ondřej. Něco je jinak : komentáře k české literární fantastice. Edited by Jaroslav Veis. Praha: Albatros, 1981. info
  • NEFF, Ondřej. Všechno je jinak : kapitoly o světové science fiction. Praha: Albatros, 1986. info
  • MACEK, Jakub. Fandom a text (Fandom and Text). Praha: Triton, 2006, 148 pp. Fandom a SF. ISBN 80-7254-856-5. info
  • Encyklopedie literatury science fiction. Edited by Ondřej Neff - Jaroslav Olša. Jinočany: H & H, 1995, 555 s. ISBN 80-85787-90-3. info
  • HOUŽVIČKA, Přemysl. Bibliografie české science fiction a fantaskní literatury z let 1853-1949. Praha: vlastním nákladem autora, 2006. info
  • ADAMOVIČ, Ivan. Slovník české literární fantastiky a science fiction. Praha: R3, 1995. info
  • LANGER, Aleš. Průvodce paralelními světy. Praha: TRITON, 2006. info
  • HEREC, Ondrej. Fantastika a realizmus. Bratislava: Národné osvetové centrum, 1999. info
  • LEM, Stanislav. Fantastika i futurologia. Warszawa: Interart, 1996. info
  • CALVINO, Italo. Six memos for the next millennium. New York: Vintage books, 1988. info
Assessment methods
Requirements for obtaining credit on this subject: reading of short text, which would be at disposal in advance, active participation on seminary and elaboration of a short essay in extent of ca three standard pages.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Autumn 2010.
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