CJBC558 Modern and postmodern novel

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Bubeníček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Zuzana Fonioková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miroslav Kotásek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Kateřina Sedláčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Tlustý, Ph.D. (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
Thu 10:50–12:25 U25
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 70 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/70, only registered: 0/70, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/70
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce the key points in the history of world novel from the end of the 19th century to present. In the first session students will be introduced to basic aspects of thinking about novel and transformations of its form (the destruction of traditional epics) in the 20th century with regard to issues of concepts modernism and postmodernism. In following sessions the type of selected novel, its structure (narrative strategies, poetics of characters, time etc.) and broader issues (authority and ethics of novel) will be analysed. Lecturer will introduce literary-historical text in every session, which will clarify a place of the particular work of the author.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Kurz si klade za cíl představit klíčová místa v dějinách světového románu od konce devatenáctého století do současnosti. Program přednášek:
  • 1. 10. dr. Petr Bubeníček – moderní a postmoderní román (úvod) + Knut Hamsun: Matka země
  • 8. 10. dr. Jan Tlustý – Paul Auster: Muž ve tmě; Kniha iluzí
  • 15. 10. mgr. Jan Němec – Julio Cortázar: Nebe, peklo, ráj
  • 22. 10. mgr. Lenka Kroupová – Carlos Fuentes: Smrt Artemia Cruze
  • 29. 10. dr. Klára Bicanová – Angela Carter: Noci v cirkuse
  • 5. 11. dr. Zuzana Fonioková – Kazuo Ishiguro: Neopouštěj mě
  • 12. 11. dr. Aleš Urválek - Martin Walser: Johann
  • 19. 11. dr. Miroslav Kotásek Dan Simmons: Hyperion + Pád Hyperionu 26. 11. prof. Jiří Trávníček – Vasil Bykav: Lom
  • 3. 12. dr. Jiří Koten – Milan Kundera: Oslava bezvýznamnosti (La Fête de l'insignifiance, The Festival of Insignificance)
  • 10. 12. dr. Kateřina Sedláčková Michel Houellebecq: Možnost ostrova + Elementární částice + Platforma
Assessment methods
Oral examination in the form of a discussion over the work of selected authors.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Pro posluchače oboru LMK je předmět povinný - kredity A. Pro posluchače bohemistiky je povinně volitelný (kredity B), pro ostatní posluchače volitelný (kredity C).
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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