CJBC802 Milan Kundera: Czech Worldly Writer

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Bubeníček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Bohumil Fořt, 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
Mon 17:30–19:05 C33
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 195 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/195, only registered: 0/195, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/195
Course objectives
The course introduces the students of various programs to the general topics and periods of the work of Milan Kundera – a worldly writer of Czech origin. A special attention is paid to Milan Kundera's prosaic, dramatic and essaistic works and their literary historical and also literary comparative aspects. On top of this the course focuses on transmedial adaptations of Milan Kundera's work and also on the reactions the work has raised. When having finished the course the students will be able to understand the work of Milan Kundera a) from a literary historical point of view, b) in its main literary theoretical characteristics, c) in the broader cultural contexts and the work´s echo.
Syllabus
  • Bohumil Fořt: Milan Kundera - the modern and postmodern author Bohumil Fořt: Characters of Milan Kundera Jiří Koten: Kunderian inspirations: the authors inspiring Kundera a the authors inspired by Kundera Jakub Češka: The freedom of creation Zbyněk Fišer: Poems of Milan Kundera Aleš Merenus: Milan Kundera playwright Ondřej Sládek: The art of novely of Milan Kundera Bohumil Fořt: The Czech critiques on Milan Kundera Bohumil Fořt: The anglophone echo of Milan Kundera Radomír Kokeš: Film adaptations of works of Milan Kundera Jiří Trávníček: Have Milan Kundera created Central Europe or has Europe created Milan Kundera?
Literature
  • ČEŠKA, Jakub. Království motivů : motivická analýza románů Milana Kundery. Vyd. 1. Praha: Togga. 216 s. ISBN 8090291244. 2005. info
  • KUBÍČEK, Tomáš. Naratologické kapitoly k románům Milana Kundery. Edited by Milan Suchomel. 153 s. 1999. info
  • KOSKOVÁ, Helena. Milan Kundera. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H & H. 189 s. ISBN 8086022196. 1998. info
  • CHVATÍK, Květoslav. Svět románů Milana Kundery. [Brno]: Atlantis. ISBN 8071080802. 1994. info
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
The students will receive their credits when successfully passing a written test at the end of the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011.
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