ESA776 G. K. Chesterton: Criticism and Paradox

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Thursday 14:10–15:45 G24
Prerequisites
Course is taught in Czech language, though advanced students are allowed to read in original English version. Discussion, interpretation, application onto contemporary culture.
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
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction. Chesterton influenced authors like Ernest Hemingway, Graham Greene, Harold Bloom, Evelyn Waugh, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Karel Čapek, Paul Claudel, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, Sigrid Undset, Igmar Bergman, Kingsley Amis, W. H. Auden, Orson Welles, Franz Kafka, C.S. Lewis a J.R.R. Tolkien.
Syllabus
  • The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904) text Heretics (1905) Charles Dickens: A Critical Study (1906) The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) text Orthodoxy (1908) Doubleday, 1991. ISBN 978-0-385-01536-3 The Ballad Of The White Horse (1911) poetry Manalive (1912) Father Brown short stories (detective fiction) Eugenics and Other Evils (1922) The Everlasting Man (1925) Saint Thomas Aquinas: "The Dumb Ox", Doubleday, 1974. Saint Francis of Assisi, Doubleday, 1987.
Literature
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Petr. Umění a ctnost (Art and Virtue). Brno: Barrister & Principal, o.s., 2013, 300 pp. Dějiny a teorie umění. ISBN 978-80-7485-015-8. info
  • LUKAVEC, Jan. Fanatik, prorok, či klaun? : G.K. Chesterton a jeho interpreti. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2008, 259 s. ISBN 9788073251666. info
  • CHESTERTON, G. K. Autobiografie. Edited by Jan Lukavec, Translated by Jana Kuchtová. 2. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2007, 271 s. ISBN 9788073251277. info
  • CHESTERTON, G. K. Co je špatného na světě. Translated by Ladislav Vymětal. Praha: Votobia, 1997, 180 s. ISBN 8072200623. info
  • CHESTERTON, G. K. Ortodoxie. Brno: Nakladatelství Tomáše Janečka, 1993, 156 s. ISBN 80-900802-4-3. info
  • CHESTERTON, G. K. Nesmrtelný člověk. Praha: Václav Petr, 1927, 315 s. info
  • CHESTERTON, G. K. (Gilbert Keith). The uses of diversity : a book of essays. London: Methuen, 1920, vi, 191 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions,1 short essay.
Assessment methods
written test, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: výuka ve vědecké pracovně budova C, III. patro.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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