USK_36 Czech literature in historical context

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Jeřábek, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
The cource presupposes interest in this field of study.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The lectures will focus on understanding the history of Czech literature of 19th and 20th century within the context of Czech cultural and political history of this period. Considerable attention will be devoted to memoir literature by important writers and literary scholars. The students will also be given information on the phenomenon of Central European literature of 19th and 20th century which – in this geographical area – was often influenced by political events. After completion of the course, the students will have a better understanding of the distinctive position of literature and writers in Czech society since the beginnings of the National Revival up to the collapse of the communist regime.
Syllabus
  • 1) The dispute about the authenticity of the Královéhradecký and Zelenohorský manuscript: the history of the discoveries, the polemics concerning their authenticity and the influence on Czech culture of the 19th century. The progress of the dispute in the 20th century, reflexion in professional literature and fiction and fading out in contemporary society. 2) Memoir literature, correspondence, essays and fiction related to Czech society of 19th century. Karel Hynek Mácha´s diaries, memoirs of Josef Václav Frič and the correspondence of Božena Němcová. Literary and essayistic works by Vladimír Macura. 3) Central European themes in the 20th-century Czech novel: Jaroslav Hašek, Karel Čapek, Vladislav Vančura, Karel Poláček, Bohumil Hrabal, Josef Škvorecký and Milan Kundera. Social commitment of writers. 4) The overlaps of Czech avant-garde between1919-1948. Devětsil generation, surrealists, international contacts, influence on Czech culture of the First Republic period as well as socialist Czechoslovakia. Important memoirs related to this period.
Literature
    required literature
  • KROUTVOR, Josef. Potíže s dějinami : eseje. V této podobě vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 1990, 143 s. ISBN 80-85190-01-X. info
    recommended literature
  • Dějiny české literatury II. Literatura 2. poloviny 19. století. Praha 1961.
  • Dějiny české literatury II. Literatura národního obrození. Praha 1960.
  • Arne Novák: Stručné dějiny literatury české. Olomouc 1946.
  • Rukopisy královédvorský a zelenohorský a česká věda (1817-1885). Praha 2014.
Teaching methods
Lectures and class discussion.
Assessment methods
Writen test, oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2019.
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