PdF:CJ2BP_LPM1 Lit. for Y.A. 1 - Course Information

CJ2BP_LPM1 Literature for Young Adults 1

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Naděžda Sieglová, CSc. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Naděžda Sieglová, CSc.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Nataša Vrbová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education

Timetable of Seminar Groups

CJ2BP_LPM1/01: Wed 16:40–18:20 učebna 62, N. Sieglová
CJ2BP_LPM1/02: Thu 17:35–19:15 učebna 60, N. Sieglová

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Czech Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-ZS4)

Course objectives

Students are taught to analyse pieces of literature, to form evaluation criteria in relation to the specificity of literature for children. Besides traditional views of literature for children and young adults, current problematic areas will be mentioned. The course will give information about the main concepts and theoretical questions of literature for children and youth. Theoretical skills will be used to analyze literary works, specially those which come into the context of our literature for children during the last ten years. Students will get oriented in genre problematics, will analyze literary texts with respect to specific features of children’s books and will be well informed about trends of contemporary development.

Syllabus

• - main concepts and function of literature for children and youth - content structure - genre composition - children as readers and children readership - children aspect - problem of triviality in the literature for children and youth - Czech and translated literature for children and youth after 1989 -- main genres in literature for children and youth - main topics in literature for children and youth

Literature

• dále viz literatura předmětu Kapitoly z literatury pro mládež
• SIROVÁTKA, Oldřich. Literatura na okraji. 1. vyd. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1990, 98 s. ISBN 80-202-0122-X. info
• ČAPEK, Karel. Marsyas, čili, Na okraj literatury (1919-1931). Vyd. 4., v ČS 1. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1971, 185 s. info

Teaching methods

Students will get an insight into the basic trends of literature for young adults in the respective period, as well as into the specific nature of its poetics. They will be able to identify and analyze the style of outstanding personalities, significant for that particular period. Students will further develop their literary knowledge and interpretational skills with the aim to communicate with a literary work more efficiently. They will creatively use their knowledge gained not only in contact classes but also in their individual study of recommended literature which they will be able to discuss regularly with their teacher.

Assessment methods

A seminar paper, in-class report and active participation in seminars are prerequisites for taking an exam. The exam is focused on the theory of literature for children, on history of literature for children and youth and on the contemporary state of children’s literature. Knowledge of primary and secondary literature will also be tested. Course completion: Oral examination

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.

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