CJp047 Chapters in Literature for Young Adults

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Milena Šubrtová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Milena Šubrtová, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
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 aim of the course is to introduce students to the development of literature for young people, the basic genres of children's literature and important authors so that they are aware of value shifts and can independently choose literary works for literary and educational work.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to connect the development of Czech literature for children and youth with social events and artistic context. They are able to characterize individual development stages and to explain their periodization milestones. They realize the connection between literary creation for children and adults. Literary critical competencies they demonstrate by formulating their own evaluation criteria when assessing a literary work.
Syllabus
  • 1. Prerequisites for the emergence of literature for youth (LFY) in the context of Czech literature. 2. Genre differentiation, the position of folklore in the reading of children and youth, the issue of folktales. 3. Development of poetry for children and youth in the 19th century and its contemporary editions. 4. LFY from the beginning of the 20th century to 1945, the so-called struggle for the fairy tale, changes in the view of youth literature and its critical reflection; social themes and the reaction to World War I in works for children and youth. 5. LFY from 1945 to the end of the 1950s, developmental discontinuity after 1948, new editorial concept of SNDK, children's work and ideology. 6. LFY in the 1960s, the value stratification of children's and youth work, its experimental breakthroughs. 7. LFY in the period of normalization. 8. Changes in LFY from the 1990s to the present, genre syncretisation, breakdown of traditional boundaries in LFY. 9. - 10. News from the field of Czech and world LFY.
Literature
    required literature
  • ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena. Slovník autorů literatury pro děti a mládež 2. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2012. 456 s. ISBN 978-80-7277-506-4. Pouze úvodní studie a hesla dle potřeby.
  • ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena. Pohádkové příběhy v české literatuře pro děti a mládež (1990-2010). Fairy tales in the Czech literature for children and youth (1990-2010). (Fairy tales in the Czech literature for children and youth (1990-2010).). In Milena Šubrtová a kol. Pohádkové příběhy v české literatuře pro děti a mládež (1990-2010). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, p. 11-63. Publikace NMU-37/11-02/58. ISBN 978-80-210-5692-3. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-5692-2011. info
  • TOMAN, Jaroslav. Konstanty a proměny moderní české poezie pro děti : (tvorba, recepce, reflexe). [České Budějovice]: Vlastimil Johanus, 2008, 271 s. ISBN 9788090424722. info
  • URBANOVÁ, Svatava. Sedm klíčů k otevření literatury pro děti a mládež 90. let XX. století : reflexe české tvorby a recepce. Olomouc: Votobia, 2004, 457 s. ISBN 8070426683. info
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  • MALÝ, Radek - NEŠPOR, Josef. Lexikon českých nakladatelství dětské knihy. Olomouc: UP, 2015.
  • KUBECZKOVÁ, Olga, Andrea BALHAROVÁ and Ivana GEJGUŠOVÁ. Česká autorská poezie pro děti a mládež v novém miléniu (2000-2022). Edited by Radomil Novák. První vydání. Brno: Books & Pipes, 2023, 194 stran. ISBN 9788074852855. info
  • JANOUŠEK, Pavel, Lucie ANTOŠÍKOVÁ, Zdeněk BRDEK, Marie BRUNOVÁ, Eduard BURGET, Vojen DRLÍK, Erik GILK, Lukáš HOLEČEK, Petr HRUŠKA, Petr JANEČEK, Michal JAREŠ, Lenka JUNGMANNOVÁ, Ivan KLIMEŠ, Jiří KŘESŤAN, Klára KUDLOVÁ, Petra LOUČOVÁ, Martin LUKÁŠ, Ester NOVÁKOVÁ, Luisa NOVÁKOVÁ, Iva MIKULOVÁ, Martin PILAŘ, Karel PIORECKÝ, Pavel ŠIDÁK, Martina ŠMEJKALOVÁ, Jitka ŠOTKOVSKÁ, Štefan ŠVEC, Milena ŠUBRTOVÁ, Václav VELČOVSKÝ, Petra ZACHATÁ and Jiří ZIZLER. Dějiny české literatury v Protektorátu Čechy a Morava. Edited by Iva Málková - Kateřina Piorecká - Alena Šidáková Fialová - Bar. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2022, 735 stran. ISBN 9788076580534. info
  • Dějiny české literatury 1945-1989. Edited by Pavel Janoušek - Petr Čornej - Alena Šidáková Fialová - Pavel Ja. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2008, 977 stran. ISBN 9788020016317. info
  • Dějiny české literatury 1945-1989. Edited by Pavel Janoušek - Petr Čornej - Blahoslav Dokoupil - Pavel Janáček. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2008, 688 stran. ISBN 9788020015839. info
  • Dějiny české literatury 1945-1989. Edited by Pavel Janoušek - Věra Brožová - Alena Šidáková Fialová - Petr. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2007, 549 stran. ISBN 9788020015280. info
  • Dějiny české literatury 1945-1989. Edited by Pavel Janoušek - Petr Čornej - Alena Šidáková Fialová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2007, 431 s. ISBN 9788020015273. info
  • ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena. Tematika smrti v české a světové próze pro děti a mládež (The topic of death in the Czech and world literature for children and youth). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 127 pp. Spisy Pedagogické fakulty MU, svazek č. 104. ISBN 978-80-210-4413-5. info
Teaching methods
The lectures in the form of selected topics cover the production of Czech literature for children and young adults from the beginning up to present. The topics are organised into sections of poetry, prose (exile literature included) and a brief outline of secondary literature. It brings also an outline of the most significant genres of literature for children and young adults.
Assessment methods
Students will present outcomes of their work in written form which will help them to enhance their ability to think critically and develop their individual style. Emphasis is put on students’ ability to evaluate a particular literary piece, compare it in the context of the contemporary Czech and world literary production and defend and formulate their views with precision and professional insight. Course is concluded with a credit. Requirements: A review of a work of a Czech writer for children and youth published after the year 2020 (included).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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