ICJp17 World Literature for Young Adults 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
ICJp09 Literature for Young Adults 2 && ! ZS1MP_LSM1 World Literature for the Y. A.
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
Having met the course requirements, students are able to understand tendencies of development of the world literature for young adults. They can use their knowledge in the process of teaching literary education.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to explain the development of literary trends and movements in the particular period of literature. They will be able to identify and analyse the style of outstanding literary personalities of the period. They will be able to interpret literary pieces as well as justify and support their views using their knowledge of literary studies.
Syllabus
  • 1. The concept of world literature for youth, possibilities of study. International institutions and organizations dealing with literature for children and youth. 2. The contribution of the English and French Enlightenment to literature for youth. 5.-8. Folk fairy tale in various national literatures, the development of artificial fairy tale in the 19th century. 9. Golden fund of world literature for children and youth and different interpretations of world literature for children and youth. 10.-13. Chosen representants of world literature for children and youth in the 20th century (J.M. Barrie, A.A. Milne, A. de Saint-Exupéry, A. Lindgren, J. Kruss, T. Jansson, J. Gaarder, D. Almond).
Literature
    required literature
  • MANDYS, Pavel (ed.). 2x101 knih pro děti a mládež. Praha: Albatros, 2013.
  • ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena. Brněnské impulzy v literatuře pro děti. Z dějin světové literatury pro děti a mládež I. Slavkov u Brna: BM Typo, 2007, 67 pp. edice Ladění. ISBN 978-80-903707-4-6. info
    recommended literature
  • Slovník autorů literatury pro děti a mládež. Zahraniční spisovatelé. Praha: Libri, 2012.
  • SALTER, Colin. 100 children's books : that inspire our world. Edited by Hetty Hopkinson. London: Pavilion, 2020, 224 stran. ISBN 9781911641087. info
    not specified
  • časopis Bookbird (www.ibby.org)
  • ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena. Kapitoly ze světové literatury pro mládež I. (Chapters from General Literature for the Young I.). 1st ed. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 1998, 16 pp. Item. ISBN 80-7204-072-3. info
  • ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena. Kapitoly ze světové literatury pro mládež II (Chapters from General Literature for the Young II). 1st ed. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 1998, 16 pp. Item. ISBN 80-7204-093-6. info
  • HELD, Jacqueline. V říši obrazotvornosti : děti a fantastická literatura. Translated by Otomar Radina. 1. vyd. Praha: Albatros, 1985, 190 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Type of teaching: lecture The lectures combine overviews with interpretations and examples from literary works.
Assessment methods
Requirements for completion: final discussion of works of world literature for children and young people on the basis of the students' own reading and the reading books used in primary school (can be replaced by a written reflection of two to three standard pages).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
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