ICJp18 Guide to Czech Literature 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jitka Zítková, 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 course provides overview of the development of children’s and youth literature as a part of the national literature. It outlines the development of the Czech literature since its beginnings until the 1990s, with deeper insight into selected periods of literary development. Students will familiarize with main milestones of the development of youth literature in the wider context of changes to national literature and culture.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the students will be able to explain the basic tendencies and changes of the intentional children’s and youth literature since its beginnings until the 1990’s in the context of the development of the national literature. They will gain deeper understanding of selected topics regarding the history of Czech literature as well as the wider context of literature and art.
Syllabus
  • 1. Development, concepts and periodization of Czech literature. 2. Older Czech literature in context of development of European literature, specificities of Czech literature, the scope and theme of studying older Czech literature for teachers of 1st stage of elementary school. 3. Humanism, renaissance, baroque. 4. Main issues of the Czech cultural and scientific development during the period of national revival, main phases of development, important figures, beginnings of youth literature. 5. The relationship of folklore and the artificial culture, adaptive activities. 6. The characteristics of Czech literature during the 2nd half of the 19th century, important authors. 7. The situation at the turn of the century, development of the publishing business (focus on youth literature). 8. The specifics of Czech literature during the interwar period (genre changes). 9. The development of Czech literature during the occupation and during 1945-1948. 10. Literature, literary science and journalism during the 1950’s and 60’s. 11. Literature, literary science and journalism during the 1970’s and 80’s. 12. Changes to literature during the 1990’s.
Literature
    required literature
  • GILK, Erik, Jana KOLÁŘOVÁ, Radek MALÝ, Lenka POŘÍZKOVÁ and Jan SCHNEIDER. Panorama české literatury. Edited by Lubomír Machala. Vydání první. Praha: Knižní klub, 2015, 303 stran. ISBN 9788024250540. info
  • GALÍK, Josef, Erik GILK, Petr HORA, Jana KOLÁŘOVÁ, Petr KOMENDA, Radek MALÝ, Eduard PETRŮ, Martin PODIVÍNSKÝ, Jan SCHNEIDER, Jiří SKALIČKA and Alena ŠTĚRBOVÁ. Panorama české literatury. Edited by Lubomír Machala. Vydání první. Praha: Knižní klub, 2015, 607 stran. ISBN 9788024248189. info
  • ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena. Slovník autorů literatury pro děti a mládež 2. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2012, 456 pp. ISBN 978-80-7277-506-4. info
    not specified
  • CHALOUPKA, Otakar. Příruční slovník české literatury od počátků do současnosti : významní autoři a jejich tvorba, díla neznámých tvůrců staré literatury, nejčastější literární termíny, hlavní literární skupiny a směry, historická období. Vyd. 1. Brno: Centa, 2005, 1116 s. ISBN 8086785033. info
  • BALAJKA, Bohuš, Ladislav SOLDÁN and Emil CHAROUS. Přehledné dějiny literatury. Vyd. 3., ve Fortuně 2. Praha: Fortuna, 1997, 198 s. ISBN 8071685011. info
  • CHALOUPKA, Otakar and Jaroslav VORÁČEK. Kontury české literatury pro děti a mládež : (od začátku 19. století po současnost). 2. vyd. Praha: Albatros, 1984, 539 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Taught as: consultation Methods: lecturing, discussions of selected topics
Assessment methods
Course completion: colloquy Requirements for completing the course: Writing an essay on a selected topic as a basis for the colloquy.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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