ZS1BK_LLM1 Literature for the Young Adults 1

Faculty of Education
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0/4. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Milena Šubrtová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Milena Šubrtová, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Nataša Vrbová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
ZS1BK_LUSK Introduction to Literature && ZS1BK_LCLK Czech Lit. in Reading-Books
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 describe the changes in the course of the development of Czech post-war literature for children and young adults. They are able to characterize and compare works of the most significant authors.
Syllabus
  • 1. The development of literature for youth in the context of Czech literature after the year 1945. The reaction of literature for youth to the Nazi occupation and the Second World War. Plurality in children´s books published between the years 1948-1948. 2. The situation in literature for youth after the year 1948, changes within the society and their influence on cultural life. The split of literature, specificity of literature for youth. The symptoms of schemes in children´s literature. SNDK publishing house and its impact on literature for youth. Children´s magazines. 3. Instances of innovation in works of the new generation of the 1960s, development of nonsense poetry and tales, so-called new wave of prose for youth, updating the topics of German occupation, comeback of adventure literature and the boom of prose with a female child hero. Convergence of literature and film. Rehabilitation of authors, the end of the publishing monopoly, activities of regional publishing houses. 4. Incoming normalization – negative and positive aspects and influences. Asylum of the authors who were banned to publish their books for children. Continuity and discontinuity of genres and topics in literature for children and youth. Standardized literary characters, techniques and language in works of acknowledged authors. Outstanding personalities of the 70s and 80s. Theory and criticism in children´s literature, changes of Zlatý máj magazine.
Literature
    required literature
  • 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
  • URBANOVÁ, Svatava and Milena ROSOVÁ. Žánry, osobnosti, díla : (historický vývoj žánrů české literatury pro mládež - antologie). Vyd. 5, upr. a dopl. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita - Filozofická fakulta, 2005, 239 s. ISBN 8073680467. info
  • SIEGLOVÁ, Naděžda. Nástin dějin literatury pro mládež a četby mládeže druhé poloviny 19. století. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1991, 89 s. ISBN 8021002441. info
    recommended literature
  • Časopis Ladění
  • ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena. Literární časopisy pro děti v 90. letech (Childrenes literary magazines in the 1990s.). In Proměny literatury pro mládež - vstup do nového tisíciletí. první. Brno: Pedagogická fakulta MU v Brně, 2000, p. 74-80. ISBN 80-210-2521-2. info
  • SIEGLOVÁ, Naděžda. Literatura pro děti a mládež po roce 1945 (Literature for youth and children after 1945). In Přehledné dějiny české literattury III. Praha: SPN, a. s., 1997, p. 172-178. ISBN 80-85937-48-4. info
  • SIEGLOVÁ, Naděžda. Dětská literatura po roce 1945 :poezie. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 1995, 18 s. ISBN 80-85867-85-0. info
  • ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena. Přehled literatury pro mládež od počátku do r. 1945. 1. vyd. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, 1995, 18 s. ISBN 80-85867-48-6. info
  • ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena. Přehled literatury pro mládež od počátků do r. 1945 (Survey of Literature For Youth From Its Beginnings to 1945). Brno: CERM, 1995. ISBN 80-85867-48-6. 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
Type of course: lecture. Students complete the lectures with their own reading.
Assessment methods
Credit requirements: written assignment – a review of a book for children and youth (students can choose from both Czech and world literature) published for the first time after the year 2005 (in case of world literature, students use the first Czech translation version). Students who enroll in the course for the second time will be assigned a book by the teacher and write the review under his supervision.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013.
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