PdF:ICJp09 Literature for Young Adults 2 - Course Information

ICJp09 Literature for Young Adults 2

Extent and Intensity

1/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

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

Timetable

Thu 19:00–19:50 učebna 30

Prerequisites (in Czech)

ICJp07 Literature for Young Adults 1

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

• Primary School Teacher Training (programme PdF, M-ZS5)

Course objectives

Having met the course requirements, students will be able to characterize the basic tendencies in the development of literature for children from the 1990s onwards. They will be able to evaluate the contribution of significant personalities in relation to different genres of literature for young adults. They will be able to interpret literary pieces as well as justify and support their views using their knowledge of literary studies.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- to characterise basic developmental tendencies of youth literature from the 1990s to the present in the socio-historical context as well as in the context of the development of LPM from its beginnings in the 19th century. century;
- (s)he will be prepared to evaluate the contribution of significant authors in the genres of literature for young people;
- will be able to interpret literary works and defend and support her/his opinions by literary knowledge.

Syllabus

• 1. The development of poetry for children and young since the beginning till the present, the connection between contemporary creation and traditions of children’s poetry. 2. Children’s hero changes and narrative prose from children’s life since the beginning of children’s literature till the present, a choice of themes depending on social events, current themes, developmental parallels at certain times. 3. A folk tale, an adapted and author’s fairy tale in a child reading, and adaptation of legends. 4. Girl’s heroine prose and its position in a genre system of children’s literature since the beginning till the present, a development continuity and discontinuity, main authors and their concepts of a girl’s world and girl’s heroines. 5. An adventurous prose and its position in a genre system of children’s literature since the beginning till the present, the period and causes of editorial downturn, changes of an adventure aspect, main authors. 6. A literature with historical themes, the changes in its form and function in connection with social events, the issue an adaptation of historical legends (especially the legends of the so-called old Czech legends), an accentuation of specific topics of historical literature connected with Czech history and its important anniversaries. 7. Natural themes in children’s literature, anthropomorphic concept of nature, educational aspects. 8. Pictorial narratives development and children’s book illustration since the beginning of children’s literature till the present, a disruption of book form at the beginning of 21st century, educational aspects of pictorial narratives, a playfulness and an experiment of pictorial narratives, a disruption of the clear recipient categories (pictorial narratives not only for children’s readers). 9. A theoretical concept and a critical reflection of literature for children and young since the beginning till the present. 10. The question of triviality and kitsch in the literature for children and young.

Literature

required literature
• 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. Pouze s. 123-166, 225-239, 322-324.
• URBANOVÁ, Svatava a Milena ROSOVÁ. Žánry, osobnosti, díla. 3. upr. vyd. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2002. ISBN 8070426047. Pouze s. 9-25, 53-61, 76-85, 114-119, 126-127, 131-143, 161-166, 179-186, 203-207, 215-219, 225-231.
• TOMAN, Jaroslav. Konstanty a proměny moderní české poezie pro děti. České Budějovice, 2008. ISBN 9788090424722. Pouze s. 16-21, 28-33, 34-38, 47, 72-74, 78-80, 85-86, 93-94, 97-98, 104-105, 126, 129, 146, 150-156, 159-160, 182-183, 210-217.
• ŠUBRTOVÁ, Milena a kol. Slovník autorů literatury pro děti a mládež 2. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2012. 456 s. ISBN 978-80-7277-506-4. Pouze s. 13-35.
• 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

recommended 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 vybraná hesla autorů zmíněných v rozšířených tematických okruzích.
• TOMAN, Jaroslav. Trivialita a kýč v literatuře pro děti a mládež. Brno: Cerm, 2000, 22 s. ISBN 8072041401. info

Teaching methods

Type of course: lectures. Lectures combine the point of view of development, genre and topic.

Assessment methods

Credit requirements: examination which tests students´ knowledge of recommended literature and topics listed in the syllabus (see study materials in the IS – university information system).

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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