CJp504 Chapters on Old Czech literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Ondřej Sládek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ondřej Sládek, 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 also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The lecture in the form of selected chapters deals with the most important works and personalities of the earliest Czech literature. The basic epochs ( from the 9th to the 18th century) are briefly characterized, and their genre and style specificities are outlined. Students will be introduced to the basic literature, allowing them to complete and extend the previous interpretation.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to identify and analyze basic literary works and genres of the earliest Czech literature.
Syllabus
  • Literature of the Early Middle Ages (9th - 13th century) Literature of the late Middle Ages (14th century) Literature of the Hussite and anti-Hussite movements (from the beginning to the 1470s) Humanism, renaissance and reformation (from the 1470s to the 1620s) Baroque and anti-reformation (from the 1620s to the 1720s)
Literature
    required literature
  • KOPECKÝ, Milan. Dějiny starší české literatury. 1. vyd. Opava: Masarykova univerzita, 1991, 80 s.
  • LEHÁR, Jan a Alexandr STICH. Čítanka české literatury. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Český spisovatel, 1997, 605 s. ISBN 8020206612.
    recommended literature
  • Objet et méthodes de l'histoire de la culture. Edited by Jacques Le Goff - Béla Köpeczi. Paris: Éditions du CNRS, 1982. 247 s. ISBN 9630529343.
  • HRABÁK, Josef (ed.). Dějiny české literatury. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1959, 531 s.
  • PETRŮ, Eduard. Vzdálené hlasy: studie o starší české literatuře. Olomouc: Votobia, 1996, 443 s. ISBN 8071981621.
  • LE GOFF, Jacques and Jean-Claude SCHMITT. Encyklopedie středověku. Edited by Franco Alessio, Translated by Lada Bosáková. Vyd. 3. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2014, 935 s. ISBN 9788074291302. info
  • KOPECKÝ, Milan. Starší česká a slovenská literatura. Dotisk 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1991, 186 s. ISBN 8021002638. info
  • TICHÁ, Zdeňka. Cesta starší české literatury. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1984, 295 s. URL info
  • HRABÁK, Josef. Starší česká literatura : úvod do studia. Vyd. 2., upr. a dopl. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979, 245 s. URL info
    not specified
  • VELTRUSKÝ, Jarmila F. The sacred farce from medieval Bohemia, Mastičkář. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1985. ix, 396 s. ISBN 0-936534-05-2.
Teaching methods
Students will get an insight into basic trends of the earliest Czech literature, as well as into its genre specifics. Students will further develop their literary knowledge and interpretational skills with the aim to communicate with a literary work more efficiently. They will creatively use their knowledge gained not only in the classes but also in their individual study of recommended literature which they will be able to discuss regularly with their teacher.
Assessment methods
Type of completion: credit. A requirement for credit is the submission of an essay on the chosen topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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