ARTS007 Germanic literature - winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Budňák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Miluše Juříčková, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdeněk Mareček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Munzar, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Trombiková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Kristina Winkler (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:00–13:40 J21
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! PROGRAM(B-NJ_ ) || ( PROGRAM(B-NJ_ ) && ( ARTS001 Cognitive Sciences || ARTS002 Approaches to language || ARTS003 Contemporary culture || ARTS004 Homer and European literature || ARTS005 Life in cyberspace || ARTS006 The Fall of an Empire || ARTS008 Argumentation and Logic || ARTS009 Czech 101 || ARTS010 History of Mongolia and steppe empires || ARTS011 Transformations of Christian Europe: Visions, Critical Analysis and Discussions || ARTS012 Cult. Constr. of Other. || ARTS013 Slavonic Areas || ARTS014 How to read World Literature. || ARTS015 Humans as a cultural species || ARTS016 Medieval Literary Life || ARTS017 Life after Death in Arts || ARTS018 || ARTS019 Shakespeare and Marriage || ARTS020 Digital Humanities || ARTS021 Art and Culture in Cent.Europe || ARTS022 Transformations of the stories ))
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 150 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 5/150, only registered: 0/150, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/150
Course objectives
Against the background of Europe's political history, cultural figures from Germanic space are presented Nobel Prize (for literature). Focussed is literary-historical contextualization of the laureate's creation as well as cultural-political aspects decision making. Attention is evenly distributed throughout the spectrum of 20 and 21. century, individual lessons are devoted to T. Mommsen, B. Suttner, T. Mann, H. Hesse, H. Boll, G. Grass, E. Canetti, E. Jelinek, K. Hamsun, S. Undset. Less known ones will be mentioned cases (E. Johnson, H. Martinson, H. Pontoppidan), but also B. Dylan.
Learning outcomes
The student thanks to the course - will be better oriented in the cultural-political history of Europe, which is reflected in the choice of laureates. - will deepen his knowledge of more well-known authors (T. Mann, G. Grass), he will be less familiar with the contemporary cultural context. - gains inspiration for further reading of important literary monuments of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Syllabus
  • Germánské literatury – Nobelova cena ARTS007 Vždy v pondělí 8:00 – 9:30 B213 12.10.: J. Budňák: Bob Dylan 19.10.: J. Budňák: Elfriede Jelinek 26.10.: A. Urválek: Günter Grass 2.11.: Z. Mareček: Herta Müller 9.11.: M. Trombiková: Heinrich Böll 16.11.: A. Urválek: Elias Canetti 23.11.: M. Trombiková: Hermann Hesse 30.11.: Z. Mareček: Thomas Mann 7.12.: J. Munzar: Gerhart Hauptmann a naturalismus –přesahy k severským literaturám (Henrik Ibsen) or K. Winkler: P. Handke. 14. 12.: M. Juříčková: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson a norská literatura 4. 1.: M. Juříčková: Knut Hamsun a Sigrid Undsetová 11. 1. M. Juříčková: Švédští spisovatelé Eyivind Johnson a Harry Martinson
Teaching methods
The course is implemented in a lecture form, online support is used as a database of analyzed texts, on the basis of which graduates prepare a shorter essay on a selected topic.
Assessment methods
The condition for completing the course is the submission of an essay on a topic based on one selected lecture or a report. The essay as well as repeort are given to the teacher who lectured the chosen topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
General note: Na podzim 2021 se výuka bude konat online, čas konání streamovaných přednášek bude v pondělí v 8:30-10:00.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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