CJA056 Czech Literature from the Beginning to the 18th century - Follow-up Studies - Seminar

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Hana Bočková, Dr. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Michaela Soleiman pour Hashemi, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CJA056/A: Thu 11:40–13:15 C41, H. Bočková
CJA056/B: Thu 8:20–9:55 C32, M. Soleiman pour Hashemi
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
Course objectives
Course for Master s degree takes heed of special topics, which could not have been explained in the course of Bachelors degree (e.g. other representants of the legends, satyre and chronicles). At the end of the course, the student should be able to understand specific features of old Czech literature;
to use its genre system;
to compare it with the model of the modern literature;
Syllabus
  • PhDr.Bočková: other representants of the Middle aged legends
  • legends about St. Venceslass
  • St. Prokop - legend of the pilgrims
  • the so called Dalimil s Chronicle
  • Alexandreis in the European context
  • verse satyre of the Middle Ages
  • advice of animals and this types
  • the importance of T. Štítný
  • the importance of P. Chelčický
  • Hynek from Poděbrady at the turning point of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
  • the genre system of literary Renaissance and this leading representants
  • the genre system of literary Barock and this leading representants
  • prof. Hashemi: specific features of old Czech literature in comparison with modern literature (especially an allegoric approach to the representation of reality)
  • the Bible as a source and inspiration
  • the genre system in Middle Ages
  • Old Slavic literature and its specific features
  • Kosmas' Chronicle
  • love lyrics in the Middle Ages
  • gallant epics in the Middle Ages
  • satire in the Middle Ages
  • the genre system of literary renaissance/humanism (early, generalised and popularised humanism
  • the genre system of baroque literature (early, high and last phases of baroque literature)
  • the basic works of Czech baroque poetry
  • the systemisation of acquired information
Literature
  • VOIT, Petr. Encyklopedie knihy : starší knihtisk a příbuzné obory mezi polovinou 15. a počátkem 19. století. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2006, 1350 s. ISBN 8072773127. info
  • LEHÁR, Jan. Česká literatura od počátků k dnešku. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2004, 1078 s. ISBN 80-7106-308-8. info
  • PETRŮ, Eduard. Vzdálené hlasy :studie o starší české literatuře. Olomouc: Votobia, 1996, 443 s. ISBN 80-7198-162-1. info
  • GALÍK, Josef. Panorama české literatury :(literární dějiny od počátků do současnosti). Edited by Lubomír Machala - Eduard Petrů. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Rubico, 1994, 547 s. ISBN 80-85839-04-0. info
  • KOPECKÝ, Milan. Česká literatura od 20. let 17. století do 70. let 18. století [Kopecký, 1993]. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1993. ISBN 80-210-0696-X. info
  • KOPECKÝ, Milan. Český humanismus. 1. vyd. Praha: Melantrich, 1988, 282 s. URL info
  • ŠKARKA, Antonín. Půl tisíciletí českého písemnictví. Edited by Emanuel Macek - Pavel Spunar - Jan Lehár. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1986, 502 s. URL info
  • LEHÁR, Jan. Nejstarší česká epika : Dalimilova kronika, Alexandreida, první veršované legendy. Translated by Rudolf Mertlík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1983, 230 s. URL info
  • Výbor z české literatury od počátků po dobu Husovu. Edited by Bohuslav Havránek - Josef Hrabák. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1957, 851 s. URL info
  • VILIKOVSKÝ, Jan. Písemnictví českého středověku. Vydání první. V Praze: Universum, 1948, 255 stran. URL info
Assessment methods
Credit on the basis of the active work of student and his essay. The condition of the enter for exam is the list of the primary literature of the student encluding two scientific studies on the old Czech theme.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Seminář navazuje na seminář Starší čes. lit. bakalářského programu a je povinně volitelný.
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Bez poznámky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020.
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