CJBC306 Czech Fairy Tales in the Central European Context

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
MgA. Lubomír Sůva (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Zuzana Urválková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
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 course freely follows the course "Czech 19th century fairy tale." The subject of study will be Czech fairy tales of the given period (about 1780 - 1860) in comparison with other national literatures, especially with the Germanic and Slavonic ones, above all in comparison with the fairy tales by Grimm brothers. Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to suggest the ways and means of approaching the fairy tales from the interpretative point of view, to introduce different conceptions of their creations in Bohemia and other countries, and ways of integrating the fairy tales into national literatures in the era of classicism and romanticism.
Syllabus
  • 1. Ballad as a genre in the context of Czech literature of National Revival era (F. L. Čelakovský: Toman a lesní panna [Toman and Wood Nymph], K. J. Erben: Kytice [Bouquet] (Svatební košile, Poklad [Wedding Shirts, Treasure]), G. A. Bürger: Lenore (Jungmann s translation into Czech is called Lenka). 2. Fairy tale as a genre in a central European literary context (the impact of brethren Grimms fairy tales on Czech fairy tales of Romantism era) 3. Literature on the subject (A. Grund, V. Jirát, J. Janáčková, H. Šmahelová, G. Langer, V. J. Propp etc.)
Literature
  • ERBEN, Karel Jaromír. Kytice ; České pohádky. Edited by Mojmír Otruba - Karel Jaromír Erben. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2003, 326 s. ISBN 8071066370. info
  • BETTELHEIM, Bruno. Za tajemstvím pohádek :proč a jak je číst v dnešní době. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 335 s. ISBN 80-7106-290-1. info
  • PROPP, Vladimir Jakovlevič. Morfologie pohádky a jiné studie. Translated by Miroslav Červenka - Marcela Pittermannová - Hana Šmahelová. Vyd. tohoto souboru 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1999, 362 s. ISBN 8086022161. info
  • OTRUBA, Mojmír. Znaky a hodnoty. 1. vyd. Praha: Český spisovatel, 1994, 249 s. ISBN 80-202-0464-4. info
  • ZÁVODSKÝ, Artur. František Ladislav Čelakovský. 1. vyd. Praha: Melantrich, 1982, 648 s. URL info
  • LANGER, Gudrun. Das Märchen in der tschechischen Literatur von 1790 bis 1860 :Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des Märchens als literarischer Gattung. Giessen: Wilhelm Schmitz Verlag, 1979. ISBN 3-87711-009-6. info
  • VODIČKA, Felix. Cesty a cíle obrozenské literatury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1958, 323 s. URL info
  • GRUND, Antonín. Karel Jaromír Erben. V Praze: Melantrich, 1935. info
Assessment methods
Assesment: essay (5 pages) and active participation in the lessons.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Při nadlimitním počtu přihlášených studentů vybere vyučující účastníky na základě vědomostního testu nebo pohovoru.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf
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