CJBC806 Morbidity and Experiment in Czech Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Valová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jan Tlustý, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
Wed 15:50–17:25 G22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is to introduce the theme of morbidity and experiment in Czech literature to the students. The texts for an analysis are selected in order to provide the students with an overview of the development of the topic of morbidity in the history of Czech literature. Both prosaic and poetic artworks are to be analyzed and interpreted.

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

- articulate the most common forms of morbidity and experiment in Czech literature;
- interpret the texts obtaining the topic of morbidity;
- identify the authors connected with morbid and experimental texts;
- evaluate the aesthetic effect of this type of literature;
- think about the use of morbidity and experiment in other areas of art (painting, music, theater, film).
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the topic. Definition of morbidity and experiment.
  • Morbidity in a medieval bestiary.
  • Morbid death in the Czech baroque prose.
  • Czech decadent poetry.
  • Hell and Satanism in Czech literature.
  • Brutality, abuse and violence in Czech prose.
  • Perversity and necrophilia in Czech literature (Jan Neruda: Ty nemáš srdce!, Ladislav Klíma: Utrpení knížete Sternenhocha, poems of J. H. Krchovský).
  • Horror and morbidity in the work “Spalovač mrtvol”.
  • Czech experimental poetry.
  • Word, image, sound and motion (Petr Váša a Petr Nikl).
Literature
    recommended literature
  • BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, Hana. Česká dekadence :kontext - text - interpretace. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2000, 133 s. ISBN 80-85959-66-6. info
  • ČERVENKA, Miroslav. Na cestě ke smyslu : poetika literárního díla 20. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2005, 1051 s. ISBN 8072152440. info
  • Experimentální poezie. Edited by Josef Hiršal - Bohumila Grögerová. Praha: Odeon, 1967. info
  • CHALUPECKÝ, Jindřich. Expresionisté :Richard Weiner, Jakub Deml, Ladislav Klíma, podivný Hašek. [Praha]: Torst, 1992, 200 s. ISBN 80-85639-00-9. info
  • CHALUPECKÝ, Jindřich. Na hranicích umění :několik příběhů. V Praze: Prostor, 1990, 158 s., [2. ISBN 80-85190-06-0. info
  • KOVALČÍK, Aleš. Tvář a maska : postavy Ladislava Fukse. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H&H, 2006, 237 s. ISBN 8073190621. 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
  • Slovo, písmo, akce, hlas : k estetice kultury technického věku : výběr z esejů, manifestů a uměleckých programů druhé poloviny XX. století. Edited by Bohumila Grögerová - Josef Hiršal - Jiří Levý, Translated by Vla. Vyd. 1. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1967, 249 s. URL info
  • Vrh kostek :česká experimentální poezie. Praha: Torst, 1993. ISBN 80-85639-13-0. info
  • VŠETIČKA, František. Podoby prózy :o kompoziční výstavbě české prózy dvacátých let 20. století. V Olomouci: Votobia, 1997, 248 s. ISBN 80-7198-262-8. info
Teaching methods
Lecture obtaining an analysis and interpretation of particular texts and discussion.
Assessment methods
Credit will be awarded for active participation in the lectures and knowledge of suggested literature.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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