CJBC219 Religiously Educational Reading of the Baroque

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Hana Bočková, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:10–15:45 C41
Course Enrolment Limitations
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Course objectives
The seminar will take heed of the religious educational creation, which was meant for Czech national reader, especially in 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It will show its most frequent genres and via them also the way of fostering of national religiousness of this epoch.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- use the information about the genre system of the literature in the baroque period;
- characterize the religious educational writing and its functions;
- be familiar with specialized literature and methodology;
- be able to interpret the chosen texts;
- work with basic findings and methodological procedures.
Syllabus
  • The aim of the seminar will be to present the religious educational production, especially the one of the baroque period, its roots, genres and functions which it followed. The seminar will especially devote to these topics:
  • - the religious educational literature and its functions;
  • - the role of the Bible and its derived texts;
  • - the picture of the world in religious encyclopedias;
  • - catechismes and related texts, their literary treatment;
  • - religious polemics;
  • - the pilgrimage and its literary reflection;
  • - the prayer and its use in the religious educational production;
  • - the cantastoria as a mediator of the education to piousness.
Literature
  • BOČKOVÁ, Hana. Knihy nábožné a prosté. K nábožensky vzdělávací slovesné tvorbě doby barokní (Books religious and simple. Religious educational writings of the Baroque period). 1st ed. Brno: Matice moravská, 2009, 256 pp. Knižnice Matice moravské; sv. č. 23. ISBN 978-80-86488-58-5. info
  • MANNI, Giovanni Battista. Věčný pekelný žalář. Edited by Alena Wildová Tosi - Martin Valášek, Translated by Matěj Václav. Vyd. 1. Brno: Atlantis, 2002, 290 s. ISBN 8071082244. info
  • KALISTA, Zdeněk. Česká barokní pouť : k religiozitě českého lidu v době barokní. Edited by Michaela Hashemi. Vydání první. Žďár nad Sázavou: Cisterciana Sarensis, 2001, 287 stran. ISBN 8023868837. info
  • KOPECKÝ, Milan. Nic stálého přítomného : k literárnímu baroku. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 145 s. ISBN 8021022272. URL info
  • Obraz a kult v Čechách 17. a 18. století. Edited by Jan Royt. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1999, 362 s. ISBN 8071846627. info
  • ROYT, Jan and Hana ŠEDINOVÁ. Slovník symbolů : kosmos, příroda a člověk v křesťanské ikonografii. Vydání první. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 201 stran. ISBN 8020407405. info
  • ČERNÝ, Václav. Až do předsíně nebes : čtrnáct studií o baroku našem i cizím. Edited by Alexandr Stich - Jarmila Víšková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1996, 457 s. ISBN 8020405887. info
  • VAŠICA, Josef. České literární baroko : příspěvky k jeho studiu [Vašica, 1995]. Vyd. 2. [Brno]: Atlantis, 1995, 349 s. ISBN 80-7108-123-X. info
  • JESTŘÁBSKÝ, Valentin Bernard. Vidění rozličné sedláčka sprostného. Edited by Milan Kopecký. Vydání první. Uherský Brod: nákladem Muzea J.A. Komenského, 1973, 191 stran. info
Teaching methods
The method of the course is based on working with texts – explication, reading, interpretation and discussion.
Assessment methods
Assessment: oral or written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Při nadlimitním počtu přihlášených studentů vybere vyučující účastníky na základě vědomostního testu nebo pohovoru.
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