CJBC423 Selected chapters from poety of the first half of the 20th century

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PaedDr. Ivo Harák, Ph.D. (lecturer), prof. PhDr. Michaela Soleiman pour Hashemi, CSc. (deputy)
doc. Mgr. Jan Tlustý, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
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
each odd Monday 10:50–14:05 pracovna
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
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Course objectives
The seminar is aimed at understanding and interpreting the most important figures in Czech poetry of the first half of the twentieth century. Students read, analyze, interpret and compare in a broader context of poetry collections and texts produced in this country in a given period of time, acquiring the basic techniques and methods of artistic interpretation of the text and necessary terminological equipment.
Absolvents of this course will learn to perceive and interpret poetic text. Student will be given the theoretical background for analytic and synthetic distinction, acquire skills in the artistic interpretation of the text, taught the use of secondary critical literature (when examining contemporary reader’s reception of the text in the period) and literary history books (in adequate insertion of the literary work in a broader historical context).
Syllabus
  • 1. Metamorphosis of the image of mother in modern Czech poetry (Mácha, Erben, Neruda,Sládek, Březina, Seifert)
  • 2. The echoes of symbolism in the poetry of Czech anarchism (Březina, Gellner)
  • 3. Prose in poem as a statement about the existential experience of poetic image (Deml, Halas)
  • 4. Unwitting creativity breaking the bonds of ideology (Seifert early, early Listopad)
  • 5. Calendar cycle as an image of variable context (Toman, Seifert)
  • 6. Playfulness and sadness of poetism (Nezval: Abeceda, Seifert: Na vlnách TSF)
  • 7. Czech and Slovak surrealism or superrealism - communicating vessels? (Nezval, Dilong)
  • 8. Poetry of deep questioning and existential anxiety (Halas, Holan)
  • 9. Belief and expression – poetry of Czech Catholics in 1920 - 1938 (Reynek, Zahradníček)
  • 10. Poetry as a last resort of freedom - Jewish poets in the time of Protectorate (Bonn, Orten,Daniel)
  • 11. Word as a refuge and a cradle of hope (Palivec, Hora)
  • 12. New beginning - beginning or the end? -Poetry responds to the recent war and postwar situation (Seifert, Halas x Suchý,Slavík, Rotrekl)
  • 13. Memory and tradition, shining through the palimpsest of ideology (Závada:Hrabovské rybníky)
  • 14. Variable and sustainable in the Czech theater song lyrics (V + W, S / +Š /)
Literature
  • HARÁK, IVO. Básník a jeho čas. Prinita, 2012.
  • MED, Jaroslav. Spisovatelé ve stínu. Vyd. 2., rozš., v Portále. Praha: Portál, 2004, 237 s. ISBN 8071789399. info
  • PUTNA, Martin C. Česká katolická literatura v evropském kontextu 1848-1918. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 1998, 801 s. ISBN 80-7215-059-6. info
  • TRÁVNÍČEK, Jiří and Zdeněk KOŽMÍN. Na tvrdém loži z psího vína :česká poezie od 40. let do současnosti. Vyd. 1. Brno: Jota, 1998, 318 s. ISBN 80-7242-001-1. info
  • KOŽMÍN, Zdeněk. Interpretace básní. Vyd. 2., přeprac. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 186 s. ISBN 8021016949. info
  • TRÁVNÍČEK, Jiří. Poezie poslední možnosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 1996, 242 s. ISBN 80-85639-74-2. info
  • ČERVENKA, Miroslav. Slovník básnických knih : díla české poezie od obrození do roku 1945. Vyd. 1. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1990, 428 s. ISBN 802020217X. info
  • BRABEC, Jiří, Miroslav ČERVENKA, Mojmír GRYGAR, Vladimír KARFÍK, Věra KARFÍKOVÁ and Zdeněk PEŠAT. Jak číst poezii. Edited by Jiří Opelík. Vydání druhé, doplněné. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1969, 261 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, teamworks, homeworks
Assessment methods
active participation in the seminar discussions (including the ability to interpret correctly the texts given), oral presentation in the seminar - written essay handed in before awarding credits
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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