CJBC223 Old Czech literature in Czech-Slovak area

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Hana Bočková, Dr. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Zuzana Kákošová, CSc. (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
each odd Monday 15:50–19:05 U35, each odd Tuesday 9:10–12:25 U32, each odd Friday 9:10–12:25 U35
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Course objectives:
- introduction to the study of old Czech literature
- the basics of literary history of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque
- the development of the genre system of old literature
- functions of old literature
- basic scholarly literature and how to work with it
- interpretation methods suitable to the texts
- application of the acquired knowledge and skills to writing one’s own academic text
Syllabus:
- reading and interpretation of selected texts of old Czech literature
- criteria for the selection of texts:
o period: humanism, Renaissance, and Baroque
o genre: significant genres typical of the individual periods
o language: literature in Latin (in Czech and Slovak translation) and in Czech
o function: religious and secular literature
- Selected works will be interpreted in their cultural and historical context, taking into account the aesthetic norms of the given period; features and literary principles of the works of the periods will be characterized
- Part of the seminar will focus on books on the primary literature reading list
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- understand the development of old Czech literature;
- place it in the context of Central Europe, especially the Czech-Slovak context;
- use information about the genre system of old Czech literature;
- interpret a text using their general knowledge of old literature.
Syllabus
  • Outline:
  • I. Works by humanists from Slovakia in Czech-Slovak environment - humanism in literature and culture
  • - humanists as an international community of scholars and writers (the specific nature of Czech-Slovak relations)
  • - joint literary projects (including non-academic projects)
  • - occasional poetry as a reflection of the period
  • - literary conventions and their transformations in the poetry of humanism (the topos of patronage)
  • - socio-political themes in the works of humanism.
  • II. Love poetry of the Renaissance and Baroque (Czech-Slovak context) - love poetry as one of the basic genres representing Renaissance in Czech and Slovak literature
  • - comparison of love poems, particularly the so-called Brněnský zlomek and “Slovak” songs from the codex of Fanchali;
  • - the link between Selecký’s poem Obraz panej krásnej perem malovaný, která má v Trnave svoje prebývání and J. V. Rosa’s Diskursus Lypirona
  • - songs noted in the songbook dedicated to Anna Vitanovska and Slovak poetry “a la mode” recorded in hand-written songbooks and anthologies.
  • III. Religious poetry of the Renaissance and Baroque
  • - specific features of the relationship of Czech and Slovak religious poetry in the 16th century (the case of Ján Silván)
  • - Juraj Tranovský or Jiřík Třanovský (?) and his Cithara sanctorum (1636) as the most significant Slovak evangelical hymnal;
  • - Czech sources of the first printed Catholic hymnal Cantus catholici (1655);
  • - Juraj Petermann (Jiří Petrmann) and his Čechořečnost.
Literature
  • Keruľová, Marta: Nahliadnutia do staršej slovenskej literatúry. Nitra : UKF, 1999
  • Kákošová, Zuzana: Latinská humanistická poézia 16. storočia v kontexte slovenskej literatúry. Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského, 2010
  • Latinský humanizmus. Ed. Daniel Škoviera. Bratislava : Kalligram, 2008
  • TKÁČIKOVÁ, Eva. Podoby slovenskej literatúry obdobia renesancie. Vydanie prvé. Bratislava: Veda, vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 1988, 109 stran. info
  • MINÁRIK, Jozef. Renesančná a humanistická literatúra : svetová, česká, slovenská. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1985, 267 s. info
  • MINÁRIK, Jozef. Baroková literatura : svetová, česká, slovenská. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1984, 388 s. info
  • MIŠIANIK, Ján. Pohľady do staršej slovenskej literatury. Bratislava: Veda, 1974. info
Teaching methods
The method of the course is based on work with texts – explication, reading, interpretation and discussion.
Assessment methods
The teaching will take place in three blocks in the first week of November. Students will summarize the findings of lectures in a continuous text (3000 characters) and will explain the benefits of their newly gained knowledge for their own studies (600 characters). The texts will be evaluated by the senior lecturer Kakosova.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
General note: Předmět bude otevřen a vyučován při minimálním počtu 6 zapsaných studujících.
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