CJLB604 The Idyll in the Modern Czech Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Fránek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michal Fránek, 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 Thursday 16:00–17:40 J31
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
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Course objectives
One of the most typical traits of the 19th- and 20th-century Czech culture is the tendency towards idyllicism. The idyll was not only the most popular literary genre of the age, but also a general principle of connecting to the world, as well as a means of escape in dark times. In this series of lectures we shall attempt to present the most typical features of idyll in Czech literature, and marginally in music, film, and visual arts, as well.
Learning outcomes
After the completion of the subject, the student shall be able:
- to interpret the most important idylls in world literature,
- to interpret the most important idylls in Czech literature,
- to recognise idyllic elements in a literary text,
- to recognise idyllic elements in music, film, and visual arts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction.
  • 2. Revivalist idylls and the “Czech cottage”.
  • 3. Idyll in the Máj movement and idyll of the parnasist.
  • 4. Idyll of the realist – an endangered idyll?
  • 5. Idyll in the 1st half of the 20th century.
  • 6. Idyll in the age of “normalisational biedermeier”?
Literature
    required literature
  • MOCNÁ, Dagmar and Josef PETERKA. Encyklopedie literárních žánrů. 1. vyd. Litomyšl: Paseka, 2004, 699 s. ISBN 807185669X. info
    recommended literature
  • MOCNÁ, Dagmar. Případ Kondelík : (epizoda z estetiky každodennosti). Vyd. 1. V Praze: Karolinum, 2002, 309 s. ISBN 8024603128. info
  • Idyla a idyličnost v kultuře 19. století : sborník příspěvků ze symposia uspořádaného 9. a 10. března 1995 ve Státní vědecké knihovně v Plzni. Edited by Kristina Kaiserová - Ivan Martinovský. Vyd. 1. Plzeň: Albis International, 1999, 135 s. ISBN 8086067300. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Credit.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2024.
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