FF:NJII_23A Contemporary Literature - Course Information

NJII_23A Contemporary Literature

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jan Budňák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ursula Dorothea Riedner, Dr. phil. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Sylvie Stanovská, Dr. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Aleš Urválek, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Wed 18:00–19:40 D51, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.

Prerequisites

The course is also offered outside the fields of study. It is taught in Czech.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The lectures have several objectives: - introduce students to specific European medieval literary material, the works arising from them, and present them to students both from the perspective of the period and through the eyes of today's listener/reader. - to acquaint students with the medieval view of the researched materials and literary works, to acquaint them with selected research procedures and methods of contemporary medieval studies - to offer an overview of at least a part of European medieval literature and of the relations of individual literary material across the countries and languages. - to introduce problem-oriented scholarly thinking to students. Lectures in this course do not want to provide sterile overviews of literary periods or texts, but they present open research questions in a "conference"-like way, considering of course the audience. - to have students experience different methodological approaches to literature studies and various styles of interpretation and presentation. The lecture series (Ringvorlesung) has a different topic each semester, but there is always at least a half of guest lecturers. - to familiarize students with significant topics above the level of a single literary period, with subjects, motives or questions (eg. suicide in literature, problems of left-wing literature, etc.)

Learning outcomes

After completing the lecture series NJII_23, students should be able to: - to sort out their knowledge of the given literary material circulating in medieval and late medieval Europe - they should be able to follow the research methods of contemporary medieval studies and be able to describe and partially use them - view medieval research as a fascinating sequence of steps and revealing connections between literary materials and individual genres - to be aware of the connection between literary materials from the past and their overlaps and modifications in the present. After completing the lecture series NJII_23, students should be able: - to view literary history as a rugged, problematic, fascinating terrain defined not by a sterile and seemingly obvious sequence of periods, names and data, but by packed with (topical) meanings, questions and perhaps answers, - to see literary criticism as a multi-layered tool for orientation in these meanings, questions and answers.

Syllabus

• Lecture NJII_23: Topics and motifs has different content each semester when it is taught. Terms, lecturers and topics will be published before the beginning of the semester. At least half of lecturers are German studies researchers specializing in the topic of the semester. - Autumn 2017: Literature and Suicide, - Autumn 2018: Left-wing Literature, - Autumn 2019: Caesura of 1945 - Autumn 2020: Two languages in one literary field?. The topics of the lectures will reflect current discussions in the area of German studies (among Czech, Austrian and German literary scholars). Lecturers in the semester AUTUMN 2024: Sylvie Stanovská • Vlastimil Brom • Václav Bok • Marie Hanzelková • Michaela Soleiman pour Hashemi • Dana Dvořáčková-Malá • Jakub Sichálek • Kristýna Solomon • Lucie Machalová • Anežka Klimentová • Zbyněk Sviták The lectures will be mediaevic-oriented and will depict the reflection of the life of medieval society in period literary works. Students will learn to what extent this life is portrayed as an artistic fiction, how the individual details of this way of life play a more important role in works than in works of modern literature, how contemporary medieval studies view a way of medieval thinking that is different from our current way of processing information.

Literature

• • Epochen der deutschen Lyrik 1600-1700. Nach den Erstdrucken in zeitlicher Folge herausgegeben von Christian Wagenknecht. (Epochen der deutschen Lyrik, hrsg. Von Walther Killy, Band 4). München 1969. • Huizinga, Johan: Podzim středověku. H+H, 1999. • Wa

Teaching methods

lectures

Assessment methods

regular attendance, report, essay

Language of instruction

German

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

Teacher's information

You will receive credit EITHER for submitting one argumentative essay OR for submitting protocols from three lectures that took place as part of the course. Deadline: January 31, 2020 Please upload the texts as Word files to the Course Homework Vault in the IS. In the file name, please state your name and the name(s) of the teacher(s) from whose lectures your essay or lectures were published. Your protocol is based on.

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