CJBC505 Czech Literature formerly and today

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jan Čulík (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
Mon 16:40–19:55 zruseno C21
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 80 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/80, only registered: 0/80, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/80
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Did Czech literature before 1989 deal with the experience of the Czech community differently from how it has been dealing with it since 1989? Was Czech literature then more accessible to the international reading public than it is now and if so, why? Did it fulfil the literary and aesthetic functions differently from now? Why are some Czech writers from the 1960s - 1980s regarded as "great" and what is missing in the work of the Czech writers who have been writing over the past sixteen years? Does the chane in the perception of literature mean that Czech writers from the time sof communism are no longer intelligible to the younger generation? Is Petr Bílek right in saying that Czech literature is now just the subject to PR and marketing manipulation? Does politics have to be a part of literature, or does this turn a work of art into a piece of propaganda? Is it still literature if the author deliberately uses "accessible", stereotyped, writing methods? Can a literary text be an authentic testimony about a society, even though it is not a creative work of art? Jan Culik of Glasgow University will discuss these and other questions over some selected Czech literary texts.
Syllabus
  • The seminars will be devoted to the analysis of literary texts by Josef Škvorecký, Milan Kundera, Bohumil Hrabal, Michal Viewegh, Irena Dousková and Emil Hakl. Each seminar will take a short student presentation (not more than 15 minutes) as a point of departure.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
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