CJBC410 Karel Čapek Journalist

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Agnieszka Janiec-Nyitrai, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
each even Thursday 15:00–18:15 A47
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
This course will be devoted to journalistic works by Karel Čapek that were written between 1917-1938. His journalistic works will be presented in the whole context of his career. The course will be divided into several thematic parts. First of all we will focus on Čapek‘s career in journalism (newspapers and magazines he worked for, his attitude to journalism etc.). Afterwards we will be interested in details in those genres, which were the most typical for Čapek (column, sloupek, entrefilet). We will base our study on collections of works Kalendář, Věci kolem nás, Sloupkový ambit, Zahradníkův rok, Měl jsem psa a kočku, V zajetí slov, Místo pro Jonathana!, Anglické listy, Italské listy, Výlet do Španěl, Cesta na sever and we will classify Čapek’s works into several main thematic cycles – political articles, works about nature, literature etc. We will also try to define the place of his journalistic works in the whole context of his works and analyse the impact of journalism on his works. At the end of this course students should be able to specify the main features of Čapek’s journalistic style, show them on particular examples, present main topics of his works, characterize changes in his journalistic works and integrate this part of his aktivity to the broader context of his literary production.
Syllabus
1.Journalistic career of Karel Čapek, journalistic components in his novels. 2. Čapek‘s attitude to journalism, the topics of his works. Zahradníkův rok, Podivuhodné sny redaktora Koubka, Skandální aféra Josefa Holouška. 3. The genres that he used. Měl jsem psa a kočku, Kalendář 4. Main authors that influenced him in journalism. Italské listy, Anglické listy, Výlet do Špatněl, Obrázky z Holandska, Cesta na sever 5. V zajetí slov, Ratolest a vavřín 6. Věci kolem nás, journalistic style of Karel Čapek.
Literature
  • ČAPEK, Karel. Od člověka k člověku. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1988. URL info
  • ČAPEK, Karel. Od člověka k člověku. 1. vyd. Praha: Český spisovatel, 1991, 666 s. ISBN 80-202-0314-1. info
  • ČAPEK, Karel. O umění a kultuře ;Od člověka k člověku : (dodatky). Edited by Zina Trochová. 1. soubor. vyd. Praha: Český spisovatel, 1995, 339 s. ISBN 80-202-0574-8. info
  • ČAPEK, Karel. O umění a kultuře. 1. souborné vyd. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1985, 665 s. URL info
  • ČAPEK, Karel. Od člověka k člověku. 1. vyd. Praha: Český spisovatel, 1991, 655 s. ISBN 80-202-0330-3. info
  • ČAPEK, Karel. O umění a kultuře. Edited by Miloš Pohorský - Emanuel Macek. 1. soubor. vyd. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1984, 651 s. URL info
  • ČAPEK, Karel. O umění a kultuře. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1986. URL info
  • BURIÁNEK, František. Karel Čapek. 1. vyd. Praha: Melantrich, 1978, 299 s. info
  • Karel Čapek : hledání pravdy, poctivosti a pokory. Translated by B. R. Bradbrook. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2006, 293 s. ISBN 8020013857. info
  • Velký věk chce mít též velké mordy : život a dílo Karla Čapka (Orig.) : Karel Čapek : life and work. info
  • MATUŠKA, Alexander. Člověk proti zkáze : pokus o Karla Čapka. Translated by Jiřina Kintnerová. Vyd. 2., české 1. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1963, 271 s. info
Assessment methods
The course is taught every other week. Students are to prepare one paper and read one scholar study and present them during the seminar. Important is also an active participation in following discussions, minimally 75% attendance.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Při nadlimitním počtu přihlášených studentů vybere vyučující účastníky na základě vědomostního testu nebo pohovoru.
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