CJBC519 Karel Kryl

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tatiana Teresa Witkowska, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
each odd 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
Course objectives
The subject of the seminar will be the analysis of Karel Kryls work. We will mainly concentrate on the authors songs (i.e. texts from such albums as: Bratříčku, Rakovina, Plaváček, Monology) and his poems (i.e.Zbraně pro Erato). At the end of this course students get view of Karel Kryls work;
they will be able to analyse Kryls lyrics from the perspective of literary theory;
they will be able to integrate Kryls work in the context of songs and poetry;
they will get the survey of basic topics and philosophical background of Kryls work and to integrate work in social-cultural context.
Syllabus
  • We will deal with frequent topics in Kryls work, such as homeland, history and war. We will analyse Kryls attitude to human, his opinions in relation human as individual to society (personalism, Christianity). We will also concentrace on authors understanding to belief and religion and also to his attitude to arts and artists role. We will examine Karel Kryl himself as an importatnt individual in history of Czech culture (reception of his work, cause mythical Kryl – also artistic myths, schemes of mythologisation). The course will end up with the view of Kryls impact on other artists.
Literature
  • KRYL, Karel. Spisy. Edited by Jan Šulc - Jaroslava Jiskrová. 1. soubor. vyd. Praha: Torst, 1997, 609 s. ISBN 80-7215-030-8. info
  • KRYL, Karel. Texty písní. Edited by Jan Šulc. 1. vyd. Praha: Torst, 1998, 523 s., [3. ISBN 80-7215-076-6. info
  • KRYL, Karel. Krylogie ;Půlkacíř. Edited by Jan Šulc - Jaroslava Jiskrová. 1. soubor. vyd. Praha: Torst, 2000, 560 s., [6. ISBN 80-7215-102-9. info
  • PROKEŠ, Josef. Estetická výstavba české folkové písně v 60. - 80. letech XX. století. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2003, 168 pp. ISBN 80-210-3039-9. URL info
  • KRYL, Karel. Karel Kryl : rozhovory. Edited by Marlen Kryl. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2006, 811 s. ISBN 8072152750. info
  • KLIMT, Vojtěch. Akorát že mi zabili tátu : příběh Karla Kryla. 1. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2006, 431 s. ISBN 8072623796. info
Assessment methods
Teaching methods: class discussions, reading. Success conditions: essay on given topic, active participation during the class.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008.
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