NARX05 Milan Kundera: Life and Work

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Bohumil Fořt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Bohumil Fořt, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Bc. Blanka Gross Čapková
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 15:50–17:25 M21
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 course introduces the students to the general topics and periods of the work of Milan Kundera. A special attention is paid to Milan Kundera's publicistic, prosaic, dramatic and essaistic works and their literary historical and also literary comparative aspects. On top of this the course focuses on theatre and film adaptations of Milan Kundera's work and also on the reactions the work has raised. When having finished the course the students will be able to understand the work of Milan Kundera a) from a literary historical point of view, b) in its main literary theoretical characteristics, c) in the broader cultural contexts and the work´s echo.
Syllabus
  • Bohumil Fořt: Milan Kundera - the modern and postmodern author Bohumil Fořt: Characters of Milan Kundera Jiří Koten: Kunderian inspirations: the authors inspiring Kundera a the authors inspired by Kundera Jakub Češka: The freedom of creation Bohumil Fořt: Poetic work of Milan Kundera Aleš Merenus: Milan Kundera playwright Ondřej Sládek: The art of novely of Milan Kundera Bohumil Fořt: The Czech critiques on Milan Kundera Bohumil Fořt: The anglophone echo of Milan Kundera Radomír Kokeš: Film adaptations of works of Milan Kundera Jiří Trávníček: Have Milan Kundera created Central Europe or has Europe created Milan Kundera?
Literature
  • KUBÍČEK, Tomáš. Středoevropan Milan Kundera. Vyd. 1. Olomouc: Periplum, 2012, 138 s. ISBN 9788086624662. info
  • LE GRAND, Eva. Kundera, aneb, Paměť touhy. Translated by Zdeněk Hrbata. Olomouc: Votobia, 1998, 204 s. ISBN 8071983055. info
  • KOSKOVÁ, Helena. Milan Kundera. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1998, 189 s. ISBN 8086022196. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
The students will receive their credits when successfully passing a written test at the end of the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016.
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