CJQ024 Czech Literature since 1895 I / Seminar

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. František Schildberger, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Zuzana Muchová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
CJQ006 Qualifying Exam
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar is devoted to well-known Czech literary works from the 1890s to the 1940s. During the seminar students will be acquainted with the selected texts and contemporary critiques. The aim of the course is to interpret literary production in the context of general cultural questions.
Syllabus
  • 1. General overview of Czech literature from the 1890s to the 1940s 2. Symbolists, decadents, impressionists 3. František Gellner, Viktor Dyk, Petr Bezruč 4. Alois and Vilém Mrštík 5. Jiří Wolker and Josef Hora 6. Poetists and surrealists 7. František Halas 8. Humor at the turn of Habsburk monarchy and Czechoslovac republic (moravian revues, Jaroslav Hašek) 9. Expresionists and existencialists 10. Karel Čapek 11. Brno and its culture during the first half of the 20th century 12. Literary critics and theorists
Literature
  • Dějiny české literatury. Edited by Jan Mukařovský. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995, 714 s. ISBN 80-85865-48-3. info
  • NOVÁK, Jan Václav and Arne NOVÁK. Přehledné dějiny literatury české : od nejstarších dob až po naše dny. 4. přeprac. a rozš. vyd. V Brně: Atlantis, 1995, 1804 s. ISBN 8071081051. info
  • SKÁCEL, Jan. Třináctý černý kůň. Vyd. 1. Brno: Blok, 1993, 259 s. ISBN 80-7029-085-4. info
  • LEHÁR, Jan. Česká literatura od počátků k dnešku. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2004, 1078 s. ISBN 80-7106-308-8. info
  • PUTNA, Martin C. Česká katolická literatura v evropském kontextu 1848-1918. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 1998, 801 s. ISBN 80-7215-059-6. info
  • JEŘÁBEK, Dušan. Česká literatura od konce národního obrození do roku 1918. Vyd. 2. přeprac. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1993, 95 s. ISBN 8021007028. info
  • Slovník českých spisovatelů od roku 1945. Vyd. 1. Praha: Brána, 1998, 791 s. ISBN 80-7243-014-9. info
  • BARTŮŠKOVÁ, Sylva. Slovník českých spisovatelů od roku 1945. Edited by Pavel Janoušek. 1. vyd. Praha: Brána, 1995, 549 s. ISBN 80-85946-16-5. info
Teaching methods
reading of literary texts, analysis, discussion
Assessment methods
Reading. Assessment: active class participation and two essays.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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