CJBC169 Journalistic work of Karel Capek

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2005
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: Helena Bednářová
Timetable
Mon 15:00–16:35 40
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This course will be devoted to journalist works of Karel Čapek that were created between 1917-1938. His journalist works will be presented in the whole context of his career.
Syllabus
  • 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 was working for, his attitude to journalism etc.) Afterwards we will be interested in details in genre, which were the most typical for Čapek (column, sloupek, entrefilet). We will base our study on collections 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 a few main thematic cycles political articles, works about nature, literature etc. We will also try to define the place of his journalist works in the whole context of his writing activity and analyse the influence of journalism in his other books.
Literature
  • KLÍMA, Ivan. Velký věk chce mít též velké mordy : život a dílo Karla Čapka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2001, 215 s. ISBN 8020009361. info
  • BURIÁNEK, František. Karel Čapek. 1. vyd. Praha: Melantrich, 1978, 299 s. 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
Language of instruction
Czech
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