master's full-time specialized, language of instruction: Czech
Included in the programme: FF N-SLAV_ Slavonic Studies
Study-related information
- Parts of the final state examination and its contentFinal state exam consists of the following parts:
1. Defense of the Master’s thesis
2. Linguistic Slavonic/Polish studies (with emphasis on Polish) – oral exam verifying knowledge from the area of theoretical thinking about language, diachronic and synchronic development of Polish language and orientation in stylistics.
3. Literary Slavonic/Poliosh studies and Area studies (with emphasis on Polish and Central European area) – oral exam verifying knowledge of theory and newer history of Polish literature in cultural and historical context of Central European area, comparative literature and genre studies, exam also verifies orientation in the history of Czech-Polish relations and cultural background.
4. Profile language (Polish) – oral and written exam verifying practical knowledge of Polish, that means knowledge of vocabulary and grammar, and ability to express oneself in writing and speaking on C1 level.
To get more detailed information on topics for State Final Exam, see web pages of Department of Slavonic Studies (information on current study programs). - Suggestion of theses topics and the topics of defended thesesSuggested Master's thesis topics:
A commented translation of Polish journalistic texts on the theme of the refugee crisis
Poland and Poles in Czech media discourse (on the example of magazine Respekt)
Julian Tuwim – the poet still up to date
The motive of hunting in Polish literature from Romanticism to the present days
The forms and changes of the detective novel in contemporary Polish literature
The topics of defended theses:
BIELESZ, Beata. Numerals in Polish (systemic and paradigmatic aspects). Brno, 2014. Access: https://is.muni.cz/th/zk3kd.
FALTÝNKOVÁ, Lenka. Translation with Commentary of Film "Spis cudzołożnic" Based on Jerzy Pilch’s Novel of the Same Name. Brno, 2015. Access: https://is.muni.cz/th/hjg9a.
JANAS, Magdalena. Polish literature for the teenage girls from the beginning of the 20th century till present days. Brno, 2014. Access: https://is.muni.cz/th/fldx9.
MRKÝVKOVÁ, Jana. The Concept of a Specialised Polish Language Course for the Education of Adults. Brno, 2014. Access: https://is.muni.cz/th/nz9ar.
ŠTRBOVÁ, Daniela. Spa Tourism in Poland and Cultural Heritage of Selected Polish Spas. Brno, 2017. Access: https://is.muni.cz/th/oquup.
VAŇKOVÁ, Kateřina. Olga Tokarczuk's Novels House of Day, House of Night and Bieguni from a Deep Ecological Point of View. Brno, 2018. Access: https://is.muni.cz/th/etl3a.
VYBÍHALOVÁ, Alena. Phraseology, idioms, proverbs and winged words as a language mean of the Polish advertisement. Brno, 2014. Access: https://is.muni.cz/th/kskvv.
Recommended progress through the study plan
Společná část
Příprava diplomové práce
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:SLAV01P | MA Thesis Project | z | 1 | 2 | P |
FF:SLAV01S | Master’s Diploma Thesis Seminar I | z | 9 | 3 | P |
FF:SLAV02 | Master’s Diploma Thesis Seminar II | z | 10 | 4 | P |
FF:SLAV03 | Master’s Diploma Thesis | z | - | 4 | - |
20 credits |
Compulsory courses
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:PJ_SLAV01 | History of Thought On Language | zk | 5 | 1 | P |
FF:PJ_SLAV03 | Stylistics and Language Culture | zk | 5 | 2 | P |
FF:JSB_SLAV11 | Old Church Slavonic | zk | 5 | 2 | P |
FF:JSB_SLAV55 | Literature Theory of the 20th and the 21st Century and Slavic Literatures | z | 5 | 2 | P |
20 credits |
Selective courses
Je třeba splnit všechny tematické bloky a současně získat min. 37 kreditů za všechny povinně volitelné předměty.
Je třeba absolvovat min. 2 předměty.
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:JSB_SLAV51 | Balkans and Europe in Each Other's Eyes: Images and Stereotypes Across Centuries | z | 5 | 1 | P |
FF:JSB_SLAV54 | Orthodox Christianity and the Slavic World | z | 5 | 2 | P |
FF:PJ_SLAV02 | Central Europe: Area, Borderlands, Identity | zk | 5 | 1 | P |
FF:PJ_SLAV04 | Cultural Tourism and the Slavonic Area | zk | 5 | 2 | P |
20 credits |
Je třeba absolvovat min. 1 předmět.
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:JSB_SLAV52 | South Slavic-Czech Relations | zk | 5 | 2 | P |
FF:JSB_SLAV53 | Turkish Wars 1526-1878: Habsburg Monarchy, Poland, Russia and Cossacks against the Ottoman Empire | z | 4 | 3 | P |
FF:PJ_SLAV05 | Relations of Czech Lands with Poland and Ukraine | zk | 5 | 3 | P |
FF:RSn099 | We and They: Czech–Russian Relations Yesterday and Today | zk | 5 | 2 | P |
19 credits |
Je třeba absolvovat min. 2 předměty.
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:JSB022 | The Language as a Charged Weapon | zk | 5 | - | - |
FF:JSB079 | Translation Software for Students of Slavonic Studies | z | 3 | - | - |
FF:JSB_SLAV12 | Biblical Texts in the Light of Slavic Translations | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:JSB_SLAV66 | Basics of Interpreting | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:PJ_SLAV18 | Czech Life and Institutions in Polish | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:RSn069 | Translation of Proper Names | zk | 5 | - | - |
FF:SLAV09 | Simultaneous Interpreting | z | 3 | - | - |
28 credits |
Je třeba absolvovat min. 2 předměty.
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:JSB055 | Novel in the Balkans | z | 5 | - | - |
FF:PJN213 | Famous Authors of Polish Literature (Czesław Miłosz, Zbigniew Herbert) | zk | 3+2 | - | - |
FF:PJ_SLAV15 | Prostor postkomunistické Evropy v současné polské reportáži | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:RSn092 | Comparative Literature and Theory of Literary Genres | zk | 5 | - | - |
FF:SLAV07 | Slovenská setkání a konfrontace | zk | 5 | - | - |
FF:UJS_05 | Ukrainian Literature after 2000 | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:UJ_SLAV01 | Ludvik Kuba: Folklorist and Painter of Slavic Nations | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:JSB_SLAV16 | The Journey into The Depths of The Cyril and Methodius Mission in Great Moravia | z | 4 | - | - |
36 credits |
Je třeba absolvovat min. 1 předmět.
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:JSB_SLAV60 | Between Ideology and Subversion: Yugoslav Cinema of the 1960s | z | 5 | - | - |
FF:PJ_SLAV17 | Social Problems and Conflicts in Polish Film after 1989 | z | 5 | - | - |
FF:UJ_55 | Ukrainian Cinema I | z | 4 | - | - |
14 credits |
Specializační část
Compulsory courses
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:PJ_SLAV06 | Contemporary Polish 1 | z | 3 | 1 | P |
FF:PJ_SLAV07 | Contemporary Polish Literature and Culture | zk | 5 | 1 | P |
FF:PJ_SLAV08 | Contemporary Polish 2 | zk | 4 | 2 | P |
FF:PJ_SLAV09 | Theory and Practice of Translation and Interpreting | z | 4 | 2 | P |
FF:PJ_SLAV10 | Contemporary Polish 3 | z | 3 | 3 | P |
FF:PJ_SLAV11 | Historical Grammar and Dialectology of Polish | zk | 5 | 3 | P |
FF:PJ_SLAV12 | Contemporary Polish 4 | zk | 4 | 4 | P |
FF:PJ_SLAV13 | Czech-Polish Literature and Culture Relations | zk | 5 | 4 | P |
33 credits |
Selective courses
Nutno získat min. 7 kreditů. Nabídka předmětů může být průběžně doplňována o další vhodné polonistické kurzy, které budou realizovány.
Předměty PJV025 a SLAV08 se vzájemně vylučují, tzn. během studia lze absolvovat pouze jeden z nich.
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:PJVM01 | Independent Reading and Working with the Polish Text | z | 3 | - | - |
FF:PJVM02 | Tutoring and E-learning Workshop | z | 5 | - | - |
FF:PJVM03 | Specialized excursion to Poland | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:PJVM04 | Polish Conversation for Master's degree | z | 1 | - | - |
FF:PJV014 | Reading and Analysing Texts about Poland and Poles | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:PJV024 | Refren kolczastego drutu: on the Holocaust and Concentration Camps Literature | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:PJV025 | Polish studies: cultural and educational activities | z | 2 | - | - |
FF:PJV027 | Translation Project | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:PJV037 | Chapters from the History of Polish Theater | zk | 3 | - | - |
FF:PJV038 | Introduction to Interpreting II | z | 3 | - | - |
FF:PJV039 | Kafka and Schulz – (Not) Lost in Translation | z | 3 | - | - |
FF:PJ_SLAV16 | Literary workshop: Polish literature from 1956 to the present | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:SLAV05 | Summer School of Slavonic Studies Abroad | z | 4 | - | - |
FF:SLAV08 | - | - | - | - | |
44 credits |