Study plan

The final exam consists of two parts. The first part consists of the exam passed by the student in the 7th semester of study (full-time). It includes questions about a general overview of the history of German-language literature (or other Germanic literature, with a narrower focus on modern, in the broader sense of contemporary literature), key literary-science methods and the history of literary motifs, genres and themes. These courses are linked to both the "Spring Research and Methodology" (NJDSL4_01, NJDSL4_1), both "Doctoral Seminars" (NJDSL_1, NJDSL_2), "Methodology of Literary Sciences" (NARD50) and "Methods, Analysis and Interpretation" CLDS_a26) that students enroll during their studies.
The second part of the SZZ consists of a comissary defense of the dissertation, to which the student delivers the dissertation thesis and its theses to the opponents and members of the commission.

The key components of study duties in the doctoral program are related to the preparation and processing of the dissertation, which represents a comprehensive scientific publication based on original research.
The obligatory activities of the student are formulated in an individual study plan: In addition to the obligatory courses, they include their own creative activities and their presentation - active participation in at least two professional conferences and the publication of at least one study in a professional periodical. Other professional activities at the workplace may include, for example, teaching, editorial work, organizational cooperation, eg in connection with conferences etc., and is specified below.
A study stay at a foreign university or other research institution chosen with regard to the dissertation theme is recommended as part of the study and allows for consultation with foreign experts and the search of the current secondary literature (at least one month). This study stay may be replaced by another subject in exceptional and justified cases (eg family reasons) in agreement with the supervisor and the commission. The foreign internship may be attended repeatedly.

Compulsory subjects of doctoral studies include four types of subjects.
Subjects directly related to full-time studies, such as Thesis (NJDSL4_20), Doctoral Exam (NJDSL4_21) and Doctoral Work (NJDSL4_22).
Other types of subjects are the Specialized Publications (NJDSL_41), the Expert Report - Conference (NJDSL411) and the Foreign Internship (NJDSL412). In addition to journal or college studies, the subject can also be accepted in the subject NJDSL_41, even if the doctoral student issues a lecture paper from the lecture cycle NJII_23 "Literary themes and motives - selective lecture", which is held in the autumn semester. All these subjects can be written repeatedly, as they form the backbone of the professionally creative work of doctoral students.
The third type of course is called "Spring Research and Methodology" (NJDSL4_01, NJDSL4_1) and both "Doctoral Seminars" (NJDSL_1, NJDSL_2). Their content is related to the lectures for the students in the Master's cycle. The subject "Source research and methodology I" is conditioned by participation in course NJII_252 "Methods and Approaches of Modern Literary Science" or its analogy in another Germanic language. The subject "Source research and methodology II" is conditioned by the lecture given by the doctoral student at the course NJII_252 "Methods and Approaches of Modern Literary Science"
or its analogy in another Germanic language. Doctoral Seminars "(NJDSL_1, NJDSL_2) have similar conditions: one day to attend NJII_25" Determining Trends of Contemporary Literature "
or its analogy in another Germanic language and take it once, the course always takes place in the spring semester.
The fourth type of courses consists of "Methodology, Analysis and Interpretation" (CLDS_a26), the Methodology of Literary Sciences (NARD50), in which UGNN lecturers participate with the institutes of Romance, English, General Linguistics and Czech Literature.
Compulsory courses also include courses in the PhD for PhD Studying 1-2 (PHDZ1, PHDZ2) and one of the foreign language courses (CJV_D_A, CJV_D_F, CJV_D_R, CJV_D_S) with the possibility of alternative recognition of a foreign-language professional publication (NJDS_CJ Foreign Language - publications and papers).
The remaining number of credits (90) are optional subjects from the UGNN and other philological workplaces.

Botho Strauß im Zusammenhang der Konservatismus-Debatte
Internationalismus der Dichter: Einblicke in Reiner Kunzes und Jan Skácels literarische Wechselbeziehungen mit einigen Bezügen zur Weltliteratur
E. Hadina - zum literarischen Leben in der Provinz
Deutschsprachiger Universitätsroman
Biblische Intertextualität in deutschsprachiger Gegenwartsliteratur
G. List in Brünn
Roman im Roman in der Gegenwart
Poetik W.G. Sebalds
L. Bärfuss - Drama und Prosa
Between translation and adaptation. Critical analysis of translations of Dutch novels into Czech and German in the first half of the 20th century