Course: Introduction to Bulgarian Literature

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Course title Introduction to Bulgarian Literature
Course code KLKS/BLLI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kouba Miroslav, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction - basic catogories of the Old Bulgarian period. Common charakteristics of the St. Cyril and Methodius Tradition. Cult of Ivan Rilski in Bulgaria. Literary interpretations. Ohrid Literary School - Preslav Literary School: mutual ralations. Chernorizets Hrabar and the other historiographic works. The Bogomilism. Bogomilims Literatury Tradition. Struggle against Bogomilism. Old Bulgarian Hagiography - The Lifes of Bulgarian Saints. Apocrypha Literary Genres. Patriarch Evtimiy of Tărnovo and his scholars. Tărnovo Literary School. The Middle Ages narratives genres in the Bulgarian Literature. Literary Evolution on the territory of present Bulgaria and Macedonia in the period of Ottoman expansion. Literary turns between old and new Bulgarian literature (16th - 18th century) Summary and synthesis.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim is to outline the literary developent on the territory of Bulgaria and partly also neighbour Macedony in the so-called old era. The interpretation will be chronological, and also based on genre analysis of the literary landmarks of the given era. The course indicated also the language aspect of concrete literary works.
The students will gain the knowledge about the beginnings of literary tradition in the given language-literary area, further they will be able to define the basic genres of Bulgarian Middle-Age and to think of the literary development of the so-called Golden Age of Bulgarian literature.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Discussion

The active participation on the lectures and seminars (80%); written exam and final conversation.
Recommended literature
  • Zlatý věk bulharského písemnictví (Výbor textů od X. do počátku XV. století).. Praha, 1982.
  • Andreev, Jordan; Lazarov, Ivan; Pavlov, Plamen. Koj koj e v srednovekovna Bălgarija : istoričeski spravočnik . Sofija, 1994.
  • Angelov, Bonjo St. Iz starata bălgarska, ruska i srăbska literatura I - III. Sofija, 1978.
  • Angelov, Bonjo. Starobălgarsko knižovno nasledstvo. Sofija, 1983.
  • Bagin, Anton. Apoštoli Slovanov Cyril a Metod a Veľká Morava . Bratislava, 1987.
  • Dinekov, Petăr i kol. Kirilo-metodievska enciklopedija I ? IV. Sofija, 2003.
  • Dinekov, Petăr. Pochvala na starata bălgarska literatura. Sofija, 1979.
  • Dinekov, Petăr. Problemi na starata bălgarska literatura. Sofija, 1989.
  • Dorovský, Ivan; Hronková, Dana a kol.:. Slovník spisovatelů - Bulharsko. Praha 1978..
  • Dvorník, František:. Byzantské misie u Slovanů. Praha 1970..
  • Igov, Svetlozar. Istorija na bălgarskata literatura. Sofija, 2002.
  • Máchal, Jan. Slovanské literatury I. Praha, 1922.
  • Mareš, František Václav. Cyrilometodějská tradice a slavistika . Praha, 2000.
  • Rychlík, Jan a kol. Mezi Vídní a Cařihradem 1 (Utváření balkánských národů). Praha, 2009.
  • Rychlík, Jan:. Dějiny Bulharska. Praha 2000..
  • Rychlík, Jan; Kouba, Miroslav. Dějiny Makedonie. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2003.
  • Vašica, Josef:. Literární památky epochy velkomoravské, Vyšehrad, Praha 1996..
  • Vavřínek, Vladimír. Církevní misie v dějinách Velké Moravy. Praha, 1963.
  • Weingart, Miloš. Bulhaři a Cařihrad před tisíciletím . Praha, 1922.
  • Weingart, Miloš. Přehled literatury bulharské. Praha, 1919.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Slavonic Studies of the European Union (2013) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Slavonic Studies of the European Union (2015) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Slavonic Studies of the European Union (2013) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Slavonic Studies of the European Union (2013) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer