| Course title | Czech Literature and Its Metamorphoses I |
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| Course code | KLKS/CELI1 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminar |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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Introduction to literary history; essential periods in Czech literature (general outline). Early phases of letter forming; Slavonic relics - literary heritage of the Great Moravia. Co-existence of Latin and Slavic traditions on the Czech ground of the "Přemysl" period (10th - 11th century); Latin literature of 12th and 13th centuries. Conditions for Czech letters creation; the first relics written in Czech - the period around 1300. Letters in the Luxembourg times. Literature during the Hussite and Post-Hussite periods. Renaissance Humanism; Czech literary baroque. Literature at the end of 18th and the beginning of the 19th century - early phases of the revival process. Positions and images of Romanticism in the Czech literature in the first part of the 19th century. Romanticism, Biedermeier and the beginnings of Realism - the period from the 1830s to the 1850s. The generation around the "Máj" almanac (from the end of 1850s to the 1870s of 19th). The period of "Ruch", "Lumír", "Květy"; the tension of the so-called cosmopolitan and national orientation (from the 1870s to the 1890s). Realism and naturalism in Czech literature at the end of the 19th century (esp. the shift from an artistic image of the country and village; forms of historical fiction). The end of the 19th century, Modernism.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book) |
| Learning outcomes |
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The aim of this course is to outline the essential developmental phases in Czech literature. Both the immanent development of Czech letters and the extra literary matters that directly influence the genesis and reception of literary works are taken into account, together with the background given in chronological order.
A graduate of this course will be acquainted with essential theoretical and methodological problems of the field of literary history. The graduate will also obtain grasp of the most important developmental phases of literary culture in our area - from its beginning till 19th century. Qualification gained this way should support ability of critical reception of literary works of given period together with independent reflection about complex sociocultural context. |
| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Written examination
Credit is determined by active participation in seminars (with the maximum of three absences per a term); consistent reading of reference texts; presentation of a paper on a selected topic (also submitted in a written form); a written test (at the end of the winter term). Note: Completion of the course of CELI 1 is a condition for being admitted in CELI 2 (see the materials connected to CELI 2). |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy | Study plan (Version): Historical and Literary Studies (2013) | Category: History courses | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy | Study plan (Version): Historical and Literary Studies (2013) | Category: History courses | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |