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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Forms of the Czech literature at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. Literature of the beginning of the 20th century - new poetics: esp. anarchism and so-called rebellious poetry. Czech prose after the First World War (ways of artistic reflection on war affairs); German literature in Czech countries (authors of the 'Prague's circle'). Poetry in the 1920s - the coming of the avant-garde (proletarian poetry, Literary group, 'Devětsil' and poetism. Forms of prose in the 1930s (Čapek brothers, Vančura, Olbracht, and others). Poetry in the 1930s (Halas, Holan, Zahradníček, and others). Poetry from the 1940s till the end of the 1960s. Prose from the 1940s till the end of the 1960s. Poetry from the end of the 1960s till the present. Prose from the end of 1960s till the present. An outline of Czech drama developments and theatre in the 20th century; crucial sections in Czech literary criticism, etc.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of this course in connection with Part I is to cover the transitional phases at the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th century and to follow the development of Czech literature in the 20th century till today. The course concept is based on topic allocation in the course of lectures. Individual parts of the plan are designed to broaden and deepen the subject matter presented during lectures in the form of a discussion. The content of the work will reflect continual reading of both primary and secondary literary resources.
A graduate of this course will obtain grasp of essential developmental movements, of the most distinct type and genre areas, of important names and principal literary works of 19th and 20th century in Czech literature. Qualification gained this way should support ability of critical reception of literary works of given period together with independent reflection about complex sociocultural context.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
KLKS/CELI1
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
The oral examination will focus primarily on the knowledge of Czech literary history in the 19th and 20th centuries, considering the subject matter of the CELI 1 course (Early Czech literature). At the exam, the list of primary and secondary literature studied is presented. Active participation in the CELI 2 seminars is a condition for admission to the oral examination - continual reading of reference texts, presentation of a paper on a chosen topic (submitted also in a written form).
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Recommended literature
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Dějiny české literatury I - IV. Sv. I: red. J. Hrabák, Praha 1959; sv. II: red. F. Vodička, Praha 1960; sv. III: red. M. Pohorský. Praha, 1961.
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ČERNÝ, V. Úvod do literární historie. Praha, 1993.
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HODROVÁ, D. a kol. Na okraji chaosu (Poetika literárního díla 20. století). Praha, 2001.
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LEHÁR, J., STICH, A., JANÁČKOVÁ, J., HOLÝ, J. Česká literatura od počátků k dnešku. Praha, 1998.
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MACHALA, L., PETRŮ, E. a kol. Panorama české literatury (Literární dějiny od počátků do současnosti). Olomouc, 1994.
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NOVÁK, A., NOVÁK, J. V. Přehledné dějiny literatury české. Brno 1995 (reprint čtvrtého vyd. Olomouc 1936 - 1939)., 1995.
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NÜNNING, A. (ed.). Lexikon teorie literatury a kultury. Brno, 2006.
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VODIČKA, F. Literární historie, její problémy a úkoly. In: F. V.: Struktura vývoje. (Nové vyd. 1998). Praha, 1969.
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