Course: South Slavic-Polish Literary Contacts in the 19th and 20th Centuries

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Course title South Slavic-Polish Literary Contacts in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Course code KLKS/SLJS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and 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
The South-Slavic - Polish cultural contacts in the historical perspective. The interpretation of Romanticism. The Polish literature and the literatures of South-Slavs and their contacts. The reception of Adam Mickiewicz in the South-Slavic literatures. Poland and the journalism of Christo Botev. South-Slavic literatures in Mickiewicz's lectures Literatura słowiańska. The echo of messianism in South-Slavic literatures. The January uprising of 1863 in the South-Slavic context. The Polish catholic emigration in the Slavic Balkans. The national revival translations of the Polish literature in the South-Slavic societies. The literary contacts after 1945.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Projection
Learning outcomes
The course is focused on the literary contacts between South-Slavic literatures and the Polish literature. The lectures will be devoted to the evolution of literary-historical topics connected with the search of identity and to the importance of the literature in the fight for the cultural and political independence. The typology of the socio-cultural life in the Polish and the South-Slavic societies in the 19th century will be analyzed with regard to the literary development and its similarities.
Students will be able to analyze literary and cultural development of the selected milieux in their meeting points and to understand the national literature in a broader context.
Prerequisites
Students get an idea about ??cultural development in the South-Slavic countries and Poland. On the basis of this methodology they will be able to interpret the common and divergent themes which influenced the formation of cultural identities in both geocultural zones and which have general European significance.

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation

Active participation in lectures, final interview on the literature search.
Recommended literature
  • Bidlo, Jaroslav. Dějiny Slovanstva. Praha, 1927.
  • BOBROWNICKA, M. (ed.). Język i tożsamość narodowa. Krakow, 2000.
  • BUNJAK, P. Mickjevič i slovenska ideja, in: Slavistika, god. III. Beograd, 1999.
  • DOROVSKÝ, I.; HRONKOVÁ, D. a kol. Slovník spisovatelů - Bulharsko.. Praha, 1978.
  • Durković-Jakšić, Ljubomir. Z dziejów stosunków jugosłowiansko-polskich 1772-1840. Wrocław, 1977.
  • KVAPIL, M.; NEDVĚDOVÁ, M. a kol. Slovník spisovatelů - Jugoslávie.. Praha, 1979.
  • MÁCHAL, J. Slovanské literatury, díl I., Matice česká - Novočeská bibliotéka. Praha, 1922.
  • WOLLMAN, F. Slovanství v jazykově literárním obrození u Slovanů. Brno, 1958.


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