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Course: The Role of Czech Writer in 20th Century Society

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Course title The Role of Czech Writer in 20th Century Society
Course code KLKS/UCS20
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
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
Lecturer(s)
  • Poslední Petr, doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
Rebellion of Anarchist generation Nová Říše editions by Josef Florian and Czech spirituality Leftist character of interwar Avant-garde T. G. Masaryk and so called "pátečníci"group Social functions of Ruralism Writers in the time of World War II Discussions about cultural orientation in 1945-1948 Reader in Czech Stalinism From 2nd to 4th Writers´ Congress Underground in the period of communist normalization Life fates of literary exile Search for literary ethos after 1989

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
Learning outcomes
The lectures will explain individual and institutional share of Czech writers in value orientation of Czech society through their integration into art groups or artistic styles, together with generational, social and spatial contexts of cultural life since the Austria-Hungary times and First Republic period to People´s Republic Czechoslovakia; main focus will be on public functions of an artist, his or her position in cultural and social debates, on the figth with censorship and self-censorship and also international contacts
Literary-historical and culturally-political knowledge of modern Czech ideologies and schools of thougt, practical competence to work with different signs of literary life, ability to distinguish various discourses and semiotic-communicative research methods, detection of different mechanisms of cultural awareness based on analysis of topoi, symbols, stereotypes and archetypes of collective imagination.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Work-related product analysis, Discussion, Student portfolio analysis

Active attendance, systematic work on personal commentaries and notes concerning primary and secundary literature, critical report dealing with one individually chosen chapter of a listed monography.
Recommended literature
  • ČERNÝ,V. Paměti 2. Křik koruny české 1938-1945. Brno, 1992.
  • FUČÍK,B. Čtrnáctero zastavení. Praha, 1992.
  • Grossman, J. Analýzy.. Praha, 1991.
  • GRUNTORÁD, J. Samizdatová literatura v Československu 70.a 80. Let /in/ Alternativní kultura. Příběh české společnosti 1945-1989, ed. J.Alan. Praha, 2001.
  • CHVATÍK,K. Strukturalismus a avantgarda. Praha, 1970.
  • JANOUŠEK, P.A KOL. Dějiny české literatury 1945-1989. Praha, 2008.
  • JUST,V. Česká divadelní kultura 1945-1989 v datech a souvislostech. Praha, 1995.
  • KALANDRA, ZÁVIŠ. Intelektuálové a revoluce, ed. J.Brabec. Praha, 1994.
  • KAZDA,J.; KOTEK,J. Smích Červené sedmy. Praha, 1981.
  • KNAP,J. Literatura české půdy. Praha, 1939.
  • KOLEKTIV AUT. Lexikon české literatury. Osobnosti, díla, instituce, 1985-2000. Praha, 2000.
  • LANGER,F. Byli a bylo,. Praha, 1992.
  • MACURA,V. Šťastný věk. Praha, 1991.
  • PEŠAT,Z; STROHSOVÁ;E. Dějiny české literatury 4. Literatura od konce 19.století do roku 1945. Praha, 1995.
  • PÍŠA;MATĚJ,A. Třicátá léta, ed. M.Píšová a R. Skřeček. Praha, 1971.
  • RÁDL,E. Válka Čechů s Němci, Praha 1928 /2.vyd. s doslovem L.Hejdánka. Praha, 1993.
  • RUTTE, M. Skrytá tvář.
  • TOMEK,V. Český anarchismus. Praha, 1996.
  • VLAŠÍN,Š. Avantgarda známá a neznámá 1-3. Praha, 1970.
  • ZNOJ,M.;HAVRÁNEK,J.;SEKERA,M. Český liberalismus. Praha, 1995.


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): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
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