Course: Minor Genres in Czech Prose between World Wars

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Course title Minor Genres in Czech Prose between World Wars
Course code KLKS/PROZA
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Říha Ivo, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Text and context - minor genres between world wars at the background of the art forms of that period Typology of the prosaic formation - story, novella etc. Lyrics of the twenties and its application in minor genres Story and novella besides the coming of the novel Narrativity of text, creating of the fictional worlds Poetics of composition, tectonics of the text Literary character as a center of structure of the work Aspect of the language and aspect of the style Modifications of genre: reflection of the war, legionary story, image of countryside and village, utopia and fantasy, prose of Poetism, balladic novella, psychological prose atd.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to acquaint students with essential forms and developmental changes of the Czech small prose of the twenties and thirties of the 20th century. Actual texts for reading, papers and subsequent discussions will be chosen through different genre positions of given area in the Czech fiction.
Students will acquire general knowledge of the most considerable manifestations of minor genres in Czech Prose between World Wars and should be able to make account of it in the larger horizon of cultural and historical context.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Discussion

Credit is dependent on active participation during lessons (with a maximum of three absences); consistent reading of reference texts; a paper presentation; and a connected seminar paper (ranging from 5-10 pages in length).
Recommended literature
  • Dějiny české literatury IV. Red. Z. PEŠAT a E. STROHSOVÁ. Praha, 1995.
  • HÁJKOVÁ, A. Nejen o humoru. Praha, 1984.
  • HAMAN, A. Východiska a výhledy. Praha, 2002.
  • HODROVÁ, D. a kol. Na okraji chaosu (Poetika literárního díla 20. století). Praha, 2001.
  • CHALUPECKÝ, J. Expresionisté. Praha, 1992.
  • KOŽMÍN, Z. Studie a kritiky. Praha, 1995.
  • LANGER, F. Byli a bylo. Praha, 1992.
  • NOVÁK, A., NOVÁK, J.V. Přehledné dějiny literatury české (reprint čtvrtého vydání, R. Prombergr, Olomouc 1936 - 1939). Brno, 1995.
  • NÜNNING, A. (ed.). Lexikon teorie literatury a kultury. Brno, 2006.
  • POHORSKÝ, M. Portréty a problémy. Praha, 1974.
  • SEZIMA, K. Krystaly a průsvity; Masky a modely; Mlází (Studie o domácí próze soudobé). Praha, 1928.
  • ŠALDA, F.X. Z období Zápisníku I, II. Praha, 1987.
  • TRÁVNÍČEK, J. Příběh je mrtev? (Schizmata a dilemata moderní prózy). Brno, 2003.
  • VŠETIČKA, F. Podoby prózy (O kompoziční výstavbě české prózy dvacátých let 20. století). Olomouc, 1997.
  • VŠETIČKA, F. Tektonika textu (O kompoziční výstavbě české prózy třicátých let 20. století). Olomouc, 2001.


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