Course: Contemporary Czech Poetry

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Course title Contemporary Czech Poetry
Course code KLKS/SCEPO
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Malý Radek, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The situation of poetry at the beginning of the 1990s - publication of forbidden authors, self-publishing, and debuts of young authors (and also older authors who could not have had their work published in the previous regime). The origin and development of literary papers and magazines from the 1990s till today (Tvar, Literární noviny, Revolver revue, Host, Souvislosti, and others) and their contribution to the field of contemporary poetry. Publishing poetry in regional literary magazines and papers (Psí víno, Weles, Texty, and others) and their discovery of young poetic talents. The broad circle of spiritually oriented poetry from the mid 1990s; authors from the circle of magazines Host, Weles, Souvislosti. Other approaches to poetry from the mid-1990s: poetry as a game with words (authors from the Tvar circle); poetry as an experiment, record of triviality, underground (Krchovský, Jirous, etc.). The youngest poetry after 2000.

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 aim of this course is to attempt to penetrate into the complicated situation of Czech poetry from the 1990s till the present, focusing on authors who made their debut during this period. Poets, especially those from that period, will be present for some of the seminars. This course focuses mainly on the interpretation of individual collections and texts, with some space allocated for outlining literary circles and, in consequence, literary groups and groupings, and for tracking the developmental tendencies of lyrical genres.
Students will acquire cultural and historical erudition and knowledge of contemporary literary culture, necessary for instance for work in media (editorial work, dramaturgy of media praxis, a position in relation with medias in the field of culture), in institutions connected with humanities (in libraries, commissions in field of culture and similar) and also in further study of humanities.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment, Creative work analysis

Credit is dependent on active participation during lessons; on reading assigned texts; and on presenting a paper on a chosen topic (this is also submitted in a written form).
Recommended literature
  • Antologie nové české literatury 1995-2004. Praha, 2004.
  • Cestou. Brno, 2004.
  • Jezdec na delfíně. Praha: Concordia, 2005.
  • Lepě svihlí tlové. Brno: Petrov, 2003.
  • Pegasovo poučení. Praha: Paseka, 2002.
  • Ryby katedrál. Brno, 2003.


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): Historical and Literary Studies (2015) Category: History courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Historical and Literary Studies (2013) Category: History courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Historical and Literary Studies (2013) Category: History courses 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer