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The seminar aims to introduce students to Czech literature within the context of Central Europe. It deals with the authors, who transcend and/or define the Czech cultural space in a very significant way. The aim of the seminar is to introduce students to Czech literature from the beginning to the end of the first half of the 20th century. The students are to bring in the perspectives of Czech literature from the perspectives of both speakers of other languages and other cultural backgrounds, and contextually broad view of individual works that can be placed in a cultural, historical and political context.
Thematic headings: - excursus into older Czech literature - setting in the European context - national revival - the end 19th century - early 20th century - World War I - First Republic - Second World War - literature in the socialist period - post-revolutionary development - what is Czech literature and what language does it speak? - women's view of reality through the eyes of women writers - literature and totalitarianism - Czechness and Europeanness - official and unofficial - the role of the canon - trends and currents - critical reflections - post-revolutionary limitless space A2 level CEFR is required Last update: Hůlková Nývltová Dana, PhDr., Ph.D. (30.09.2024)
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This class is designed to: - develop student’s knowledge of Czech literary history and context as well as the knowledge of Czech language (from A2 CEFR level) - establish the foundation for ability to compare what development was / is happening in other literary contexts - help students to be well versed in certain topics reflected by Czech literature in central European context - provide a foundation for further study of Czech history, culture and language
Students will be able to - recognize and name crucial authors and works and classify them within the historical and cultural context - define fundamental cultural periods and movements, compare them either synchronically or diachronically to the others - analyze literary work and its genre and reflect its characteristic / specific level of the text - synthetize the individual findings into a presentation and create an original piece of interpretative work
Last update: Hůlková Nývltová Dana, PhDr., Ph.D. (30.09.2024)
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Dean’s measure 17 / 2018 and 20 / 2019 orders the following grading scale:
using rounding up.
The evaluation consists of several sub-evaluations:
*1) comparison of a Czech author to an author from student ‘s domestic literature - similarities, differences, analysis of historical context and reflection in the work, consideration of features typical of the period from a literary theoretical perspective or 2) introduction of a Czech author and his/her selected book, brief analysis, focus on reflection on possible issues that will be expound during the semester Attendance 75% (2 session or 140 minutes missing)
If missing the third class without a valid excuse, student is obliged to make an extra presentation / essay on given topic. Students with 3 or more unexcused absences will automatically fail the course.
Classroom etiquette and academic honesty policy
Students are expected to arrive in class on time and to remain for the duration of the class, as the constant coming and going is disturbing for the teacher and the students. No cell phones and no use of the Internet for other than educational purposes in the classroom. Presenting work of another person as one’s own, using unauthorized assistance on exams, submitting a work one has already received credit for at another institution in order to fulfill course requirements is not tolerated and may lead to failing the course.
Last update: Hůlková Nývltová Dana, PhDr., Ph.D. (30.09.2024)
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Required Readings Karel Hynek Mácha – May (Moodle) Božena Němcová – The Grand mother (Moodle) Jaroslav Hašek – Good Soldier Svejk and his Fortune in the World War (amazon, nejlevnejsiknihy.cz, kosmas.cz, Moodle) Kathleen Hayes – A World Appart and Other Stories (karolinum.cz, Moodle) Karel Čapek – R.U.R. (Moodle) Jiří Weil – Mendelson is on the Roof (BooksVooks: https://booksvooks.com/mendelssohn-is-on-the-roof-pdf-jii-weil.html) Life with a Star (nejlevnejsiknihy.cz, Moodle) Josef Škvorecký . The Cowards (BooksVooks: https://booksvooks.com/the-cowards-pdf-josef-skvorecky.html, nejlevnejsiknihy.cz) Bohumil Hrabal (BooksVooks: https://booksvooks.com/nonscrolablepdf/too-loud-a-solitude-pdf-bohumil-hrabal.html?page=3, nejlevnejsiknihy.cz) Milan Kundera – The Joke (BooksVooks: https://booksvooks.com/the-joke-pdf-milan-kundera.html, nejlevnejsiknihy.cz) Jaroslav Seifert – On the waves of TSF (Moodle, nejlevnejsiknihy.cz) Vaclav Havel - Audience (Moodle, nejlevnejsiknihy.cz) One contemporary book by own choice.
Recommended Readings Bílek P. A. Czech Literature Guide. Prague 2011 Wellek, R. Essays on Czech Literature. Hague: Mouton, 1963 Sayer, D. The Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998
Supplementary readings extracts, hand-outs, materials in the Moodle and in-class materials Last update: Hůlková Nývltová Dana, PhDr., Ph.D. (09.09.2024)
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Classes take place in class and combine frontline teaching with interactive tasks, cooperative learning in small groups / pairwork and individual presentation of the student. It is necessary to be prepared prior to each lesson – go through samples, read book or texts and extracts provided / required to be able to actively participate in class. Last update: Hůlková Nývltová Dana, PhDr., Ph.D. (30.09.2024)
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Covered topics: 1 Introductory lesson. Periodization of Czech literary tradition – dominant and covering eras. Key topics and questions reflected and influencing Czech and central European context. Older Czech literature - historical context, new perspectives on forming Czech as central European identity. 2 Dawn of the modern literature. Romantic and wild. Mácha – May 3 Emancipation of the nation and the most famous Czech female writer Božena Němcová educated in German, married Czech called Němec (Němec means German) and modern in literary expression. Němcová – The Grandmother 4 Fin de siècle – beginning of the century – war and its reflections. Hašek – Good Soldier Švejk. 5 A World Appart and Other Stories. Female writers in Czech literary tradition. Challenging the canon. From Majerová to Součková. Female short stories. 6 Avantgarde – utopia – antiutopia – politics – visions. Čapek – R.U.R. 7 War and Jewish experience. Weil – Medelshon is on the Roof. Life with a Star. 8 Post was period. Re-examination of the truth. Under the Communist ideology. Škvorecký – The Cowards, Hrabal – Too Loud a Solitude, Kundera – The Joke, Havel – Audience
9 Presentations, tests, feedback
Last update: Hůlková Nývltová Dana, PhDr., Ph.D. (09.09.2024)
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This course is designed for students who - have previous knowledge of basic Czech language (at least A2 level CEFR) - have an idea about Czech political history and knowledge of main historical milestones of Czech history - are able to compare topics of the seminar to the literature of their own cultural tradition / their native language / state of origin or any other European literature
This course provides the basic tools necessary both for students to enable them to gain a knowledge of main cultural questions expressed by literary works in historical as well as in linguistic and theoretical concept.
Throughout the course, lessons will be sequenced to presentation activities, analytic activities and guided discussions with an emphasis on Czech language training. Last update: Hůlková Nývltová Dana, PhDr., Ph.D. (30.09.2024)
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