FPF:UBKCJLNP12 Interpretation 20th cent.lit.

UBKCJLNP12 Interpretation of the 20th century literature

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2024

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Timetable of Seminar Groups

UBKCJLNP12/A: Tue 14:45–16:20 M11, J. Chrobák, M. Tichý

Prerequisites

None.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

The course is intended to improve the skills in analysis, interpretation, and explanation of literary texts.

Learning outcomes

The student will be able to:
- interpret the modern text autonomously;
- situate the text in the historical context.

Syllabus

1. Stirrers? (F. Gellner: Radosti života, Nové verše; K. Toman: Torzo života, Měsíce).
2. Short-story female writers in the beginning of the 20th century(R. Svobodová: Marné lásky; B. Benešová: Myšky; M. Majerová: Mučenky).
3. Poetry in 1918: between experiment and patriotism (S. K. Neumann: Nové zpěvy; A. Sova: Zpěvy domova).
4. Tranformations of drama (F. Šrámek: Léto; K. Čapek: R.U.R., F. Langer: Dvaasedmdesátka).
5. Great compositions of poetism (V. Nezval: Podivuhodný kouzelník, Edison; K. Biebl: Nový Ikaros).
6. Society and individual in the mirror of novel (K. Čapek: Válka s Mloky; M. Pujmanová: Lidé na křižovatce; E. Hostovský: Černá tlupa).
7. After war. (V. Holan: Rudoarmějci, F. Hrubín: Hirošima, F. Halas: A co?)
8. In the name of new belief, and its borders (P. Kohout: Verše a písně, V. Káňa: Parta brusiče Karhana, J. Otčenášek: Občan Brych)
9. Common-day poetry and the Group 42 (Jiří Kolář: Prométheova játra, Jiří Šotola: Svět náš vezdejší, journal Květen).
10. Prose in the 1960s (Ludvík Vaculík: Sekyra, Bohumil Hrabal: Pábitelé, Milan Kundera: Žert)
11. "Normalisation" and Czech poetry. (J. Skácel, O. Mikulášek: Agogh, K. Šiktanc: Český orloj)
12. "Underground" and "samizdat" as looking for nature (Vaculík's Edice Petlice, personality of I. M. Jirouse).
13. Czech drama after war (Václav Havel, Josef Topol, Pavel Kohout ad.).

Literature

required literature

Janoušek, Pavel a kol. Přehledné dějiny české literatury 1945-1989. Praha, 2012. info
ČERVENKA, M. et al. Na cestě ke smyslu. Poetika literárního díla 20. století. Praha, 2005. info
MUKAŘOVSKÝ, J. et al. Dějiny české literatury IV. Praha, 1995. info

recommended literature

JANOUŠEK, Pavel a kol. Dějiny české literatury 1945-1989. (I. 1945-1948; II. 1948-1958). Praha 2007. info
PAPOUŠEK, V. et al. Lomy vertikál. Česká literatura v letech 1924–1934. Praha: Academia, 2014
PAPOUŠEK, V. et al. Věk horizontál. Česká literatura v letech 1935–1947. Praha: Academia, 2017.
PAPOUŠEK, V. et al. Dějiny nové moderny (1905-1923). Praha, 2010. info
JANOUŠEK, P. a kol. Dějiny české literatury 1945-1989, III. Praha, 2008. info
Dokoupil, B. - Zelinský, M. Slovník české prózy 1945-1984. Ostrava, 1994. info
ČERVENKA, M. - MACURA, V. - MED, J. - PEŠAT, Z. Slovník básnických knih. Praha, 1990. info

Teaching methods

Commented reading, reports.

Assessment methods

The continuous preparation for particular thematic areas, by reading, is needed. Essay.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials

The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.