UBKCJLBK52 Literature and region

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Libor Martinek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Libor Martinek, Ph.D.
Institute of The Czech Language and Library Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
Elementary interest in regional literature.
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 aim of the course is to get acquainted with the problems of the region in relation to literature, regionalism as a cultural-social and literary-artistic movement, with the development and current form of regional literature from the end of the 19th century to the period after 1945.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be able to: - define the concept of regional literature - characterize the main changes and periods of regional literature - describe the main persons and works of regional literature.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction - terminology, definitions. Regional literature. 2. Regionalism and regionalization - development of the concept. 3. Region, regionalism and regionalization in the development perspective. 4. Region and regionalism at the end of the 20th century and on the threshold of the new millennium. 5. Central concepts of regional policy of the European Union. 6. Problems of regionalism in Czech and Slovak literary science. 7. Regionalism as a conception of the world and its reflection in literature. 8. On the manifestations of modern regionalism in literature. 9. Literature for youth related to the region. 10. The relationship between the center - the periphery, local and global in literary science. 11. Literature in Moravia and Silesia, its place in national literature. 12. On the literary development in northern Moravia and Silesia after 1945, the main representatives and works. 13. Conclusion on the issue of the region, regionalism and regional literature.
Literature
    required literature
  • MARTINEK, L. Region, regionalismus a regionální literatura. Opava: Slezská univerzita, 2007.
  • SVOBODA, J. (ed.). Slezsko a severovýchodní Morava jako specifický region. Ostrava: Filozofická fakulta Ostravské univerzity, 1997.
  • Kapitoly z literárních dějin Slezska a severní Moravy. Sborník č. 130. Ostrava, 2000. info
    recommended literature
  • ŠULEŘ, O. Laskavá setkání. Ostrava: Repronis, 2008.
  • MARTINEK, L. Identita v literatuře Těšínska. Opava: Literature & Sciences, 2015.
  • SVOBODA, J. (ed.) Literatura a region. Ostrava – Opava: Optys, 1995.
  • URBANOVÁ, S. Region bez hranic. Sociologická sonda do vnímání literatury Ostravska. Olomouc: Votobia, 2001.
  • LENDEROVÁ, M., JIRÁNEK, T. Vývoj českého regionalismu v období mezi dvěma světovými válkami, Sociologický časopis, 1993, č. 3, s. 383–396.
  • MÁLKOVÁ, I., URBANOVÁ, S. et al. Literární slovník severní Moravy a Slezska (1945–2000). Olomouc: Votobia, 2001
  • Literatura v českém a polském Slezsku. Opava – Cieszyn: Slezská univerzita, 1996.
  • LENDEROVÁ, M. Region, regionalismus, regionalizace, Sociologický časopis, roč. 28, 1992.
  • Kulturně-historická encyklopedie Slezska a severovýchodní Moravy I-II. Ostrava, 2014. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions, home reading.
Assessment methods
Continuous home preparation (reading); final seminar work, essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8p/sem.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2024, Summer 2025.
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