UBKDX013 World literature 2

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/6/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Hana Bednaříková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jakub Chrobák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Oskar Mainx, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Hana Bednaříková, Ph.D.
Institute of The Czech Language and Library Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! UBKD0013 Introduction to the world lite
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 familiarize students with the the history, key authors and movements of the World literature since the modernism and avant-garde period in 20th century till the postmodernism.
Syllabus
  • Period of modernism and avant-gardes in the World literature
    Modernistic novel (e.g. J. Joyce, V. Woolf, M. Proust)
    Literary movements after the 2nd world war (existencialism, neorealism, nouveau roman, theatre od the absurd, beat generation, magic realism etc.)
    Postmodernism in literature
Literature
    required literature
  • Lexikon teorie literatury a kultury. Brno 2006. info
  • MACURA, V. a kol.:. Slovník světových literárních děl 1 - 2. Praha 1989. info
  • PECHAR, J. Dvacáté století v zrcadle literatury. Praha, 1999. info
  • HILSKÝ, M. Modernisté. Praha, 1995. info
  • HUBÍK, S. Postmoderní kultura. Olomouc, 1990. info
    recommended literature
  • HOUSKOVÁ, A. Imaginace hispánské Ameriky. Praha, 1998. info
  • NADEAU, M. Dějiny surrealismu. Olomouc, 1995. info
  • de Micheli, M. Umělecké avantgardy 20. století. Praha, 1964. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Cvičení 6 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
A frame knowledge of the content of the course and reading literary texts.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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