FPF:UBKCJLBP18 Czech lit. in the 20th cent. 1 - Course Information
UBKCJLBP18 Czech literature in the 20th century 1
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaSummer 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Martin Tichý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Tichý, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Martin Tichý, Ph.D.
Institute of The Czech Language and Library Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - 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
- Czech language and literature (programme FPF, CJAL)
- Library Science (programme FPF, KNIH-bc)
- Course objectives
- The class deals with the history of Czech literature from the 1890s to 1945; readings and seminars focused on commented reading are planned.
- Learning outcomes
- The student will be able to:
- characterize main problems and stages in the history of the Czech literature in the modern era
- characterize important authors' poetics
- characterize singular literary movements
- explain the literary transformations during the 20th century
- define modernism and avant-garde. - Syllabus
- 1. Modernism in the Czech literature, differentiation and transformations, the role of the criticism 2. Decadence 3. Poetry of symbolism and transformation at the beginning of the 20th century 4. Naturalism and anti-naturalistic reaction (prose of art-nouveau) 5. Drama at the turn of the century 6. Prewar modernism 7. Prosaic experiments in the 1920s 8. From proletarian poetry to poetism 9. Avant-garde crisis and poetry in the 1930s 10. Drama between wars 11. Prose in the 1930s 12. Literary criticism between wars 13. Literature in the occupation time
- Literature
- required literature
- MUKAŘOVSKÝ, J. et al. Dějiny české literatury IV. Literatura od konce 19. století do roku 1945. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1995.
- LEHÁR, J., A. STICH, J. JANÁČKOVÁ and J. HOLÝ. Česká literatura od počátků k dnešku. 2., doplněné vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008. info
- MACHALA, L.; PETRŮ, E. et al. Panorama české literatury. Olomouc, 1994. info
- recommended literature
- ČORNEJ, P. et al. Česká literatura na předělu století. Jinočany: HH, 2001.
- PAPOUŠEK, V. et al. Dějiny nové moderny. Česká literatura 1905–1923. Praha: Academia, 2010.
- PAPOUŠEK, V. et al. Věk horizontál. Česká literatura v letech 1935–1947. Praha: Academia, 2017.
- Poetika české meziválečné literatury. Proměny žánrů. Zeman, M. (ed.) Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1987.
- PAPOUŠEK, V. et al. Lomy vertikál. Česká literatura v letech 1924–1934. Praha: Academia, 2014.
- Lexikon české literatury. Praha: Academia, 1985–2008. (4 díly)
- ŠTĚDROŇOVÁ, E. Hledání nové modernosti. Brno: Host, 2016.
- DOLEŽAL, J. Česká kultura za protektorátu. Praha: NFA, 1996.
- V barvách chorobných: idea dekadence a umění v českých zemích 1880–1914. Urban, O. M. (Ed.) Praha: Obecní dům; Arbor vitae, 2006.
- VOJVODÍK, J., WIENDL, J. et al. Heslář české avantgardy: estetické koncepty a proměny uměleckých postupů v letech 1908–1958. Praha: FF UK, 2011.
- PUTNA, M. C. Česká katolická literatura 1918-1945. Praha, 2010. ISBN 978-80-721-5391-6. info
- BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, H. Česká dekadence. Kontext - text - interpretace. Brno, 2000. info
- ČOLAKOVÁ, Ž. Český surrealismus 30. let. Struktura básnického obrazu. Praha, 1999. info
- PUTNA, M. C. Česká katolická literatura v evropském kontextu 1848-1918. Praha, 1998. info
- Teaching methods
- Readings, seminars.
- Assessment methods
- Oral exam.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2025, recent)
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