UBKCJLNP18 Introduction to the comparative literature

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Libor Martinek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Heczko, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jakub Záhora, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Libor Martinek, Ph.D.
Institute of The Czech Language and Library Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
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 lectures is to provide students with the information of the literature of regions together with the identity of the local inhabitants.
Learning outcomes
Student is able to: - define the literature of regions - understand the relationship of the literature of regions and local identity - talk about the key protagonists of the literature of North Moravia and Czech Silesia
Syllabus
  • 1. Terminology 2. Region, areal studies 3. Comparative literature, typology 4. Areal studies in history 5. Region and areal studies in social sciences 6. Language and text as a base for areal studies 7. Regionalism and inter-literary relations 8. Central European literary zones 9. Brno school of areal studies 10. Identity of the inhabitants of North Moravia and Czech Silesia 11. Identity of the author subject in selected works of North Moravia and Czech Silesia writers 12. Identity of the inhabitants of Czech-Polish borderland 13. dentity of the author subject in selected works of North Moravia and Czech Silesia writers.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • MARTINEK, Libor. K současnému hodnocení některých ergocentrických směrů v polské literární vědě. (On the contemporary evaluation of some ergocentric trends in Polish literary science.). Litikon. Časopis pre výskum literatúry. Nitra: UKF v Nitre, 2018, vol. 3, No 2, p. 216-221. ISSN 2453-8507. info
  • MARTINEK, Libor. Aniela Kupiec – spisovatelka píšící v těšínském nářečí (Aniela Kupiec - writer writing in Teschen dialect). Jazyk a kultúra. Prešov (Slovensko): Filozofická fakulta Prešovskej univ., 2017, vol. 8, 29-30, p. 91-102. ISSN 1338-1148. URL info
  • MARTINEK, Libor. Spisovatelé inspirovaní Jesenickem a autoři narození na Jesenicku (Writers inspired by the Jeseníky region and authors born in the Jeseníky region). Sborník bruntálského muzea. Bruntál: Muzeum v Bruntále, 2017, vol. 2017, No 1, p. 3-39. ISSN 1801-2205. info
Teaching methods
Lecture and seminar.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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