UBKVKKNP28 Modern Czech Prose

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)
Mgr. Jakub Chrobák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Oskar Mainx, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jakub Záhora, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jakub Chrobák, 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
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with currently written or published in recent decades domestic prose. The discipline is not made up of systematic literary-historical overviews, but rather focuses on selected key tendencies, problems, questions, works and personalities that can be considered symptomatic, others must be omitted due to the diversity and heterogeneity of the area. Literary life after 1989 is also taken into account, consisting, for example, of the state of literary magazines, publishers and the situation in the field of literary awards.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to:
- interpret a text from contemporary Czech prose;
- to place the selected literary text into its historical context.
Syllabus
  • 1. The year 1989 and the 1990s
  • 2. Literary life (magazines, publishers and awards)
  • 3. Narrative lines I .: "authentic", documentary
  • 4. Narrative lines II .: fantastic lines (postmodern)
  • 5. Narrative lines III .: transition formations
  • 6. The situation in the new millennium
  • 7. Selected authors I .: Michal Viewegh
  • 8. Selected authors II .: Jáchym Topol
  • 9. Selected authors III .: Jan Balabán
  • 10. Selected authors IV .: Miloš Urban
  • 11. Selected authors V .: Jaroslav Rudiš
  • 12. Selected authors VI .: Petra Hůlová
  • 13. Selected authors VII .: Petra Soukupová
Literature
    required literature
  • FIALOVÁ, A. et al. V souřadnicích mnohosti. Praha: Academia, 2014.
  • HRUŠKA, P. et al. V souřadnicích volnosti. Praha: Academia, 2008.
  • MACHALA, L. et al. Panorama české literatury 2. Po roce 1989. Praha: Knižní klub, 2015.
  • MACHALA, L. Literární bludiště. Praha: Brána, 2001.
    recommended literature
  • DOKOUPIL, B. et al. Slovník české prózy 1945–1994. Ostrava: Sfinga, 1994.
  • GILK, E. Prozaická zastavení. První dekáda recenzentova. Praha: Protis, 2010.
  • HÁJEK, I. Prokletá i požehnaná. Eseje o české literatuře. Praha: Dokořán, 2007.
  • HAMAN, A. Prozaické surfování. Olomouc: Votobia, 2001.
  • JANOUŠEK, P. Hravě i dravě: kritikova abeceda. Praha: Academia, 2009.
  • JUNGMANN, M. V obklíčení příběhů. Brno: Atlantis, 1997.
  • KRATOCHVIL, J. Vyznání příběhovosti. Brno: Petrov, 2000.
  • MACHALA, L., KOŽUŠNÍKOVÁ, P. (eds.) Cenová bilance 2013. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2014.
  • MACHALA, L., DAMBORSKÁ, A. (eds.) Cenová bilance 2014. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2015.
  • NOVOTNÝ, V. Ta naše postmoderna česká. Praha: Protis, 2007.
  • ŠPIRIT, M. Počátky potíží. Praha: Revolver Revue, 2006.
  • ŠRÁMKOVÁ, J., NĚMEC, J., MYŠKOVÁ, I. „12 odstavců o próze“. In Respekt, 16.–29. prosince 2013, č. 51–52, s. 116–117
Teaching methods
Commented reading, reports.
Assessment methods
The continuous preparation for particular thematic areas, by reading, is needed. Seminar work.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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