Course: Variants of the humanistic literature

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Course title Variants of the humanistic literature
Course code KBH/VS43B
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kolářová Jana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Humanism and the Early Renaissance in Moravia. The bishops of Olomouc (Tas of Boskovice, Stanislav Thurzo); Augustinus Olomucensis; Latin panegyrics on Olomouc 2) High and Late Renaissance in Moravia. Printers and humanism; Bishop Stanislav Pavlovský and his patronage; the foundation of the Jesuit academy 3) Childhood and education in the early modern period and their reflection in prescriptive and disciplinary literature 4) Women as authors and intellectuals in the age of humanism (Elizabeth Jane Weston, Alžběta of Kamének) 5) Between belles-lettres and didactic prose: the beginnings of scholarly discourse (Jan Černý-Niger, Tomáš Jordán of Klausenburg) 6) Forms of the comic in early modern literature 7) Fear, anxiety, and death in early modern literature 8) Fears of the Turkish threat and representations of the Ottoman Empire in Czech and Latin works 9) Landscape, nature, and the city in early modern literature 10) Humanists in post-White Mountain exile and their literary production

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The seminar focuses on deepening students' knowledge of Czech literature of Renaissance Humanism. We will address topics such as early modern printing, the beginnings of scholarly prose, Latin poetry, historiography, exile literature, and related areas. The seminar will also include analyses of works by selected authors representing the individual topics.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Seminar Work

Recommended literature
  • Baďurová, A. et al. Humanismus v rozmanitosti pohledů. Farrago festiva Iosepho Hejnic nonagenario oblata. Praha 2014.
  • Bobková, L. Exulanti z Prahy a severozápadních Čech v Pirně v letech 1621?1639. Praha 1999.
  • Boldan, K. ? Neškudla, B. ? Voit, P. Bohemia and Moravia I. The Reception of Antiquity in Bohemian Book Culture from the Beginning of Printing until 1547. Turnhout 2014.
  • Businská, H. Renesanční poesie. Praha 1975.
  • Císařová Smítková, A. ? Jelínková, A. ? Svobodová, M. (eds.). Libri magistri muti sunt. Pocta Jaroslavě Kašparové. Praha 2013.
  • Couceiro, E. F. Český utrakvistický humanismus v literárním díle Mikuláše Konáče z Hodiškova. Praha 2011.
  • Drábek, P. (ed.). Tadeáš Hájek z Hájku 1525?1600. Praha 2000.
  • Halama, O. (ed.). Bohuslava Bílejovského Kronika česká. Praha 2011.
  • Hlobil, I. ? Petrů, E. Humanismus a raná renesance na Moravě. Praha 1992.


Study plans that include the course
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology for News Media Editors (2025) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
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