Course: Contemporary Czech Poetry

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Course title Contemporary Czech Poetry
Course code KBH/VS4M
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Komenda Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) An Introduction to Contemporary Poetry: A Typology of Trends and Zdeněk Kožmín's Interpretive Method 2) The Legacy of the Generation of Lonely Runners: Vít Slíva (*1951) and the Královo Pole Circle. 3) Petr Halmay (*1958) (and Petr Borkovec) 4) Pavel Kolmačka (*1962): From Spirituality to the Poetry of the Elements 5) Petr Hruška (*1964) and the Poetry of Everyday Life 6) Miloš Doležal (*1970) as the Heir to the Spiritual Tradition of the Vysočina Region 7) Josef Straka (b. 1972) and Ondřej Buddeus (b. 1984) - The Alienation of Contemporary Man 8) Marie Šťastná (b. 1981) and Klára Goldstein (b. 1988) - Alienation of Man II 9) Radek Štěpánek (b. August 2, 1986) and Environmental Criticism of Contemporary Society 10) Jonáš Zbořil (b. 1988) and Marie Iljašenko (b. 1983): The New Wilderness 11) Adam Boržič (b. 1978) and Luděk Čertík (b. 1989): A New Spirituality

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The seminar will focus on selected figures in contemporary Czech poetry. The goal is to examine thematic shifts in relation to changes in contemporary Czech society. First, we will touch on the so-called typology of 1990s poetry as presented by J. Trávníček and M. Balaštík; we will also examine how Czech poets build on the developmental lines of earlier writers (Group 42, B. Reynek, Vl. Holan, Jan Skácel, and others). We will reflect on the connections between poetic groups and literary journals (here we are referring primarily to the Královopolská družina and the authors of the early *Weles*). We will focus on the issues of everyday life, poetic spirituality, the alienation of contemporary man, and the environmental crisis, among others.
An Insight into Current Trends in Czech Poetry
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Seminar Work

Class discussions, no more than two absences, seminar paper (essay)
Recommended literature
  • Balaštík, M. (2010). Postgenerace. Zátiší a boje poezie 90. let 20. století. Brno.
  • Bílek, Petr A. (1991). "Generace" osamělých běžců. Praha.
  • Hodrová, Daniela. (1997). Poetika míst. Jinočany.
  • Hruška, Petr a kol. (2008). V souřadnicích volnosti. Praha.
  • Kožmín, Z. a Trávníček, J. (1998). Na tvrdém loži z psího vína.. Brno.
  • Kožmín, Z. (1997). Interpretace básní.. Brno.
  • Piorecký, K. (2011). Česká poezie v postmoderní situaci. Praha.
  • ŠIDÁKOVÁ FIALOVÁ, Alena, ed. V souřadnicích neklidu: česká literatura druhé dekády jednadvacátého století v souvislostech a interpretacích. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2024..
  • ŠIDÁKOVÁ-FIALOVÁ, Alena ed. (2014). V souřadnicích mnohosti: česká literatura první dekády jednadvacátého století v souvislostech a interpretacích. Praha.
  • Štolba, J. (2011). Lomcování slovy. Praha.
  • Štolba, J. (2006). Nedopadající džbán: úvahy o básnících a poezii. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2023) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2023) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -