| Course title | Czech literature II |
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| Course code | KBH/CLII |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| 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 |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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| Course content |
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1. The Manifesto of "česká moderna" (the Czech Modernism) and its contribution to the progress of the Czech literature and art in general 2. The forms of the Czech naturalism and its "second life" in the prose of the 20's of the 20th century 3. "The rebels generation" and the prose written by its two central figures, Viktor Dyk and Fráňa Šrámek 4. The problems of human identity in Richard Weiner's prose 5. The genesis and construction of the character Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek 6. The manifestations of avant-garde in the Czech literature 7. "The epistemological trilogy" by Karel Čapek and its place in his thought 8. The conception of artistic creation in the context of the interwar historical fiction. 9. The Ivan Olbracht's interest in the western Ukraine and its representation in the interwar prose 10. The new type of psychological prose - the novels by Jaroslav Havlíček and Václav Řezáč 11. The representation of Judaism in the prose of Egon Hostovský and Karel Poláček 12. The situation of the Czech literature in the time of "Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia" during the WWII
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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Lectures characterize the periods of development and the basic trends in the Czech literature between 1890 and 1945, introduce to the problems of poetics of the selected writers. Interpretation uses structural methods and phenomenology reading of literary works.
The basic knowledge of the Czech literature in the years 1890-1945. |
| Prerequisites |
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Very good knowledge of the Czech literature context and culture in general in the period 1890-1945.
KBH/CLIIS |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Oral exam
The student has to bring the list of the literature he read. |
| Recommended literature |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech Philology for News Media Editors (2025) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech Philology for News Media Editors (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2015) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2025) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2025) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |