| Course title | Literary Criticism |
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| Course code | KBH/LITK |
| 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-optional |
| 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 |
| Lecturer(s) |
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| Course content |
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1. Literary criticism, literary history, literary theory 2. Methods of literary criticism 3. Genres of literary criticism 4. The beginnings of Czech literary criticism 5. From a national program to search for artistic values 6. "Scientific" criticism and aesthetics in the 19th century 7. F. X. Šalda in context of modernism 8. Aesthetic and ideological criticism between the two World Wars 9. Václav Černý and artistic freedom 10. Literary criticism in the fifties and sixties of the 20th century: from Štoll to Lopatka 11. Literature and politics in oficial journals, in "samizdat" and exil 12. Literary criticism after 1989: search or resignation?
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook) |
| Learning outcomes |
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The goal of the course will be to gain knowledge of czech literary criticism in the 19th and 20th century. Lessons are focused on the most important events and periods in the history of the czech literary criticism from the begining of the 19th century to this date. A special attention is given to the literary polemics and controversions and to the problems of aesthetics in relation to the ideology and politics in critical discourse.
Definition of the subject of literary criticism, an overview of basic methods and history of Czech literary criticism. |
| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
KBH/LITKS ----- or ----- KBH/LTKSE |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Seminar Work
Active participation in seminars, reading, written paper. |
| 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 (2025) | Category: Philological sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer |