| Course title | Poetics of the Czech Novel |
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| Course code | KBH/PCR20 |
| 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 |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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| Course content |
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1. Possibilities of literary history in relation to the study of poetics. Aesthetic value from the literary historian's point of view. The novel as an ever-changing genre - a preliminary definition 2. Jaroslav Durych: Bloudění 3. Josef Čapek: Stín kapradiny 4. Vladislav Vančura: Markéta Lazarová 5. Karel Čapek: Hordubal 6. Jaroslav Havlíček: Neviditelný 7. Egon Hostovský: Všeobecné spiknutí 8. Ladislav Fuks: Pan Theodor Mundstock 9. Josef Jedlička: Kde život náš je v půli se svou poutí 10. Bohumil Hrabal: Příliš hlučná samota 11. Milan Kundera: Nesmrtelnost 12. Michal Ajvaz: Druhé město 13. The novel as a source of knowledge in the development of literature and society? Characteristics of fictionality
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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The course is oriented on the historical development of the czech novel genre. It re-constructs the way of transformation of the poetical means by which the novel builds an "picture of the World" as well as the specific novel´s message. An importan part of this course is leaded by the comparation with contemporary situation of the novel in the connection with others european´s (or non-european) cultures.
The course will provide a basic overview of the processes in literature, art, philosophy and culture that formed czech novel in the first and second half of 20th century. |
| Prerequisites |
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ability of critical thinking, basic knowledge of tools of literary history and literary theory
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
Active attendance Writing an essay Reading |
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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 (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 (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: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |