Course: Jews and Judaism in Czech Prose after WW

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Course title Jews and Judaism in Czech Prose after WW
Course code KBH/VZP
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)
  • Gilk Erik, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Zemanová Zuzana, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Introduction 2) Problems of depicting the Jewish characters in the Czech literature, comparison of the period until 1945 and after. 3) Ota Pavel: Smrt krásných srnců, Jak jsem potkal ryby 4) Arnošt Lustig: Démanty noci, Noc a naděje, Modlitba pro Kateřinu Horovitzovou, Dita Saxová 5) Jiří Robert Pick: Spolek pro ochranu zvířat, Sen o vzdálených jezerech 6) Ladislav Grosman: Obchod na korze, Z pekla štěstí, Nevěsta 7) Ludvík Aškenazy: Vajíčko, Jan Otčenášek: Romeo, Julie a tma 8) Josef Škvorecký: Lvíče, Sedmiramenný svícen 9) Ladislav Fuks: Pan Theodor Mundstock, Mí černovlasí bratři, Spalovač mrtvol 10) Věra Kalábová: Ve městě jsou bratři Steinové, Hana Bělohradská: Bez krásy, bez límce 11) Jiří Weil: Život s hvězdou: Harfeník, Na střeše je Mendelssohn 12) Židovství v současné próze: Irena Dousková: Goldstein píše dceři, Radka Denemarková: Peníze od Hitlera 13) Evalutation, credits

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The seminar deals with problematic of Jewish authors and Judaism in general in Czech prose after the 2nd World War.
Orientation in the thematically delimited part of the Czech literature after 1945.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of the problems of Semitism and of the literary history.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Seminar Work

active participation (no more than 3 absences), paper, essay
Recommended literature
  • & Holý, J. (2011). Šoa v české literatuře a v kulturní paměti. Praha: Akropolis.
  • Gilk, Erik. (2013). Vítěz i poražený. Prozaik Ladislav Fuks. Brno.
  • Janoušek, P. a kol. (2007). Dějiny české literatury 1945 - 1989, I. 1945 - 1948. Praha.
  • Janoušek, P. a kol. (2007). Dějiny české literatury 1945 - 1989, II. 1948-1958. Praha.
  • Janoušek, P. a kol. (2008). Dějiny české literatury 1945-1989, III. 1958-1969. Praha.
  • Kosková, H. (1996). Hledání ztracené generace. Jinočany.
  • Machala, L. a kol. (2015). Panorama české literatury I. a II.. 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 (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2025) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology for News Media Editors (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 for News Media Editors (2025) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2025) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2015) 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: -