Course: Modern literature in translation

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Course title Modern literature in translation
Course code NIZ/1MLP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
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)
  • Engelbrecht Wilken, prof. Dr. cand. litt.
Course content
Debates on read texts - the basis for the work of the seminars are selected literary works and the relevant secondary literature. The seminars MLP1 MLP2 give a different selection of primary literature.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Semestral Work - 40 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 14 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this seminar is to give the students an insight in translations of some key works of modern and contemporary Dutch and Flemish literature, with their authors and literary historical context of the period when the work was created.
After completing the course the student will be able on the basis of the knowledge gained during the workshops and by reading primary and secondary literature, to speak reasonably about the discussed literary works, to think critically about the process of literary developments of the period.
Prerequisites
Interest in Dutch and Flemish literature

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Seminar Work

- Presence and activity in hours - Regular homework - reading assigned texts - Writing tasks and seminar paper
Recommended literature
  • A. Bžoch. (2010). Krátke dejiny nizozemskej literatúry. . Ružomberok.
  • Engelbrecht, W. (2005). "Zlaté ostruhy, kapitán Bontekoe, modré pondělkz.. K obrazu nizozemské literatury v Čechách." In: M. Hrála (ed.), Český překlad II (1945-2004). Praha: Univerzita Karlova.
  • Havlíková, V., Havlíková, V., Krijtová, O., & Pellarová, J. (2007). V Nizozemsku už nechci žít: antologie moderní nizozemské poezie. Praha: Mladá fronta.
  • Veronika ter Harmsel Havlíková. (2011). Holandská čítanka. Nizozemsko.české vydání. Praha.
  • Wilken Engelbrecht, Lianne Barnard, Lucie Smolka Fruhwirtová, Martina Vitáčková a Eva Brázdová Toufarová. (2015). Dějiny nizozemské a vlámské literatury. 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): Practical Dutch Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter