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Lecturer(s)
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Tomíček David, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Koumarová Michaela, Mgr.
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Course content
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1. Literary history and its disciplinary definition. 2. Works of older literature and their narratives. 3. Literary works as narrative sources. 4. Ancient literature and the literature of the period of the translation of ancient learning. 5. Old Slavonic culture and literature in our territory - hagiography. 6. Epic compositions of chivalric culture. 7. Courtly love and troubadour compositions. 8. Medieval travelogues. 9. Czech literature of the Luxemburg period. 10. Hussitism and literature - new genres and new themes. 11. Humanistic literature. 12. Pre-White Mountain culture and the so-called Golden Age of Czech literature. 12. Transformations of Baroque culture and piety in the light of literature. 14. Books of folk reading - small prints as a source of folk culture.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the meaningful possibilities of works of European and Czech literature from the end of antiquity to the end of the 18th century. It seeks to capture the most important genre forms, representative works and key authors, with particular emphasis on the ways in which European themes are reflected upon at home. It also aims to understand the historical, social and cultural contexts that influenced the production of literary texts. Given the specificities of the study programme, one of the main aims is to present literary works as a distinctive historical source that contributes to the knowledge of the past within a cultural, mental and anthropological discourse. The course thus broadens the spectrum of methodological approaches to the study of cultural history.
The student is oriented in the problems of literary history and understands its field of specialization. The student is able to independently interpret a work of older literature as a narrative source for understanding the past in a broader cultural and historical context. The student is able to analyse and reflect on the main movements, genres and representatives of European and Czech literature, both in terms of their historical development and in terms of their aesthetic and ideological features. The student identifies the key aesthetic, social and cultural factors that influenced the emergence of a literary text and understands the issues of its contemporary and subsequent reception.
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Written test; paper devoted to the analysis of a selected literary work
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Recommended literature
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