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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. National revival in the light of contemporary literature. 2. European Romanticism in World and Czech Literature. 3. Changes of the mid-19th century - realism in world literature. 4. Realistic tendencies in 19th century Czech literature. 5. Variety of Czech society - literary works of the Máj family, the Ruch family, the Lumír family. 6. literary modernism in world literature - fin de si?cle. 7. Czech literature at the turn of the century (Czech literary modernism). 8. World literature of the first half of the 20th century - testimony of a difficult time. 9. Czech literature of the first half of the 20th century (Legionaries, democratic current, Catholic literature and other trends). 10. World literature of the second half of the 20th century - issues of postmodernism. 11. Czech literature during the occupation - occupation in Czech literature. 12. The 1950s in Czech literature. 13. The "Free Decade" through the eyes of Czech literature. 14. Normalization and the double face of Czech literature.
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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 beginning of the 19th century to the second half of the 20th 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 during the formative period of modern nations, modernity and the disruptive 20th century. Given the specificities of the curriculum, one of the main aims is to present literary works as a distinctive historical source that contributes to the understanding of the ideological and social transformations of the past. 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 can independently interpret a work of recent literature as a narrative source for understanding the 19th and 20th centuries in its 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. Identifies key aesthetic, social and cultural factors influencing the emergence of a literary text and understands its role in the process of forming modern identity, collective memory and reflection on contemporary value conflicts.
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Prerequisites
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Literary History I, KHI/BPK50
KHI/BPK50
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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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