| Course title | Czech Language and Literature - basic overview |
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| Course code | KBO/E004 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lesson |
| Level of course | unspecified |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 5 |
| Language of instruction | Czech, English |
| Status of course | unspecified |
| 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) Czech language - the degree of inflection 2) Native speakers of Czech and native speakers of Slovak - passive bilingual? 3) Common language 4) Moravian dialects 5) Czech language in Silesia 6) Prague and its sociolinguistic situation 7) Moravians in Prague 8) The position of Common Czech in Moravia 9) Jaroslav Hašek - not only the author of The Good Soldier Švejk 10) Kafka´s short stories 11) Karel Čapek - one of the most influential Czech writers of the 20th century 12) Milan Kundera - the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being 13) Josef Škvorecký and his 68 Publishers 14) Bohumil Hrabal - Closely Observed Trains
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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The literary section of the course will focus on reading and interpretation of works of the most important Czech writers (or writers living in Bohemia/ in the Czechoslovakia) of the 20th century (Hašek, Kafka, K. Čapek, Kundera, Škvorecký, Hrabal). The special attention will be paid to the extra-literary context. The course will provide a foreign student with a basic overview of cultural, historical, social and political background of the life in Bohemia and Central Europe. It will provide a Czech student (a native speaker of Czech or Slovak) with the English terminology enabling him or her to discuss the topics with a foreigner. The linguistic part of the course will focus on the stratification of the Czech language as the national and official language in the Czech Republic. The course will provide a foreign student with a basic overview of cultural, historical, social and political background of the life in the Czech Republic and Central Europe. It will provide a Czech student (a native speaker of Czech or Slovak) with the English terminology enabling him or her to discuss the topics with a foreigner. The linguistic part of the course will focus on the stratification of the Czech language as a national language.
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| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
Active class-participation, in-class interpretation of the chosen works |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester |
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