Course: Contemporary European Literatures I

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Course title Contemporary European Literatures I
Course code KBO/4096
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
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
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Horký Pavel, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Polish Prose: Joanna Bator 2. Hungarian Prose: Viktor Horváth 3. German Prose: Volker Weidermann 4. German Prose: Bernhard Schlink 5. Dutch Prose: Arnon Grunberg 6. British Prose: Ian McEwan 7. British Prose: Michel Faber 8. Irish Prose: John Banville 9. French Prose: Michel Houellebecq 10. Spanish Prose: Julio Llamazares 11. Icelandic Prose: Jón Kalman Stefánsson 12. Finnish Prose: Sofi Oksanen 13. Norwegian Prose: Dag Solstad 14. Norwegian Prose: Jon Fosse

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
To orientate oneself in contemporary European literature in a basic way; to become familiar with the defining tendencies of contemporary Eorupean literatures; to interpret selected prosaic works of contemporary European literatures.
A student functionally uses literary terms to interpret literary works; a student can identify the type of composition and composition principle; a student can adequately characterize literary characters; a student performs thematic analysis of a narrative work.
Prerequisites
The knowledge of literary terminology; the knowledge of composition poetics; the knowledge of character poetics; the knowledge of the poetics of a story.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Regular attendance. Seminar activity. A presentation.
Recommended literature
  • Hilský, M., Nagy, L. Proměny britské prózy. Brno Host, 2002. ISBN 80-7306062-0.
  • Hodrová, D. a kol. .. na okraji chaosu .. (Poetika literárního díla 20. století). Praha, 2001.
  • Nagy, L. Palimpsesty, heterotopie a krajiny. Praha, 2016.
  • Svatoň, V. Román v souvislostech času. Úvahy o srovnávací literární vědě. Praha: Malvern, 2009.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching of Czech Language and Literature for the 2nd Stage of Primary Schools and for Secondary Schools (A14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Teaching of Czech Language and Literature for Secondary Schools (A14) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -