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Lecturer(s)
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Cornejo Renata, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Bohemia by the sea as a literary topos in Shakespeare's drama "The Winter's Tale" 2. Franz Frühmann in the context of GDR literature 3. Franz Frühmann and his retelling of Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" for children 4. Franz Frühmann and his short story, "Böhmen am Meer" (1962), thematisation of resettlement, displacement, removal 5. Ingeborg Bachmann: the historical context, the origin of the poem "Böhmen liegt am Meer", its variants 6. "Böhmen liegt am Meer" by I. Bachmann and the key interpretations of this poem in the second half of the 20th century 7. Interpretation of I. Bachmann's poem "Böhmen liegt am Meer" in Libuše Moníková's essay - contextualization of the poem and analysis of the shift of motifs from the perspective of the migrant author 8. Volker Braun as a playwright in the context of GDR literature 9. Volker Braun and his drama "Böhmen am Meer" (1992) as a thematization and critique of the vision of utopian concepts 10. Comparison of the drama of W. Shakespeare and V. Braun (theme, conflict, resolution, form) 11. Böhmen am Meer as a motif in the poetry of Jiří Gruša (poetry collections "Der Babylonwald", "Wandersteine") 12. Comparison of the Czech and German versions of the poems "Böhmen am Meer" and "Bohemia by the Sea" by Jiří Gruša, taking into account the change of language (motifs, their shift, comparison of individual passages and interpretation of both versions) 13. Summary and conclusion
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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Already Schakespeare placed Bohemia on the shores of the sea in his drama "Winter Tales". The aim of the course will be to trace the development and significance of this literary topos in German-language literature after 1945 in the context of modern political changes and to discuss its transformations using specific literary works as examples.
The student is familiar with the basic texts reflecting the literary tops of Bohemia by the Sea and is able to interpret specific literary texts and this motif both in the cultural and historical context of a given work and in terms of the development of this motif in literature after 1945.
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Prerequisites
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none
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Active participation in seminars, consisting in the analysis and interpretation of works of primary literature, the reading of which is part of the home preparation for seminars, written seminar work
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Recommended literature
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Fried, E. Ich grenz noch an ein Wort und an ein andress Land. Über Ingeborg Bachmann-Erinnerung, einei Anmerkungen zu ihrem Gedich "Böhmen liegt am Meer" und ein Nachruf. 1983.
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Neubert, R. (Hg.). Liegt Böhmen am Meer? Ein literarisches Lesebuch. 2015.
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Schmitz, W./Teufel, A./Udolph, L./Walther, K. (Hg.). Böhmen am Meer. Literatur im Herzen Europas. 1997.
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Volker Braun in Perpective. German Monitor 58.
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