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Lecturer(s)
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Jičínská Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction: Literature and film, text and visual medium 2. Representing the Shoah (Rothberg/Levi), representing trauma (Bond/Craps) 3. Representing the Shoah: Arnošt Lustig, Tma nemá stín (1958) [Finsternis wirft keine Schatten] (1997) 4. Jan Němec, Démanty noci (1964) 5. Trauma and collective identity: Jurek Becker, Jakob der Lügner (1969) 6. Frank Beyer, Jakob der Lügner (1974) 7. Memory and Nostalgia: Ota Pavel, Smrt krásných srnců (1964); Der Tod der schönen Rehböcke (2008)/ Karel Kachyňa, Smrt krásných srnců (1986) 8. Historical Reflections: Bernhard Schlink, Der Vorleser (1995)/ Stephen Daldry, Der Vorleser/The Reader (2008) 9. The Reader: reception and controversy 10.-11.Final discussion: Trauma and history (Caruth)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to familiarise students with selected films or literary works and their film adaptations dealing with the theme of World War II and trauma. The course has an intercultural and intermedia focus: Czech (Lustig) and German (Becker, Schlink) texts from the 1950s to 1990s are discussed, taking into account representation of the Shoah and historical trauma in literature and film, and different cultural identities and historical positions. Students will also gain insight into theoretical approaches to trauma as an individual, cultural, and historical phenomenon, which - together with memory, cultural memory and collective identity - is the subject of contemporary trauma studies.
The student - understands the basic concepts of intermediality and intertextuality - understands the concepts of cultural identity - understands the concepts of trauma in the context of cultural memory and identity
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Prerequisites
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none
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
To receive credit - active participation in class discussions - the student knows the discussed texts and films - in-class presentation - short final paper
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Recommended literature
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