Syllabus
Seminar program and interpreted texts as model examples
1) Opening lesson · Lecture (introduction to the History of Czech Lit. 2nd half of the 20th century) · Recommended literature and reading list for the exam · Analyzes of selected texts
2) Czech literature in the second half of the 1940s and 1950s · Josef Škvorecký: Zbabělce · Václav Řezáč: Nástup · Poezie všedního dne (Jiří Šotola, Josef Brukner, Miroslav Holub, Miroslav Florian etc.)
3) Czech literature in the 1960s · František Hrubín: Romance pro křídlovku · Václav Havel: Vyrozumění · Milan Kundera: Žert
4) Czech literature in the 70s to 90s · Bohumil Hrabal: Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále · Jaroslav Seifert: Býti básníkem · Jáchym Topol: Anděl
Annotation
Learning outcomes of the course unit The course enables to understand the basic developmental and thematic processes in the Czech literature of the twentieth century. It is based on the principle of synchronous slices on a diachronous background.
It is not a matter of traditional creation of chronological units, which attempt to cover within a limited period of time various processes and areas of literature development, but it is the creation of thematically focused units that follow basic topics or basic functions that influenced and influence the Czech literature. However, they create basic developmental lines that vary in different historical contexts throughout the twentieth century and thus create a long-term specificity of Czech literature in the context of world literature.
The course is not focused on textocentric literary history, but shows literature as part of specific cultural and social models (cultural fields or cultural maps) that influenced the form of Czech art and Czech thought in the twentieth century. The aim of the course is to enable students to understand permanent or long-term processes in the history of literature, but also in the history of Czech society, which are a vital part of our current experience with national culture.
The basic unit becomes the cultural model, its principles students should understand, which will serve not only literary works, but also examples of other types of art. Students should thus get an idea of a more complex structure of art (ie they will not perceive literature as a separate area) and at the same time they should acquire knowledge of the processes that have shaped and shaped the current world (literary, cultural and social). expression in literature or through literature.
Through this course, the history of literature will become a specific instrument of knowledge that leads to national and individual self-reflection.