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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Possibilities of literary history in relation to the study of poetics. Aesthetic value from the literary historian's point of view. The novel as an ever-changing genre - a preliminary definition 2. Jaroslav Durych: Bloudění 3. Josef Čapek: Stín kapradiny 4. Vladislav Vančura: Markéta Lazarová 5. Karel Čapek: Hordubal 6. Jaroslav Havlíček: Neviditelný 7. Egon Hostovský: Všeobecné spiknutí 8. Ladislav Fuks: Pan Theodor Mundstock 9. Josef Jedlička: Kde život náš je v půli se svou poutí 10. Bohumil Hrabal: Příliš hlučná samota 11. Milan Kundera: Nesmrtelnost 12. Michal Ajvaz: Druhé město 13. The novel as a source of knowledge in the development of literature and society? Characteristics of fictionality
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course is oriented on the historical development of the czech novel genre. It re-constructs the way of transformation of the poetical means by which the novel builds an "picture of the World" as well as the specific novel´s message. An importan part of this course is leaded by the comparation with contemporary situation of the novel in the connection with others european´s (or non-european) cultures.
The course will provide a basic overview of the processes in literature, art, philosophy and culture that formed czech novel in the first and second half of 20th century.
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Prerequisites
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ability of critical thinking, basic knowledge of tools of literary history and literary theory
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Active attendance Writing an essay Reading
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Recommended literature
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Bachtin, Michail M. (1980). Román jako dialog. Praha.
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Broch, Herman. (2009). Román - mýtus - kýč. Praha.
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Černý, Václav. (1969). Studie a eseje z moderní světové literatury. Praha.
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Girard, René. (1998). Lež romantismu a pravda románu. Praha.
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Grebeníčková, Růžena. (1995). Literatura a fiktivní světy. Praha.
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Hodrová, Daniela. (1989). Hledání románu: kapitoly z historie a typologie žánru. Praha.
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Kundera, Milan. Zneuznávané dědictví Cervantesovo, Atlantis, Brno 2005.
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Lukács, Georg. (1967). Teorie románu. In Metafyzika tragédie. Praha.
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McKeon, Michael (ed.). (2000). Theory of the Novel. A Historical Approach. London.
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Robbe-Grillet, Alain. (1970). Za nový román. Praha.
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