Course: Polish Post-war Culture 2

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Course title Polish Post-war Culture 2
Course code KSO/7PK2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Polish
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
1. The new wave in Europe (France and Czechoslovakia) and in Poland: St. Barańczak and other poets 2. S. Mrożek's Polish drama of the absurd in relation to the tradition of E. Ionesco and S. Beckett 3. Polish sci-fi and fantasy literature: St. Lem and A. Sapkowski 4. Literature of the fact - the Polish school of journalist report: Szczygieł, Jagielski, and Tochmnan 5. Production of the "old masters" at the turn of the millenium: Miłosz, Herbert, Różewicz, and Szymborska 6. bruLion generation: poetry 7. bruLion generation: prose, Stasiuk and Gretkowska 8. Literature of the "small fatherlands": Tokarczuk's "Prawiek?" and Stasiuka's "Opowieści galicyjskie" 9. The most recent Polish prose: M. Witkowski, S. Chutnik 10. The most recent Polish prose: O. Tokarczuk and D. Masłowska 11. The most recent Polish poerty: Tkaczyszyn Dycki, A. Sosnowski 12. Revision

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 15 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 60 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 15 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The objective of the visualised lecture is to make the students familiar with the most important trends in the cultural development after 1945. The lessons focuse of reflection of basic features of the most prominent authors in the field of literature, music, art and film.
In relation to the basic specialised language knowledge and competences already acquired, the student will acquire more specialised knowledge and competences in literary science and history, namely factual knowledge of the era after 1945. The student will gradually improve their ability to understand the reported literary content.
Prerequisites
A good knowledge of the Polish language and basic knowledge of the Polish culture.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

To regularly attend the lectures (80 %, i.e. a maximum of 2 absences per semestre), fulfillment of all the partial tasks on an ongoing basis. Knowledge of all the texts from the compulsory reading list.
Recommended literature
  • (2003). Kalendarium życia literackiego 1976-2000. Kraków.
  • (2010). Literatura polska 1989-2009. Przewodnik, red. P. Marecki. Kraków.
  • (1992). Słownik literatury polskiej XX wieku. Wrocław.
  • (2011). Třiatřicet. Mladá česká, německá, polská, slovenská a ukrajinská próza. Olomouc.
  • Burkot St. (2006). Literatura polska po 1939 roku. Warszawa.
  • Drewnowski T. (2004). Próba scalenia. Kraków.
  • J. Klejnocki, J.Sosnowski. (1996). Chwilowe zawieszenie broni. Warszawa.
  • Kowalczyk M., Poslední P. (2008). Jákobův žebřík. Polská literatura v letech 1945-1969. Červený Kostelec.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Polish for translators (2016) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -