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480058 VO Newer Czech Literature: An Overview (2025S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 48 - Slawistik
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Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 04.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2P-O1-27
  • Tuesday 11.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2P-O1-27
  • Tuesday 18.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2P-O1-27
  • Tuesday 25.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2P-O1-27
  • Tuesday 01.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2P-O1-27
  • Tuesday 08.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2P-O1-27
  • Tuesday 06.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2P-O1-27
  • Tuesday 13.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2P-O1-27
  • Tuesday 20.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2P-O1-27
  • Tuesday 27.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2P-O1-27
  • Tuesday 03.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2P-O1-27
  • Tuesday 10.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2P-O1-27
  • Tuesday 17.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2P-O1-27
  • Tuesday 24.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Slawistik UniCampus Hof 3 2P-O1-27

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The lecture offers an overview of more recent Czech literature from the Romantic period to the present day, which is analysed on the basis of trends, genres, literary groups and individual authors and works.Czech literature is also used to gain a general understanding of the literary and cultural development of the 19th and 20th centuries as well as the historical context.

Assessment and permitted materials

Attendance is not compulsory for the lecture; the assessment is based on two partial examinations, which can be taken in any order: I. Overview of knowledge (based on the transcript and secondary literature) and II. Knowledge and understanding of the text (based on the compulsory reading list).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Each of the two parts of the examination must be assessed positively; the overall grade is calculated from the mean value.

Examination topics

Examination part I: Czech literature of the 19th and 20th centuries in a historical context; trends, genres, literary groups, individual authors and works of modern Czech literature.
Examination part II: Compulsory reading: text knowledge, text comprehension, analysis and interpretation.

Reading list

Primary literature:
The compulsory reading list will be announced at the beginning of the lecture.
Secondary literature:
Jan Lehár, Alexandr Stich, Jaroslava Janácková and Jirí Holý, Ceská literatura od pocátku k dnesku, Praha 1998.
Panorama ceské literatury Vol. 1-2, ed. by Lubomír Machala, Olomouc 2015.
Dejiny ceské literatury 1945-1989, vols. 1-4, ed. by Pavel Janousek, Prague 2007-2008.
Walter Schamschula, Geschichte der tschechischen Literatur, vols. 2 and 3, Cologne - Weimar - Vienna 1996 and 2004.
Jirí Holý, Geschichte der tschechischen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna 2003.
Jirí Holý, Czech Literature 1945-2000. Tendencies, Authors, Materials, Wiesbaden 2011.

Association in the course directory

B-41-T, B-73, B-81, EC 2-2, EC 3-2

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