Course: Central Europe as a Literary Area

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Course title Central Europe as a Literary Area
Course code KFL/SEAN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech, German
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Čada Michal, Doc. PaedDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Literary/cultural society. Centre vs. periphery, multilingualism,types of genetic-contact relations and typological connections. German literature society and German/Austrian-Slavonic relations. Prague German literature as intercultural society of metropolitan type. Central European Slavonic literatures and their heterogeneity from the linguistic, literary and cultural-historical view. Regional literature/culture and considerable multicultural regions in Central Europe. Some specifics of artistic, philosophic and political relation in Central Europe. Sociolinguistic situation in Central Europe.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Lecture, Seminar
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 12 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 52 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to enumerate and briefly describe the main Central European cultural and literary centers
to enumerate the main personalities of Central European culture with a focus on literature and briefly characterize their contribution
to explain the basic terms of Central European culture
to describe and characterize the main milestones of cultural (literary) development in the Central Europe
to identify the main cultural and linguistic contacts in Central Europe
Skills
to summarize a scientific text dealing with the issues of Central European culture, literature or society
to discuss social, cultural and literary topics in the context of Central Europe
to discuss the image of culture and literature in the Central European in contemporary media
to express their own opinion on a literary text, a work of art and support it with arguments based on expertise
to identify and express in their own words the main idea of a scientific, journalistic or artistic text
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
to describe in context the main features of the literary situation in Central Europe
to describe in context the main features of changes in the cultural situation in Central Europe
to explain the main terms in the field of literary science and cultural studies that relate to the issue of the Central European literary - cultural area
to characterize Slavic-German / Austrian relations in Central Europe
to characterize Prague German literature as an intercultural community of the metropolitan type
to describe significant multicultural regions in Central Europe
Skills
to apply the acquired terminology in the field of literary science and cultural studies
to identify the heterogeneity of Central European Slavic and German-language literatures from the linguistic, literary and cultural-historical perspective on the exemples of texts
to analyze literary texts in the context of the sociolinguistic situation in Central Europe
to identify the specifics of the relationship of artistic culture, philosophy and politics in Central Europe in the texts
to identify regional specificities of literatures / cultures when analyzing texts
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Seminar
Self-study of literature
Skills
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Discussion
Competences
Discussion
Lecture
Seminar classes
assessment methods
Knowledge
Seminar work
Combined exam
Skills
Combined exam
Seminar work
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Combined exam
Recommended literature
  • Bok, Václav a kol. Slovník spisovatelů německého jazyka a spisovatelů lužickosrbských. Praha, 1987.
  • Lutz, Bernd. Metzler Autoren Lexikon : deutschsprachige Dichter und Schriftsteller vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. 2., überarbeitete und erw. Aufl. Stuttgart ; Metzler, 1994. ISBN 3-476-00912-2.
  • Menclová, Věra; Svozil, Bohumil; Vaněk, Václav. Slovník českých spisovatelů. 1. vyd. Praha : Libri, 2000. ISBN 80-7277-007-1.
  • Mikula, Valér. Slovník slovenských spisovatelů. 1. vyd. Praha : Libri, 1999. ISBN 80-85983-57-5.
  • Pospíšil, Ivo (ed.). Areál - sociální vědy - filologie. Brno, 2002. ISBN 80-210-2835-1.
  • Štěpán, Ludvík. Slovník polských spisovatelů. 1. vyd. Praha : Libri, 2000. ISBN 80-7277-005-5.


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