Course: German Literature and culture from Bohemia

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Course title German Literature and culture from Bohemia
Course code KFL/NLC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
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
Multicultural situation in Czech countries. Old German literature and cultures in Czech countries. Birth of German and Czech nationalism. Situation of German and German-Jewish ethnics in Czech countries. Prague German literature and culture vs. literature and culture in Sudetenland. Prague German cultural enclave and Czech culture. Prague German culture in European context. Other centers of German culture in Czech Republic. Moravian authors writing in German and culture of Moravian Germans. Silesian as an important multicultural region and culture of Silesian Germans. German-Jewish and Czech-Jewish authors in Czech countries: confrontation of different cultural contexts.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 39 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
B2 level according to CEFR for languages (German) is required.
learning outcomes
Students will learn to recognize specifics of regions of German speaking area in the Czech Republic, they will be also introduced to problems of Czech-German relations. Students will understand basic features of changes in German culture in the Czech Republic with emphasis put on relations to Czech surroundings.
teaching methods
Lecture
Seminar
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Slovník spisovatelů německého jazyka a spisovatelů lužickosrbských. 1. vyd. Praha : Odeon, 1987.
  • Kneidl, Pravoslav. Pražská léta německých a rakouských spisovatelů. 1. vyd. Praha : Pražská edice, 1997. ISBN 80-901509-3-4.
  • Kosatík, Pavel. Menší knížka o německých spisovatelích z Čech a Moravy. Vyd. 1. Praha : Nakladatelství Franze Kafky, 2001. ISBN 80-85844-79-6.
  • Zettl E. Deutschland in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Ismaning, 1993.


Study plans that include the course
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