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Lecturer(s)
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Pechman Michael, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Jews in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. Jewish identities; religious uniqueness and holidays. Example: Norberta Frýd's Hedvábné starosti Jewish languages, Jewish literature in the Czech lands. Examples of Hebrew and Yiddish literature: the Jewish Czech and its stylized form in Czech literature. Examples: Zpráva o pogromu v Praze (1389) by Avigdora Kara and tchine, resp. historická píseň o morové ráně z 80. let 17. století by Toybe Pan, Naše obec by Jiří Kraus Autostereotypes and heterostereotypes of the Jew in Czech language and Czech literature. The concept of anti-Semitism, anti-Judaism, etc. Examples: Hora Olivetská by Jaroslav Hašek, František Langer a Josef Mach and Válka s mloky by Karel Čapek Literary representations of village and Prague Jews. Examples: stories about Modche and Rezi by Vojtěch Rakous in comparison with his non-humoristic text; Povídky ze Svrabové čtvrti. Zmizelý svět židovské Prahy by František R. Kraus Different conceptions of Judaism in the interwar period. Examples: Filatelistické povídky by František Langer and Devět bran by Jiří Mordechaj Langer Prose and private texts by Karel Poláček with regard to the Jewish Czech. Examples: Muži v off sidu, Židovské anekdoty; korespondence, Deník z roku 1943 The cultural phenomenon of the Terezín ghetto; literary texts by so-called amateurs and children and youth. Literature on the Shoah now and here. Example: I viděl Bůh, že je to špatné by Otto Weis; poem "Motýl" by Pavel Friedmann; Vedem and Petr Ginz, poems by children and youth Literature on the Shoah ex post published just after the war as testimony, as an attempt to overcome the trauma of the survivor and the bystander. Examples: Ohlédnutí z veliké dálky by Michal Flach; poems by Pavel Fischl; Očitý svědek (Deník z roku 1949), Prometheova játra a poem "1944" from the collection Černá lyra all by Jiří Kolář From Socialist Realism to Confessed Judaism. Comparison with texts by Jiří Weil, Arnošt Lustig or Ota Pavel. Examples: Meč archandělů, Krabice živých, Lahvová pošta by Norbert Frýd; short stories from collection Vajíčko by Ludvík Aškenázy The position of the by-stander in poetry and prose: Koncert na ostrově by Jaroslav Seifert, selected poems by Karel Křepelka; Sedmiramenný svícen by Josef Škvorecký Literature after 1989. The Possibilities of Thematizing the Shoah.The New Jewish Literary Identity after 2010. Modern Jewish detective stories and fairy tales. Examples.: Sidra Noach by Jan David Novotný; Darda by Irena Dousková; selected poems by Radek Malý; Na šábes se nevraždí by Petr Eidler; Malý pan Talisman by Chaim Cigan (by Karol Sidon)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 27 hours per semester
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| Student by měl být schopen orientovat se v české literatuře 20. století, a to včetně základních historických a lietrárněhistorických souvislostech. |
| The student is able to orientate himself/herself in the subject of Czech literature of the 20th and 21st centuries. The student knows the basic historical and literary periods and turning points. |
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| The student is able to analyse fiction texts on the basis of knowledge of literary terminology. The student is also able to read professional texts in English and can independently use basic literary reference books in paper and electronic form. |
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| recognizes the problem, clarifies its essence, divides it into parts |
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| The student will gain knowledge about Czech literature of the 20th century with regard to the various forms of jewishness that occur in it. Furthermore, the student will be able to perceive the symptomatic features associated with Jewish identity, heterostereotypes and autostereotypes of Jewish characters and, last but not least, he will have an overview of the topic of the Shoah in Czech literature. |
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| The student can independently orientate himself/herself in Czech literature related to Jewishness and to analyze particular texts appropriately. The student is able to see its various forms in a historical and cultural context. |
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| they use their professional knowledge, professional skills and general competence in at least one foreign language |
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| Seminar |
| The student will demonstrate a good orientation in selected works of Czech Jewish literature, including an understanding of the historical context. The student will be able to analyze individual works and compare them with each other. There is no comprehension without reading. |
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| Seminar work |
| The student will demonstrate his/her ability to understand the problems of Jewish literature in Bohemia and Moravia. In this context, he/she will analyze the specific topic or motif he/she has chosen for the seminar paper. |
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| Continuous assessment |
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Recommended literature
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Balík, Štěpán. Jidiš v židovském etnolektu a moderní židovská literární identita v Čechách. Praha. 2015.
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Čapková, Kateřina. Češi, Němci, Židé? : národní identita Židů v Čechách : 1918 až 1938. 2., přeprac. vyd. Praha ; Paseka, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7432-294-5.
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Donath, Oskar. Židé a židovství v české literatuře 19. a 20. století. Díl II, Od Jaroslava Vrchlického do doby přítomné. Brno. 1930.
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Holý, Jiří. Cizí i blízcí : Židé, literatura, kultura v českých zemích ve 20. století. 2016. ISBN 978-80-7470-125-2.
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Pěkný, Tomáš. Historie Židů : v Čechách a na Moravě. Praha : Sefer, 2001. ISBN 80-85924-33-1.
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