CZECH LITERATURE 1

The course is part of the curriculum and aims at understanding the history of Czech literature and culture, the theory of literary history and the analysis of literary text.


The aim of the course is to deepen the knowledge of cultural and literary production in the Czech language as well as of a literary and cultural investigation. The analysis of the text is inserted in the historical - cultural discourse both in a diachronic sense, that is as a history of literature, and synchronically, as a specific phenomenon within a pulsating cultural system. The achievement of these objectives allows the student to enrich his literary and cultural education both in analytical and synthetic terms.

1. Knowledge and understanding
● Know the basic linguistic terminology and understand the texts that make it
use.
● To know literary production and its interaction with the different spheres of culture.
● To know the theory of analysis of the literary text in its linguistic, literary and cultural components.

2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
● (Know the basic linguistic terminology and understand the texts that make it
use.) Knowing how to properly use linguistic terminology in all processes
application and communication of acquired knowledge.
● (Knowing the literary production and its interaction with the different spheres of culture.) Knowing how to relate the analysis of the specific text with contemporary and coherent critical production in addition to the mechanisms for using the text
● (To know the tools of analysis of the literary text in its linguistic, literary, cultural components.) To be able to apply the analysis tools and the literary production as a whole to the single specific text.

4. Communication skills
● Know how to communicate the specificities of literary reflection, using one
appropriate terminology.
● Knowing how to interact with peers and with the tutor, in a critical and respectful manner, in the presence and
on the virtual classroom forum.
5. Learning skills
.
● Knowing how to critically consult the reference texts and the bibliography in them
contained.

Basic knowledge (A2) of the Czech language is required in order to follow the analysis of literary texts.

The aim of the course is to provide a general picture of romanticism in Czech literature by tackling the 19th century Czech literary production, especially that of the 20s-30s and 40s.
Particular attention will be given to the figure of K. H. Mácha. The literary production of K. H. Mácha will be related to the cultural-literary reflection both in diachronic and synchronic terms. The very concept of romanticism, European and Czech, will also be investigated, as well as the changes that this underwent in the history of Czech literature.
Literary production will be included in a wider cultural discourse closely linked to the social and political changes that characterize the period examined, in particular the national question and the formation of a linguistic cultural space as a key reference for the national identity (České národní obrození).

The final exam consists of an oral interview on the contents of the module and on the final dissertation of the course.

Non-attending students are required to contact the teacher for the assignment of a specific topic related to the program to be presented during the exam

The course consists of lectures and seminars during which students will have to make an oral presentation on a specific topic (text, author, critic) assigned based on the study of critical materials and then discussed in the classroom. Students must also present a final dissertation on a topic assigned in the classroom to be discussed during the oral examination.

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Non-attending students are required to contact the teacher for the assignment of a specific topic related to the program to be presented during the exam

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