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| Unit name |
Czech Literature since 1958 |
| Unit code |
RUSS30041 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
H/6
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Chitnis |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
RUSS10015
|
| Co-requisites |
Advanced Czech Language or Practical Czech Language
|
| School/department |
Department of Russian |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Arts |
Description including Unit Aims
This unit explores Czech prose fiction, drama and verse written since the post-Stalinist Thaw. Students will be encouraged, with guidance to choose writers which reflect their own interests, though certain key writers, including Kundera and Hrabal, will normally be represented. The unit will feature works published under and after the fall of Communism, including imigri works, and will reflect in particular on the relationship between literature and politics and attempts to sever it, and on the apparent decline in the importance of literature in the post-Changes period.
Aims:
- To introduce students to a significant body of knowledge of a complexity appropriate to final year level. The content matter will normally include one or more of the following: literature; social, cultural or political history; linguistics; cultural studies; film, television or other media.
- To facilitate students’ engagement with a body of literature, including secondary literature, texts, including in non-print media, primary sources and ideas as a basis for their own analysis and development. Normally many or most of these sources will be in a language other than English and will enhance the development of their linguistic skills.
- To develop further skills of synthesis, analysis and independent research, building on the skills acquired in units at level I.
- To equip students with the skills to undertake postgraduate study in a relevant field.
Intended Learning Outcomes
Successful students will:
- be knowledgable about a significant cultural, historical or linguistic subject related to the language they are studying;
- will have advanced skills in the selection and synthesis of relevant material;
- be able to evaluate and analyse relevant material from a significant body of source materials, usually in a foreign language, at an advanced level;
- be able to respond to questions or problems by presenting their independent judgements in an appropriate style and at an advanced level of complexity;
- be able to transfer these skills to other working environments, including postgraduate study.
Teaching Information
Two seminar hours per week across one teaching block (22 contact hours).
Assessment Information
2000 word essay, 2 hour exam 50%/50%
Reading and References
Josef Škvorecký – Zbabělci Alena Vostrá – Vlažná vlna Milan Kundera – Žert Bohumil Hrabal – Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále Daniela Hodrová – Podobojí
