History of Czech Literature 2 Half of 20th Century I

Lectures focus on interpretations of literary tendencies, writers and individual important works of Czech literature from the 1930s/1940s to the end of the 1960s. These reflections are put in a large context of European literature and other types of art, namely Czech visual arts and film, philosophy, sociology and general history.

Each participant will receive an email 3-5 days before the start of the course with all important information.

Topics:

Periodisation as a way of interpretation

Czech literature prior to WWII (1938-39)

Literature and art in WWII

Politics and literature

Literature at times of the communist totalitarianism of the 1950s:

a) Czech poetry of the 1950s, the group Květen

b) Czech fiction of the 1950s

c) Exile literature of the 1950s

Czech literature of the 1960s:

a) Czech poetry of the 1960s

b) Czech fiction of the 1960s

c) Czech theatre of the 1950s and 1960s

Czech film in contact with literature

Mgr. Monika HOSNEDLOVÁ
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