Children's Literature 2

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
205XLDM2 ZK 2 10S Czech summer

Subject guarantor

Jaroslav PROVAZNÍK, Gabriela ZELENÁ SITTOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s)

Jaroslav PROVAZNÍK, Gabriela ZELENÁ SITTOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit

  1. A good bearing in the basic range and issues of literary theory for children and youth.
  2. Development of the skill to interpret a literary work for children and youth, its structure and a good bearing in all its layers.
  3. Recognize the value of a literary work and its potential which it offers to a creative instructor in working with children and youth.
  4. Opening the path to a good bearing in types of literature and genre variants important, particularly for literature for children and youth.

Mode of study

Readings, discussion, writings analysis, creative writing.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

  1. Ability to notice various elements and value of an artistic writing.
  2. Systematic monitoring of modern literature, particularly for children.
  3. Ability and skills to analyse and interpret an artistic work, recognize its basic layers and media.
  4. Creativity.

Course contents

This course provides the students with and good bearing in the basic genre areas of literature for children and youth and acquaints them with key figures and works. Based on the interpretation of an artistic writing, the students are acquainted with those specifics which lie in literature for children and youth, covering issues of function in relation to creating for children and youth, intentional and unintentional reading by children and youth and the relationship between literature for children and mladez and drama training.

Recommended or required reading

BENEŠ, Bohuslav. Česká lidová slovesnost: Výbor pro současného čtenáře. Praha: Odeon, 1990. 370 s. Ed. Lidové umění slovesné. ISBN 80-207-0181-8.

BRUKNER, Josef; FILIP, Jiří. Poetický slovník. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1997. 368 s. ISBN 80-204-0650-6.

HAMAN, Aleš. Úvod do studia literatury a interpretace díla. Praha: H & H, 1999. 180 s. ISBN 80-86022-57-9 .

HRABÁK, Josef. Úvod do teorie verše. 4., rozš. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1970. 260 s.

CHALOUPKA, Otakar; NEZKUSIL, Vladimír. Vybrané kapitoly z teorie dětské literatury I. Praha: Albatros, 1973. 116 s.

--. 1976. Vybrané kapitoly z teorie dětské literatury II. Praha: Albatros. 132 s.

--. 1979. Vybrané kapitoly z teorie dětské literatury III. Praha: Albatros. 152 s.

NEZKUSIL, Vladimír. Nástin didaktiky literární výchovy (čtyřletá gymnázia a vyšší třídy víceletých gymnázií) : z praxe pro praxi. Praha : UK-PedF, 2004. 168 s. ISBN 80-7290-160-5.

NÜNNING, Ansgar (ed.). Lexikon teorie literatury a kultury: koncepce, osobnosti, základní pojmy. Přel. Aleš Urválek a Zuzana Adamová. Brno: Host, 2006. 912 s. Přel. z: Metzler Lexikon Liteatur- und Kulturtheorie. Ansätze - Personen - Grundbegriffe [2001]. ISBN 80-7294-170-4.

PROPP, Vladimir Jakovlevič. Morfologie pohádky a jiné studie. Přel. Miroslav Červenka, Marcela Pittermannová a Hana Šmahelová. Praha: H & H, 1999. 364 s. ISBN 80-86022-16-1.

SIROVÁTKA, Oldřich. Česká pohádka a pověst v lidové tradici a dětské literatuře. Praha: Ústav pro etnografii a folkloristiku AV ČR, 1998. 184 s. ISBN 80-85010-06-2.

ŠMAHELOVÁ, Hana. Návraty a proměny: Literární adaptace lidových pohádek. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Albatros, 1989. 240 s.

URBANOVÁ, Svatava. Meandry a metamorfózy dětské literatury. Olomouc: Votobia, 2003. 368 s. ISBN 80-7198-548-1

VODIČKA, Felix aj. Svět literatury I. Praha : SPN, 1967. 224 s.

Assessment methods and criteria

Credit is awarded based on:

During the semester, independent reading and participation in discussions and class are required.

Conditions for successful completion of the course: Class participation, completion of the course paper.

Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:

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Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:

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The subject is a part of the following study plans