The Canon of the Central European Literature

Timetable

Module aim (aims)

• interpersonal: critical abilities, interdisciplinary skills, ability to appreciate cultural diversity, ability to work in the individual and collective way, teamwork skills;
• instrumental: ability to analyze and synthesize, general knowledge, basic knowledge in the field of Central European literature, English writing and speaking skills, especially on the literary critical issues, information management skills (gaining and analyzing information and data from different sources), decision making skills;
• comprehensive: learning skills, individual work skills, research skills, creativity, understanding other cultures and habits.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Synchronous online classes - basic computer and MS Teams skills 

Basic knowledge about European culture and tradition, ability to formulate opinions and judgments on the subject of literature and culture (as well in writing as in oral presentation).

Syllabus

Presentation of Central European literature in chronological and typological terms; showing the most important writers and their work (e.g. F. Kafka, B. Schulz, R. Musil, D. Kiš, W. Gombrowicz, J. Hašek, B. Hrabal, M. Kundera, Cz. Miłosz. G. Konrád, P. Esterházy etc.).

Showing relations between Central European literature of 20th and 21st century and periods and trends in European literature, displaying identification and differentiation planes / fields.

The range, position and meaning of Central European literature in the context of Slavonic, European and world culture.

Presentation of discussed literary phenomena against the background of historical, political and social events; political and historical determinants of Central European literature.

Presentation of discussed literary phenomena in interdisciplinary context.

Discussion on the suggested literature in the light of critical studies.

Analysis and interpretation of texts representing the canon of Central European literature.

Presentation of the most important trends in Central European literature (genres, themes, motives).

Reading list

• „Kafka. Kwartalnik Środkowoeuropejski” (wybrane numery).
• Bakuła B., Historia i komparatystyka. Szkice o literaturze i kulturze Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej XX wieku, Poznań 2000.
• Bobrownicka M., Pogranicza w centrum Europy, Kraków 2003.
• Czyżewski K., Linia powrotu. Zapiski z pogranicza, Sejny 2008.
• Fiut A., Być (albo nie być) Środkowoeuropejczykiem, Kraków 1999.
• Hrabal, Kundera, Havel… Antologia czeskiego eseju, oprac. J. Baluch, Kraków 2001.
• Kardyni-Pelikánová K., Osobliwości środkowoeuropejskiej przestrzeni literackiej: ironiczni moraliści i ludyczni myśliciele, „Porównania” nr 8, 2011, s. 17–32.
• Kiss C.G., Lekcja Europy Środkowej, Kraków 2009.
• Kroutvor J., Europa Środkowa: anegdota i historia, w: Hrabal, Kundera, Havel… Antologia czeskiego eseju, oprac. J. Baluch, Kraków 2001.
• Miłosz Cz., Rodzinna Europa, Paryż 1959.
• Narodowy i ponadnarodowy model kultury. Europa Środkowa i Półwysep Bałkański, red. B. Zieliński, Poznań 2002.
• Problemy tożsamości kulturowej w krajach słowiańskich, t. 1, 2, 3, red. J. Goszczyńska, Warszawa 2003–2005.
• Zieliński B., Europa Środkowa, czyli Arkadia, Atlantyda i Jeruzalem, [w:] Narodowy i ponadnarodowy model kultury, red. B. Zieliński, Poznań 2002.