Literary Discourse in 20th Century Western Slavic Literatures

The course deals with the principal literary models in Czech, Slovak and Polish poetry and literary theory. It focuses on the texts of the national literary canon, their developmental stages, literary periods and specifics. The selected models are presented in the specific context of the literary-historical process in individual national literatures. On the basis of discussed theoretical chapters the tutorial focuses on the comprehensive analysis of the poetics of selected authors, e.g. the Slovak poet Miroslav Valko, or Nobel laureates, the Czech poet Jaroslav Seifert or the Polish poet Wisława Szymborska.