Language and communication - historical development

Stylistic varieties of texts - style of Czech fiction

Vocabulary as a mirror of national, social, political, artistic and personal life

Specific role of Czech language in the life of Czech society and literature

Language and national identity

Reading and discussion of sample texts, selection from:

Hospodine, pomiluj ny (10^th c.)

Kosmas: Kronika česká (Chronica Boemorum, 12^th c.)

Svatý Václave (12^th-13^th c.)

Dalimilova kronika: Kníže Oldřich a Božena (14^th c.)

Podkoní a žák (14^th c.)

Jan Hus (1369-1415): Dopisy

Václav Hájek z Libočan: Kronika česká (1541)

Bible kralická (1579-1593)

Jan Ámos Komenský (1592-1670) - Labyrint světa a Ráj srdce

19^th century literature: K. H. Mácha, J. K. Tyl, K.J. Erben, K. H. Borovský, B. Němcová,

J. Neruda, A. Jirásek, J. Zeyer, J. V. Sládek, J. Vrchlický