What our neighbors read? The review of Lithuanian literature

general courses

Classroom

The class will focus on contemporary Lithuanian literature in Polish translations.

During the course, main processes that occur in contemporary Lithuanian literature are discussed, on the example of Lithuanian poetry and prose translated into Polish. Works of uppermost Lithuanian authors of the 2nd half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century (Gavelis, Kondrotas, Kunčinas, Parulskis, Ivaškevičius, Šerelytė, Kunčius, Sabaliauskaitė, Radvilavičiūtė – prose; Geda, Bložė, Martinaitis, Marcinkevičius, Platelis, Kajokas, Jonynas, Parulskis, Grajauskas – poetry; and others) shall serve as examples of various tendencies phenomena present in te Lithuanian literature of past four decades.

Prose

Saulius Tomas Kondrotas – short stories

Jurgis Kunčinas – „Tula”

Ričardas Gavelis – „Wspomnienia młodego człowieka”, „Wileński poker”

Sigitas Parulskis – „Trzy sekundy nieba”

Herkus Kunčius – „Litwin w Wilnie

Renata Šerelytė – „Gwiazdy epoki lodowcowej”

Marius Ivaškevičius – „Historia z chmury”

Kristina Sabaliauskaitė – "Silva rerum"

Giedrė Radvilavičiūtė – "Dzisiaj śpię od ściany"

Poetry

Vytautas Bložė, Justinas Marcinkevičius, Marcelijus Martinaitis, Judita Vaičiūnaitė, Sigitas Geda, Nijolė Miliauskaitė, Vladas Braziūnas, Donaldas Kajokas, Kornelijus Platelis, Antanas A. Jonynas, Aidas Marčėnas, Sigitas Parulskis, Gintaras Grajauskas (selected poems)

Auxiliary literature

„Literatura na świecie” 2005, 402-403 – issue devoted to Lithuania

„Sen Mendoga. Antologia literatury litewskiej lat dziewięćdziesiątych”, ed. Alicja Rybałko, Warszawa 2001

„Zranieni przez czas. Współczesna literatura litewska”, ed. Donata Mitaitė, Jūratė Sprindytė, Warszawa 2011

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Knowledge:

– student has knowledge about recent literary tendencies;

– student can identify main contemporary Lithuanian writers and is able to characterise their work;

Abilities:

– analyses literary text on his/her own;

– is able to select and use subject literature.

Attitudes:

– understands the role of literature as an area of culture which reflects historical processes and social phenomena.

Attendance check (the student is entitled to 2 absences per semester, each subsequent absence should be credited in a manner agreed with the instructor) and evaluation of active participation in class. Presentation of a selected author or work.