What our neighbors read? The review of Lithuanian literature 3020-CSC-OG

During the course, we will discuss the major processes in contemporary Lithuanian literature, using poetry and prose translated into Polish as examples. Through the works of the most significant Lithuanian authors of the second half of the 20th century and early 21st century (prose: Kondrotas, Parulskis, Ivanauskaitė, Radvilavičiūtė, Gavelis, Ivaškevičius, Kunčius, Šlepikas; poetry: Geda, Vaičiūnaitė, Martinaitis, Miliauskaitė, Platelis, Kajokas, Jonynas, Parulskis, Marčėnas, Grajauskas), we will analyze various trends and phenomena in Lithuanian literature of the past half-century, as well as observe how literary texts and writers' attitudes can reflect socio-historical processes.

Course Topics:
1. Introduction to contemporary Lithuanian literature
2. Saulius Tomas Kondrotas – selected short stories
3. Sigitas Geda and Judita Vaičiūnaitė – selected poems
4. Marcelijus Martinaitis – selected poems
5. Sigitas Parulskis – “Trzy sekundy nieba”
6. Jurga Ivanauskaitė – “Czarownica i deszcz”
7. Giedra Radvilavičiūtė – “Dzisiaj śpię od ściany”
8. Ričardas Gavelis – “Wileński poker”
9. Nijolė Miliauskaitė, Antanas A. Jonynas, Donaldas Kajokas, Kornelijus Platelis – selected poems
10. Herkus Kunčius – “Litwin w Wilnie”
11. Aidas Marčėnas, Sigitas Parulskis, Gintaras Grajauskas – selected poems
12. Alvidas Šlepikas “Mam na imię Marytė”
13. Marius Ivaškevičius – excerpts from selected works
14. Student presentations on selected topics
15. Student presentations on selected topics and a summary of the course

Course coordinators

Term 2024L:

Alicja Kitlasz
Joanna Tabor-Książyk

Term 2025L:

Zofia Mitan-Gawryszewska
Joanna Tabor-Książyk

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom

Learning outcomes

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.

Assessment criteria

Evaluation of active participation in class, presentation of a selected author or work.

Student is entitled to 2 absences per semester, each subsequent absence should be credited in a manner agreed with the instructor.

Bibliography

Prose
Ričardas Gavelis – „Wileński poker”
Jurga Ivanauskaitė – „Czarownica i deszcz“
Marius Ivaškevičius – selected fragments of literary works
Saulius Tomas Kondrotas – selected short stories
Herkus Kunčius – „Litwin w Wilnie"
Sigitas Parulskis – „Trzy sekundy nieba”
Giedra Radvilavičiūtė – "Dzisiaj śpię od ściany"
Alvidas Šlepikas „Mam na imię Marytė”
Poetry (selected poems)
Sigitas Geda
Gintaras Grajauskas
Antanas A. Jonynas
Donaldas Kajokas
Aidas Marčėnas
Marcelijus Martinaitis
Nijolė Miliauskaitė
Sigitas Parulskis
Kornelijus Platelis
Judita Vaičiūnaitė

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
„Dzieje literatury litewskiej, tom II", Algis Kalėda, Warszawa 2003

Additional information

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes: