2.  connected with spread of Christianity
 literature basics were laid on the Great Moravia
 in 863 the brothers from Salonika Constantine and
Methodius came to Moravia
 they brought the Old Slavonic langauge and they
created the type Glagolitic, Cyrillic and later it was
the Cyrillic alphabet

3. Glagolitic
Constantine and
Methodius
Cyrillic

4. 1. Written in Old Slavonic language
 Proglas – it tells about human right to
education and mass in mother language
 The legend of Saint Wenceslaus –
celebration of the king
1. Written in Latin
 Czech Chronicle - written by Kosmas, the
first chronicle writer in our country
→ the first Czech chronicle written in Latin

5. Czech chronicle
Proglas

6. 1. Written in Czech language
 Saint Wenceslas, duke of the Czech
lands – war song
 Alexandreis – epos written for aristocracy
 Dalimil‘s chronicle – the first chronicle written
in Czech language, the author is unknown
Dalimil‘s chronicle
Alexandreis

7.  cultural life rises
 1349 - Charles University was founded
 Charles supported literature
 Vita Caroli – autobiography of Charles IV.
Vita Caroli

8. Legends:
 Life of saint Katherine - king's daughter
accepts Christianity and she‘s killed
 Legend of saint Prokop – about abbots life
Drama:
 About three Mary's – three women wants to
anoint Jesus body with fragrant ointment

9. St. Prokop St. Katherine

12.  This amazing man was poet and novelist.
 Representative of Czech romanticism.
 He studied grammar school, after studied justice.
 He loved theater. He has performed in theaters
Stavovské divadlo, Kajetánské divadlo.

13.  His the most famous book is May.
 May is about tragic love of two people.
 Author describes nature, memories and country.
May

15.  Date and place of birth: 9th January 1890, Small
Svatoňovice
 A typical characteristic of his works is to use a
huge vocabulary, the use of unusual words,
sentence elements for multiple trees and open
sentences.
 Capek could very well use the Czech language
and his peculiarities.

16.  His work is very broad, so for practical reasons, is
divided into two parts:
 section dealing with the inner life of man
 utopian part - here we classify the utopian novels
and dramas, in which he critical social problems
 Prose: The War with the Newts, Krakatit,
embarrassing stories, Calvary
 Date and place of death: 25th December 1938 ,
Prague
The War with the Newts
Calvary

17. His works:
 Dramas - R.U.R., White Plague, Mother
 Travelogues-Italian worksheets, English
worksheets
 For Children: Dasenka, or life baby, I had a dog
and a cat
R.U.R
White Plague

18. Mother Dasenka, or life baby

20.  Karel Jaromír Erben was born 7th November
1811 in Miletín and died 21st November 1870 in
Prague.
 He is main performer of the Czech Romantic
literature.
 He was writer, poet, historian, lawyer and
archivist.
 He translated books too and collected Czech folk
songs and fairy tales.
 After graduating from high school in Prague, he
studied philosophy and law.
 He deserved for a better knowledge of Czech
literature, especially folk literature.

21. His most famous work is Bouquets:
 It is a set of 13 ballads.
 Ballad is lyrical-epic poem with a grim, tragic story,
and end. There are supernatural beings here.
 The main thing is people's views on morality - for any
wrongdoing to morality comes a harsh punishment,
which rarely reduces some wrongdoers atonement.
 All the ballads have a female main character. Most are
mothers who somehow offend to their children,
despite the undoubted maternal loved them.
In the book there are separate beings, the effects of
the mysterious force, a force of nature.

22. K. J. Erben and his
Bouguet

24.  His occupation was painter, designer and
designer
 Date and place of birth: 24. 7.1860 Ivančice
 Date and place of death: 14. 7. 1939 Prague
Ivančice
Prague

25.  Alfons Mucha was a Czech painter and designer
of the Art Nouveau period.
 He became famous practically overnight due to
the theatrical poster Gismonda.
 His life's work is a series of large-format canvases
Slav Epic, where he worked for eighteen years.
Slav Epic

26.  He is the author of the first postage stamps and
banknotes of the independent Czechoslovak
Republic.
 His work includes interior design, tableware,
jewelry, but also the design window of the St.
Vitus (1931) in Prague.
The first postage stamps
Window of
the St. Vitus

28.  This film is comedy.
 Director of this film is known Zdeněk Troška.
Our famous director

29. Contents:
Residents of small village were invited to Italy
Residents are amazed culture of Italy. Their life
is very different. After arriving home they start
with a lot of changes. They strive to make their
lives will be better. Film is full of funny scenes
and jokes. 
Sun, Hay, Erotica

30. Main character - Helena Růžičková

31.  Cosy Dens is Czech comedy directed by Jan
Hrebejk from 1999.
 It takes place at the end of 60s of the 20 century.
Jan Hrebejk director of
the film

32.  The film is told from the perspective of a teenage
boy.
 Gentle poetics and humorous hyperbole is
characteristic for mosaic narrative parallel the
story of three generations in a particular period of
our history.
 Boy's father is a soldier, communist and he
doesn't understand his son.
 Their neighbor is a former soldier, choleric, he
hates communists and doesn't understand his
daughter too.
 The new generation has different ideals than the
previous generation.

33.  The film won three Czech awards for best leading
actor, poster and most successful Czech film.
Cosy Dens

35. One of the most famous Czech actors
 He was born on 9th October 1929 in Ivančice
 He studied Industrial school in Brno
 Between 1949-1953 he played in Village theatre
and after in E.F. Burian theatre
 He created more than one hundred film roles
 Vladimír Menšík was twice married and he had four
children
 He got a lot of film awards
 He suffered from asthma, but he lived his life fully
 V. Menšík died on 29th May in Brno

36. House of Vladimír Menšík in
Ivančice

37. Films in which he played:
 Limonade Joe
 White Lady
 Sir, you are a widow!
 How to drown Dr. Cloudlet
 Love between raindrops
 Cremator
How to drown Dr. Cloudlet
And many others...
Sir, you are a widow!