Daniel Pratt
Email: dpratt@uchicago.edu
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
The University of Chicago
1130 E. 59th St., Foster 406
Chicago, IL 60637
Current CV
Academic and Research Interests:
Czech Literature,
Polish Literature, Russian Literature, German Literature; Central
Europe Literature,
History, and Culture; Literary Theory, Aesthetics, History of Ideas, German Idealism, Bakhtin,
Nietzsche; Film, Media Theory; Slavic Linguistics, Spoken vs. Written Language and Philosophical
Implications
History, and Culture; Literary Theory, Aesthetics, History of Ideas, German Idealism, Bakhtin,
Nietzsche; Film, Media Theory; Slavic Linguistics, Spoken vs. Written Language and Philosophical
Implications
Current Research:
Bohumil Hrabal,
Hrabal's Dissidence or Resistence, Hrabal and National Consciousness;
Kafka's Trail
and the Form of the Parable; Dostoevsky's Underground Man and his Salvation; History of Czech Literature
and the Form of the Parable; Dostoevsky's Underground Man and his Salvation; History of Czech Literature
General Interests:
World Literature, especially "Modern", Pynchon, Post-Modern Literature,
History of Genres,
History
of Literary Forms, Epic Poetry, Drama; General Film Studies, World Film; Music, especially Opera,
Romantic, and Modern/Contemporary; Greek Philosophy, Plato, Pre-Socratics; National Identity,
Historical Problems with Nationities, Politics of National Identities.
Classes Taught:
Czech 101 (As Drill Instructor)
Czech 102 (As Instructor and Drill Instructor)
Czech 103 (As Drill Instructor)
Czech 201 (As Drill Instructor)
Modern Central European Novel (As TA and occasional Lecturer)
Languages:
Czech (Advanced), Russian (Advanced), Polish (Intermediate), German (Reading-Advanced,
Spoken-Intermediate), Latin (Intermediate), Old Church Slavonic (Intermediate)
of Literary Forms, Epic Poetry, Drama; General Film Studies, World Film; Music, especially Opera,
Romantic, and Modern/Contemporary; Greek Philosophy, Plato, Pre-Socratics; National Identity,
Historical Problems with Nationities, Politics of National Identities.
Classes Taught:
Czech 101 (As Drill Instructor)
Czech 102 (As Instructor and Drill Instructor)
Czech 103 (As Drill Instructor)
Czech 201 (As Drill Instructor)
Modern Central European Novel (As TA and occasional Lecturer)
Languages:
Czech (Advanced), Russian (Advanced), Polish (Intermediate), German (Reading-Advanced,
Spoken-Intermediate), Latin (Intermediate), Old Church Slavonic (Intermediate)
Last Updated: November 5, 2007