Course: Theoretical Approaches to Literature

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Course title Theoretical Approaches to Literature
Course code KFI/TLHN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Blahutková Daniela, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kastnerová Martina, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction into subject field 2. From poetics, aesthetics and hermeneutics to theories of literature 3. Positivism, marxism, new historicism 4. Russian formalism, czech structuralism 5. Phenomenology and psychoanalysis 6. Reader oriented approaches 7. Theory of fiction worlds 8. Naratology 9. Mukařovský's approach 10. Three readings of Kafka (The Judgment)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Discussion, Group discussion
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 26 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 26 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe the basic stages of the development of world literature
to explain the use of basic concepts from literature theory
to describe the fundamental events of world and especially European history
Skills
to analyze and interpret professional text in Czech and English
to process knowledge from a professional text into a comprehensive presentation
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterize areas of literature theory
to explain the use of literary terminology
Skills
to compare and analyze the approaches of major literary schools to issues of literature, literary work, the relationship author - text - reader
to implement an interpretive reading of a literary text
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar
Seminar classes
Self-study of literature
Discussion
Lecture
Skills
Lecture with visual aids
Seminar
Competences
Seminar
Discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Seminar work
Skills
Combined exam
Seminar work
Competences
Combined exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Bílek, Petr A. Hledání jazyka interpretace : k modernímu prozaickému textu. Brno : Host, 2003. ISBN 80-7294-080-5.
  • Culler, Jonathan. Krátký úvod do literární teorie. Brno : Host, 2002. ISBN 80-7294-070-8.
  • Doležel, Lubomír. Heterocosmica : fikce a možné světy. Vyd. 1. Praha : Karolinum, 2003. ISBN 80-246-0735-2.
  • Eagleton, Terry. Úvod do literární teorie. Vyd. 1. Praha : Triáda, 2005. ISBN 80-86138-72-0.
  • Eco, Umberto. Lector in fabula : Role čtenáře, aneb, Interpretační kooperace v narativních textech. Vyd. 1. Praha : Academia, 2010. ISBN 978-80-200-1828-1.
  • Haman, Aleš; Holý, Jiří; Papoušek, Vladimír. Kritické úvahy o západní literární teorii. Praha: ARSCI, 2006. ISBN 80-86078-58-2.
  • Haman, Aleš. Kontexty a konfrontace. Praha : ARSCI, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7420-005-2.
  • Iser, Wolfgang. Teorie literatury. Aktuální perspektiva. Praha : Ústav pro českou literaturu, 2004. ISBN 80-85778-40-8.
  • Jahraus, Oliver; Neuhaus, Stefan. Kafkas ´Urteil´ und die Literaturtheorie. Stuttgart : Reclam, 2002.
  • Morgenroth, Claas. Literaturtheorie. Eine Einführung. Paderborn : Wilhelm Fink, 2016. ISBN 978-3-8252-4169-8.
  • Nünning, Ansgar; Trávníček, Jiří; Holý, Jiří. Lexikon teorie literatury a kultury : koncepce, osobnosti, základní pojmy. Brno : Host, 2006. ISBN 80-7294-170-4.


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