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Lecturer(s)
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Bína Daniel, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. The initial meeting, information on the content of the course; the assigment of the presentations; 2. The opening lecture: the specifics of narrative form Herman, David. 2009. Basic Elements of Narrative. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. Pp. 1-23. 3. The evolutionary origin of narrative form Rosenberg, Alex. 2011. The Atheist s Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life without Illusions. New York: W. W. Norton. kap. 1. 4. Narrative as antropological invariable and intuitive form Bruner, Jerome. 1991. The Narrative Constuction of Reality. In Critical Inquiry. No 18. Pp. 1-22. 5. Narrative ? hermeneutics of narrative form Bruner, Jerome. 1991. The Narrative Constuction of Reality. In Critical Inquiry. No 18. Pp. 1-22. 6. The theory of mind. The Intentional conditions Dennet, Daniel. 1989. The Intentional Stance. Cambridge: The MIT Press. Pp. 43-81. Bering, Jesse. 2012. The Belief Instinct. The Psychology of Souls, Destiny, and The Meaning of Life. New York: W. W. Norton. Pp. 12-24. 7. Promiscuous teleology Kelemen, D. ? Rottman, J. ? Seston, R. 2012. ?Professional Physical Scientists Display Tenacious Teleological Tendencies: Purpose-Based Reasoning as a Cognitive Default.? In Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Kelemen, Deborah. 2004. ?Are Children ?Intuitive Theists?? Reasoning about Purpose and Design in Nature. In Psychological Science. Vol. 15. No. 5. Pp. 295-301. 8. Narrative construction of identity Gottschall, Jonathan. 2012. The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. kap. 8. 9. Narrative construction of subjectivity Foucault, M. 2003. Myšlení vnějšku. Praha: Herrmann & synové. Pp. 127-152. Foucault, Michel. 2009. Security, Territory, and Population. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. 186-208. 10. Narrative constructivism in social sciences Fay, Brian. 2002. Současná filosofie sociálních věd. Praha: SLON. Pp. 213-236.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The course deals with the narrative as a cognitive form and antropological invariable. The thinking about narrative and its particular characters comes from social psychology, cognitive science and analytical and continental philosophy. The aim of the course is to meet students with the basic characters of the narrativ as a distinctive kognitive form. Students gain the elementary awareness of struktural characters of narrative and will be familiarized with the cognitive aspects of using of this form. The second part of the course will focus on the factual usage of this form in the context of social relationships and culture in general.
- familiarity with the narrative as a cognitive form - ability to use the narrative form in the context of social relationships and culture in general
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Seminar Work
compulsory participation in seminars (2 absences at max.) active participation in the seminar discussions comprehensive knowledge of seminar readings for seminars Presentation of chosen topic.
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Recommended literature
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Bruner, Jerome. (1991). ?The Narrative Constuction of Reality.? In Critical Inquiry. No 18. Pp. 1-22..
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Gottschall, Jonathan. (2012). The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company..
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Herman, David. (2009). Basic Elements of Narrative. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell..
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