Course: Text and Context: Literature as Recource Source

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Course title Text and Context: Literature as Recource Source
Course code KZU/TLDM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course unspecified
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)
Course content
1) discussing theoretical approaches to a literary texts (structuralism, marxism, deconstruction, new historicism etc.) 2) analyzing the pre-selected masterpieces of the world literature in the broader social, political, cultural and religious context.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
Based upon the analysis of the text and context of the selected masterpieces of the world literature the seminar will highlight the variety of possible interpretations of a fiction as a historical source.
Students will acquire skills of the course according to sylabus
Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with the content of the key literary texts discussed in the seminar. The basic knowledge of literary theories.

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay

activity in the seminar reading of chosen texts essay
Recommended literature
  • Jan Horský. (2009). Dějepisectví mezi vědou a vyprávěním. Praha.
  • Stephen Greenblatt. (2007). Velký příběh neznámého muže. Praha.
  • Umberto Eco. (1997). Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Votobia Olomouc.
  • Wodak, R., & Krzyżanowski, M. Qualitative discourse analysis in the social sciences.


Study plans that include the course
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