Course: Textual Theory

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Course title Textual Theory
Course code KZU/TTM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
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
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Foretová Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Text theory (theories) as a discipline and as a field. Definition of the text as the object inquiry. The borders of the text. Similar terms: discourse and "komunikát". Main approaches to the text. Text theory and similar disciplines (text linguistics, text semiotics, rhetorics, stylistics, literary science). 2. Key term of text theory. The autor, the text and the recipient of the text. Reception and the interpretation of the text.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The Text Theory as broadly conceived is an interdisciplinary field, including work in linguistics, literary theory, communication theory and other fields. Thus the primary goal of the course is to provide graduate students in linguistics, rhetoric and composition, sociology, and other language arts fields with a basic theoretical and methodological foundation for the study and analysis of the text.
Students acquire basic knowledge about fundamental topics of text theory. Students acquire a set of key terms and analytical approaches to text (hermeneutics, discourse analysis, etc.).
Prerequisites
The knowledge of basic terms from linguistics, media and cultural studies.

Assessment methods and criteria
Didactic Test

Recommended literature
  • Auer, P., & Nekvapil, J. (2014). Jazyková interakce. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny.
  • Bauer, M. W. - Gaskell, G. Qualitative researching with text, image and sound. London 2000.
  • ECO, Umberto. (2004). Meze interpretace.. Praha : Karolinum.
  • Hájek, M. (2014). Čtenář a stroj: vybrané metody sociálněvědní analýzy textů. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON).
  • Hirschová, M. (2013). Pragmatika v češtině. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Hoffmannová, J. (1997). Stylistika a--: současná situace stylistiky. Praha: Trizonia.
  • Kuckartz, U., & McWhertor, A. Qualitative text analysis: a guide to methods, practice & using software.
  • Macurová, A. ? Mareš, P. Text a komunikace. Jazyk v literárním díle a filmu. Praha 1992.
  • McQuail, D., & Antonínová, H. (2009). Úvod do teorie masové komunikace. Praha: Portál.
  • Müller, R. ? Šebek, J. (Eds.). (2014). Texty v oběhu. Antologie z kulturně materialistického myšlení o literatuře. Praha: Academia.
  • Müller, R., & Šidák, P. (2012). Slovník novější literární teorie: glosář pojmů. Praha: Academia.
  • Sedláková, R. (2014). Výzkum médií: nejužívanější metody a techniky. Praha: Grada.
  • Wodak, R., & Krzyżanowski, M. Qualitative discourse analysis in the social sciences.


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