Course: Literature science

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Course title Literature science
Course code KRF/91ALV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 15
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Voždová Marie, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Špička Jiří, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Nemrava Daniel, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The objective of this course is to develop the student's literary-theoretical awareness in relation to the methodological approach to the topic of his or her dissertation. The student is confronted with the theories of the most important literary schools: formalism, structuralism, semiology, receptive theory, sociology of literature, new criticism, phenomenology, etc., with the basic methods of comparation, gender studies, post-colonial discourse, culturology and aesthetics. T

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 100 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 80 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 150 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The objective of this course is to develop the student's literary-theoretical awareness in relation to the methodological approach to the topic of his or her dissertation.
- to develop the ability to discuss on a scholarly topic - to understand the European and world literary science - to improve the ability to apply the theoretical knowledge on an own literary corpus
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)

The student must actively take part in the lectures and seminars. The exam tests the knowledge in the scope of the lectures and a detailed knowledge of five important works of the literary science (of the student's choice, agreed by the teacher).
Recommended literature
  • Aristotelés. (1993). Poetika. Praha.
  • Auerbach, E. Mimesis. Zobrazení skutečnosti v západoevropských literaturách.Praha 1998.
  • Eco, U. Teorie sémiotiky. Praha: Argo 2009..
  • Genette, Gérard. (2007). Fikce a vyprávění. Brno, Praha.
  • Greimas, A. J. (1966). Sémantique structurale: recherche de méthode (ang. překlad: Structural Semantics. An Attempt at a Method. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press 1983.). Paris.
  • Spitzer. (2010). Stylistické studie z románských literatur. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Romance literature (12) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Romance literature (12) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -