Course: Hermeneutics of Literary Texts

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Course title Hermeneutics of Literary Texts
Course code KSR/7HLT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
01. Historical development: representatives. 02. Friedrich Schleiermacher (hermeneutic circle). 03. Russian School of Formalists: Jurij Tynyanov, Boris Eichembaum, Roman Jakobson, M. Bakhtin. 04. New criticism. 05. Jan Mukařovsky. 06. 2nd half of the 20th century: Dilthey, Gadamer, Ingarden, Jung, Lévi-Strauss, Kristeva, Genette, Derrida, De Man, Barthes, Eagleton, Hirsche, Iser, Eco. 07. Issues and categories. 08. Author. 09. Narrator. 10. Text. Text as a sign. 11. Recipient.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 39 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 1 hour per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Hermeneutics as a theory of interpretation and understanding literary texts. Its basic terminology and concepts: language, communication with the fiction world. Specific issues of understanding an aesthetical situation. Literary hermeneutics as an interpretation of literary text: finding its meaning in the context of human behaviour. The discipline has two aims: to present the students with the theory of interpretation from the point of view of its historical development and to explain basic issues of literary text: author, text as a sign, recipient. Special attention is paid to the problem of narrator.
Knowledge of the development of hermeneutic thinking, theoretical knowledge of the concept of author, narrator, text, structure of sign, recipient.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of literary theory, orientation in literary text, knowledge of history of Russian literature of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Written exam

Attendance, max. 2 absences. Synopsis from the assigned reading Fulfilling the assigned tasks, active participation in discussion Seminary work on a selected topic (will be specified during the course)
Recommended literature
  • Na cestě ke smyslu. Praha: Torst. 2009..
  • Bílek, A. P. Hledání jazyka interpretace. Host. 2003..
  • Grondin, J. Úvod do hermeneutiky. Oikúmené. 1997..
  • Mathauser, Z. Estetika racionálního zření. Praha: Karolinum. 1999..
  • Mikulášek, M. (1196). Hledání "duše" díla v umění interpretace.. Ostrava.
  • Szondi, P. Úvod do literární hermeneutiky. Brno: Host. 2003..


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): Russian for translators (2016) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Ukrainian Philology (2012) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -