AJ24063 Gender and the Semiotics of Narrative Forms

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2000
Extent and Intensity
0/10/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ferenc Zselyi, Ph.D. (lecturer), Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course investigates the intervention of gender in the construction of narrative forms: gender is conceptualized as a poetic/rhetoric generator of the traditional forms of storytelling. It intervenes in storytelling right after the story - gender makes the plotting and the plot itself: so in this paradigm gender is taken as a discursive formation of narratives - like a secondary narrator, or an implied author. At the same time, we shall check the role of gender in narrativ-ity, generally - whether narrativity depends on gender/gendering or, on the contrary, gender blocks the freedom of telling stories. Basic "classic" texts of narrative theory and gender criticism provide the theoretical scope: Booth's idea of the "implied author", Norman Hol-land's DEFT theory, Peter Brooks' "Reading for the Plot", Sedgwick's "closeting" and Adrienne Rich's "compulsory plot". I also borrow concepts from radical theory (homographe-sis, continuum), psychoanalysis (the ego's psychic economy) and syntactic theory (binding and government). The conclusion of the seminar will provide a model in which students can conceptualize the "routine" through which we write/read/live in stories that are, at the same time, processed for and against us by gender. The unanswerable question remains: for whose sake do we do this. References and examples will be provided from the novels by E. M. Forster, A Room with a View, by Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming-Pool Library, from the short story by Sid Chaplin: "Tom Patrick", from the film by Milos Forman, Amadeus, from contemporary dance theatre and from miscellania, indcluding gym-room regulation, adver-tisements, jokes.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Intensive Course: October 16 - 27, 2000.
Credit evaluation note: 2 původní kredity.
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