CJBC604 Theory of Mimesis

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Ondřej Sládek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:35 A32 stara
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The course offers description and analysis of modern literary-theoretical approaches dealing with the problems of depiction of reality within narrative, i.e. it considers the analysis of theoretical concepts of theme possibilities in the depiction of reality in literary production. It mainly presents terms as mimesis and diegesis, in a broader context it further explains the general aesthetic problems of the relation between depiction and mediated depiction, Wahrheit und Wirklichkeit (Auerbach, Scholes-Kellogg, Doležel, Genette, Gadamer, Deleuze). The research mostly concerns systematic and integrated theoretical concepts (Hamburgerová, Genette, Todorov, Ricoeur), yet the “classic” Antique Greek theories of mimesis are not left unnoticed (Plato, Aristotle), as well as phenomenological and structural-semiotic approaches (Mukařovský, Jakobson, Vodička, Eco). Special attention is paid to bringing the fiction to theme with the support of the concept of the possible world (Doležel, Pavel, M. L. Ryanová, Ronen, McHale, Parsons).
After finishing the course the students should be able:
understand both primary and secondary terms of mimetic theory;
to analyse the notion of mimesis in wider philosophical and aesthetic contexts;
to apply mimetic theory to the field of literary criticism.
Syllabus
  • (a) Problems of mimesis and fiction. The aim is to present elementary conceptions through historical outline and relating conceptions understanding mimesis as imitation, bringing to present, poiesis, etc.; (b) Attributes of fictional texts. K. Hamburgerová, F. Stanzel, discussion on their concepts and others trying to clearly describe the “fictionality” of narrative texts.; (c) Fictional Worlds. Analysis of the theory of fictional (possible) worlds – L. Doležel, R. Ronen, T. Pavel, M. L. Ryan, Walton, etc.
Literature
  • SEDLÁČEK, Marek. Eco, Umberto. Teorie sémiotiky (A Theory of Semiotics) (A Theory of Semiotics). (Translated by Marek Sedláček). 1st ed. Brno: JAMU, 2004, 410 pp. JAMU. ISBN 80-85429-99-3. info
  • ECO, Umberto and Ladislav NAGY. Meze interpretace. 1. české vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2004, 330 s. ISBN 9788024607405. info
  • DOLEŽEL, Lubomír. Heterocosmica. Fikce a možné světy (Heterocosmica. Fiction and Possible Worlds). Vydání české první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 2003, 311 pp. ISBN 80-246-0735-2. info
  • AUERBACH, Erich. Mimesis : zobrazení skutečnosti v západoevropských literaturách. Vyd. 2. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 479 s. ISBN 8020407383. info
  • GOODMAN, Nelson. Způsoby světa tvorby. Bratislava: Archa, 1996, 152 s. ISBN 80-7115-120-3. info
Teaching methods
seminar
Assessment methods
In order to be given credits the students are supposed to pass an oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Počet účastníků bude omezený.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Při nadlimitním počtu přihlášených studentů vybere vyučující účastníky na základě vědomostního testu nebo pohovoru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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