CJBC625 The Methods of Text Interpretation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. Alexander Wöll (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc. (deputy)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
Mon 17:30–19:05 pracovna, Tue 17:30–19:05 pracovna, Wed 17:30–19:05 pracovna, Thu 17:30–19:05 pracovna, Fri 17:30–19:05 pracovna
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This class is devoted to the interpretation of texts. This time we will focus on central theories of interpretation, and not in first line on concrete texts. In the ends students should understand what are Russian Formalism, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Post-Colonial Studies, and Gender Studies. We will focus on Czech, Russian, and Polish literature. Prose and lyric from Puškin, Mickiewicz, Erben till prose of Turgenev, Przybyszewski, Neruda till Białoszewski, Petruševskaja, and Kundera. We will focus on the specific problems of aesthetics and nation in Czech literature in comparison to other Slavonic literatures, and to world literature of that time. We’ll ask how the Czech situation will differ from theoretical positions in East and West.
Syllabus
  • The firs part consists of a theoretical introduction to the theories of literature and culture. The following topics will be centered around literary artworks, such as: Aleksandr Puškin: Exegi monumentum • Adam Mickiewicz: Świtezianka • Karel Erben: Kytice • Ivan Turgenev: Klara Milič. Posle smrti. • Stanisław Przybyszewski: Moi współcześni • Jan Neruda: Povídky malostranské • Miron Białoszewski: Opowiadanie Albertynka •Ljudmila Petruševskaja: Priključenie v kosmičeskom korolevstve • Milan Kundera: Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí
Literature
    recommended literature
  • PYNSENT, Robert B. Ďáblové, ženy a národ : výbor úvah o české literatuře. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2008, 643 s. ISBN 9788024613635. info
  • VOJVODÍK, Josef. Imagines corporis : tělo v české moderně a avantgardě. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2006, 464 s. ISBN 807294181X. info
  • Positionen der Literaturwissenschaft : acht Modellaanalysen am Beispiel von Kleists "Das Erdbeben in Chili". Edited by D. E. Wellbery. München: C.H. Beck, 1998, 194 s. ISBN 3406305229. info
Teaching methods
Methods of presentation, application,interpretation and discussion are used in the seminar. Students present their knowledge and skills in oral and written form.
Assessment methods
The students choose a topic for their final essay, write the essay and send to the teacher in order to be given the credits.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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