CJBD07 Textology in Theory

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Vlastimil Válek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Vlastimil Válek, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Martina Sendlerová
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
Course objectives
The lecture will instruct on the development of textology from the 19th century onwards and also on the development of a codex for preparing critical and popular editions. It will try to learn the distinction between texts and to identify the authentic one. The stress will be laid on the interpretation of rules which modern textology operates with and on editor's work during preparations preceding the publishing of a text.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic characteristics of textology. Literature concerning the field of study and its evaluation. 2.-5. Brief account of the historical development in textology. The rules of editing work and their development. The main representatives and editions in history and in the present. The contemporary stage of research in textology. 6.-9. Text, text sources (their collecing, different types of sources, deciding on authorship). 10. The primal text and the ways of working with this text. The characteristics of authoritative text. Definitive text of an author, definitive text from the point of view of its genesis, functioning of a text in society. 11.-14. Different editions of a text: scientific edition, popular edition, edition ad usum delphini. The precise characteristics of scientific edition will be stressed.
Literature
  • VAŠÁK, Pavel. Textologie :teorie a ediční praxe. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1993, 235 s. ISBN 80-7066-638-2. info
  • Editor a text : úvod do praktické textologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1971, 178 s. info
  • NOVÁK, Arne. Kritika literární : metody a směry, zásady a prakse. Druhé vydání. Praha: F. Topič, 1925, 147 stran. URL info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Přednáška je zakončena kolokviem, k němuž je vyžadována znalost probrané látky a prostudování vybraných partií těchto publikací: Kritické ediční zásady pro vydávání novočeských autorů.Věstník ČAV 56, 1947, 64-68; Editor a text (red. Rudolf Havel a Břetislav Štorek), 1971; Pavel Vašák a kol., Textologie. Teorie a ediční praxe, 1993. Na přednášku navazuje v jarním semestru seminář Praktická textologie.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Na přednášku navazuje v letním semestru seminář Praktická textologie (CJBD08).
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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