CJC040 Theory of Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2002
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: -.
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Trávníček, M.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Trávníček, M.A.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Helena Bednářová
Timetable
Tue 16:40–17:25 V, Tue 17:30–18:15 V
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
there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Maping contemporary situation within literary theory and then following the history of hermeneutics, understood as one important way of thinking in literary theory.
Syllabus
  • 1. Literary theory today (poststructuralism and plurality of methods)
  • 2. The appearance of hermeneutics, the history of understanding
  • 3. Ancient Greek and Rome. Platos Ion
  • 4. Early Christianism (St. Paul)
  • 5. Scholasticism. St. Augustines Confessiones, Jewish and Islamic approach to explication and understanding in the Middle Ages
  • 6. Reformation
  • 7. F.D. Schleiermacher and the rise of atheological hermeneutics
  • 8. Nietzsches controversy over hermeneutics, his refusal of hermeneutical "veiling"
  • 9. Dilthey and the relationships between hermeneutics and history
  • 10. Heidegger and his radical attempt at placing understanding within ontology
  • 11. "explication de texte", "close reading", the school of immanent interpretation (Staiger: The Art of Interpretation)
  • 12. Gadamer: Truth and Method (the main theses)
  • 13. Ricoeur: the surplus of meaning, the boundaries of understanding
  • 14. Nitra school of literary interpretation and several Polish contributions
  • 15. The debate between Eco, Rorty, and Culler concerning the boundaries of meaning and horizons of undersanding
Literature
  • SKALICKÝ, Karel. Hermeneutika a její proměny. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ježek, 1997, 62 s. ISBN 80-85996-09-X. info
  • RICOEUR, Paul. Teória interpretácie: diskurz a prebytok významu. Bratislava: Archa, 1997, 135 s. ISBN 80-7115-101-7. info
  • GRONDIN, Jean. Úvod do hermeneutiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1997, 247 s. ISBN 80-86005-43-7. info
  • FIGAL, Günter. Hermeneutická svoboda. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 1994, 28 s. ISBN 80-7007-060-9. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Přednáška je vázána na dvousemestrový seminář Teorie literatury I a II, kurs je zakončen zkouškou.
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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