DVBA003 Textual Analysis I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:35 G01
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The seminar is an introduction to the work with language in a literary text. The objective is to acquire the skill of reading an imaginative text and basic knowledge in poetics and literary theory. The course is designed for first-year students.
Syllabus
  • Key words:
  • poetics
  • genre
  • character
  • story
  • plot
  • narrator
  • perspective/point of view
  • registers
  • intertextuality
  • parodic principle
  • narrative
  • metaphor
  • metonymy
  • synecdochy
  • poetic tropes and figures
  • indeterminacy
  • interpretive openness
  • reader interaction/reception
  • verse
  • line
  • rhyme
  • alliteration
  • assonance
  • metre
  • blank verse
  • alexandrine
  • caesura
  • enjambement/run-on line
  • critical reading
  • precritical reading
  • critical analysis
  • argumentation
Literature
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Poetika [Aristoteles, Orbis, 1964] : Dramatické principy Aristotelovy (Obsaž.). Translated by Julie Nováková. 6. vyd., v Orbisu 2. Praha: Orbis, 1964, 97 s. info
  • HRABÁK, Josef. Poetika. Druhé vydání. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1977, 361 stran. info
  • HRABÁK, Josef. Umíte číst poezii a prózu? 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1971, 190 s. URL info
  • ČERVENKA, Miroslav. Dějiny českého volného verše. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2001, 248 s. ISBN 80-7294-015-5. info
  • VELTRUSKÝ, Jiří. Drama jako básnické dílo. Edited by Ivo Osolsobě. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 1999, 168 s. ISBN 80-86055-60-4. info
  • MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Studie. Edited by Miroslav Červenka - Milan Jankovič. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2001, 598 s. ISBN 80-7294-000-7. info
  • MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Studie. Edited by Miroslav Červenka - Milan Jankovič. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2001, 598 s. ISBN 80-7294-002-3. info
  • MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Studie z poetiky. Edited by Hana Mukařovská. Vyd. v tomto uspoř. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1982, 906 s. URL info
  • JAKOBSON, Roman. Poetická funkce. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1995, 747 s. ISBN 80-85787-83-0. info
  • ČERVENKA, Miroslav. Na cestě ke smyslu : poetika literárního díla 20. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2005, 1051 s. ISBN 8072152440. info
Assessment methods
The course consists of a lecture series with seminar discussions of textual examples. The assessment is based on the final written test, consisting of two questions: one is theoretical (explaining and illustrating individual terms), the other is practical (critical analysis of the text provided).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010.
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