DVT089 Psychosemiotics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Vladimír Chrz, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Margita Havlíčková
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 10:50–14:05 G03
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain different types of psychological interpretations of meaning production process; to interpret the artefact from the point of view of the meaning production process (as a "product of mind" or "product for mind").
Syllabus
  • 1)The meaning creation processes: What is interpretation? What do we do while we are interpreting?
  • 2)The forms of meaning creation: symbol, metaphor, metonymy, story, myth, genre, style, dialog, dramatic play
  • 3)Resources of meaning and the approaches that help us to understand them (archetypes, masked desires, cognitive schemas, social stereotypes, mythology, ideology – and approaches: psychology of archetypes, psychoanalysis, cognitive psychology, social constructivism, mythological criticism, ideological criticism
  • 4)Subjects of the meaning production process: dreams, biographical accounts, tales, jokes, images, advertising, video-clips, PC-games, political discussions, film, theatre etc.
Literature
    required literature
  • Chrz, Vladimír. 2011. Psychologie diskursu. Nepublikovaný text obsahující první část zadání seminární práce (bude poskytnut účastníkům kursu popřípadě vložen do systému)
  • Chrz, Vladimír. 2009. Co děláme, když interpretujeme. In Šucha, M., Charvát, M., Řehan, V. (Eds.), Kvalitativní přístup a metody ve vědách o člověku VIII. Vybrané aspekty teorie a praxe. Olomouc: VUP, 2009 s. 13 – 25. Přístupné na adrese: http://www.up
    recommended literature
  • RICOEUR, Paul. Teória interpretácie: diskurz a prebytok významu. Bratislava: Archa, 1997, 135 s. ISBN 80-7115-101-7. info
  • BORDWELL, David. Making meaning : inference and rhetoric in the interpretation of cinema. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1989, xvi, 334 s. ISBN 0-674-54336-X. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussions, homeworks
Assessment methods
seminar paper, oral exam (a/discussion, b/student's knowledge of the topic)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
General note: Kurz probíhá v rámci projektu č. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0044 Inovace uměnovědných studijních oborů na Filozofické fakultě MU, který je spolufinancován Evropským sociálním fondem a státním rozpočtem České republiky. Viz. www.phil.muni.cz/music/opvk.
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