NI04_04 Contemporary literary theory

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Veronika Horáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marta Kostelecká, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Marta Kostelecká, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Marta Kostelecká, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course extends the students' knowledge about literary terms and theories. The manual Het leven van teksten. Een inleiding in de literatuurwetenschap by Kiene Brillenburg Wurth en Ann Rigney (ed.) is studied in a synthetic and comprehensible way and serves as a basis for the classes. Every class deals with a specific topic, from an orientational delimitation of the field of research to literature and literary theory as a colonial and postcolonial discourse (see overview). The students acquire profound knowledge of the (Dutch/Flemish) literary field and the most important approaches in literary theory and are provided with methodological frameworks they can use for further research (e.g. the Master thesis). They are encouraged to reflect upon problems in contemporary literary research and to specialize in a field of their preference.
Learning outcomes
Students will broaden their knowledge of literary-language terms and will learn the knowledge of literary beliefs Nl and B.
Syllabus
  • The subject
  • The versatility of literature
  • Texts and intertextuality
  • Intermedial poetics
  • Stories
  • The reader in the text
  • Real readers
  • Meaning and interpretation
  • Texts and sociocultural context
  • Between high and low
  • Literature as colonial and postcolonial discours
Literature
  • Kiene Brillenburg Wurth en Ann Rigney (red.), Het leven van teksten. Een inleiding in de literatuurwetenschap, Amsterdam, 2006.
Teaching methods
A combination of lecture and seminar (two hours per week); within the class a combination of teacher-led activities and student-centered learning activities will be employed. Every week, students read a chapter from the manual, which is discussed in the class.
Assessment methods
Seminars on a weekly basis (two hours a week) Evaluation: - regular assignments - a written credit test at the end of the course, consisting of a general part (about the theory) and an individual part (about a topic in the field of literary theory each student chooses individually)
Language of instruction
Dutch
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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