CWL003 Introduction to Narratology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022

The course is not taught in Spring 2022

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Bohumil Fořt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Bohumil Fořt, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Bohumil Fořt, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Bohumil Fořt, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
No prerequisites.
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 main aim of the course is to introduce to the students the basic terms, concepts and strategies of modern theory of narration, its significant developmental phases, its interdisciplinary connections. The secondary aim of the course is to offer to the students specific theological and methodological means for a detailed analysis of fictional and factual narratives.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course the students will be able to: - understand basal narratological terms and approaches; - detects major developmental stages and trends on narrative theory; - critically compare particular attitudes towards narration and its theory; - view narratives in a multimedia perspective; - analyse particular narratives and their parts.
Syllabus
  • Poetics and narrative theory • Rhetorics and narrative theory • Formalists approaches to narrrartive • Narrative theory and the Prague School • French sources of narratology • French structuralist narratology • Poststructuralist narratology • Postclassical narratology • Cognitive narratology • Aesthetic illusion • Unnatural Narratology • Fictional worlds theory • Theatre and film narration
Literature
    required literature
  • Handbook of narratology. Edited by Peter Hèuhn. New York: Walter de Gruyter Berlin, 2009, vii, 468 p. ISBN 9783110189476. info
  • PRINCE, Gerald. A dictionary of narratology. Rev. ed. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003, xi, 126. ISBN 0803287763. URL info
    recommended literature
  • Unnatural narratives--unnatural narratology. Edited by Jan Alber - Rèudiger Heinze. Boston: De Gruyter, 2011, vi, 273 p. ISBN 9783110229042. info
  • SCHMID, Wolf. Narratology : an introduction. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2010, xii, 258. ISBN 9783110226317. info
  • Postclassical narratology : approaches and analyses. Edited by Jan Alber - Monika Fludernik. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2010, vii, 323. ISBN 9780814292419. info
  • FLUDERNIK, Monika. An introduction to narratology. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2009, x, 190. ISBN 9780203882887. info
  • A companion to narrative theory. Edited by Peter J. Rabinowitz - James Phelan. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2005, xvi, 571. ISBN 1405114762. info
  • Narrative theory and the cognitive sciences. Edited by David Herman. Stanford, California: CSLI Publications, Center for the Study of Language and Information, 2003, xi, 363. ISBN 1575864673. info
  • CURRIE, Mark. Postmodern narrative theory. Houndmills: Palgrave, 1998, viii, 169. ISBN 0333687795. info
  • Narratology : an introduction. Edited by José Ángel García Landa - Susana Onega. 1st pub. London: Longman, 1996, xii, 324. ISBN 0582255430. info
  • FLUDERNIK, Monika. Towards a "natural" narratology. First published. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 1996, xvi, 454. ISBN 0415124824. info
  • BAL, Mieke. Narratology. Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press, 1985. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars.
Assessment methods
Written test of the basic terms consisting of ten questions, of which 60% must be answered correctly in order the student to pass.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
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