NOI_03 Inroductory Course to Norwegian Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021

The course is not taught in Autumn 2021

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Budňák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jan Budňák, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Miluše Juříčková, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
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
Lecture and seminar are devoted to introduction to literary theory and to Scandinavian literatures. Apart from main problems and most important concepts in the field of literary theory (especially prosody and genres) attention is concentrated on specific features of Scandinavian literatures with the aim to demonstrate practically some general rules.
Learning outcomes
Student is competent to identify basis overview over methods in literature study, especially literature history.
Syllabus
  • Literary history and literary criticism.
  • Periodization.
  • Main prosodic systems and theory of verse.
  • Development of genres.
  • Some aspects of translatology.
  • Most important tendencies in the history of Scandinavian literatures.
  • General rules and concepts demonstrated on analyses of some representative works of modern Scandinavian literatures.
Literature
  • Jensen, Johan Fjord: Nykritikken, Oslo 1965.
  • M.Humpál – H.Kadečková – V.Parente-Čapková: Moderní skandinávské literatury 1870-2000. Praha. 2006.
  • WELLEK, René and Austin WARREN. Teorie literatury. Olomouc: Votobia. 555 s. ISBN 80-7198-150-8. 1996. info
  • STEBLIN-KAMENSKIJ, Ivan Michajlovič. Svět islandských ság. Translated by Jiří Munzar. Vydání první. Praha: Vyšehrad. 155 stran. 1975. URL info
  • WELLEK, René and Austin WARREN. Theory of literature [Wellek, 1963]. 3rd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. 374 s. ISBN 0-14-017219-X. 1963. info
Teaching methods
The seminar is based on methods of presentation, analysis and synthesis of knowledge.
Assessment methods
Written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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