CJc512 Theory of Literature for Teachers

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Synchronous online teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. David Kroča, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Poláček, CSc.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
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
The course Theory of Literature for Teachers deals with the poetics of poetic, prose and dramatic texts. It shows participants in the Lifelong Learning Programme the different ways of interpreting a literary text, taking into account different methodologies.
Learning outcomes
Participants will be able to: interpret literary works and defend and support their views with literary scientific knowledge. The goal of the course is to assist program participants in learning the methods of literary scholarship and the principles of literary scholarship.
Syllabus
  • Block 1: Course concept and basic literature of the course. Methods of literary studies. Block 2: Composition: interpretive analyses of the prose text. Possibilities of interpretation of a prose text. Block 3: Interpretation of poems. Semantic modelling of the text. Block 4: Drama as a literary work. The main and secondary text of drama. Block 5: Methods of contemporary literary scholarship and interpretation. Literary currents, literary trends and interpretations.
Literature
  • KROČA, David. Česká problémová dramatika šedesátých let 20. století (Czech Problem Drama of the 1960s). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2019, 227 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-9540-3. info
  • BÍLEK, Petr A. Hledání jazyka interpretace :k modernímu prozaickému textu. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2003, 360 s. ISBN 80-7294-080-5. info
  • PETRŮ, Eduard. Úvod do studia literární vědy. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Rubico, 2000, 187 s. ISBN 80-85839-44-X. info
  • VELTRUSKÝ, Jiří. Drama jako básnické dílo. Edited by Ivo Osolsobě. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 1999, 168 s. ISBN 80-86055-60-4. info
  • KOŽMÍN, Zdeněk. Interpretace básní (2. přepracované vydání). Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1997, 186 pp. ISBN 80-210-1694-9. info
  • JANOUŠEK, Pavel. Studie o dramatu :drama jako literární fakt ; interní subjekt v dramatu ; Čapkova poetika dramatu a "nepovedené" konce jeho her ; geneze norem (poetika budovatelského dramatu). 1. vyd. Jinočany: H & H, 1993, 153 s. ISBN 80-85778-04-1. info
Teaching methods
Webinar (online in MS Teams).
Assessment methods
The course ends with an oral examination, which takes place in the building of the Faculty of Education of Masaryk University.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 10 hodin v semestru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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