CJC040 Theory of Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: -.
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Trávníček, M.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Trávníček, M.A.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Martina Sendlerová
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
First: introducing the current situation in the field of theory of literature (poststructuralism, crisis of the "grand" understanding of literary theory, hermeneutics as the last possible universal "language" in the field); the history of hermeneutics from Ancient Greek and Rome until today with a more detailed look at some crucial texts.
Syllabus
  • The lectures will be structured as chronological history of hermeneutics and around those themes:
  • 1. Literary theory of today
  • 2. Ancient Greek and Rome. Platos Ion
  • 3. Scholasticism. St. Augustines Confessiones
  • 4. Jewish and Islamic approach to explication and understanding in the Middle Ages
  • 5. Reformation and pietism
  • 6. F.D. Schleiermacher and the rise of atheological hermeneutics
  • 7. Nietzsches controversy over hermeneutics; explication de texte
  • 8. The end of thre 19th century: Dilthey
  • 9. Hermeneutic aspects of the work of Heidegger
  • 10. Controversy between K. Barth and R. Bultmann over the possibility and validity of biblical exegesis
  • 11. The school of immanent interpretation (Staiger: The Art of Interpretation)
  • 12. Gadamer: Truth and Method
  • 13. Nitra school of literary interpretation and several Polish contributions
  • 14. Paul Ricoeur and his method of three steps in interpretation
  • 15. The debate between Eco and Rorty (Culler) concerning the sense of interpretation
  • 16. Sontags essay "Against Interpretation"
  • 17. Deconstruction
Literature
  • KOŽMÍN, Zdeněk. Interpretace básní. Vyd. 2., přeprac. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 186 s. ISBN 8021016949. info
  • GRONDIN, Jean. Úvod do hermeneutiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1997, 247 s. ISBN 80-86005-43-7. info
  • GADAMER, Hans-Georg. Hermeneutik I. Wahrheit und Methode. 6. vyd. Tubingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1990, 494 s. ISBN 3-16-145613-0. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Přednáška je vázána na dvousemestrový seminář Teorie literatury I a II, kurs je zakončen zkouškou.
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 Spring 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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