FAVBPa14 B.A. seminar I: academic writing

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Luděk Havel, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Petr Szczepanik, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
FAVBPa14/A: Thu 19. 9. 9:10–12:25 C31, Thu 3. 10. 9:10–12:25 C31, Thu 17. 10. 9:10–12:25 C31, Thu 7. 11. 9:10–12:25 C31, Thu 5. 12. 9:10–12:25 C31, Z. Fišer
FAVBPa14/B: Thu 26. 9. 9:10–12:25 C31, Thu 10. 10. 9:10–12:25 C31, Thu 31. 10. 9:10–12:25 C31, Thu 21. 11. 9:10–12:25 C31, Thu 12. 12. 9:10–12:25 C31, Z. Fišer
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAVBPa13 B.A. pro-seminar II
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
Seminar that will attempt to develop students abilities in creating professional texts of different genres, especially final dissertations, studies and essays. This course is meant to be a cataloque of the methods and the techiques for succesive phases of the academic writing. It concerns in the creative as well as the technical and the organizational aspects of this work.
At the end of this course, students should be able:
to use correct methods and techniques in individual stages of academic writing;
to create definitions of terms of their subject field;
to understand different academic genres;
to interpret communicative function of different academic genres;
to create communicative texts of different academic genres.
Syllabus
  • Selection of exercises and techniques:
  • looking for a theme,
  • forming an assignment,
  • forming a hypotheses,
  • creating an outline,
  • planning the work,
  • the chronological axis,
  • rewording, shortening, cutting, methods of critical evaluation,
  • collective revision
  • work with the primary literature,
  • collecting and working with secondary literature,
  • principles of quoting,
  • fine art techniques in academic work.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Werder, von Lutz: Lehrbuch des wiseschaftlichen Schreibens. Schibri-Verlag Berlin, Milow 1993.
  • Náhradní obsah: Šanderová, Jadwiga: Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách: několik zásad pro začátečníky. 1. vyd. Praha: Sociol. naklad., 2005. ISBN 80-86429-40-7 .
  • KŘÍSTEK, Michal. Stylistika a stylizace odborného textu v rámci vysokoškolského studia (Stylistics and creating scholarly texts as a part of university curricula). Fišer, Z. (red.). In Tvůrčí psaní klíčová kompetence na vysoké škole. Brno: Doplněk, 2005, p. 144-147. ISBN 80-7239-182-8. info
  • FIŠER, Zbyněk. Tvůrčí psaní: malá učebnice technik tvůrčího psaní. (Creative Writing.). 1st ed. Brno: Paido. Edice pedagogické literatury., 2002, 164 pp. ISBN 80-85931-99-0. info
  • KAHN, Norma B. Jak efektivně studovat a pracovat s informacemi. Translated by Hana Kašparovská. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2001, 149 s. ISBN 80-7178-443-5. info
  • ČMEJRKOVÁ, Světla, František DANEŠ and Jindra SVĚTLÁ. Jak napsat odborný text. Vydání první. Praha: Leda, 1999, 255 stran. ISBN 8085927691. info
  • ŠESTÁK, Zdeněk. Jak psát a přednášet o vědě. Illustrated by Hana Kymrová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1999, 204 s. ISBN 8020007555. info
  • ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
    not specified
  • Náhradní obsah: Eliášová, Viera a kol. Na stope slovám. Príručka tvorivého písania pe učiteľov slovenského jazyka a literatúry. Bratislava: ŠPÚ; British Council Slovakia, 2007. ISBN 978-80-89225-35-4.
  • FIŠER, Zbyněk. O využití výtvarných činností při tvorbě odborného textu (About the Use of Art Activities in the Production of Acedemic Texts). In Tvůrčí psaní - klíčová kompetence na vysoké škole. 1st ed. Brno: Doplněk, 2005, p. 148-156. ISBN 80-7239-182-8. info
  • FIŠERA, Ivan. Tvůrčí potenciál podniku. Praha: Svoboda, 1990. ISBN 8020501444. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, teamworks, homeworks.
Assessment methods
Requirements for obtaining a credit: portfolio including work created in seminars, active participation in lessons. Portfolio has to be handed in before the end of January 2011, in electronic form.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Kurs je určen k absolvování ve 3. semestru studia.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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