OJX406 the Prague centre of functional structuralism

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 5 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Hoskovec, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Tomáš Hoskovec, CSc.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 9:10–10:45 pracovna
Prerequisites
A fair experience in methodological reflection is required.
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
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Course objectives
Case study of grasping a large and complex domain of history of scientific ideas. Details are given in the annotation published among studying materials.
Syllabus
  • 1. Structuralism as a scientific attitude; the semiological nature of European structuralism; notions of "foyer (centre), "school" a "forum" 2. Semiological peculiarity of the Prague centre or functional structuralism 3. Phonology 4. Language system 5. Language culture 6. Encompassing philology
Literature
    recommended literature
  • HOSKOVEC, Tomáš. Jiří Veltruský (1919-1994). A journey through life with semiotics. In Veltruský Jiří. An approach to the semiotics of theatre. Brno: Ústav divadelních studií FF MU & Pražský lingvistický kroužek, 2012, p. 206-229. Travaux du Cercle linguistique de Prague, n.s. 6. ISBN 978-80-210-5909-2. info
  • HOSKOVEC, Tomáš. La linguistique textuelle et le programme de philologie englobante (Text linguistics and the programme of encompassing philology). Verbum. Nancy: Presses universitaires de Nancy, 2012, roč. 22, č. 2, p. 193-218. ISSN 0182-5887. info
  • HOSKOVEC, Tomáš. La perspective fonctionnelle de la phrase dans une perspective historico-philologique du foyer pragois de structuralisme fonctionnel (Functional sentence perspective in a historical perspective of the Prague centre of functional structuralism). Écho des études romanes. České Budějovice: Université de Boheme du Sud, 2012, roč. 8, č. 1, p. 7-25. ISSN 1801-0865. info
  • HOSKOVEC, Tomáš. Synchronie et diachronie au centre et a[accent grave] la périphérie du foyer pragoi de structuralisme fonctionnel (Synchrony and diachrony in the centre and on the periphery of Prague functional structuralism). Cahiers Ferdinand de Saussure. Genève: Droz, 2011, Neuveden, č. 64, p. 49-72. ISSN 0068-516X. info
  • EHLERS, Klaas-Hinrich. Strukturalismus in der deutschen Sprachwissenschaft : die Rezeption der Prager Schule zwischen 1926 und 1945. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2005, xii, 594. ISBN 3110182645. info
  • Praguianasome basic and less known aspects of the Prague Linguistic School. Edited by Josef Vachek - Libuše Dušková. Philadelphia: J.Benjamins, 1983, xxxi, 321. ISBN 9789027280398. info
  • VACHEK, Josef. The linguistic school of Prague : an introduction to its theory and practice. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1966, 184 s. info
  • VACHEK, Josef and Josef DUBSKÝ. Dictionnaire de linguistique de l'école de Prague. Utrecht: Spectrum éditeurs, 1960, 103 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, text analysis.
Assessment methods
Attestation of presence; exam: written analysis of a theoretical text.
Language of instruction
French
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
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