CJBC616 Jan Mukařovský

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. František A. Podhajský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
Thu 17:30–19:05 pracovna
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
The course will familiarize students with Jan Mukařovskýs esthetics and criticism as they developed througout his career from the early psychologism, through the formalist and structuralist stages, to the marxist-leninist finale.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to understand basic notions of Czech strukturalism;
to learn the history of Mukařovský's work;
to interpret his work independently
to locate structuralism in the broader context of literary theory.
Syllabus
  • 1. Survey of Jan Mukařovskýs life and oeuvre.
  • 2. Psychological beginnings (Otakar Zich).
  • 3. The Russian formalist inspiration.
  • 4. Linguistic sources (Saussure, Bűhler).
  • 5. Linguistic structuralism.
  • 6. Sociological sources (Durkheim, Vološinov).
  • 7. Sociological structuralism.
  • 8. Phenomenological sources (Husserl, Špet, Ingarden).
  • 9. Phenomenological structuralism.
  • 10. From structuralism to marxism?
  • 11. Mukařovskýs institutional agenda in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • 12. Mukařovský today.
Literature
  • Příspěvek k estetice českého verše (Praha: 1923)
  • O motorickém dění v poezii (Praha: 1985)
  • Básnická sémantika (Praha: 1995)
  • Kapitoly z české poetiky I-III (Praha: 1948)
  • Stranickost ve vědě a v umění (Praha: 1950)
  • Studie z estetiky (Praha: 1971)
  • Cestami poetiky a estetiky (Praha: 1971)
  • Studie z poetiky (Praha: 1982) (bibliografie!)
  • Studie I-II (Brno: 2000)
Teaching methods
seminar
Assessment methods
Credit will be given for final essay.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Při nadlimitním počtu přihlášených studentů vybere vyučující účastníky na základě vědomostního testu nebo pohovoru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Spring 2010.
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