IM016 Proseminar IM II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Martin Flašar, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Petr Macek, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 9:10–10:45 N21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 150 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/150, only registered: 0/150
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students will acquire practical skills in academic writing. Students will cope with writing, editing and critical evaluating of the scientific essays. An important part of the course will be also an approach to the special publications and information sources. We encourage the students to keep the following procedure.
Syllabus
  • 1.Organization of the semester - entering all key texts. 2. The structure of the essay - may less be sometimes more? 3. Debate - Higgins: Intermedia 4. Polemic - definition, history - exercises in argumentation (thesis / antithesis etc.) 5. About methods (Descartes and his younger colleagues) 6. Debate - McLuhan: Gutenberg galaxy 7. Critical thinking - skepticism - irony 8. The quotations. Citation ethics - plagiarism - originality of thought 9. Debate - Heidegger: A Question Techniques 10. Citation standards - technical aspects 11. Various - A discussion about emerging essays 12. Debate - Baudrillard: Simulacra and Simulation (Chapter I. The Precession of Simulacra, p. 3-11)
Literature
  • ŠANDEROVÁ, Jadwiga and Alena MILTOVÁ. Jak číst a psát odborný text ve společenských vědách : několik zásad pro začátečníky. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2005, 209 stran. ISBN 9788086429403. info
  • ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
Teaching methods
Collective theoretical preparation: formal rules of academic writing (bibliographical norm, structure, correct argumentation and rationalization). Literature and other sources collection, structure of the essay. Students' presentations. Discussing key texts.
Assessment methods
The successful completion of the seminar requires sufficient attendance, submission of the essay until 30.6. and submission of a minimum of 3 summaries of compulsory texts always until the specific date of the proseminar: 1. Dick Higgins: Synesthesia and Intersenses: Intermedia. 2. Marshall McLuhan: the Gutenberg galaxy. 3. Martin Heidegger: The question of technology. 4. Jean Baudrillard: Simulacra and Simulation (pp. 3-11)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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