RTDS18 Literary Genre Studies

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
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
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain that Genre Studies (Genology) or the science of literary kinds and genres is considered as a specific part of theory of literature; interpret its roots going back to the ancient world, although the genology as an independent discipline of literary criticism emerged only at the 30th of the 20th century;work with information on the journal Zagadnienia rodzajów literackich founded in Polish Łódź at the end of 50th of 20th centure and has been describing development and changes of various literary genres already fifty years;work with research of the Department of Slavonic Studies (Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University) oriented genologically, its results are being presented in the periodical Litteraria Humanitas; learn of the most important publications in this field and submit a chapter in their doctoral thesis, where the study of that discipline will be used to its treatment.
Syllabus
  • 1. Genology as a theoretical and historical discipline
  • 2. The formation of genology as an independent scientific discipline
  • 3. Lyric poetry, specificity of lyric genres and their historical transformations
  • 4. Epic poetry and its historical transformations
  • 5. Variety of genres of dramatic literature
  • 6. The principle of diffusion of different genres
  • 7. Enrichment of literary genres by other kinds of art (collage, symphony etc.)
  • 8. Sketh, short story, novella
  • 9. Novel and its transformations
  • 10. Genres and mass media
  • 11. Specification on the genre, which is an objekt of graduant student’s research
  • 12. Application to student’s own research
Literature
  • MOCNÁ, Dagmar and Josef PETERKA. Encyklopedie literárních žánrů. 1. vyd. Litomyšl: Paseka, 2004, 699 s. ISBN 807185669X. info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo, Jiří GAZDA and Jan HOLZER. Integrovaná žánrová typologie (Komparativní genologie). Projekt - metodologie - terminologie - struktura oboru - studie. (Integrated Genre Typology). 1. vydání. Brno: Vydavatelství MU, 1999, 182 pp. ISBN 80-210-2192-6. info
  • GAZDA, Jiří. Lingvistické aspekty integrované typologie textů (The Linguistic Aspects of the Integrated Typology of Texts). In Integrovaná žánrová typologie (Komparativní genologie). Projekt - metodologie - terminologie - struktura oboru - studie. 1. vydání. Brno: Vydavatelství MU, 1999, p. 42-72. ISBN 80-210-2192-6. info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo, Jiří GAZDA and Jan HOLZER. Literárněvědné základy integrované žánrové typologie: genologie (The Literary Basis of the Integrated Genre Typology). In Integrovaná žánrová typologie (Komparativní genologie). Projekt - metodologie - terminologie - struktura oboru - studie. 1. vydání. Brno: Vydavatelství MU, 1999, p. 14-41. 1. ISBN 80-210-2192-6. info
  • HOLZER, Jan. Příspěvek české politické vědy ke komparativní genologii (Comparative genology). In Integrovaná žánrová typologie. 1st ed. Brno: FF MU, 1999, p. 140-147. 1. ISBN 80-210-2192-6. info
  • GAZDA, Jiří. Publicistický text jako indikátor i nástroj transformačních procesů ve východní a střední Evropě. (The Text of Political Writings as an Indicator and the Means of Transformational Processes in Eastern and Central Europe). In Integrovaná žánrová typologie (Komparativní genologie). Projekt - metodologie - terminologie - struktura oboru - studie. 1. vydání. Brno: Vydavatelství MU, 1999, p. 133-139. ISBN 80-210-2192-6. info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo, Jiří GAZDA and Jan HOLZER. The Danger of Loneliness: the New. In Integrovaná žánrová typologie (Komparativní genologie). Projekt - metodologie - terminologie - struktura oboru - studie. 1. vydání. Brno: Vydavatelství MU, 1999, p. 171-178. 1. ISBN 80-210-2192-6. info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo, Jiří GAZDA and Jan HOLZER. Transformation of Culture and Humanities as a Global Process. In Integrovaná žánrová typologie (Komparativní genologie). 1. vydání. Brno: Vydavatelství MU, 1999, p. 89-100. 1. ISBN 80-210-2192-6. info
Assessment methods
Individual study of works from the reading list Application of acquired knowledge in student’s own research work Submission of a genologically conceived chapter in student’s own research
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
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