SJ2B005 Spanish and Czech Comparative Stylistics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024

The course is not taught in Spring 2024

Extent and Intensity
1/1/4. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Monika Strmisková, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Petr Stehlík, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Monika Strmisková, Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with different ways of approaching styles and stylistics in Czech and Spanish linguistic tradition, to support their ability to critically evaluate the use of expression means in specific stylistic plans and to provide them with methods and procedures suitable for translating texts within individual functional text types. The theoretical part of the subject is supplemented by practical comparison of texts and practice of stylization skills.
Learning outcomes
Students will be acquainted with the differences in the use of expression means in writing texts belonging to different functional styles in Spanish and Czech.
They will be able to identify elements that are characteristic of individual styles and genres.
They will be able to apply their knowledge in writing their own texts and translating texts from Spanish into Czech and from Czech into Spanish.
Syllabus
  • General issues of stylistics; stylistics and other linguistic disciplines; communication theory; translation as a communication.
  • Contrastive stylistics of Spanish and Czech languages, variation in approaches.
  • Text creation, stylistic factors.
  • Methods of text analysis, functional styles and text typology.
  • Expert texts from the field of science and technology.
  • Expert texts from the field of humanities.
  • Administrative and legal texts.
  • Publicistic and popularizing texts.
  • Advertising and propaganda texts.
  • Texts of fiction.
  • Colloquial and transitional departments.
Literature
  • HOFFMANOVÁ, Jana, Jiří HOMOLÁČ, Eliška CHVALOVSKÁ, Lucie JÍLKOVÁ, Petr KADERKA, Petr MAREŠ and Kamila MRÁZKOVÁ. Stylistika mluvené a psané češtiny. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2016, 510 stran. ISBN 9788020025661. info
  • ŠRÁMEK, Rudolf. Stylistika v kontextu historie a současnosti. Praha: SPN - Pedagogické nakladatelství, 2014, p. 50-52. Český jazyk a literatura 64. ISSN 0009-0786. info
  • CALSAMIGLIA BLANCAFORT, Helena and Amparo TUSÓN VALLS. Las cosas del decir : manual de análisis del discurso. 2a ed. actualizada. Barcelona: Ariel, 2007, xix, 391. ISBN 9788434482739. info
  • VRBOVÁ, Alena. Stylistika pro překladatele : texty a cvičení. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 198 s. ISBN 807184585X. info
  • BEČKA, Josef Václav. Česká stylistika. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1992, 467 s. ISBN 8020000208. info
  • MISTRÍK, Jozef. Štylistika. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladatel'stvo, 1985, 582 s. info
Teaching methods
Lecture: interpretation of basic terms and concepts of stylistics, characteristics of "functional styles". Seminar: active participation in the analysis of selected texts and comparison of their equivalents is required, fulfillment of assigned homeworks.
Assessment methods
Active participation in seminars (80%) Written exam: test and practical analysis of a text.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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