RTDS20 Theory and History of Russian Literature

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Josef Dohnal, CSc. (lecturer)
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
Abstract
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain the principles of the theory of literature in its historic evolution; work with information on the history of Russian literature for the interpretation of the problems in own scholarly work; make deductions based on acquired knowledge of the principles of contemporary theory of literature; interpret fine literature according to contemporary principles of intepretation.
Key topics
    • .1. The structure of literary scholarship, its relations to the related sciences.
    • .2. The main representants of poetics and aesthetics in the evolution of history.
    • .3. The relationship between theory of literature and history of Russian literature (classicism, positivism, estopsychology, modernism, avant-garde, postmodernism)
    • .4. The main periods of Russian literature in European context (even the period of current work)
    • .5. Metamorphoses of the Theory of literature in 20 century.
    • .6. Russian formalism, structuralism, sémiotice, poststructuralism, deconstruction.
    • .7. Phenomenology, hermeneutics, pragmatism.
    • .8. Problems of versification.
    • .9. Image, methaphor, symbol, myth
    • .10. Principle of narration, poetics of drama.
    • .11. Interpretation of fine literature.
    • .12. Using new informations in own science work.
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Individual consultations; homeworks; reading; drills; writing paper.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
final project, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Teacher's information
http://www.durov.com/study/1119044053-195.html ;knihy.abz.cz/obchod/teorie-literatury

Borges Jorge Luis: Ars poetica. Přel. Mariana Housková. Mladá fronta, Praha 2005
Burzyńska, Anna, Markowski. Michal, Pavel. Teorie literatury XX wieku. Znak, Kraków 2009.
Hegel, G. W.F.: Estetika. Praha 1966.
Kožmín, Zdeněk: Smysl dekonstrukce. Brno 1998.
Týž: Modely interpretace. Brno 2001.
Literatura a filozofie. (Zdeněk Mathauser). Kolektivní monografie. MU, Brno 2008.
Mathauser, Zdeněk, Literatúra a anticipácia. Bratislava 1982.
Týž: Metodologické meditace aneb Tajemství symbolu. Brno 1989. Týž, Mezi filosofií a poezií. Praha 1995.
Týž: Báseň na dosah eidosu. Ke stopám fenomenologie v ruské literatuře a literární vědě. UK, Praha 2005.
Týž: Básnivé nápovědi Husserlovy fenomenologie. F Mathauser, Zdeněk, Literatúra a anticipácia. Bratislava 1982.
Lévi-Strauss: Mythologica. Od medu k popelu. Argo, Praha 2006.
Mocná, Dagmar, Peterka Jos. a kol.: Encyklopedie literárních žánrů. Paseka, Praha 2004.
Mukařovský, Jan: Studie z estetiky. Praha 1966.
Pavelka, Jiří.: Anatomie metafory. Brno 1982.
O smysl komparatistiky. Svět literatury 2006, č. 34, s. 7-59;
Diskuse o literární historii a komparatistice. Tamtéž, s. 63-101.
Poetika. Slovar´aktual´nych terminov i ponjatij. Intrada, Moskva 2008.
Postmodernizm. Enciklopedija. Interpresservis, Minsk 2001.
Problémy poetiky. Litteraria Humanita XIV, MU, Brno 2006.
Ricoeur, Život, pravda, symbol. Oikomenh, Praha 1993.
Rudnev, V. P.: Slovar´ kul´tury 20 veka. Ključevyje ponjatija i teksty. Moskva 1997.
Russkaja slovesnosť. Antologija. Moskva 1997.
Staiger, Emil, Základní pojmy poetiky. Praha, Čs. spisovatel 1969.
Svatoň, Vladimír: Proměny dávných příběhů. O poetice ruské prózy. UK, Praha 2004.
Týž: Román v souvislostech času. Úvahy o srovnávací literární vědě. Malvern, Praha 2009.
Šklovskij, V., Teorie prózy. Praha, Melantrich 1933.
Tomaševskij, Boris, Teorie literatury. Lidové nakladatelství, Praha 1970.
Trzynadłowski, J.: Sztuka słowa i obrazu. Wrocłav 1982.
Vinogradov, V. V., Poetika russkoj literatury. Moskva, Nauka 1976.
Vološinov, V. N.: Слово в жизни и слово в поэзии.К вопросам социологической поэтики (1926, in: Poetika. Trudy russkich i sovetskich poetičeskich škol. Vyd. D. Kiraj, A,. Kovač, Budapešť 1982,102-108.)
Wellek, R., Warren, A.: Teoria literatury. Warszawa, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe 1970.
Wellek, R., Koncepty literární vědy. H&H, Praha 2005.
Žirmunskij, V. M., Teorija literatury. Poetika. Stilistika. Lenigrad, Nauka 1977
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024, Autumn 2025, Spring 2026, Autumn 2026, Spring 2027.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/phil/spring2025/RTDS20