CJVA2MHER Interpretation and Understanding: A Dive into Modern Hermeneutics

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2026
Rozsah
0/2/0. 2 kr. (plus 2 za zk). Doporučované ukončení: zk. Jiná možná ukončení: z.
Vyučováno asynchronně
Vyučující
Mgr. Lenka Hanovská, Ph.D. (přednášející)
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. (pomocník)
Mgr. Lucie Jurková (pomocník)
Mgr. Anna Maryšková (pomocník)
Ing. Daniela Svobodová (pomocník)
Garance
Mgr. Lenka Hanovská, Ph.D.
Oddělení Centra jazykového vzdělávání na Filozofické fakultě – Centrum jazykového vzdělávání
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Lucie Jurková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Oddělení Centra jazykového vzdělávání na Filozofické fakultě – Centrum jazykového vzdělávání
Rozvrh
Čt 10:00–11:40 L42, kromě Po 20. 4. až Pá 24. 4.
Předpoklady
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This course is intended for full-time students (in their SECOND AND HIGHER semesters) with advanced English (B1+) knowledge. It is possible to enrol on the course after completing a diagnostic test and proving a minimum B1 command of English (course code: CJVVsT, https://is.muni.cz/auth/predmet/phil/jaro2024/CJVVsT). (Those who do not intend to pass an exam by the end of the course can apply for an exception and will be admitted to the course without taking the test.)
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je otevřen studentům libovolného oboru.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 15 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 10/15, pouze zareg.: 2/15, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/15
Anotace

Humanities students constantly encounter demanding readings—texts requiring patience, attention, and intellectual discipline. But can we still practise such discipline today, in an age dominated by images? Can we secure a good understanding, especially of texts from the past? And who decides whether our understanding is correct? Hermeneutics is the discipline devoted to exactly these questions. It examines the principles of accurate understanding enabled by careful interpretation. It explores how meaning is produced and perceived, and investigates the relationship between the interpreter and the text. Although hermeneutics has a long history, it has never offered a single, universally valid method; instead, its various traditions propose different concepts of interpretation, all grounded in one shared condition: any theory of interpretation must include a theory of the interpreting subject. 

This course explores key hermeneutical theories and the foundational concepts of interpretation and understanding that shape the humanities. Through language games, practical exercises, and guided discussions, we will examine how we read and understand, and how different theories conceptualise interpretation. This is a content-based language course (CLIL), which means that we learn English through philosophical content. Students enrolled in this course should have at least B1++ proficiency in English, be interested in philosophy and the hermeneutical tradition of the humanities, and be willing to read philosophical texts as preparation for the course.

Výstupy z učení
After completing the course, a student will be able to:
- differentiate various theories of interpretation 
- recognise key concepts of the humanities and work with them critically
- use the concepts attentively
- pursue research in the humanities
- write an academic essay
- present an abstract topic in front of the audience
- discuss theoretical problems in English
Klíčová témata
  • 1. Art of Interpretation (Hermeneutic Circle, Context, Subjectivity vs. Objectivity, D. F. Schleiermacher)
  • 2. Understanding as a problem of the Humanities
  • 3. Effects of Historicity and History on Understanding (W. Dilthey, Gadamer)
  • 4. Understanding as Human Experience, Existential Hermeneutics (M. Heidegger)
  • 5. Time and Interpretation, Symbols, Metaphors, Meaning (P. Ricoeur) 
  • 6.  Language, Grammar and an Attack on Truth (F. Nietzsche) 
  • 7. Discourse, Discoursive Practice and Speaking Subjects (M. Foucault)
  • 8. Deconstruction; Meaning and Difference (F. Saussure and J. Derrida)
  • 9. Poststructuralist Practice of Reading (L. Althusser)
  • 10. Empirical studies of discourses ( M. Pecheux)
Studijní zdroje a literatura
  • BELSEY, Catherine. Poststructuralism : a very short introduction. Second edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, 137 stran. ISBN 9780198859963. info
  • ZIMMERMANN, Jens. Hermeneutics : a very short introduction. First edition. Oxford: Oxford university press, 2015, xiv, 159. ISBN 9780199685356. info
  • GRONDIN, Jean. Introduction to philosophical hermeneutics. Edited by Hans-Georg Gadamer, Translated by Joel Weinsheimer. New Haven: Yale university press, 1994, xv, 231 s. ISBN 0-300-07089-6. info
  • MARTIN, Glen T. From Nietzsche to Wittgenstein : the problem of truth and nihilism in the modern world. New York: Peter Lang, 1989, xv, 401. ISBN 0820409170. info
  • DE MAN, Paul. Allegories of reading : figural language in Rousseau, Nietzsche, Rilke, and Proust. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979, xi, 305. ISBN 9780300028454. info
  • GADAMER, Hans-Georg. Philosophical hermeneutics. Translated by David E. Linge. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976, lviii, 243. ISBN 9780520256408. info
Přístupy, postupy a metody používané ve výuce
lectures, individual research
Způsob ověření výstupů z učení a požadavky na ukončení
Students may choose between two options for completing the course: two credits, which require regular participation and home reading of the texts demonstrated in the classroom, or four credits if they decide to pass the exam. In the latter case, they will deliver an abstract, an essay, and a presentation (based on their research work) in addition to the regular classwork.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2024, jaro 2025.
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