UCJCN123 Introduction to Literary Studies

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Urbanec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Miroslav Urbanec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Miroslav Urbanec, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The topic of the course is German terminology and the theory of literature. The students learn to analyze texts and to present their arguments accordingly. They will become familiar with the basics of literary studies and questions of literature as a system. The aim is to be able to effectively present the basic structures of literary studies and genres in a coherent and logical manner. This seminars will examine the practicality of literary studies. Students will come to understand the basic terms used in literary studies. They will learn to analyze texts and to present their arguments effectively. Interpretation of the texts will offer insight into different scientific trends within German literature. Students will also work with dictionaries, bibliographies, and come to recognize different forms of scientific studies. Students will also work with literary texts.
Syllabus
  • Lectures:
    1. Requirements and basic questions of literary studies
    2. Fiktionality and literaricy
    3. Literature - literary market - literary system
    4. Hermeneutic models
    5. Problems of hermeneutics in the times of post-structuralism
    6. Hermeneutics an anti-hermeneutics
    7. Poetics
    8. Rhetoric
    9. Stilistic
    10. Representativeness
    11. Metric
    12. Basics of narrative texts
    Seminar:
    1. Genres
    2. Paratexts
    3. The letter and other types of texts in literature
    4. Forms of text immanent analysis
    5. Formalism and structuralism
    6. Deconstruction
    7. Dialogicity, intertextuality, memory
    8. Methods of social history
    9. Methods of psychology
    10. Methods of feminism
    11. Theories of literary reception 1
    12. Theories of literary reception 2
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Active participation in the course
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 1993, Winter 1994, Winter 1995, Winter 1996, Winter 1997, Winter 1998, Winter 1999, Winter 2000, Winter 2001, Winter 2002, Winter 2003, Winter 2004, Winter 2005, Winter 2006, Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2018.
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