FPF:UCJAOPBP03 Introduction to Literature - Course Information
UCJAOPBP03 Introduction to Literature
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Diana Adamová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Veronika Woznicová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Diana Adamová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Veronika Woznicová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - Timetable
- Wed 13:05–13:50 M8
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- 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
- English for Professional Purposes (programme FPF, AOP)
- Course objectives
- In the course, literature will be presented as a specific discipline. Students will get acquainted with the basic concepts of literary science in the field of prose, poetry and drama. At the end of the cycle, the course introduces the specifics of British and American literature. The aim of the course is to provide students with a good literary theoretical background and at the same time practical equipment for reading specific texts in follow-up teaching.
- Learning outcomes
- The student will be able to: - understand the basic literary terminology; - write a literary essay; - analyze literary texts.
- Syllabus
- 1. What is literature, why do we read.
- . 2. The language of literary texts: figures and the tropics. 3. Classification of literature, literary genres.
- . 4. Prose: important concepts (characters, setting, story).
- . 5. Narratology, author-reader-text relationship. 6. Drama: important concepts (characters, setting, ways of speaking).
- . 7. Types of drama.
- . 8. Poetry: important concepts; types of poetry.
- . 9. Poetic forms, prosodic means.
- . 10. Critical thinking, how to write a literary essay.
- . 11. Method of documentation of sources in the essay, citation standards.
- . 12. Specifics and brief overview of British literature. 13. Specifics and a brief overview of American literature.
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- lecture seminar
- Assessment methods
- written test, active attendance
- Language of instruction
- English
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2024, recent)
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