UCJANK01 Literary Theory and Criticism

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
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 (programme FPF, N7310 Filo)
Course objectives (in Czech)
Tento kurz se zaměřuje na představení hlavních proudů literární kritiky 20. století. Studenti se seznámí s terminologií a různými metodami analýz textů. Vedle tradičních teorií jako např. formalismus a strukturalismus se kurz zabývá i feministickou, mytologickou, postkoloniální a kulturní kritikou. Metody jednotlivých kritických směrů budou prezentovány naanalýzách konkrétních literárních textů. Sylabus: 1. Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism 2. Formalisms: Formalism and New CriticismStructuralism 3. Post-structuralism and Deconstruction 4. Postmodernism 5. Psychoanalytic criticism 6. Feminist criticism 7. Gender studies 8. Mythological and archetypal criticism 9. Political Criticism: Marxism and Cultural Materialism 10. Cultural criticism 11. Historicisms 12. Ethnic Theories and Postcolonial criticism
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Seminář 8 HOD/SEM.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2011, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020.
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