UCJNP006 Introduction to Literary Studies

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
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 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
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
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Pechlivanos, M. / Rieger, S. /Struck, W. / Weitz, M. Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 1995. info
  • Gutzen, D. / Oelers. N. / Petersen J.J. Einführung in die neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft. 6. Aufl. Berlin: Schmidt, 1989. info
  • Fricke, H. / Zymner, R. Einübung in die Literaturwissenschaft. 3. Aufl. Paderborn: Schöningh, 1996. info
  • Arnold, H.L / Detering. H. Grundzüge der Literaturwissenschaft. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1996. info
  • Fricke, H. Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft. Paderborn: Schöning, 1991. info
  • Munzar, J. Úvod do studia německé literatury. Brno: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 1983. info
  • HRABÁK, J. Poetika. Praha, 1977. info
Language of instruction
German
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 2 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Active participation in the course
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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