UCJANP01 Literary Theory and Criticism

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(N)
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
This course introduces the overview of the most influential literary critical schools in the 20th century. Students will be acquainted with their various approaches towards terminology and methodology used for text analysis. The course will cover not only the traditional methods introduced by formalist and structuralist critics, but will also pay attention to modern approaches to text, such as gender and ethnic studies.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism
    2. Formalisms: Formalism and New Criticism
    3. Structuralism, 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
Literature
    recommended literature
  • I. A. Richards. Principles of Literary Criticism. London, 2003. info
  • Ann B. Dobie. Theory into Practice: An Introduction to Literary Criticism. Wadsworth, 2002. info
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Regular attendance to the seminars, presentation/essay and a successful completion of a written test which would prove the students` ability to apply theoretical background upon texts.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019.
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