Course: Narratology II

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Course title Narratology II
Course code KBO/4046
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Koten Jiří, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Narration as a cognitive artifact. 2. Trends in narration. narrating, description, commentary. 3. Metanarativ and metafiction. 4. Interpretation of postmodern literary narrating. 5. Exceptions of narrative representation: imaging the mind of characters. 6. Inner monologues in czech literature. 7. Literary and film narrations. 8. Interpretation of film narrating. 9. Historical narration. 10. Postmodern and anti facts history. 11. Different ways in picturing the past. Falsifiability and ideology. 12. Interpretation of idealistic narration (TV series about normalization). 13. Narration in "new" media (hypertext, digital games etc.). 14. Closing seminar, test for credits, students wokr rating.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The nature of this seminar is a development of previous theoretical seminars, especially of Narratology I. The central issue is still in interpretation, but our interest is now more focused on "secondary" analytistic cathegories (text types, narrative modes, mind for fiction etc.). Interpreted texts are so much different than before - extension of other types of narratives (historical narration, film and TV narrations, narration of digital games, radio trasmission narration...). Narratology is presented as a way of learing about historical events, as a artifact mirroring the reflection of the past and also as a bearer of so called collective memory.
Student acquires terminology and analytical tools for the description, analysis and interpretation of narrative; uses appropriate terminology; understand the basic theoretical concepts and he is also capable of independent usage. Student understands the narrative as a cognitive artifact also as an instrument of ideological practices that can even refer on the outside and it is capable of showing the "history" and the fiction. Student can see as an carrier of the memory etc.
Prerequisites
knowledge of the field on the level of GCSE exam knowledge of disciplines connected to the central domain of study knowledge of appropriate terminology

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
attendance activity presentation test This course is terminated by an exam, which examines the knowledge from following courses: Narratology I+II).
Recommended literature
  • Assmann, J. Kultura a paměť. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2001.
  • Barthes, R. Mytologie. Praha: Dokořán, 2004.
  • Bílek, P. A. a kol. James Bond a major Zeman. Praha: Pistorius a Olšanská, 2007.
  • Bordwell, D. - Thompsonová, K. Umění filmu. Praha: AMU, 2011.
  • Doležel, L. Fikce a historie v období postmoderny. Praha: Academia, 2008.
  • Eco, U. Meze interpretace. Praha: Karolinum, 2004.
  • Fedrová, S. - Jedličková, A.(eds.). Intermediální poetika příběhu. Praha: Akropolis, 2011.
  • Herman, D. Basic Elements of Narrative. Oxford: Wiley - Blackwell, 2009.
  • Koten, J. Jak se fikce dělá slovy. Brno: Host, 2013.
  • Macura, V. Šťastný věk. Praha: Academia, 2008.
  • Ryan, M.-L.(eds.). Narrative Across Media. Lincoln - London: University of Nebraska Press, 2004.
  • Veyne, P. Jak se píšou dějiny. Praha: P. Mervart, 2010.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Czech Language and Literature (A14) Category: Philological sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer