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Lecturer(s)
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Jičínská Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Foundational concepts of literature (fiction, poetics) 2. Rhetoric I: literal and figurative meanings 3. Rhetoric II: metaphor, allegory, symbol, emblem 4. Lyric I: metric 5. Lyric II: strophic forms, types of verse 6. Lyric III: basic lyric forms (sonnet, ballad, elegy) 7. Epic I: foundations of narratology (diegesis, exegesis, narrator, narrative levels) 8. Epic II: discourse (quote, free/indirect speech, interior monologue) 9. Epic III: histoire vs. discourse, problems of tenses 10. Epic IV: basic epic forms (epos, novel, novella, short story, fairy tale) 11. Dramatic Theory I: Greek tragedy vs. epic theatre, structure 12. Dramatic Theory II: history of drama in German-speaking countries (catharsis problem, Lessing) 13. Dramatic Theory III: the modern forms of drama
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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This course will introduce the terminology and foundations of literary theory required for the analysis of literary texts on an M.A. level. The seminars will focus on an improvement of skills needed for an analysis and interpretation of literary texts. Students will learn about the basic concepts such as fiction, underlying concepts for structuring a literary text (rhetoric, stylistic, metric) and specific genre problematic (theory of narration, drama theory). The aim of the course is to prepare students for an analysis of a literary text in other literature classes.
The student - masters the basic literary terminology knows how to describe and characterise individual areas of literary studies - can orient him or herself within individual genres of lyric, epic and dramatic literature - can describe their characteristics - can use the correct theoretical terminology when analysing literary texts
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Prerequisites
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No prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
- Active participation in the seminars - Completion of assignments - Final essay of 900-1500 words showing the student's capacity of applying theory to a particular literary text
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Recommended literature
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Brackert, Helmut. Literaturwissenschaft: Ein Grundkurs. Reinbek bei Hamburg, 1997. ISBN 3-499-55523-9.
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Detering, Arnold. Grundzüge der Literaturwissenschaft. München, 1999. ISBN 3-423-30171-6.
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