JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: Theory of Literature

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Course title Theory of Literature
Course code KGER/PLI3
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 20
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Cornejo Renata, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Jičínská Veronika, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Hrdličková Jana, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Examples of possible topics: - Theory of genres and species - Fictionality, literariness, poetic quality - Contemporary narratology, the concept of an implicit author - Hermeneutics (Schleiermacher, Dithey, Gadamer) - Contribution of cultural studies to literary science/scholarship - Contribution of media theory to literary science - Application of principles of psychoanalysis in literary science/scholarship (Freud, Jung, Lacan) - Poststructuralism, discourse analysis, deconstruction - Application of Gender Studies principles in literary science/scholarship - Use of intercultural perspective in literary science/scholarship

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The student is able to work independently on the general level of the theory of literature and is familiar with both traditional and current literary theories and methods.
The student is able to work independently on the general level of the theory of literature and is familiar with both traditional and current literary theories and methods.
Prerequisites
Selected Chapters from Literary Studies I, II

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Written work of the doctoral student, elaborated on the basis of consultation of the topic with the guarantor or. authorized lecturer based on lectures and self-study of relevant literature. The chosen topic can be freely related to the topic of the dissertation thesis, but it must not be part of it.
Recommended literature
  • ANZ, Th. Handbuch Literaturwissenschaft I-III. Stuttgart, 2007.
  • ARNOLD, H. L. / DETERING, H. Grundzüge der Literaturwissenschaft. München, 2011.
  • BAASNER, R. / ZENS, M. Methoden und Modelle der Literaturwissenschaft. Berlín, 2005.
  • BACHMANN-MEDICK, D. The Trans/National Study of Culture. Berlín, 2014.
  • BASSNETT, S./TRIVEDI, H. Postcolonial Translation: Theory and Practice. London/New York, 2012.
  • BHABHA, Homi K. The Location of Culture. London/New York, 1994.
  • BIJON, B./ GACON, G. In-Between two Worlds. New York, 2009.
  • BUTLER, J. Undoing gender. New York/London, 2004.
  • CORBINEAU-HOFFMANN, A. Einführung in die Komparatistik. Berlín, 2004.
  • EAGLETON, T. Einführung in die Literaturtheorie. Stuttgart, 1997.
  • GREISENHANSLÜKE, A. / GRIMM, G. / BOGDAL, K.-M. Einführung in die Literaturtheorie: Von der Hermeneutik zu den Kulturwissenschaften. Darmstadt, 2013.
  • HAß, U. / KÖNIG, CH. Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik von 1960 bis heute. Göttingen, 2003.
  • HOFMANN, M. Interkuturelle Literaturwissenschaft. München, 2006.
  • MARTINEZ, M. / SCHEFFEL, M. Einführung in die Erzähltheorie. München, 2007.
  • NEUHAUS, S. Grundriss der Literaturwissenschaft. Tübingen, 2003.
  • NÜNING, A. Metzler Lexikon Literatur- und Kulturtheorie: Ansätze-Personen-Grundbegriffe. Stuttgart, 2013.
  • PARKER, R. D. Critical Theory: A Reader for Literary and Cultural Studies. Oxford, 2012.
  • ROBERT, J. / GRIMM, G. E. / BOGDAL, K.-M. Einführung in die Intermedialität. Darmstadt, 2014.
  • SAID, E. W. Orientalism. New York, 1978.
  • WEIMAR, K. / FRICKE, H. / MÜLLER, J.-D. Reallexikon der deutschen Literaturwissenschaft, I-III. Berlín, 2007.


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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.11.2024 23:51. Data created for academic year 2024/2025