PdF:AJ2BP_UVLI Introduction to Literature - Course Information
AJ2BP_UVLI Introduction to Literature
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2015
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Zuzana Kršková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Timetable
- Thu 17:35–18:20 učebna 1
- Prerequisites
- It is expected the students are acquainted with basic literary theory and practice, required at the Maturita level.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, B-SPE)
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-ZS5)
- Course objectives
- It is expected the students are acquainted with basic literary theory and practice. The aim of the course is to acquaint students with basic literary theory and and teach them how to use its tools in reading and analysis. The starting point will be provided by activities related to the definition of literature and the process and practice of reading. We will then proceed to more technical and practical instruments of literary theory, which assist better understanding and greater enjoyment of reading.
- Syllabus
- Introduction: mapping the territory. Literature. What is literature?
- Literary movements and periods
- Poetics, hermeneutics, reader, interpretation
- Archetype. Power of myth. Monomyth
- Intertextuality
- Literary and non-literary language. Figures of speech
- Figures of speech: metaphor, simile, metonymy, synecdoche, irony
- Literary genres
- Structure of the novel
- Narrative and character. Narrative and point of view. Focaliazation
- Poetry. Rhythm and sound patterning
- A brief outline of Anglophone literary criticism
- Literature
- CULLER, Jonathan D. Literary theory : a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, 149 s. ISBN 019285383X. info
- CULLER, Jonathan. Krátký úvod do literární teorie. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2002, 167 s. ISBN 80-7294-070-8. info
- LODGE, David. The art of fiction :illustrated from classic and modern texts. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, xi, 240 s. ISBN 0-14-017492-3. info
- WELLEK, René and Austin WARREN. Theory of literature [Wellek, 1949]. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1949, x, 403 s. info
- WELLEK, René and Austin WARREN. Teorie literatury. Olomouc: Votobia, 1996, 555 s. ISBN 80-7198-150-8. info
- Teaching methods
- lectures, class discussions, homework, reading,
- Assessment methods
- a test based on the range of topics debated
mood-link-a study materials tasks - Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Teacher's information
- http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1516
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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