DCJDR_ASTL Current Trends in Literary and Cultural Studies

Faculty of Education
autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Š. Bubíková (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Jan Budňák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Věra Janíková, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Chocholatá, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
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
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the latest trends in the field of literary and cultural studies and with the consequences they represent for the content and methods of teaching these subjects.
Syllabus
  • This course makes part of the optional subjects of the didactic section (subsection of Topical Chapters in Didactics of Foreign Languages); it is offered especially to students whose dissertation is related to this topic. The aim of the course is to introduce students to the latest trends in the field of literary and cultural studies and with the consequences they represent for the content and methods of teaching these subjects. Topics to cover: special attention will be paid to • theories of ethnicity, interculturality, postmodern discourse and narrativity; • interpretation of a literary text, its mechanisms, possibilities and limits; various models of interpretation will be applied to particular texts; • changes in opinion of literary code;. • concepts of literature studies as a way of looking into culture and history of culture - literary construct of "own" and "foreign", nation, ethnicity, gender etc. All these topics will be dealt with not only in theoretical context but also from the point of view of teaching literature and culture of the target language.
Literature
  • Horňáček, M. Modelle und Methoden der Literaturwissenschaft. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2005.
  • Moran, P.M. Teaching Culture: Perspectives in Practice. London: Heinle&Heinle, 2001.
  • Bennet, M. J. Cultural Marginality: Identity Issues in Intercultural Teaching. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural
  • Glazer, N. We Are All Multiculturalists Now. Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Harvard
  • Benthien, C., Velten, H.R. (Hgg.). Germanistik als Kulturwissenschaft. Eine Einführung in neue Theoriekonzepte. Reinbek: Rowohlt, 2002.
  • Müller-Funk, W., Plener, P., Ruthner,, C. (Hgg.) Kakanien revisited. Das Eigene und das Fremde (in) der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie. Tübingen: A. Francke, 2002.
  • BUBÍKOVÁ, Šárka. Literatura v Americe, Amerika v literatuře : proměny amerického literárního kánonu. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2007, 190 s. ISBN 9788073950309. info
  • SCHÖSSLER, Franziska. Literaturwissenschaft als Kulturwissenschaft : eine Einführung. Edited by Christine Bähr. Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 2006, xii, 274. ISBN 3772081487. info
  • SCHÖSSLER, Franziska. Literaturwissenschaft als Kulturwissenschaft : eine Einführung. Edited by Christine Bähr. Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 2006, xii, 274. ISBN 3772081487. info
  • ECO, Umberto. Die Grenzen der Interpretation. Translated by Günter Memmert. 2. Aufl. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1999, 476 s. ISBN 3423301686. info
  • SOLLORS, Werner. Beyond ethnicity : consent and descent in American culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986, xiii, 294. ISBN 9780195051933. info
Teaching methods
lecture, class discussion
Assessment methods
Credit requirements: students submit a seminar paper on a selected topic related to pedagogical practice. Debate.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2020, recent)
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