FF:CJA004 Introduc. into Lit. - Course Information

CJA004 Introduction into Literature

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Hana Bočková, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ester Nováková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Svanovská (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová

Timetable of Seminar Groups

CJA004/A: Mon 15:00–16:35 C43, H. Svanovská
CJA004/B: Thu 10:00–11:35 A32 stara, H. Bočková
CJA004/C: Thu 11:40–13:15 A47, H. Svanovská
CJA004/D: Wed 13:20–14:55 C43, H. Bočková
CJA004/E: Wed 15:00–16:35 A49, H. Bočková
CJA004/F: Tue 11:40–13:15 C32, E. Nováková

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

• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (3)
• Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

Main aims of the course are:
- to introduce problems concerning literary studies and literary science;
- to become familiar with basic terms and instruments of literary science;
- to become familiar with basic sources of information essential for literary scientific research and with methods of work with these sources;
- to acquire rules of working with scientific texts;
- to acquire practical skills of creating scientific texts.
The intention of course is a presentation of the literary science study and introduction to the basic concepts and information, needed to practice the profession. In the course will take a part also a presentation of the libraries, bibliographies, magazines, work books, older and contemporary dictionaries; also will take a part the survey of personalities, who are representative for the discipline, as well as recommendation how to structure own scientific text. The course has an instrumental character, it also leads students to the acquirement of the practical skills. Students will us these skills and they will develop them in their further education. In general terms, the course will also simplify the orientation in the contemporary "Age of information".

Syllabus

• PhDr. Bočková: 1.Introductory information; the study of Czech literature at the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University 2.Literary science, its system and methodology 3.Sources of information – libraries 4. – basic handbooks, dictionaries 5. - periodicals 6. – bibliographies 7.Significant personalities of Czech literary science 8.Textology 9.Principles of editing 10.Scholarly literature and its reading/ required reading 11.Writing a scholarly text 12.Bibliographic data 13. Study, essay, review 13. An excursion.
• Mgr. E. Nováková: 1. Introduction to literary studies 2. Studying in a library 3. Reading academic articles 4. Literature; literary process, aesthetic value 5. Academic writing; choosing a topic, structure of the text 6. Bibliographical reference 7. Quotation; notes 8. Current literary and cultural periodicals 9. Some older periodicals 10. Basic literary handbooks 11. Personalities of literary studies 12. Basic editorial issues and conceptions 13. Editing practice Mgr. Hana Svanovská 1. General introduction to literary science studies 2. Specifics of Czech literature studies in FF of MU in Brno 3. Disciplines of literary science 4. Scientific libraries and their catalogues 5. Basic literary-historical manuals 6. Basic literary-theoretical manuals 7. Literary magazines in Czech republic ( Tvar, Host, Souvislosti, Aluze etc.) 8. Publishing houses in Czech republic 9. Problems of bibliographical citations 10. Personages of literary science before now 11. Personages of contemporary literary science 12. Making a professional text: genres of professional texts and their problems.

Literature

• Editor a text : úvod do praktické textologie. Edited by Rudolf Havel - Břetislav Štorek - Jiří Flaišman - Michal Kosák. Vyd. 2. Praha: Paseka, 2006, 182 s. ISBN 8071856533. info
• PECHAR, Jiří. Interpretace a analýza literárního díla. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 2002, 286 s. ISBN 80-7007-163-X. info
• CULLER, Jonathan. Krátký úvod do literární teorie. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2002, 167 s. ISBN 80-7294-070-8. info
• PETRŮ, Eduard. Úvod do studia literární vědy. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Rubico, 2000, 187 s. ISBN 80-85839-44-X. info
• Úvod do literární vědy [Pechlivanos, 1999] : Einführung in die Literaturwissenschaft (Orig.). Edited by Miltos Pechlivanos, Translated by Miroslav Petříček. V Praze: Herrmann & synové, 1999, 452 s. info
• HAMAN, Aleš. Úvod do studia literatury a interpretace díla. 1. vyd. Jinočany: H&H, 1999, 179 s. ISBN 8086022579. info
• ECO, Umberto and Ivan SEIDL. Jak napsat diplomovou práci. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 80-7198-173-7. info
• ECO, Umberto. Šest procházek literárními lesy :přednášky na Harvardově univerzitě. Translated by Bronislava Grygová. v Olomouci: Votobia, 1997, 196 s. ISBN 80-7198-248-2. info
• VAŠÁK, Pavel. Textologie :teorie a ediční praxe. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1993, 235 s. ISBN 80-7066-638-2. info

Assessment methods

The method of the course is based on work with texts – explication, reading, interpretation and discussion. For obtaining a credit students have to write a seminar paper; the course is concluded by a written test that also includes topics from the parallel lecture. ----

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• CJC022 Academic reading and writing

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: K semináři náleží přednáška Úvod do studia literatury, povinná přednáška je zakončena zkouškou.
The course is taught annually.

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