NI04_04 Contemporary literary theory

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Sofie Rose-Anne W. Royeaerd, M.A. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Limburg Loučková, M.A. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Sofie Rose-Anne W. Royeaerd, M.A.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Zdeněk Mareček, Ph.D.
Timetable
Mon 11:40–13:15 A33 stara
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course extends the student’s knowledge about literary terms and theories. The manual Het leven van teksten. Een inleiding in de literatuurwetenschap by Kiene Brillenburg Wurth en Ann Rigney (ed.) is studied in a synthetic and comprehensible way and serves as a basis for the classes. Every class deals with a specific topic, from an orientational delimitation of the field of research to literature and literary theory as a colonial and postcolonial discourse (see overview). The students acquire profound knowledge of the (Dutch/Flemish) literary field and the most important approaches in literary theory and are provided with methodological frameworks they can use for further research (e.g. the Master thesis). They are encouraged to reflect upon problems in contemporary literary research and to specialize in a field of their preference.
Syllabus
  • The subject
  • The versatility of literature
  • Texts and intertextuality
  • Intermedial poetics
  • Stories
  • The reader in the text
  • Real readers
  • Meaning and interpretation
  • Texts and sociocultural context
  • Between high and low
  • Literature as colonial and postcolonial discours
Literature
  • Kiene Brillenburg Wurth en Ann Rigney (red.), Het leven van teksten. Een inleiding in de literatuurwetenschap, Amsterdam, 2006.
Assessment methods
seminars on a weekly basis written credit test at the end of the course
Language of instruction
Dutch
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2025.
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