CJBC613 Russian and Central European Formalism

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Střítecký, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
Thu 13:20–14:55 C33
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
The seminar introduces the main issues and concepts of Russian and Central European Formalism to the students. We will pay close attention to the works of Jakobson, Propp,Šklovskij and Lotman. Part of the seminar will also be devoted to interpretation of particular theoretical and artistic texts. The aims of the course are following: to introduce main literary theoretical approaches and strategies of Russian and Central European Formalism to the students to provide the students with elementary terms from the fields literary theory, to teach the students the basic strategies useful for interpreting scholarly and artistic texts.
Syllabus
  • Osnova: 1. Šklovskij. 2. Tyňanov, Eichenbaum. 3. Jakobson and literary theory. 4. Propp. 5. Jurij Lotman.
Literature
  • Pražský lingvistický kroužek v korespondenci : Bohuslav Havránek, Roman Jakobson, Vilém Mathesius, Jan Mukařovský, Bohumil Trnka, Miloš Weingart : korespondence z let 1923-1970. Edited by Marie Havránková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2008, 447 s. ISBN 9788020016225. info
  • ŠKLOVSKIJ, Viktor Borisovič. Teorie prózy. 3. vyd., V nakl. Akropolis 1. Praha: Akropolis, 2003, 287 s. ISBN 8073040263. info
  • PROPP, Vladimir Jakovlevič. Morfologie pohádky a jiné studie. Translated by Miroslav Červenka - Marcela Pittermannová - Hana Šmahelová. Vyd. tohoto souboru 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1999, 362 s. ISBN 8086022161. info
  • ZELENKA, Miloš. Česká literární komparatistika René Wellek a Roman Jakobson v meziválečném Československu. 1996, 339 s. info
  • JAKOBSON, Roman. Poetická funkce. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1995, 747 s. ISBN 80-85787-83-0. info
  • LOTMAN, Jurij Michajlovič. Tartuská škola. Edited by Jan Bernard, Translated by Tomáš Glanc. 1. vyd. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 1995, 249 s. ISBN 80-7004-077-7. info
  • PORTIS-WINNER, Irene. Peirce, Saussure and Jakobson's aesthetic function : towards a synthetic view of the aesthetic function. Amsterdam: John Benjamins B.V., 1994, s. [123],. ISBN 90-272-1947-8. info
  • ŠKLOVSKIJ, Viktor Borisovič. Nekonečné záhady : úvahy o teoretickém zobecnění filmové praxe. Praha: Československý filmový ústav, 1990. ISBN 807004053X. info
  • LOTMAN, Jurij Michajlovič. Štruktúra umeleckého textu. Translated by Milan Hamada. Vyd. 1. V Bratislave: Tatran, 1990, 372 s. ISBN 802220188X. info
  • STRIEDTER, Jurij. Literary structure, evolution, and value :russian formalism and czech structuralism reconsidered. Translated by Matthew Gurewitsch. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1989, 317 s. ISBN 0-674-53653-3. info
  • Semiosis : semiotics and the history of culture : in honorem Georgii Lotman. Edited by Morris Halle - Cesare Segre. Michigan: The University of Michigan, 1984, vii, 384. ISBN 0930042557. info
  • LOTMAN, Jurij Michajlovič. Semiotika kino i problemy kinoestetiki. Tallin: Eesti raamat, 1973, 135 s. info
  • Texte der russischen Formalisten. Edited by Jurij Striedter. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1969. info
Assessment methods
Reading, discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Při nadlimitním počtu přihlášených studentů vybere vyučující účastníky na základě vědomostního testu nebo pohovoru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2011.
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