DVT068 Text within a Text: an introduction to intertextuality

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Eva Stehlíková (lecturer), doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 13:20–16:35 G01
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
At the end of the course students should be able to interpret various forms of replicas of well known artefacts, they shoud be able to understand and to identify pretects (or prototexts) used (i.e. not only pretects from the treasury of ancient art but from the following period of art as well,see e.g. Shakespeare´s or Tschechov´s works).
Syllabus
  • Teorie of intertextuality (Barthes, Kristeva, Bloom, Genet, Glowinski,Markiewicz, Otruba), basic terms Main prototyps (Updike, Nadolny)
  • Pretexts hidden (Dürrenmatt, Kundera, Daněk)
  • New media (Max Frisch´s and Volker Schöndorff´s Homo Faber)
  • Trojan war in literature, drama and cinema (from Homer to Trojan chronicles, Troilus and Cressida, recent films about Trojan war, Xena)
Literature
  • ALLEN Graham: Intertextuality. Routledge 2003
  • HOMOLÁČ, Jiří. Intertextovost a utváření smyslu v textu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1996, 114 s. ISBN 807184201X. info
  • Mytologie Řeků I :příběhy bohů a lidí. Edited by Karl Kerényi - Jan Binder. 1. vyd. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1996, 245 s. ISBN 80-86005-14-3. info
  • Mytologie Řeků II :příběhy héróů. Edited by Karl Kerényi - Jan Binder. 1. vyd. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1998, 349 s. ISBN 80-86005-00-3. 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
  • MELETINSKIJ, Jeleazar Moisejevič. Poetika mýtu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 467 s. ISBN 8020708049. URL info
  • OTRUBA M.: Znaky a hodnoty. Praha 1994
  • SASKA, Leo František and František GROH. Mythologie Řeků a Římanů. Edited by Jaromíra Hüttlová. 9. vyd. V Praze: I.L. Kober, 1949, 264 s. URL info
  • STEHLÍKOVÁ, E., Hrubínova Proměna. IN: Listy filologické 93, 1970, 59-63
  • STEHLÍKOVÁ E., Hledání oidipovského mýtu I, II In: http://www.iliteratura.cz, SPFFBU, Q 10, 2007, 101-114
  • WHITE, John J. Mythology in the modern novel : a study of prefigurative technigues. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1971. info
  • ZAMAROVSKÝ, Vojtěch. Bohové a hrdinové antických bájí. Vyd. 3. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1982, 478 s. info
  • ZAMAROVSKÝ, Vojtěch. Bohové a hrdinové antických bájí. 2. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1970, 418 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures combined with class discussions, students presents their papers.
Assessment methods
1-2 papers during the semestr, knowledge of the theory of intertextuality, written textual analysis of a case study (individual choice).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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