PJA110 Elements of Literary Criticism

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ludvík Štěpán, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Vladimír Franta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Timetable
Tue 15:00–16:35 zruseno C21
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
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Course objectives
Introductory course in literary scholarship and criticism covering elementary literary terms and definitions as well as interpretations of the main methodological streams. The course deals with traditional poetics, its innovations, including modern comparative and genre studies. A general introduction to Slavonic studies, based on the traditions of the Czech comparative approach and the study of literary genres. The seminar focuses on the analysis of poetry and verse techniques. The aims of the course are following: to introduce main literary theoretical approaches and strategies to the students; to provide the students with elementary terms from the fields of poetology, versology and narratology; to teach the students the basic strategies useful for interpreting scholarly and artistic texts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Literature as a kind of art, beginnings of literary art and its utilitarian and non-utilitarian character, literature as magic, literature and religion. Relation of literature and folklore.
  • 2. Basic stages of the history of aesthetic thought and its relation to literary art.
  • 3. Literary criticism in the system of sciences, related disciplines (history, philosophy, sociology, psychology, anthropology, aesthetics), applicatin of methods from other disciplines (statistics, information and communication theory), auxiliary disciplines (textology, paleography, bibliography, bibliology).
  • 4. The structure of literary criticism, its disciplines and subdisciplines, and its mutual realations. Evolution of literary methods.
  • 5. The relation of the history of literature and literary methods with special regard to the situation of interwar Czechoslovakia, the traditions of the Prague Linguistic Circle, Roman Jakobson, Vilém Mathesius, René Wellek. The problems of the confrontation of various methods. Contemporary situation of literary criticism.
  • 6. Literary axiology, its methods and genres. Literary history, periodization, its criteria, the periodization boundaries, conceptions of literary history, theory of literary history (René Wellek).
  • 7. Theory of literature and its disciplines. Theory of literature and poetics, theoretical poetics, historical poetics, general poetics, genre theory (genology) and the history of literary genres. Comparative literary studies, their development and methods.
  • 8. Poetry: verse theory.
  • 9. Prose: theory.
  • 10. Drama: theory.
  • 11. Mass literature: theory. Children's literature: theory. Theory of radio, film and TV texts. Literary currents. Slavonic literary studies, Literary criticism and Slavonic studies at the crossroads: the development of methodology and the impact of social sciences, special journals and scholarly organizations.
Literature
  • Ďurišin, D.: Čo je svetová literatúra? Bratislava 1992
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Ruská literatura (The Russian Literature). In Světové literatury 20. století v kostce. Praha: LIBRI, 1999, p. 167-189. ISBN 80-85983-80-X. info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Genologie a proměny literatury. Vyd. 1. Brno: Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, 1998, 154 s. ISBN 8021018720. URL info
  • WELLEK, René and Austin WARREN. Teorie literatury. Olomouc: Votobia, 1996, 555 s. ISBN 80-7198-150-8. info
  • PAVELKA, Jiří and Ivo POSPÍŠIL. Slovník epoch, směrů, skupin a manifestů. Brno: Georgetown, 1993, 290 s. ISBN 8090160409. info
  • VODIČKA, Felix. Svět literatury. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1992, 220 s. ISBN 8004259073. info
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Úvod do studia literatury pro rusisty. Vydání první. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1991, 116 stran. ISBN 8021002492. info
  • INGARDEN, Roman Stanisław. Umělecké dílo literární. Translated by Antonín Mokrejš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 419 s. ISBN 8020701044. URL info
  • BACHTIN, Michail Michajlovič. Estetika slovesnej tvorby. V Bratislave: Tatran, 1988. info
  • PAVELKA, Jiří and Ivo POSPÍŠIL. Základní problémy literárněvědné metodologie. 1. vyd. Brno: Univerzita J.E. Purkyně, 1986, 169 s. info
  • Slovník literárních směrů a skupin [Vlašín, 1983]. Edited by Štěpán Vlašín. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1983, 367 s. info
  • MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Studie z poetiky. Edited by Hana Mukařovská. Vyd. v tomto uspoř. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1982, 906 s. URL info
  • HVIŠČ, Jozef. Problémy literárnej genológie. Bratislava: Veda, 1979. info
  • POPOVIČ, Anton and František MIKO. Tvorba a recepcia : estetická komunikácia a metakomunikácia. V Bratislave: Tatran, 1978. info
  • HRABÁK, Josef. Úvod do teorie verše. 5., přeprac. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1978, 239 s. URL info
  • HRABÁK, Josef. Poetika. Druhé vydání. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1977, 361 stran. info
  • Slovník literární teorie. Edited by Štěpán Vlašín. 1. vyd. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1977, 471 s. URL info
  • GULJAJEV, Nikolaj Aleksandrovič. Teorija literatury : [učebnoje posobije dlja filog. special'nostej unyversitetov i ped. institutov]. Moskva: Vysšaja škola, 1977, 277 s. info
  • HRABÁK, Josef. Literární komparatistika. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1976, 206 s. URL info
  • BACHTIN, Michail Michajlovič. Voprosy literatury i estetiki : issledovanija raznych let. Moskva: Chudožestvennaja literatura, 1975, 500 s. info
  • TOMAŠEVSKIJ, Boris Viktorovič. Teorie literatury. 1. vyd. Praha: Lidové nakladatelství, 1970, 157 s. URL info
  • NEZVAL, Vítězslav. Moderní básnické směry. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1964. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Poetika. Edited by Iogann Lvovič Al'tman - Julie Nováková. 6. vyd., v Orbisu 2. Praha: Orbis, 1964, 97 s. info
  • WOLLMAN, Frank. K methodologii srovnávací slovesnosti slovanské. Brno: Filosofická fakulta s podporou Ministerstva školství a národní osvěty, 1936, 154 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Theoretical instruction illustrated by numerous examples, reading of recommended literature.
Assessment methods
Assessment: attendance, active participation, written exam - the students will be become acquainted with the structure of the text at the end of the semester.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008.
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