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)

Mgr. Miroslav Balaštík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Hana Bočková, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ester Nováková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Zuzana Urválková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts

Timetable of Seminar Groups

CJA004/A: No timetable has been entered into IS. M. Balaštík
CJA004/B: Fri 14:10–15:45 C31, M. Balaštík
CJA004/C: Tue 14:10–15:45 C31, M. Balaštík
CJA004/D: Tue 9:10–10:45 N43, E. Nováková
CJA004/E: Mon 7:30–9:05 zruseno D31, Z. Urválková
CJA004/F: each odd Monday 9:10–10:45 G11 and each even Monday 9:10–10:45 G25, Z. Urválková
CJA004/G: Mon 10:50–12:25 N01023, Z. Urválková

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 170 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/170, only registered: 0/170

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

After finishing the course students:
- orientate themselves in issues concerning literary studies and literary science;
- are familiar with the most important sources of information essential for literary scientific research;
- are able to work with bibliographic tools and literary scientific reference books;
- acquire rules of working with scientific texts;
- 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

• Mgr. Jitka Cholastová:
• 1. The study of Czech literature at the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University - organisation and specifics. 2. Literature, literary work as a sign 3. Literary studies, system and methodology 4. Electronic resources, databases, libraries 5. Basic handbooks, dictionaries, journals 6. Scholarly literature and its reading, recherche, excerpt 7. Literary genres - basic terms 8. Reading and interpretation of the literary text, personal notes 9. From the readong experience to the scholarly text 10. A review, a study, an essay 11. Quotations, publication ethics 12. Bibliographic data
• dr. Ester Nováková:
• 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.
• dr. Z. Urválková:
• 1. The study of Czech literature at the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University - organisation and specifics. 2. Reading primary literatury and academic articles. 3. Literary science, its system and methodology. 4. Scientific libraries and their catalogues, internet sources. 5. Basic literary-historical manuals. 6. Basic literary-theoretical manuals. 7. Interpretation of the literary text. 8. Making a professional text: genres of professional texts and their problems. 9. Problems of bibliographical citations, bibliographical reference, quotation; notes. 10. Personages of literary science before now and now. 11. Literary magazines in Czech republic. 12. Basic editorial issues and conceptions, editing practice.

Literature

• PISTORIUS, Vladimír. Jak se dělá kniha : příručka pro nakladatele. 3., dopl. a přeprac. vyd. Příbram: Pistorius & Olšanská, 2011, 280 s. ISBN 9788087053508. info
• 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
• Slovník českých literárních časopisů, periodických literárních sborníků a almanachů 1945-2000. Edited by Blahoslav Dokoupil. Brno: Host, 2002, xvi, 334 s. ISBN 80-7294-041-4. 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

Teaching methods

Methods of presentation, application, interpretation and discussion are used in the seminar. Students present their knowledge and skills in oral and written form.

Assessment methods

For obtaining a credit students have to write an essay; the course is concluded by a written test which also includes topics from the parallel lecture.

Language of instruction

Czech

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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