ETMB15 verbal culture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Petr Janeček, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Monday 11:40–13:15 J31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is devoted to phenomenon of verbal expressions of human culture, which is regarded as one of the basic anthropological universals. These expressions can be found not only in European traditional folk culture, but in all known human societies. Main attention is paid to field of oral prose narratives; storytelling of traditional stories with various social and cultural functions, which are conceptualized as verbal folklore, folk literature, oral literature or verbal art. Main purpose of the course is to present rich field of informally transmitted and collective-based prosaic narratives on specific examples and show their transcultural richness and transformations - from traditional oral folklore forms (myths. legends, folktales) to the contemporary ones (jokes, rumours, contemporary legends), with attention to non-orally transmitted phenomena (writtten folklore, office folklore, electronical folklore). Along the presentation of specific examples of various prosaic folklore genres of various world cultures, the course also presents basic historical overview of analysis of prosaic oral narratives by various scientific fields - folkloristics, cultural anthropology, mythology and psychology.
Syllabus
  • The course is devoted to phenomenon of verbal expressions of human culture, which is regarded as one of the basic anthropological universals. These expressions can be found not only in European traditional folk culture, but in all known human societies. Main attention is paid to field of oral prose narratives; storytelling of traditional stories with various social and cultural functions, which are conceptualized as verbal folklore, folk literature, oral literature or verbal art. Main purpose of the course is to present rich field of informally transmitted and collective-based prosaic narratives on specific examples and show their transcultural richness and transformations - from traditional oral folklore forms (myths. legends, folktales) to the contemporary ones (jokes, rumours, contemporary legends), with attention to non-orally transmitted phenomena (writtten folklore, office folklore, electronical folklore). Along the presentation of specific examples of various prosaic folklore genres of various world cultures, the course also presents basic historical overview of analysis of prosaic oral narratives by various scientific fields - folkloristics, cultural anthropology, mythology and psychology.
Literature
  • ŠRÁMKOVÁ, Marta. Česká prozaická folkloristika v letech 1945-2000 : (přehled, vývoj, témata, bibliografie). 1. vyd. Praha: Etnologický ústav AV ČR, 2008, 150 s. ISBN 9788087112083. info
  • JANEČEK, Petr. Černá sanitka a jiné děsivé příběhy : současné pověsti a fámy v České republice. Vyd. 1. Praha: Plot, 2006, 367 s. ISBN 8086523748. info
  • ONG, Walter J. Technologizace slova : mluvená a psaná řeč. Edited by Petr A. Bílek, Translated by Petr Fantys. Vyd. české 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2006, 236 s. ISBN 8024611244. info
  • UTHER, Hans-Jörg. The types of international folktales : a classification and bibliography. Edited by Sabine Dinslage. Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 2004, 619 s. ISBN 9514109554. info
  • SIROVÁTKA, Oldřich. Folkloristické studie. Brno: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2002, 197 s. ISBN 80-85010-31-3. 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
  • Česká lidová slovesnost : výbor pro současného čtenáře. Edited by Bohuslav Beneš. Vydání první. [Praha]: Odeon, 1990, 363 stran. ISBN 8020701818. info
  • LEŠČÁK, Milan and Oldřich SIROVÁTKA. Folklór a folkloristika : (o ľudovej slovesnosti). Bratislava: Smena, 1982, 263 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2020.
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