CJBC643 Gaps and Indeterminacy in Literary Work

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jan Tlustý, 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
Wed 14:10–15:45 U25
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this seminar is to introduce and critically examine various theoretical approaches to indeterminacy, gaps, and “unknowing” in literary works by reading selected theoretical texts. Participants will analyse primarily texts representing phenomenological philosophy, reception aesthetics, poststructuralism, possible-world theory, and contemporary narratology. Specific concepts will also be applied to the interpretation of selected works of world literature (Kafka, Beckett, Coetzee, Murakami, P. Roth, Kundera, and others).

The seminar participants will learn to:
- understand the concept of indeterminacy in a broader literary-theoretical and aesthetic context
- pay attention to indeterminacy in the history of Czech and world literature
- apply the concept of indeterminacy when interpreting literary texts
Syllabus
  • Basic principles of phenomenology (E. Husserl), the seen and the unseen (Merleau-Ponty); literary work as an intentional object (R. Ingarden), indeterminacy as a condition of the work’s effect (W. Iser); the inspiration of unintentionality (M. Jankovič); the aesthetics of negation (T. W. Adorno); the principle of minimal departure (M .L. Ryan); implicit meanings and gaps (L. Doležel); gaps, cruxes, and overreading (H. P. Abbott); the novel’s wisdom of uncertainty (M. Kundera).
Literature
  • JANKOVIČ, Milan. Cesty za smyslem literárního díla. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2005, 354 s. ISBN 8024610132. URL info
  • HUSSERL, Edmund. Ideje k čisté fenomenologii a fenomenologické filosofii. Translated by Alena Rettová - Petr Urban. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2004, 339 s. ISBN 8072980858. info
  • DOLEŽEL, Lubomír. Heterocosmica. Fikce a možné světy (Heterocosmica. Fiction and Possible Worlds). Vydání české první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 2003, 311 pp. ISBN 80-246-0735-2. info
  • MERLEAU-PONTY, Maurice. Viditelné a neviditelné. Translated by Miroslav Petříček. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1998, 268 s. ISBN 8086005828. info
  • ADORNO, Theodor W. Estetická teorie. 1. vyd. Praha: Panglos, 1997, 581 s. ISBN 80-902205-4-1. info
  • INGARDEN, Roman. Umělecké dílo literární. 1. vyd. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 419 s. info
  • ISER, Wolfgang. The act of reading : a theory of aesthetic response. Johns Hopkins pbk. ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980, xii, 239. ISBN 0801823714. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
General note: Předmět bude otevřen a vyučován při minimálním počtu 10 zapsaných studujících.
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