NARX02 History of Literary Structuralist Thought

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Bohumil Fořt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Bohumil Fořt, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Bc. Blanka Gross Čapková
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 T103, except Wed 18. 12. ; and Wed 18. 12. 10:00–11:40 D41
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
The aim of the course is to introduce the students to the particular periods, concepts, terms and strategies of one of the most influential areas of a literary theoretical investigation of the twentieth century.
Learning outcomes
After finishing the course the student will be able: a) understand particular periods of the development of structuralist literary criticism; b) to characterize specifics of the core concepts of the particular periods; c) to view structuralist literary criticism against the background of wider literary theoretical conceptions.
Syllabus
  • Structural(ist) linguistics. Russian formal school. Prague Aesthetics. Prague linguistics. Jan Mukařovský. Felix Vodička. The third generation of the Prague School. Intro school. French structuralism. Narrative grammars. Tartu school.
Literature
  • STEINER, P. Ruský formalismus : metapoetika. Translated by František A. Podhajský. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2011, 292 s. ISBN 9788072944057. info
  • DOLEŽEL, Lubomír. Studie z české literatury a poetiky. Edited by Bohumil Fořt. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 2008, 355 s. ISBN 9788072153374. info
  • FOŘT, Bohumil. Teorie vyprávění v kontextu Pražské školy. (The Theory of Narration in the Context of Prague School). Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, 2008, 135 pp. Spisy Masarykovy Univerzity v Brně. ISBN 978-80-210-4694-8. info
  • DOLEŽEL, Lubomír. Kapitoly z dějin strukturální poetiky : od Aristotela k Pražské škole. Translated by Bohumil Fořt. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2000, 246 s. ISBN 8072940031. info
  • PAVEL, Thomas G. and Linda JORDAN. The feud of language : a history of structuralist thought. 1st pub. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989, viii, 178. ISBN 0631168745. info
Teaching methods
Lectures-
Assessment methods
Collloquium - a short interview at the end of the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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