FF:CJBC609 Czech Structuralism in Exile - Course Information
CJBC609 Czech Structuralism in Exile
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Ondřej Sládek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová - Timetable
- Mon 8:20–9:55 C32
- 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
- Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
- Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
- Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI) (2)
- Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
- Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
- Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS3)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Czech Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS3)
- Course objectives
- The course is designed as an introduction to Czech structuralism in exile. It focuses on an analysis of forms of Czech structuralist thought in the work of R. Wellek, R. Jakobson, L. Matějka, M. Součková, F. Galán, J. Veltruský, M. Grygar, K. Chvatík, L. Doležel, E. Volek, P. Steiner, J. Toman, T. Winner etc. Their conceptions are compared to Russian Formalism, New Criticism and French Structuralism.
The aims of the course are:
to analyse the contribution of the Prague School to both Czech and world literary theory
to describe the links between Czech and world literary theory
to provide the students with a wide range of literary theoretical texts. - Syllabus
- (a) An overview of history of Czech Structuralism; (b) Leaders of the Prague Linguistic Circle; (c) The first exile: Roman Jakobson a René Wellek; (d) The second exile: L. Matějka, M. Součková, F. W. Galán, J. Veltruský; (e) The thirth exile: L. Doležel, F. Svejkovský, E. Volek, P. Steiner, J. Toman, K. Chvatík, M. Grygar etc; (f) Czech Structuralism in the context of world literary theory.
- Literature
- CHVATÍK, Květoslav. Strukturální estetika :řád věcí a řád člověka. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1994, 86 s. ISBN 80-85865-03-3. info
- Assessment methods
- The students will be given the credit for an oral presentation in the class.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught each semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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