ESB820 Text and Interpretation

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Hana Řehulková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 12:30–14:05 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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the core of this course is reading excerpts from the selected writings of the 20th-century aesthetics. The main goal is to gain understanding of these seminal texts through interpretation and discussion. During the course, the students will generate their own subject annotation system to record personal reflections, arguments, factual observations. Course graduation requires a basic orientation in the analyzed texts, their comprehension, interpretation and paraphrasing.
Syllabus
  • - Chapter “The Brown Stocking” from Erich Auerbach’s Mimesis. - Essay “The Myth of Sisyphus”. - Chapter “Possible Woods” from the book Six Walks in the Fictional Woods by Umberto Eco. - The concepts of play, symbol and celebration in H.G. Gadamer’s book The Relevance of the Beautiful. - Chapter “Answering the Question: What is the Postmodern?” from J. F. Lyotard’s work Toward the Postmodern. - Chapter from “The Aesthetic Understanding” by Roger Scruton.
Literature
  • NEWTON, Kenneth. Jak interpretovat text : kritický úvod do teorie a praxe literární interpretace. Translated by Milan Orálek. Olomouc: Periplum, 2008, 263 s. ISBN 9788086624471. info
  • SCRUTON, Roger. Estetické porozumění : eseje o filozofii, umění a kultuře. Translated by Jiří Ogrocký. 1. vyd. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2005, 177 s. ISBN 8085947927. info
  • GADAMER, Hans-Georg. Aktualita krásného : umění jako hra, symbol a slavnost. Translated by David Filip. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triáda, 2003, 86 s. ISBN 8086138488. info
  • BÍLEK, Petr A. Hledání jazyka interpretace :k modernímu prozaickému textu. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2003, 360 s. ISBN 80-7294-080-5. info
  • SZONDI, Peter. Úvod do literární hermeneutiky :studijní vydání přednášek. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2003, 184 s. ISBN 80-7294-094-5. info
  • BLOOM, Harold. How to read and why. 1st Touchstone ed. New York: Touchstone Book, 2001, 283 s. ISBN 0684859076. 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
  • CAMUS, Albert. Mýtus o Sisyfovi. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1995, 167 s. ISBN 802050477X. info
  • LYOTARD, Jean François. O postmodernismu :postmoderno vysvětlované dětem : postmoderní situace. Translated by Jiří Pechar. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 1993, 206 s. ISBN 80-7007-047-1. info
  • AUERBACH, Erich. Mimesis : zobrazení skutečnosti v západoevropských literaturách. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1968, 501 s. info
Teaching methods
Every lecture requires a home preparation by the student, i.e.reading of the assigned text.
Assessment methods
Oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
General note: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2015.
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