CJBC120 Analysis of Fictional Worlds

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Bohumil Fořt, 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 9:10–10:45 U24
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 course introduces students to one of the most recent trends in literary theoretical thought that is an investigation in the fictional world of narratives as in a specific kind of a possible world. Students will be introduced to a theoretical backround of the theory of fictional worlds. By elaborating on particular mainly English texts several levels of the structure of fictional worlds and their relationships with other theories will be recovered.
After finishing the course the students will be able
to understand basic conceptions of fictional worlds;
to understand the specificity of particular literary theoretical conceptions of fictional worlds;
to copmare similarities and differences of particular conceptions of fictional worlds;
to apply their knowledge to particular literary texts.
Syllabus
  • The course will introduce both conceptions of L. Doležel,
  • T. Pavel,
  • M.-L. Ryan,
  • R. Ronen,
  • U. Eco,
  • which are canonical for semantics of fictional worlds; it also focuses on other major contributions to the fictional-worlds semantic which interconnect this topic with others theoretical conceptions.
Literature
  • FOŘT, Bohumil. Marie-Laura Ryanová a její projekt možných světů. (Marie-Laura Ryan and her project of possible worlds.). Aluze : časopis pro literaturu, filosofii a jiné. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2006, vol. 2005, No 3, p. 102-4, 3 pp. ISSN 1212-5547. info
  • FOŘT, Bohumil. Ruth Ronenová a její hledání reality. (Ruth Ronen and her search for reality.). In RUTH RONENOVÁ. Možné světy v teorii literatury. 1st ed. Brno: Host, 2006, p. 270-280. Teoretická knihovna. ISBN 80-7294-180-1. info
  • FOŘT, Bohumil. Fikční světy a jejich obyvatelé. (Fictional Worlds and their Inhabitants). Iluminace. Časopis pro teorii, historii a estetiku filmu. Praha: Národní filmový archiv, 2005, vol. 17, No 1, p. 65-77. ISSN 0862-397X. info
  • FOŘT, Bohumil. Úvod do sémantiky fikčních světů. (Introduction to Semantics of Fictional Worlds.). 1st ed. Brno: Host, 2005, 148 pp. Teoretická knihovna. ISBN 80-7294-165-8. info
  • DOLEŽEL, Lubomír. Identita literárního díla (Literary Text, Its World and Its Style; Counterfactual Imagination). Vydání první. Brno - Praha: Ústav pro českou literaturu Akademie věd České republiky, 2004, 68 pp. Edice Theoretica, svazek 2. ISBN 80-85-778-39-4. info
  • DOLEŽEL, Lubomír. Identita literárního díla (Literary Text, Its World and Its Style; Counterfactual Imagination). Vydání první. Brno - Praha: Ústav pro českou literaturu Akademie věd České republiky, 2004, 68 pp. Edice Theoretica, svazek 2. ISBN 80-85-778-39-4. info
  • FOŘT, Bohumil and Tomáš KUBÍČEK. Komentář. (Commentary.). In DOLEŽEL, Lubomír. Identita literárního díla. 1st ed. Praha: ÚČL AV ČR, 2004, p. 49-57. Theoretica. ISBN 80-85-778-39-4. info
  • FOŘT, Bohumil and Jiří HRABAL. Od struktury k fikčnímu světu (From Structure to Fictional World). Olomouc: Aluze, 2004, 229 pp. příloha 6. 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
  • DOLEŽEL, Lubomír. Kapitoly z dějin strukturální poetiky :od Aristotela k Pražské škole. Translated by Bohumil Fořt. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2000, 246 s. ISBN 80-7294-003-1. 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
  • DOLEŽEL, Lubomír. Narativní způsoby v české literatuře. Praha: Český spisovatel, 1993. ISBN 80-202-0418-0. info
Teaching methods
Seminar.
Assessment methods
The seminar combines home preparation with critical reading of particular literary theoretical texts which are crucial for the course topic and which are at the disposal in the IS system. In order to be given the credit the students have to pass an oral interview about the topic of the seminar.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět bude otevřen a vyučován při minimálním počtu 6 zapsaných studujících.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Je třeba, aby studenti meli vykonánu zkoušku z Teorie literatury II.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Spring 2015.
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