LIKOn02 Literary theory and methodology of literary criticism

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ivo Pospíšil, DrSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Przybylski
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Tuesday 10:50–12:25 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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is to give the students the general notions of literary theory and its methodological tools. At the end of the course the student should have the knowledge of basic notions of the theory of literature and the methods of literary criticism.
Syllabus
  • Literature and its social function
  • Literary criticism, its structure, allied and auxiliary scientific disciplines
  • Methodology of literary criticism: Literary methods, including philological, biographical, socio-positive, psychological methods, immanent methodological systems (Russian formalism, New Criticism, different forms of structuralism), methods of post-structuralism – hermeneutics, deconstruction etc. Post-modern context.
  • Literary theory and poetics of literature
  • Theory of versification
  • Theory of prose
  • Drama theory
  • Comparative literature studies
  • Genre studies
  • Literary currents
  • Terms, definitions, authors, texts
  • Current state of literary criticism
Literature
    required literature
  • Harpáň, M.: Teória literatúry. Bratislava 1994
  • Štraus, František: Príručný slovník literárnovedných termínov. Bratislava, sine.
  • Valček, P.: Slovník literárnej teórie. Bratislava 2006.
  • Žilka, Tibor: Vademecum poetiky. Nitra 2006
  • Krausová, N.: Príspevky k literárnej teórii. Poetika románu. Bratislava 1967.
  • POSPÍŠIL, Ivo. Základní okruhy filologické a literárněvědné metodologie a teorie (elementy, materiály, úvahy, pojetí, texty) (The Basic Spheres of Philological and Literary Methodology and Theory (Elements, Materials, Reflections, Conceptions, Texts)). Trnava: Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave, Filozofická fakulta, 2010, 275 pp. ISBN 978-80-8105-191-3. info
  • MOCNÁ, Dagmar and Josef PETERKA. Encyklopedie literárních žánrů. 1. vyd. Litomyšl: Paseka, 2004, 699 s. ISBN 807185669X. info
  • Areál - sociální vědy - filologie. Edited by Ivo Pospíšil. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 94 s. ISBN 8021028351. info
  • PAVERA, Libor and František VŠETIČKA. Lexikon literárních pojmů. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2002, 422 s. ISBN 80-7182-124-1. info
  • PETRŮ, Eduard. Úvod do studia literární vědy. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Rubico, 2000, 187 s. ISBN 80-85839-44-X. info
  • INGARDEN, Roman. Umělecké dílo literární. 1. vyd. Praha: Odeon, 1989, 419 s. info
  • LIBA, Peter. Čitateľ a literárny proces. V Bratislave: Tatran, 1987. info
  • ŽILKA, Tibor. Poetický slovník. 2. dopl. vyd. Bratislava: Tatran, 1987, 435 s. info
  • HRABÁK, Josef. Úvod do teorie verše. Vyd. 6. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 239 s. URL info
  • HVIŠČ, Jozef. Poetika literárnych žánrov. Vyd. 1. V Bratislave: Tatran, 1985, 210 s. info
  • HVIŠČ, Jozef. Problémy literárnej genológie. Bratislava: Veda, 1979. info
  • FINDRA, Ján, Eduard GOMBALA and Ivan PLINTOVIČ. Slovník literárnovedných termínov. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1979. info
  • HRABÁK, Josef. Poetika. Druhé vydání. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1977, 361 stran. info
    recommended literature
  • DOHNAL, Josef. Russkaja literatura XVIII veka. Izbrannyje teksty I. Chrestomatija (Russian Literature of the XVIIIth Century. Selected Texts I. Reading Book). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 266 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6495-9. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    not specified
  • PAVELKA, Jiří and Ivo POSPÍŠIL. Slovník epoch, směrů, skupin a manifestů. Brno: Georgetown, 1993, 294 pp. Co nás spojuje. ISBN 80-901604-0-9. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and class discussion in the seminars.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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