PLIN020 Editorial Work

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tereza Lojdová (assistant), doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zdeňka Hladká, Dr.
Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Adolf Gallistl
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course is devoted to elementary instructions on the preparation of texts from various historical periods, to methods of their linguistic and formal processing. We expect to use computer tools during the course.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students:
- will know the basic terminology of textology and editology,
- will be able to make proofreadings,
- will be well informed about textological and typographical preparation of texts for editorial practice.
Syllabus
  • 1. Books and book market – the history of manufacturing books, the book as a material ob-ject and as a commodity, the specifics of e-books, book market in the ČR.
  • 2. Proofreading – rules of proofreading, proofreading marks.
  • 3. Typography – the history of script, the visual aspect of the book, the main principles of ty-pography.
  • 4. Textology – editing texts of 19th and 20th century, identifying the source text.
  • 5. Kinds of editions – characteristics of different types of publication of texts (scientific and readers' editions), the creation of the critical apparatus.
  • 6. Editing the old literature – the specifics of the edition of old texts, form of a text source, the transcription, the transliteration.
  • 7. The modern practice of edition – principles for the preparation of editions, software tools.
Literature
  • ČSN 88 0410 Korekturní znaménka pro sazbu : pravidla používání (Variant.) : Korekturní znaménka pro sazbu : pravidla používání. info
  • PISTORIUS, Vladimír. Jak se dělá kniha : příručka pro nakladatele. 3., dopl. a přeprac. vyd. Příbram: Pistorius & Olšanská, 2011, 280 s. ISBN 9788087053508. info
  • MAGINCOVÁ, Dagmar. Příručka nakladatelského redaktora. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2008, 139 s. ISBN 9788086818832. info
  • Editor a text : úvod do praktické textologie. Edited by Rudolf Havel - Břetislav Štorek - Jiří Flaišman - Michal Kosák. Vyd. 2. Praha: Paseka, 2006, 182 s. ISBN 8071856533. info
  • VOIT, Petr. Encyklopedie knihy : starší knihtisk a příbuzné obory mezi polovinou 15. a počátkem 19. století. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2006, 1350 s. ISBN 8072773127. info
  • KOČIČKA, Pavel and Filip BLAŽEK. Praktická typografie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Computer Press, 2000, xiv, 288. ISBN 8072263854. info
  • VAŠÁK, Pavel. Textologie :teorie a ediční praxe. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1993, 235 s. ISBN 80-7066-638-2. info
Teaching methods
Teaching takes the form of e-learning, studying teaching materials, individual projects. Course takes place in E-learning system of FF MU (https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf3/).
Assessment methods
The successful finishing of the course requires hand homeworks in (proofreading, typographical text processing, textological text processing).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Kurz je veden jako e-learning, není zařazen do rozvrhu.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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