PRSJA006 Comparative Stylistics of Spanish and Czech Language

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/2. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Ivo Buzek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Petr Stehlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Monika Strmisková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Ivo Buzek, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Milada Malá, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Tuesday 8:00–9:40 G31
Prerequisites
This course is not offered to Erasmus students (knowledge of Czech language required).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will become familiar with the different approach of style, stylistics, text and text typologies in czech and spanish theory and will be able to apply their knowledge when translating from foreign languages.
Learning outcomes
Students will be acquainted with the differences in the use of expression means in writing texts belonging to different functional styles in Spanish and Czech. • They will be able to identify elements that are characteristic of individual styles and genres. • They will be able to apply their knowledge in writing their own texts and translating texts from Spanish into Czech and from Czech into Spanish.
Syllabus
  • General issues of stylistics; stylistics and other linguistic disciplines; communication theory; translation as a communication. • Contrastive stylistics of Spanish and Czech languages, variation in approaches. • Text creation, stylistic factors. • Methods of text analysis, functional styles and text typology. • Expert texts from the field of science and technology. • Expert texts from the field of humanities. • Administrative and legal texts. • Publicistic and popularizing texts. • Advertising and propaganda texts. • Texts of fiction. • Colloquial and transitional departments.
Literature
  • Čechová, M. - Krčmová, M. - Minářová, E. Současná stylistika. Praha: LN 2008. Dubský, J. Introducción a la estilística de la lengua. Santiago de Cuba: 1971. Trup, L. - Šoltys, J. Introducción a la estilística española. Bratislava: AnaPress 2000. Fuent
  • CALSAMIGLIA BLANCAFORT, Helena and Amparo TUSÓN VALLS. Las cosas del decir : manual de análisis del discurso. 1a ed. Barcelona: Ariel, 1999, 386 s. ISBN 8434482339. info
  • VRBOVÁ, Alena. Stylistika pro překladatele : texty a cvičení. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 198 s. ISBN 807184585X. info
Teaching methods
Lecture: interpretation of basic terms and concepts of stylistics, characteristics of "functional styles". Seminar: active participation in the analysis of selected texts and comparison of their equivalents is required, fulfillment of assigned homeworks.
Assessment methods
Active participation in seminars (80%) Written exam: test and practical analysis of a text.
Language of instruction
Spanish
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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