LMKA_a14 Theories, analyses, interpretations I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Petr Bubeníček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Zuzana Fonioková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Jan Tlustý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Karolína Kučerová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Petr Bubeníček, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Bromová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 12:00–13:40 B2.22, except Thu 18. 4.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(ND)
Doporučujeme před tímto předmětem absolvovat LMKA_a13 Úvod do studia literatury, médií a kultury (doporučení platí zejména pro studující s jiným než filologickým zázemím a bez zkušenosti s teorií literatury).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 17/35, only registered: 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar will introduce students to various interpretation strategies developed by the key movements in literary theory, aesthetics, and philosophy since the beginning of the 20th century. The lessons will further include critical analysis of theoretical texts and in-class interpretation of particular literary and artistic texts or social discourses.
Learning outcomes
Having attended the seminar, students will be able to:
- understand various methodological approaches to text, society, and cultural practices, and to critically evaluate these methodologies,
- consider the particular methods and interpretation approaches in a broader philosophical, aesthetic and cultural context,
- apply theoretical approaches to interpreting texts,
- gain a better understanding of issues in contemporary humanities,
- use the acquired knowledge and skills in their own interdisciplinary research.
Syllabus
  • Narrative - definition and implications
  • Narratology
  • Truth in fiction
  • Postclassical Narratology 1: cognitive, unnatural
  • Whose story is this? Narrative and ideology; feminist theory
  • Feminist interpretation; disability studies
  • Queer theory (guest teacher: Mgr. Karolína Zlámalová)
  • Postcolonialism (theory of orientalism)
  • Aesthetic experience from the perspective of phenomenology and hermeneutics
  • Narrative and identity
Literature
    required literature
  • SOLNIT, Rebecca. Whose Story Is This? Old Conflicts, New Chapters. London: Granta, 2019. info
  • ABBOTT, H. Porter. The Cambridge introduction to narrative. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, xvii, 252. ISBN 9780521715157. info
  • CULLER, Jonathan. Krátký úvod do literární teorie. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2002, 167 s. ISBN 80-7294-070-8. info
    recommended literature
  • MATONOHA, Jan. Za (de)konstruktivismem : kritické koncepty (post)poststrukturální literární a kulturní teorie. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2017, 517 stran. ISBN 9788020028051. info
  • KUBÍČEK, Tomáš, Jiří HRABAL and Petr A. BÍLEK. Naratologie : strukturální analýza vyprávění. V Praze: Dauphin, 2013, 247 s. ISBN 9788072725922. info
  • Průvodce po světové literární teorii 20. století. Edited by Vladimír Macura - Alice Jedličková. Vydání první. Brno: Host, 2012, 839 stran. ISBN 9788072948482. info
  • MCLEOD, John. Beginning Postcolonialism. First published 2000. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2010, 333 pp. Second edition. ISBN 978-0-7190-7858-3. info
  • Postclassical narratology : approaches and analyses. Edited by Jan Alber - Monika Fludernik. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2010, vii, 323. ISBN 9780814292419. info
  • ISER, Wolfgang. Jak se dělá teorie. Translated by Petr Onufer. První české vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2009, 245 stran. ISBN 9788024616728. info
  • SAID, Edward W. Orientalismus : západní koncepce Orientu. Translated by Petra Nagyová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2008, 459 s. ISBN 9788071859215. info
  • The Cambridge companion to narrative. Edited by David Herman. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, xiii, 310. ISBN 9780521673662. info
  • Lexikon teorie literatury a kultury : koncepce / osobnosti / základní pojmy. Edited by Ansgar Nünning - Jiří Trávníček - Jiří Holý, Translated by Al. Vydání první. Brno: Host, 2006, 912 stran. ISBN 8072941704. info
  • MORRIS, Pam. Literatura a feminismus. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2000, 232 s. ISBN 8086055906. info
  • HERMAN, David. Narratologies : new perspectives on narrative analysis. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1999, viii, 396. ISBN 9780814250242. info
  • BRUNER, Jerome. Acts of meaning. Cambridge, Mas.: Harvard University Press, 1998, xvii, 181. ISBN 0-674-00360-8. info
  • PHELAN, James. Narrative as rhetoric : technique, audiences, ethics, ideology. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1996, xiv, 237. ISBN 0814206883. info
Teaching methods
seminar, pre-seminar reading and response paper, discussion
Assessment methods
response papers, essay, oral colloqium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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Teacher's information
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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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