CJVA2MHER Interpretation and Understanding: A Dive into Modern Hermeneutics

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2025
Rozsah
0/2/0. 2 kr. (plus 2 za zk). Doporučované ukončení: zk. Jiná možná ukončení: z.
Vyučováno asynchronně
Vyučující
Mgr. Lenka Hanovská, Ph.D. (přednášející)
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. (pomocník)
Mgr. Anna Maryšková (pomocník)
Ing. Daniela Svobodová (pomocník)
Garance
Mgr. Lenka Hanovská, Ph.D.
Oddělení Centra jazykového vzdělávání na Filozofické fakultě – Centrum jazykového vzdělávání
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Anna Maryšková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Oddělení Centra jazykového vzdělávání na Filozofické fakultě – Centrum jazykového vzdělávání
Předpoklady
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This course is intended for full-time students (in their SECOND AND HIGHER semesters) with advanced English (B1+) knowledge. It is possible to enrol on the course after completing a diagnostic test and proving a minimum B1 command of English (course code: CJVVsT, https://is.muni.cz/auth/predmet/phil/jaro2024/CJVVsT). (Those who do not intend to pass an exam by the end of the course can apply for an exception and will be admitted to the course without taking the test.)
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je otevřen studentům libovolného oboru.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 15 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/15, pouze zareg.: 0/15, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/15
Cíle předmětu
The course investigates the role of language in shaping our perception of reality, providing an introduction to key modern philosophical theories that scrutinize language and its impact on our understanding of the world. The theories of human understanding are presented in a historical sequence, departing from traditional theories of representation and introducing modern perspectives that challenge the notion that language merely represents reality, offering alternative concepts of human understanding instead. Drawing from the works of Dilthey, Gadamer, Heidegger, Foucault, and Saussure, this course offers an in-depth exploration of fundamental concepts in modern hermeneutics and humanities. This content-based course uses a second language as the medium of communication. Students learn language by situating concepts in their appropriate contexts, acquiring relevant vocabulary in humanities, and understanding and delivering content in their scientific domain of interest. By using English as the medium of communication, students develop their language proficiency and gain a deeper understanding of their scientific field. The conditions for attestation include 70% attendance, an essay (1500 words) reflecting on an academic text, and a presentation of a text/topic in the classroom for students who decide to pass the exam within the course.
Výstupy z učení
After completing the course, a student will be able to:
- reflect the role of language in understanding the world
- recognize key concepts of the humanities and work with them critically
- use the concepts attentively
- pursue research in the humanities
- write an academic essay
- present an abstract topic in front of the audience
- discuss theoretical problems in English
- practice videoconferencing in an academic environment
Osnova
  • 1. Art of Interpretation, Hermeneutic Circle, Context, Objectivity (D. F. Schleiermacher)
  • 2. Experience and Understanding, Historicity and History, (W. Dilthey)
  • 3. To be Human is to Interpret, the Existential Hermeneutic Circle, (M. Heidegger)
  • 4. Understanding as Mediation, The Conversation that We Are (H. G. Gadamer)
  • 5. Hermeneutics and the Humanities, Objectivity vs. Subjectivity, Natural Sciences vs. Humanities
  • 6. Language, Grammar and an Attack on Truth (F. Nietzsche)
  • 7. Time and Interpretation, Symbols, Metaphors, Meaning (P. Ricoeur) This is an online session with the SOAS University Expert on Hermeneutics, Elvis Imafidon
  • 8. Discourse, Discoursive Practice, Discoursive Systems, Speaking Subjects (M. Foucault)
  • 9. Deconstructing Tradition, Meaning as a Difference (F. Saussure and J. Derrida)
  • 10. Poststructuralist Practice of Reading (L. Althusser)
  • 11. Traditional Hermentutics vs. non-European Approach (online session with the SOAS University expert on Hermeneutics, Elvis Imafidon)
Literatura
  • BELSEY, Catherine. Poststructuralism : a very short introduction. Second edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, 137 stran. ISBN 9780198859963. info
  • ZIMMERMANN, Jens. Hermeneutics : a very short introduction. First edition. Oxford: Oxford university press, 2015, xiv, 159. ISBN 9780199685356. info
  • GRONDIN, Jean. Introduction to philosophical hermeneutics. Edited by Hans-Georg Gadamer, Translated by Joel Weinsheimer. New Haven: Yale university press, 1994, xv, 231 s. ISBN 0-300-07089-6. info
  • MARTIN, Glen T. From Nietzsche to Wittgenstein : the problem of truth and nihilism in the modern world. New York: Peter Lang, 1989, xv, 401. ISBN 0820409170. info
  • DE MAN, Paul. Allegories of reading : figural language in Rousseau, Nietzsche, Rilke, and Proust. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979, xi, 305. ISBN 9780300028454. info
  • GADAMER, Hans-Georg. Philosophical hermeneutics. Translated by David E. Linge. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976, lviii, 243. ISBN 9780520256408. info
Výukové metody
lectures, on-line lectures, individual research
Metody hodnocení
Students can earn 2 credits for 70% attendance and two written reflections on the lectures, plus an additional 2 credits for the exam, which includes an essay based on reading academic texts and an in-class presentation.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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