CJBC631 Introduction to the theory of narrative

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Fonioková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Bohumil Fořt, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Radomír D. Kokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Jan Tlustý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 24. 9. to Sun 14. 12. Wed 15:50–17:25 C33, Mon 15. 9. to Tue 23. 9. Wed 15:50–17:25 U4
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 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the lecture is to indroduce essential topics of the theory of narration, its development and contemporary trends in the worldly and domestic contaxts to the students. Particular topics are viewed on the background of various methodological approaches and strategies: stracturalism (R. Barthes, G. Genette, F. Vodička), generative theory (W. Schmid), cognitive science (D. Herman, M. Turner, J. Bruner), intermedial thinking (A. Jedličková, W. Wolf, M. A. Caws), hermeneutics (P. Ricoeur), theory of fictional worlds (T. Pavel, M.-L. Ryan, L. Doležel) and conceptions of H. P. Abbot, M. Jahn, M. Fludernik, J. Phelan etc. The lectures will be delivered by leading experts in the field of narratology. After having finished the course the students will be able to:
- understand essential problems of narratology;
- view basic developmental connections in the history of narratology;
- apply the gained knowledge to interpretation of literary artworks.
Syllabus
  • 1. Naratology - definition, elementary terms, history and presence of the discipline
  • 2. Time, narration and identity
  • 3. Mimesis and fiction
  • 4. Focalisation in narration
  • 5. Unreliable narration
  • 6. Narrative and the film medium
  • 7. Fiction - reference a representation
  • 8. Narration and tellability
  • 9. Narration in drama
  • 10. How do children create stories?
  • 11. Narrative space in the intermedial perspective
  • 12. Pragmatics, rhetorics and the meaning of narrative
Literature
  • Coming to terms : the rhetoric of narrative in fiction and film (Orig.) : Dohodnuté termíny : rétorika narativu ve fikci a filmu. info
  • FLUDERNIK, Monika. An introduction to narratology. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2009, x, 190. ISBN 9780203882887. info
  • HERMAN, David. Basic elements of narrative. 1st pub. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009, xv, 249. ISBN 9781405141543. info
  • A companion to narrative theory. Edited by James Phelan - Peter J. Rabinowitz. 1st pub. in pbk. Malden: Blackwell, 2008, xvi, 571. ISBN 9781405184380. info
  • CHATMAN, Seymour. Příběh a diskurs : narativní struktura v literatuře a filmu. Translated by Milan Orálek. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2008, 328 s. ISBN 9788072942602. info
  • Routledge encyclopedia of narrative theory. Edited by David Herman - Manfred Jahn - Marie-Laure Ryan. 1st pub. in pbk. London: Routledge, 2008, xxix, 718. ISBN 9780203932896. info
  • GENETTE, Gérard. Fikce a vyprávění. Vyd. 1. Brno: Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR, 2007, 96 s. ISBN 9788085778007. info
  • HERMAN, David. Přirozený jazyk vyprávění. Translated by Bohumil Fořt. Vyd. 1. Brno: Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR, 2005, 123 s. ISBN 8085778459. info
  • CULLER, Jonathan. Krátký úvod do literární teorie. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2002, 167 s. ISBN 80-7294-070-8. info
  • SCHOLES, Robert E. and Robert KELLOGG. Povaha vyprávění. Brno: Host, 2002, 328 s. ISBN 80-7294-069-4. info
  • RYAN, Marie-Laure. Narrative as virtual reality : immersion and interactivity in literature and electronic media. London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001, xiii, 399. ISBN 0801864879. info
  • RIMMON-KENAN, Shlomith. Poetika vyprávění : Narrative fiction : contemporary poetics (Orig.). Translated by Vanda Pickettová. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2001, 174 s. : i. ISBN 80-7294-004-X. info
  • TODOROV, Tzvetan. Poetika prózy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triáda, 2000, 333 s. ISBN 80-86138-27-5. info
  • RICOEUR, Paul. Figuring the sacred :religion, narrative, and imagination. Edited by Mark I. Wallace, Translated by David Pellauer. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995, viii, 340. ISBN 0-8006-2894-2. info
  • Interpretation of narrative. Edited by Mario J. Valdés - Owen J. Miller. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978, 202 s. ISBN 0802054439. info
Teaching methods
Lecture is based on methods of presentation, analysis and synthesis of knowledge.
Assessment methods
Written examination aimed at testing the student’s insight into the main theories, concepts and methodologies of the discipline.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
General note: Předmět bude otevřen a vyučován při minimálním počtu 6 zapsaných studujících.
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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