LMKB_a425 Life Storying in Oral History and (Auto)Biography

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 2019
Rozsah
0/2/0. 0. 4 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Dr. Jarmila Mildorf (přednášející), Mgr. Zuzana Fonioková, Ph.D. (zástupce)
Mgr. Zuzana Fonioková, Ph.D. (náhr. zkoušející)
Garance
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Ústav české literatury – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Ústav české literatury – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
Út 22. 10. 8:00–11:40 B2.43, St 23. 10. 10:00–13:40 B2.43, Čt 24. 10. 10:00–13:40 B2.43
Předpoklady
ability to read texts and follow lectures and discussions in English
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 22 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/22, pouze zareg.: 0/22, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/22
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 24 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Cíle předmětu
In this course, we will look at how people tell their life stories in oral history as well as in autobiography. Both modes require attention to different aspects of the storytelling process that are closely connected to its contexts of production: orality on the one hand and writing on the other. We will look at theoretical questions surrounding life storying in those contexts. For the (auto)biographical texts to be examined in class (Jeannette Walls’ Half Broke Horses and Neil Patrick Harris’ Choose Your Own Autobiography), we will discuss concepts such as the “autobiographical pact” (Lejeune) between reader and autobiographer that also touches on such troubled notions as ‘authenticity’ and ‘truthfulness’. Furthermore, we will address questions of (narrative) identity, narrative design and its sense-making functions, as well as aspects of fictionalization. In the context of oral history interviews, the interview situation with its dialogical setup plays an important role. Here, we will specifically look at the communicative situation, the audience design in what storytellers reveal about themselves and also the co-constructedness of oral history narratives.
Osnova
  • Session 1 Oral History: general introduction
  • Session 2 Oral history project: to be announced
  • Session 3 Autobiography: general introduction
  • Session 4 Telling someone else’s story: Jeannette Walls: Half Broke Horses
  • Session 5 Playfulness in autobiography: Neil Patrick Harris: Choose your Own Autobiography
  • Session 6 Summary and discussion
Výukové metody
seminars, discussions, pre-class reading
Metody hodnocení
Students are expected to participate in at least four sessions (ideally all six sessions). At the end of the semester, students will hand in a report (in English or in Czech) on three sessions of their own choice (except for the last, wrap-up session). The report on each session will include a critical summary of the assigned reading, the main ideas discussed in class, and the student's own reflection.
Informace učitele
The course is taught in 3 blocks within one week by Dr. Jarmila Mildorf from Paderborn University. The schedule will be as follows: Tue 22/10 8:00-11:40 B2.43; Wed 23/10 10:00-13:40 B2.43; Thu 24/10 10:00-13:40 B2.43.
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