CJLB602 Interpretation of Fantastic literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tereza Dědinová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Tereza Dědinová, 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 14:00–15:40 B2.51
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The seminar focuses on the interpretation of fantastic literature in overlap to the film, serial and game adaptations. Attention will be also paid to the illustrations in the fantastic literature. Main focus will be on the concept of character, plot and style characteristic for fantastic literature, in relation to the theoretical study of these aspects we analyze problematic relationship between archetype and cliché and puts them in wider context.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students will be able to:
Interpret texts of fantastic literature;
Critically examine the fantastic elements in film and serial adaptations;
Orient themselves in the history and present of Czech illustration within fantastic literature;
Recognize a schematic and archetypal characters and plots;
Analyze typical and untypical stylistic elements of fantasy narratives.
Syllabus
  • Character, plot and style in fantastic literature;
  • Analysis of novels: Johanna Sinisalo: Ne před slunce západem / Jádro slunce;
  • Michel Faber: Kniha zvláštních nových věcí;
  • Ursula K. Le Guin: Levá ruka tmy;
  • Analysis of selected short stories;
  • Analysis of film adaptation of literary works (Příchozí);
  • Analysis of serial adaptation of comics (V jako vendeta);
  • Illustration within fantastic literature (before 1989 and nowadays);
  • The concept of heroes in games;
  • Negotiated topic.
Literature
    required literature
  • TOLKIEN, J. R. R. Netvoři a kritikové a jiné eseje. Translated by Jan Čermák. Vyd. v tomto souboru 1. Praha: Argo, 2006, 266 s. ISBN 8072037889. info
  • The encyclopedia of fantasy. Edited by John Clute - John Grant - Michael Ashley - David G. Hartwell - Gary We. 1st pub. London: Orbit, 1997, xvi, 1049. ISBN 1857233689. info
    recommended literature
  • DĚDINOVÁ, Tereza. Hrdina jako archetyp, nebo stereotyp? Úloha postavy ve fantastické literatuře (The hero as an archetype or a stereotype? The role of character in fantastic literature). Universitas. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, p. 9-15. info
  • DĚDINOVÁ, Tereza, Zbyněk FIŠER, Jakub JARINA, Luisa NOVÁKOVÁ, Matěj ANTOŠ, Jana CINDLEROVÁ, Joanna CZAPLIŃSKA, Antonín DOLÁK, Michal FRÁNEK, Anna GNOT, Daniel JAKUBÍČEK, Jiří JELÍNEK, Zdeněk JEŽEK, Hana MÁLKOVÁ, Lenka NALDONIOVÁ, Ester NOVÁKOVÁ, Michaela PAUČO, Ondřej POMAHAČ, Martina SALHIOVÁ, Jakub SOUČEK and Helena ULBRECHTOVÁ. Na rozhraní světů. Fantastická literatura v mezioborovém zkoumání (At the Edge of the Worlds. Fantastic Literature in Interdisciplinary Exploration). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, 376 pp. Spisy Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, sv. 454. ISBN 978-80-210-8441-4. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-8441-2016. Digitální knihovna FF MU Munishop info
  • DĚDINOVÁ, Tereza. Po divné krajině : charakteristika a vnitřní členění fantastické literatury (Through a Strange Landscape : Characteristics and Inner Structuring of Fantastic Literature). Online. 1., elektronické vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 228 pp. Spisy Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, sv. 433. ISBN 978-80-210-7872-7. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-7872-2015. Munishop Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • ATTEBERY, Brian. Stories about stories : fantasy and the remaking of myth. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, 240 s. ISBN 9780199316069. info
  • MENDLESOHN, Farah. Rhetorics of fantasy. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2008, xxv, 306. ISBN 9780819568670. info
  • The encyclopedia of science fiction. Edited by John Clute - Peter Nicholls - Brian M. Stableford - John Grant. 1st pub. London: Orbit, 1993, xxxvi, 137. ISBN 1857231244. info
  • ATTEBERY, Brian. Strategies of fantasy. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992, xiv, 152. ISBN 0253310709. info
    not specified
  • OZIEWICZ, Marek. One earth, one people : the mythopoeic fantasy series of Ursula K. Le Guin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle and Orson Scott Card. Edited by Brian Attebery. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2008, vii, 263. ISBN 9780786431359. info
  • The language of the night : essays on fantasy and science fiction. Edited by Susan Wood - Ursula K. Le Guin. Rev. ed. London: Women's Press, 1989, 210 s. ISBN 0704342022. info
Teaching methods
Thematic reading (compulsory texts), elaboration of analysis of given text and its oral presentation (homework), discussion on topic.
Assessment methods
Presentation on seminary, thematic discussion, two absences.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2024.
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