| Course title | Methodology of literary interpretation |
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| Course code | KBH/MLZ |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | 1 |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 2 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | unspecified |
| Work placements | unspecified |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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| Course content |
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The notion of interpretation and analysis - objective and subjective approaches to a literary text. Delimiting a text: definition, on overview of concepts, the relation of a text to its "surroundings". An overview of interpretative methods employed between the second half of the 19th century and the second half of the 20th century. Structuralism: approaching a text (defining the basic problems) Deconstruction: an attempt at "anti-interpretation". Manuscriptology: the theory of writing as "unfolding the meaning". New historicism and an attempt at a cultural interpretation of a text. Advantages and disadvantages of the intertextual interpretation of a text (the conflict of emanent and societal approaches)
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming) |
| Learning outcomes |
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This course provides a theoretical basis and terminology for the methodology of literary interpretation, specially promoting practical application of the latest approaches. The seminar is focused on the interpretation of a particular literary text, namely prose and poetry of the 19th and 20th centuries. Attention is paid to contrasting the 'scholarly' (scientific) approaches to a literary text with the emotional (sensuous) ones, and also to possibilities of combining both modes.
The ability to interpret a text, using various practical approaches, identifying its inner structure, describing its mechanisms and defining its relation to the surrounding cultural context. |
| Prerequisites |
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Prerequisite: completion of the Introduction to the study of literature exam.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Essay
Active participation in the course, completion of the final test and a paper no shorter than ten pages (an attempt at interpretation of a chosen literary text, prose or poetry) |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teacher training in Czech language and literature (1) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Introductory teacher training course in Czech language and literature (1) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teacher training in Czech language and literature (1) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Introductory teacher training course in Czech language and literature (2) | Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |