Basics of Rhetoric and Poetics 1

Tutor:

Petr ŠRÁMEK

Synopsis:

Through preliminary questions of what literature is/isn't, who is/isn't an author, who is/isn't a reader, who is/isn't a narrator etc., the course offers a basic orientation and correct habits for work with a literary work. The main goal is to become familiar with the basic terminology of descriptive poetics, narratology and theatrology. Other material added continuously.

Prerequisites:

Active participation, performing of continually assigned tasks; interpretation

Study Objectives:

Familiarization with the theory and practice of linguistic construction of a dramatic text (dramas of antiquity, the renaissance, classical and romantic eras etc.) and the possibility of their vocal realization in Czech translation. Familiarization with contemporary translation practice.

Outline and Syllabus:

Topics:

1. Preconditions for reading? preliminary questions

2. Understanding vs. not understanding

3. who's who in a literary work

4. Figurative identification: sound, meaning, image

5. Between poetry and prose: types and genres of literature

6.?7. Basic terms of poetics

8?9. Basic terms of narratology

10. Verse in drama

11. Criteria for evaluating a literary work

[sense, meaning, sign; time, space; style, composition, theme, motif; monologue, dialogue; the model author and reader; metaphor, metonymy, symbol, amphibology; verse, foot, ictus; rhyme, assonance; rhytm, meter, intonation; Alexandrine, blank verse, hexameter; vocal instrumentation, euphony; expressivity, irony, persuasion; (in)formal writing; variation, allusion, variant reading etc.]

Study materials:

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2009/2010:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Fri
Thu	místnost S201 Hallerův sál (Karlova 26, Praha 1) ŠRÁMEK P. 12:30–14:00 (přednášková par. 1)
Fri

Schedule for summer semester 2009/2010:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený bakalářský režie a dramaturgie ČD (compulsory subject)