Chapters from Theory of Literature 1
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| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205KLT1 | Z | 2 | 15S | Czech | winter |
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Learning outcomes of the course unit
- Knowledge of the basic range and issues of literary theory in general and literary theory for children and youth in particular.
- Developed ability and skills to recognize and analyze resources and processes which are at the disposition of a writer.
- Developed ability to interpret a literary work, its structure and a knowledge of its layers.
- Ability to recognize the merit and potential which offered to a creative educator in working with children and youth.
- Opening a channel to knoweldge of literary types, genres and genre variations important, particularly for children's literature.
Mode of study
Readings, discussion, text analyses, creative writing.
Prerequisites and co-requisites
- Ability to sense various components and merits of a creative text.
- Systematic monitoring of modern literature, particularly works for children.
- Creativity.
Course contents
This course is focused on the areas of literary theory which are important for a drama education instructor. Part of the instruction is a presentation of the basic genre areas important for literature for children and youth. This course combines practical activities with lecture with an emphasis on the contextual relationship.
- Presentation, basic concepts and relationships.
- A literary work as a structure.
- Language - the gate to a literary work. Language tools of a literary work. The sound and graphics aspsects of verse. Syntactic tools and issues of free verse.
- Basic repertoire of topic tools.
- Fictional worlds in literary works and their parts.
- Event, story, plot, storyline.
- Image and function of figures.
- Image and function of surroundings in a literary work.
- Narrator a function in a literary work. Narrative situations.
- Motifs and motive elements.
- Story and topic in a literary work.
- Composition. Composition principles and procedures. Dominant/Semantic gestures.
- Aesthetic function in a literary work. Aesthetic functions and their place among other functions. Specificity of literature for children and youth.
- Genealogy. Types and literary genres with a consideration of literature for children and youth and their changes.
Recommended or required reading
BRUKNER, Josef; FILIP, Jiří. Poetický slovník. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1997. 368 s. ISBN 80-204-0650-6.
HAMAN, Aleš. Úvod do studia literatury a interpretace díla. Praha: H & H, 1999. 180 s. ISBN 80-86022-57-9 .
HRABÁK, Josef. Úvod do teorie verše. 4., rozš. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1970. 260 s.
CHALOUPKA, Otakar; NEZKUSIL, Vladimír. Vybrané kapitoly z teorie dětské literatury I. Praha: Albatros, 1973. 116 s.
--. 1976. Vybrané kapitoly z teorie dětské literatury II. Praha: Albatros. 132 s.
--. 1979. Vybrané kapitoly z teorie dětské literatury III. Praha: Albatros. 152 s.
NEZKUSIL, Vladimír. Nástin didaktiky literární výchovy (čtyřletá gymnázia a vyšší třídy víceletých gymnázií) : z praxe pro praxi. Praha : UK-PedF, 2004. 168 s. ISBN 80-7290-160-5.
NÜNNING, Ansgar (ed.). Lexikon teorie literatury a kultury: koncepce, osobnosti, základní pojmy. Přel. Aleš Urválek a Zuzana Adamová. Brno: Host, 2006. 912 s. Přel. z: Metzler Lexikon Liteatur- und Kulturtheorie. Ansätze - Personen - Grundbegriffe [2001]. ISBN 80-7294-170-4.
PROPP, Vladimir Jakovlevič. Morfologie pohádky a jiné studie. Přel. Miroslav Červenka, Marcela Pittermannová a Hana Šmahelová. Praha: H & H, 1999. 364 s. ISBN 80-86022-16-1.
RIMMON-KENAN(OVÁ), Shlomith. Poetika vyprávění. Přel. Vanda Pickettová. Brno: Host, 2001. 174 s. Přel. z: Narrative Fiction: Contemporary Poetics [1983] . ISBN 80-7294-004-X.
ŠMAHELOVÁ, Hana. Návraty a proměny: Literární adaptace lidových pohádek. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Albatros, 1989. 240 s.
URBANOVÁ, Svatava. Meandry a metamorfózy dětské literatury. Olomouc: Votobia, 2003. 368 s. ISBN 80-7198-548-1
VODIČKA, Felix aj. Svět literatury I. Praha : SPN, 1967. 224 s.
WELLEK, René; WARREN, Austin. Teorie literatury. Přel. Miloš Calda. Olomouc: Votobia, 1996. 560 s. Přel. z: Theory of Literature. ISBN 80-7198-150-8.
Assessment methods and criteria
Credit is awarded based on:
class and lecture participation,
completion of the course paper.
During the semester independent reading and participation in class discussions are required.
Conditions for successful completion of the course: class participation, completion of the course paper.
Further information
No schedule has been prepared for this course