Course: Literary Thinking up to the 19th Century

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Course title Literary Thinking up to the 19th Century
Course code KBH/MLI19
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Hrabal Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Here is the translation into English, keeping the titles of books and articles in their original form as requested: Course Topics: 1. Transformations of literary thought 2. Ancient literary thought I 3. Ancient literary thought II 4. Medieval literary thought I 5. Medieval literary thought II 6. Renaissance literary thought I 7. Renaissance literary thought II 8. French classicism, 18th-century French thought, and the 18th-century British taste school 9. Enlightenment thought 10. Thought of German and Anglo-American romanticism 11. 19th-century literary thought I 12. 19th-century literary thought II Reading List for Credit: 1) Platón: Ústava. III. kniha (odd. 386-403), X. kniha (odd. 595-608). Praha 1993 [cca 370 př. n. l.]. (or another edition). 2) Aristotelés: Poetika. Praha 1996 [cca 355-330 př. n. l.]. (or another edition). 3) Horatius: O umění básnickém. Praha 2002 [cca 15 př. n. l.]. 4) Galfredus de Vino Salvo: "Poetria nova". In: Sgallová, K. - Kroupa J. K.: O umění básnickém a dramatickém. Praha 1997 [cca 1210], pp. 11-52. 5) Augustin Olomoucký: Obrana básnictví. Praha 1927 [1492]. 6) Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux: "Umění básnické" [1674]. In: Sgallová, K. - Kroupa J. K.: O umění básnickém a dramatickém. Praha 1997, pp. 185-216. 7) Kant, Immanuel: Kritika soudnosti (§43-§53). [1790] Praha 1975, pp. 122-141. 8) Schlegel, Friedrich: "Řeč o mytologii; Moderní poezie" [1795/96]. In: Horyna, Břetislav: Dějiny rané romantiky. Praha 2005, pp. 342-348; 419-424. 9) Carlyle, Thomas: "Hrdina jako básník" [1863]. In: Hrdinové: Úcta k hrdinům a hrdinové v dějinách. Praha 1925, pp. approx. 89-124. 10) Taine, Hippolyte: "Dějiny anglické literatury. Úvod" [1863]. In: Studie o dějinách a umění. Praha 1978, pp. 89-104. 11) Guyau, Jean-Marie: "Genius jako společenská schopnost a výtvor nového společenského prostředí" (Chapter Two). In: Umění s hlediska sociologického. Praha 1925 [1887], pp. 65-95. 12) Henry James: "Umění prózy". Aluze, 2008 [1887], no. 1, pp. 112-122. 13) Poe, Edgar A.: Filosofie básnické skladby. Praha 1932 [1846]. (or another edition).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
The lecture course will focus on the origins and transformations of European literary thought from the era of ancient Greece up to the 19th century, when literary studies emerged as an independent and autonomous discipline. It will trace fundamental literary categories (mimésis, techné/art, genius, imagination, fiction, etc.), their origins, semantic modifications, and shifts within the context of period thinkinga context in which reflections on literature often overlapped with other competing areas of thought, or where these domains (such as ethics, religion, philosophy, and the natural sciences) were not yet distinctly differentiated. The goal of the course is not only to impart knowledge from the history of literary thought, but also to demonstrate that thinking about literature is a form of thought in motion, possessing a fluid conceptual framework. This course is part of the Older Czech Literature module, coordinated by Prof. D. Mocná.
Basic understanding of the European literary thinking from Antiquity up to the 19th century.
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of the field of literary theory a aesthetics.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

A written test (covering the topics of the lectures and the reference reading materials prescribed for the seminar).
Recommended literature
  • Abrams, M. H. (2001). Zrcadlo a lampa. Romantická teorie a tradice estetického myšlení. Praha.
  • Auerbach, E. Mimesis. Zobrazení skutečnosti v západoevropských literaturách.Praha 1998.
  • Curtius, Ernst Robert. (1998). Evropská literatura a latinský středověk. Praha.
  • Doležel, Lubomír. Kapitoly z dějin strukturální poetiky. Brno 2000.
  • Eco, U. Umění a krása ve středověké estetice. Argo, Praha 1998.
  • Gilbertová, G. Everet - Kuhn, Helnut. (1965). Dějiny estetiky. Praha.
  • Henckmann, Wolfhart - Lotter, Konrad. (1995). Estetický slovník. Praha.
  • Horyna, Břetislav. Dějiny rané romantiky. Praha. 2005.
  • HRBATA, Zdeněk a PROCHÁZKA, Martin. (2005). Romantismus a romantismy. Pojmy, proudy, kontexty.. Praha.
  • Nünning, A. - Trávníček, J. - Holý, J. (2006). Lexikon teorie literatury a kultury. Brno.
  • Sgallová, K. - Kroupa J. K. (ed.). O umění básnickém a dramatickém. Praha 1997, s. 11-52..
  • Schneider, N. Dejiny estetiky od osvietenstva po postmodernu. Bratislava. 2002.
  • Zima, P.V. (1998). Literární estetika. Olomouc.


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Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -