Course: Work activities in the editions of letters

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Course title Work activities in the editions of letters
Course code KBH/VEPK
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
Lecturer(s)
  • Komenda Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Hrabal Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Specifics of the editorial preparation of correspondence compared to other literary documents 2. Editor and proofreader 3. The personal letter as an archival document 4. Synchronic and diachronic contextual threads in the editorial apparatus (notes and explanations) 5. Literary-historical introduction (prefaces, afterwords, biographical sketches accompanying the correspondence) 6. Principles of Text Transcription 7. Contextualization with the Author's Work 8. Contextualization with the Author's Life 9. Contextualization with the Author's Other Correspondence 10. Preparation of the Editorial Report 11. - 12. Comprehensive Processing of the Edited Outputthe Correspondence Source

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration, Work Activities
Learning outcomes
The seminar will focus on the issues involved in editing personal correspondence in the context of other literary documents or the author's works. The seminar will have a practical focus: letters written by Czech writers will serve as the material for editorial work. The goal of the seminar will be the complete editorial preparation of the selected material, including the drafting of an editorial report, a system of notes and explanatory notes, and a literary-historical introduction.
Learning the Basic Rules for Editing a Literary Document
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Analysis of Activities ( Technical works), Systematic Observation of Student

1) Attendance at seminars (max. 2 absences) 2) Transcription and editorial preparation of assigned letters 3) Research on additional assigned correspondence 4) Preparation of notes, an editorial report, and a draft of a literary-historical introduction 5) Class discussions
Recommended literature
  • (2006). Editor a text. Úvod do praktické textologie.. Litomyšl.
  • Čechurová, J. - Randák, J. a kol. Základní problémy studia moderních a soudobých dějin. Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, FF UK, Praha 2014.
  • Komenda, Petr. (2008). Ediční příprava korespondence. Olomouc.
  • Kosák, M. - Flaišman, J. (2010). Podoby textologie. Praha.
  • KOSÁK, MICHAL ? FLAIŠMAN, Jiří a kol. (2018). Editologie (Od náčrtu ke knize). Edice Varianty, sv. 9. Praha.
  • Pistorius, Vladimír. (1993). Jak se dělá kniha. Praha.
  • Vašák, Pavel a kolektiv. (1993). Textologie ? teorie a ediční praxe. Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2023) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2023) 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: -