Course: Literary Seminar 2

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Course title Literary Seminar 2
Course code KDU/LS2F
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sýkora Michal, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The seminar can attend only the students of the 1st class. Francois Rabelais : Gargantua and Pantagruel (1st and 2nd part) Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen : Courage, the Adventuress Voltaire : Candide Abbé Prévost : Manon Lescaut Daniel Defoe : Moll Flanders Jonathan Swift : Gulliver's Travels Laurence Sterne : Tristram Shandy A. S. Pushkin : Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin, The Captain's Daughter, Eugene Onegin M. J. Lermontov : A Hero of Our Time

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Textual analysis of essential works of European fiction since the 16th century to the period of romanticism. Seminar is focused on the essential analysis of chosen pieces and on the integration of pieces into the historical context. In the seminar students will improve their skills in argumentation and analyzing. Accompanying seminary for the Literature 1.
Student will know the essential works of European literature. He will orientate in literature history, he will learn the basic methods of the hermeneutic analysis. He will be able to interpret texts with understanding of their semantic and fictious part. He will also improve his skills of argumentation and of defense his opinion in discussion.
Prerequisites
Attendance on the Literature 1. Ordinary preparation for courses, reading the chosen text. Preparation of debatable presentation at the seminar. Preparation and presentation of review for the chosen topic.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Seminar Work

Attendance on the seminar. Ordinary reading the chosen texts. Preparation of review for the chosen topic. Follow-up consultation with professor. Presentation of the review in present date.
Recommended literature
  • Bloom, H. (2000). Kánon západní literatury. Praha.
  • Greenblatt, S. (2007). William Shakespeare. Praha.
  • Hilský, M. (2011). Shakespeare a jeviště svět. Praha.
  • Honan, P. (2011). Shakespere. Praha.
  • Macura, Vladimir, ed. (1989). Slovník světových literárních děl. 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): Film Studies (2017) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Film Studies (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Film Studies (2019_2024) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Film Studies (2024) Category: Theory and history of arts 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -