| Course title | Semiotics |
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| Course code | KOL/BSEMI |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 6 |
| Language of instruction | Czech, English |
| Status of course | Compulsory, Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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1. The General Semiotics Module. (Thursday, September 21st, 2023) 2. The Semiotics of Ideology (Thursday, September 28th, 2023) 3. About Mostly French Semiology (Thursday, October 5th, 2023) 4. Eco on the Model Reader, Theory of Codes, The Open Work (Thursday, October 12th, 2023) 5. Umberto Eco and Hermetic Semiotics (Thursday, October 19th, 2023) 6. Tel Quel, Oulipo, Acéphale, Creative Writing (Thursday, October 26th, 2023) 7. Soviet Semiotics and Cybernetics (Thursday, November 2nd, 2023) 8. Who is Charles Sanders Peirce? (Thursday, November 9th, 2023) 9. Cybersemiotics (November 16th, 2023) 10. Diagrammatology and Dicisign Doctrine: Frederik Stjernfelt (Thursday, November 23rd, 2023) 11. Student presentations (Thursday, November 30th, 2023) 12. Student presentations (Thursday, December 7th, 2023)
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basics of semiotic theory, its terminology, the notion of modeling, its limits and place within contemporary science (at the interface of linguistics, philosophy and the natural sciences). Students will be expected to learn the core concepts of semiotics and apply them to various textual and media artifacts, and to engage with the semiotics network, which is the social fabric of the semiotics community of International Semiotics Institute comprised of the numerous conference series, the various institutions, and the communication of the many online semiotics groups.
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| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
Students will be expected to attend the majority of class sessions, to submit regular summaries of weekly readings on the moodle forum, and to post comments and replies on/to other students' posts at least three times during the semester. Evaluation will be based on a combination of attendance, participation, and the essay writing assignment. The one-paragraph essay writing proposal is due in week 7. The three-page rough draft is due in week 10. 15-minute Essay presentations will be during weeks 10 and 12. The final 5-page draft is due in the first week of Jaunary. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Communication Theory (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Lingvistics and Digital Humanities (2020) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Lingvistics and Digital Humanities (2020) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Lingvistics and Digital Humanities (2020) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Lingvistics and Digital Humanities (2020) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): General Linguistics and Communication Theory (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Lingvistics and Digital Humanities (2020) | Category: Philological sciences | 1 | Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter |