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Lecturer(s)
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Faltýnek Dan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Theses of the Prague School 2. On potentiality of language phenomena (Mathesius) 2.2 Language, culture, literature (Mathesius) 3. Teleology, immanentism 4. Issues of poetic language (autonomy of poetic/standardized language) 4.1 Discussions on character of poetic language (autonomy vs. specificity) 4.2 J. Haller (Naše řeč) vs. PS 4.3 Language standard, principle of actualization/automation, functionality (Havránek) 5. Model of literary work (form/structure, principle of dominant and deformation) 5.1 Dialectic method of Prague structuralism (antinomy) 5.2 Context of the form ? content relation 6. Problem of poetic personality 1 (immanentism vs. psychologism) 7. Program of literary history (structure/system; hierarchy of antinomies) 7.1 Structural model of literary development (echoes of Hegel's philosophy) 7.2 Questions to the sense of literary line / literary assessment 7.3 Problems and tasks of structural literary history 7.4 Discussions/debates/disputes 8. Literary history, its problems and tasks (F. Vodička) 8.1 Concretization of literary works 9. Problem of poetic personality 1 (individuality and development of art) 10. Concept of unintentionality 11. On critique of structural principles: criticism of structuralism (J. Mukařovský) 11.1 Critiques of structuralism in the 1950s, discussion of Stalin's articles on linguistics 11.2 Principles of language development and history of the Czech language (I. Němec) 11.2 On methodology of synchronic cross-section within diachrony (V. Barnet) 11.3 On dialectic of language development (M. Komárek) 11.4 Dynamics of phonological system of contemporary standard Czech (J. Vachek) 11.5 Concept of semantic gesture (Jankovič), unintentionality (O. Sus), dynamic meaning action (M. Červenka)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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The course aims to analyse and discuss selected problems and questions related to the tradition of Czech structuralist thought, especially the fundamental Theses of the Prague School (PS) with primary focus on the questions of language (both standardized and poetic), language culture, literature and structural model of development. The course will also consider cultural and social issues (disputes within the PS and discussions with Czech Marxists in the 1930s and 1920s) and subsequent critique of selected structural principles (teleology, immanentism, etc.) in the second half of the 20th century.
Basic knowledge of Prague structuralism Ability to critically and analytically assess selected problems of linguistics and literary science related to the tradition of Czech structuralism Knowledge of seminal texts of Czech structuralism
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Dialog
(1) regular attendance (80 %) (2) required reading and participation in in-class discussions (3) written essay
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Recommended literature
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Čermák, Petr - Poeta, Claudio - Čermák, Jan (ed.). (2012). Pražský lingvistický kroužek v dokumentech. Praha.
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Doležel, L., & Fořt, B. (2000). Kapitoly z dějin strukturální poetiky. Brno: Host.
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Grygar, Mojmír. (1999). Terminologický slovník českého strukturalismu: obecné pojmy estetiky a teorie umění. Brno.
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Grygar, Mojmír. (2006). Trvání a proměny (Dvanáct kapitol o umění a dějinách). Praha.
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Havránek, Bohuslav - Weingart, Miloš (ed.). (1932). Spisovná čeština a jazyková kultura. Praha.
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Havránek, Bohuslav, Mukařovský, Jan (ed.). (1942). Čtení o jazyce a poezii. Praha.
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Chvatík, K. Člověk a struktury. Praha 1996.
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Chvatík, K. (2001). Strukturální estetika. Brno.
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Jankovič, Milan. (2005). Cesty za smyslem literárního díla. Praha.
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Mukařovský, Jan. (1995). Básnická sémantika. Univerzitní přednášky. Praha.
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Mukařovský, Jan. K metodologii literární vědy. Orientace 1, 1968, s. 29-38.
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Mukařovský, Jan. (1948). Kapitoly z české poetiky I, II, III.. Praha.
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Mukařovský, Jan. (1966). Studie z estetiky. Praha.
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Mukařovský, Jan. (1982). Studie z poetiky. Praha.
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Schmidová, Herta. (2011). Struktury a funkce. Výbor ze studií 1989-2009. Praha.
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