Course: Selected Chapters from Literary Criticism

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Course title Selected Chapters from Literary Criticism
Course code KRF/VKLKV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction French
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)
  • Voždová Marie, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Matoušková Jiřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. University Criticism, Gustave Lanson 2. Bachelard's Concept of Space, Theory of the Four Elements 3. Henri Bergson's Theories and Their Application to Literary Works, Duration, Origin of the Comic 4. Charles Mauron's Psychocritical Approaches 5. Structuralism and Roland Barthes 6. Poulet's Concept of Time 7. Julia Kristeva

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 50 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 25 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to clearly introduce students to the main developmental trends in modern French literary criticism and its representatives.
knowledge of various literary critical theories deepening the ability to work with literary terminology improving the ability to interpret a text as a meaning structure, apply various critical methods to a specific text developing the ability to engage in professional polemics
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance, Dialog

The condition for completing the course is regular attendance, active participation in lectures and seminars, preparation for classes and study of relevant professional literature. The exam tests orientation in individual literary-critical theories and the ability to apply them to a specific literary work.
Recommended literature
  • Bergez, D. (1990). Méthodes critiques pour l´analyse littéraire,. Paris.
  • Bergez, D. (2016). Courants critiques et analyse littéraire. Paris.
  • Blanchot, M.. (1995). L´Espace littéraire, . Paris.
  • Roger, J. (2001). La critique littéraire. Paris.
  • Tadié, J.-Y.. (1987). La Critique littériare au XXe si?cle. Paris.
  • Vasseviere, J. ? Toursel, N. (2015). Littérature : 150 textes théoriques et critiques. Paris.


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): French Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): French Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): French Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): French Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): French for translation and interpreting (2021) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer