Course: Introduction to Literature

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Course title Introduction to Literature
Course code KAJ/KULIQ
Organizational form of instruction Seminar + On-line Activities
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Dömischová Ivona, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Hoffmannová Andrea, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Anténe Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Řeřicha Václav, doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
Topics: Genre, literary forms. Narrative forms, short story. Narrative forms, novel. Character. Structure of a literary work. Suspense, Poetry: figures of speech (metaphor, simile, symbolism). Ballad.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The course in the winter term is designed as an elementary introduction to basic literary terms that can be considered as technical tools to enable students to approach literary texts and deal with the intellectually challenging problems that they encounter in literature. Students are expected to develop a habit of regular reading in a foreign language. The winter term focuses on literary theory necessary for interpretation of short stories and poetry.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)

Students are required: to read on schedule (In the seminar they will get shorter texts: short stories or poems which they must read as your homework), participate actively in class discussions, be able to use and explain literary terms and conventions, read 5 books in English in every term and be prepared to discuss them with the teacher.
Recommended literature
  • Vodičková, Milena . (2006). How to Read and Study Literature. Olomouc.


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