| Course title | Textology |
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| Course code | KBH/TEXTO |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminar |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | 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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Textual process. From the manuscript to the book. The models of intermediation. The role of publishing in the textual process. The act of writing and its medium (manuscript draft, typescript, electronic record). The role of typography in conceiving a literary work. The book and the literary and book artifact. The models of intermediation and its inner factors. Aesthetic norms and values. Versions and variants of the literary work can be determined by the author's intent as well as the changes of the cultural context into which the texts and manuscripsts are put. The models of intermediation and censorship and auto-censorship. To what extent does the auto-censorship become an inner or outer factor of the textual process? The outer factors of the textual process. Editor, typesetter, copyist. Critical edition of different versions of the text. Variants of the poem interpretation. Selecting the original text out of other variants. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks and the problems that result from them for editors. Selection. Works. Writings.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work Activities |
| Learning outcomes |
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In the seminar and lectures, attention will be focused namely to the following research and observation: development of the textological theories (from the formalist concepts and structuralism to the genetic criticism, semiotics etc) influence fundamental terms of textology: text, invariant, variant, coherence, evolution of texts and poetic works etc.
Basic Knowledge of the contemporary textology Knowledge of textual process Ability to derive the method for a text to be published from the knowledge of textual process |
| Prerequisites |
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Students are expected to know the basic textological terms and to have read the following books: Havel, Rudolf (ed.). Editor a text. Úvod do praktické textologie. Praha; Litomyšl 2006. Pistorius, Vladimír. Jak se dělá kniha. Praha; Litomyšl 2003. Vašák, Pavel. Textologie. Teorie a ediční praxe. Univerzita Karlova, Praha 1993. For further reading see the handout of Textology (lectures) for the Master's degree students.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Written exam
Requirements to pass Textology (TX) (lectures + seminar) 1) regular attendance at the lectures 2) submitting a written analysis of a text documentation (approximately 4 pages) 3) passing a test (at the end of the term) 4) maximum of 2 absences is allowed 5) participation in discussions |
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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): Czech Philology (2023) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2023) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2023) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |