Course: The versology and poetic imagination

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Course title The versology and poetic imagination
Course code KBH/TVBIS
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
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
Lecturer(s)
  • Komenda Petr, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Practising the basic methodical steps for analysing the poem's rhythm. The emphasized beats. The verse and sentence intonation. The Czech iambic metre and its various forms. The development of the Czech trochee metre. Iambic-trochaic metre with deviations. The dactyl and the free verse. The prosodic systems in the development of the Czech verse. The sound instrumentation. The lyric. The musical quality of the Czech verse. From the rhythm to the theme. The fictional worlds of the lyric. The fictional and non-fictional space in the literary work. The poetic appellation and the poetic language in formalism and structuralism. The poetic image according to the French literary critics associated with the "Geneva school". The cosmological features of poetic image. Word, voice, silence. How to understand silence in a poem? Symbol and metaphor in a poem.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes

Ability to interpret a poem and a poetical image Practical knowledge of versological analysis Understanding the roles of textual subjects of a poem in literary communication
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Max. two absences; writing two essays; active participation in discussions; home preparation of the texts for mutual cooperative analyses. Note: If a student misses a class it is his/her duty to find out what tasks were assigned in the class and ge prepared for the next class.
Recommended literature
  • Další literatura bude upřesněna na přednášce.
  • (2002). Pohledy zblízka: zvuk, význam, obraz. Poetika literárního díla 20. století.. Praha.
  • Bachelard, Gaston. (2009). Poetika prostoru. Praha.
  • Červenka, Miroslav. (1963). Český volný verš devadesátých let. Praha.
  • Červenka, Miroslav. Dějiny českého volného verše. Host, Brno 2001.
  • Červenka, Miroslav. (2003). Fikční světy lyriky. Paseka: Praha-Litomyšl.
  • Červenka, Miroslav. (2006). Kapitoly o českém verši. Praha.
  • Červenka, Miroslav. (1992). Významová výstavba literárního díla. Praha.
  • Friedrich, Hugo. Struktura moderní lyriky. Host, Brno 2005.
  • Jakobson, R. Poetická funkce. Jinočany 1995.
  • Lakoff, G. - Johnson, M. (2002). Metafory, kterými žijeme. Brno: Host.
  • Langerová, Marie. (1998). Fragmenty pohybu. Praha.
  • Mukařovský, Jan. (1948). Kapitoly z české poetiky I, II, III.. Praha.
  • Staiger, Emil. (2008). Poetika, interpretace, styl. Praha.
  • Staiger, Emil. (1969). Základní pojmy poetiky. Praha.


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): 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: -