Course: Semiotics

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Course title Semiotics
Course code KBH/VS42B
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Línek Josef, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content


Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The subject aims at presenting of semiotics as a discipline and of elementary semiotic concepts. Students will be presented the overview of important milestones in the history of semiotics. Attention will be paid mainly to the relation between semiotics and linguistics and to the issue of semantic character of linguistic means. Possibilities of application of semiotic methods and findings in other fields of study will also be discussed.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Recommended literature
  • Černý, Jiří - Holeš, Jan. (2004). Sémiotika. Praha.
  • DOUBRAVOVÁ, Jarmila. (2001). Sémantické gesto. Praha.
  • Doubravová, Jarmila. (2002). Sémiotika v teorii a praxi. Praha.
  • Eco, Umberto. (2009). Teorie sémiotiky.. Praha: Argo.
  • Palek, B. (1997). Sémiotika. Praha.
  • Peregrin, J. (2003). Úvod do teoretické sémantiky. Praha.
  • Tondl, Ladislav. (2006). Problémy sémantiky. 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 (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 (2025) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology for News Media Editors (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Czech Philology (2025) 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 for News Media Editors (2025) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -