Course: Properties of the Literary Text

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Course title Properties of the Literary Text
Course code KRI/VLTB
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech, Italian
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)
  • Špička Jiří, prof. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Critical analysis of works by selected writers from various stages of the history of Italian literature, with a special emphasis on an active approach of students and improving their interpretation skills. Topics of lessons and seminars: Identification of literary genres. Relations among the narrator - protagonist - author. Other characters. Narrative structure, plot, story. Style, lexis, style levels, dialogical principles, descriptions, expression etc. Chronological construction of the text. Space construction. Building of the fictional world. Intertextuality - models, paraphrases, quotations. Tout ensemble interpretation of the text, possible meanings. Every year different texts can be selected.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Preparation for the Exam - 50 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 25 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 40 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 35 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The students will get better acquainted with the interpretation of literary text with particular accent on the comprehension of the inner structure of a literary text.
Improving interpretation skills.
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Essay, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary)

Active attendance at the seminar, reading of the texts assigned by the teacher.
Recommended literature
  • A. Marchese. (1983). L'officina del racconto. Mondadori.
  • Alfonzetti Gallo. Pirandello. Roma. 2024.
  • C. Segre. (1992). Avviamento all?analisi del testo letterario. Torino.
  • E. D. Hirsch. (1983). Teoria dell?interpretazione e critica letteraria. Bologna.
  • L. Doležel. (2003). Heterocosmica. Praha.
  • matt. Narratori italiani del Duemila. Milano. 2021.


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): Italian Philology (2025) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Italian Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Italian Philology (2025) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Italian Philology (2021) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -