Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Filozofická fakulta

Informačný list predmetu

Kód/Code

FiF.KSLLV/Abo

SE-007/12

Názov/Title of the Course

Úvod do literárnej vedy/Introduction to Literary Studies

Študijný odbor/Study Field Študijný program/Study Programme boSE – stredoeurópske štúdiá/ Central European

Studies

Garantuje/Guarantees

Prof. Ladislav Čúzy, CSc.

Zabezpečuje/Teaches

Doc. Dagmar Kročanová, PhD

Obdobie štúdia

predmetu/Semeste

r

ZS/3

Forma výučby/Form of the Instruction seminár/seminar

Odporúčaný rozsah výučby (v hodinách)/Number of

hours

Týždenný/Weekly: 2 Za obdobie štúdia/Total: 28

Počet

kreditov/Nu

mber of

Credits:5

Podmieňujúce predmety/Prerequisites -

Spôsob hodnotenia a ukončenia predmetu/Criteria for the evaluation:

During the semester: 50 per cent

During the exam period: 50 per cent

Attendance: 2 classes can be missed. Any additional missed class lowers the final grade.

Regular preparation for the class, and classroom presentation: 25 %

Mid-term test: 25 %

Final exam: 25 (oral exam) + 25 % (presentation of the home assignment)

Exam:

a) home assignment – a short paper (3-5 pages) summarizing an individual or a group

research project. This project will be presented during the exam.

b) Oral exam (drawing one question and talking about the subject issue).

Cieľ predmetu/Goal

To obtain elementary knowledge from theory of literature, literary history and criticism, as

well as an overview of some 20th century research methods in the area of literary studies

Stručná osnova predmetu:

Literature and Literary Studies. Nature of literature. Literature as a separate area of studies.

Functions of literature. Overlaps with other disciplines. General, comparative and national

literatures. Division of literary studies. Theory of literature. Literary history. Literary criticism.

Theory of Literature 1. Tropes (Figures of speech) and Figures (Rhetorical, Syntactic, Figures

of Sound).

Theory of literature 2. Prose (Fiction). Composition. Narration. Plot and story. Character.

Genres (romance, novel, story, and other genres).

Theory of literature. Drama, its nature and composition. Action, acts, scene, dialogue.

Characters. Genres. Drama and Theatre.

Mid- term test.

Literary history. Major periods, movements, and development of European literatures.

Some ‘fashion’/current topics in studies of literary history. Colonialism, post-colonialism,

imperial and post-imperial periods. Gender studies, feminism and literature.

Literary criticism 1. (Literary studies). Some methods and schools – brief overview. New

Criticism. Russian formal school. Structuralism and post-structuralism. Psychoanalysis and

literature.

Literary criticism 2. (Literary studies). Some methods and schools – brief overview

(continued). Hermeneutics and literature. Semiotics. Interpretation of literary texts.

Deconstruction and postmodernism.

Literary criticism 3. Axiology, values, opinions, literary life.

Literature:

Bennet, Andrew and Royle, Nicholas: Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory (First

published in 1995, several editions available, e.g. Pearson, Longman: 2004).

Eagleton, Terry: Literary Theory. An Introduction. University of Minnesota Press, 2008.

Eagleton, Terry – Jameson, Fredric – Said, Edward W.: Nationalism, Colonialism, and

Literature. University of Minnesota Press, 1990.

The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford University Press, 2008 (also available on-

line).

Rivkin, Julie – Ryan, Michael: Literary Theory. An Anthology. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

Selden, Raman – Widdowson, Peter – Brooker, Peter: A Reader´s Guide to Contemporary

Literary Theory. Pearson, Longman 2005 (various editions available, also available on-line).

Wellek, Rene and Warren, Austin: Theory of Literature (First published in 1949, various

editions available, e.g. Penguin University Books, London: 1973).

Jazyk, v ktorom sa predmet vyučuje/

Language of Instruction

English

Podpis garanta a dátum poslednej úpravy

listu/Last Update

September 2013