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Through words and pictures - literature and film - OPNA2A128B

Title:	Literatura a film
Guaranteed by:	Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty:	Faculty of Education
Actual:	from 2019
Semester:	summer
E-Credits:	2
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:0/2, C [HT]
Capacity:	unknown / 0 (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D.
Teacher(s):	Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D.

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Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D. (31.01.2021)

This course aims to explore mimetic and performative aspects of literature and its various audio and audiovisual recreations. The standard close-reading process resides in the juxtaposition of a written passage against its audio and/or visual rendition. The course syllabus consists of films (part film adaptations), Anglo-American plays and short stories, predominantly by late 20th century writers. Keywords: adaptation, artistic autonomy, mimetic/non-mimetic, analogy/contrast, performative, dialogue/monologue

Descriptors -

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D. (31.01.2021)

All the course materials are available online from:

https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=2325

enrolment key: mimesis

Online webinars are taught via Zoom at:

https://cuni-cz.zoom.us/j/91404413149

Syllabus

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D. (31.01.2021)

Week 1

Intro

Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest (+ film rendition) - excerpts

Irvine Welsh: Trainspotting (+ film rendition) - excerpts

Focus: mimetic and diegetic means of artistic expression / compare & contrast

Week 2

Dan Rosen: The Last Supper

Focus: film as a sociological probe: radicalism vs. liberalism; a cautionary tale

Week 3

Alice Dunbar Nelson: The Stones of the Village + a dramatized version by Eliza Anderson

Philip Roth: The Human Stain (film adaptation + excerpts)

Focus: written, mimetic and auditory input – compare & contrast, cultural liminality I (the tragic mulatto phenomenon)

Weeks 4-7

STUDENT PRACTICE – NO CLASSES

Week 8

Woody Allen: Match Point
Focus: Naturalism vs. Romanticism in a nutshell; coincidence vs. inevitability

Week 9

Tom Stoppard: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Focus: Drama of the Absurd, rhetoric vs. body language

It is strongly recommended to READ THE PLAY before you watch the performance or at least refer to the actual play while watching the film rendition.

Week 10

Hanif Kureishi: My Son the Fanatic

Focus: liminality and cultural schizophrenia – a juxtaposition

Weeks 11 - 12

Liminality - cultural schizophrenia

Thomas Keneally: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

John M. Coetzee: Disgrace

Backup lecture - Australian literature - optional

Course completion requirements

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Ženíšek, Ph.D. (31.01.2021)

Credit requirements: 80% attendance, an in-class essay (450 words) on one of the assigned topics or a typewritten essay (1500 - 3000 words) due by August 10.

The assessment reflects the coherence of the argument and the linguistic proficiency of the student.