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Introduction to the Study of Language and Literature - OIBA2A102A
Title: Introduction to the Study of Language and Literature
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2018
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 0
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Guarantor: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D.
Annotation -
Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (13.09.2019)
The linguistic part of the course focuses on introducing language as a supreme structure, tool of communication, fundament of human existence and social phenomenon - concerning its specific, as well as universal properties. The aim of the literary part of the course is to introduce students to unique qualities of literary language and familiarize them with the basic terms and categories of literary studies as well the specific features of fiction, poetry and drama. The main focus is put on the development of students’ ability to analyse a selection of texts from Anglo-American literature from the point of view of their formal structure.
Descriptors
Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (25.09.2020)

Distance learning will be taking place online, essentially in the form of interactive communication and via seminars and consultations in MS Teams. Study materials will be provided electronically via the aforementioned channels. E-mail communication will also be used in support of the previously mentioned forms.

Literature -
Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (24.10.2019)

CRYSTAL, D. How Language Works. London: Penguin Books, 2007. ISBN 978-1-58333-291-7

CVRČEK, V. Mluvnice současné češtiny 1, Jak se píše a jak se mluví. Praha: Karolinum, 2010. ISBN 978-80-246-1743-5

ČERNÝ, J. Úvod do studia jazyka. 2. vydání. Olomouc: Rubico, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7346-093-8

 

 

BARTON, J.B., HUDSON, G.A. A Contemporary Guide to Literary Terms. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997.

CUDDON, J.A., ed. A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Blackwell Publishers, 1998.

DALE PARKER, ROBERT. How to Interpret Literature. Critical Theory for Literary and Cultural Studies. OUP, 2011.

EAGLETON, T. Literary Theory. An Introduction. Blackwell Publishers, 2001.

KLARER, MARIO. An Introduction to Literary Studies. Routledge, 1999.

PECK, JOHN and COYLE, MARTIN. Literary Terms and Criticism. Macmillan, 1993.

QUINN, EDWARD. A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms. Checkmark Books, 2000.

CHILDS, PETER. Reading FictionOpening the Text. Palgrave, 2001.

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (24.10.2019)

Written test 70% minimum

Syllabus - Czech
Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (13.09.2019)
Linguistic part
 
Topic 1: Position of English and its Historical Development
Topic 2: Signs, Sounds, Syllables and Words, Linguistic Disciplines and Units
Topic 3: Sentences and Texts, Syntax and FSP
Topic 4: Language System and Typology
Topic 5: Properties and Functions of Language, History of Linguistics and PLC
Topic 6: Language and Extralinguistic Reality, Language in Literature, Accuracy vs. Interpretability
 
Literary part
 
Topic 7 LITERATURE – ITS DEFINITION(S) AND FUNCTIONS
Topic 8 LANGUAGE AND/ OF LITERATURE CATEGORIES OF WORDS. FIGURES. FIGURES OF SPEECH, FIGURES OF SOUND, RHETORICAL FIGURES, SYNTACTIC FIGURES.
Topic 9 MAJOR GENRES IN TEXTUAL STUDIES: FICTION.
Topic 10 MAJOR GENRES IN TEXTUAL STUDIES: POETRY.
Topic 11 MAJOR GENRES IN TEXTUAL STUDIES: DRAMA.
Course completion requirements - Czech
Last update: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D. (13.09.2019)

Kurz je hodnocen na základě testu, v němž studenti prokážou schopnost analyzovat a interpretovat texty z perspektivy aplikace literárních i jazykovědných poznatků. Pro úspěšné splnění musí výsledek testu dosahovat minimální hodnoty 70% v souhrnném hodnocení obou částí, tj. jak lingvistické, tak literární. 

Dalším poždavkem je pravidelná docházka do seminářů- min.80%.

 
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