Last update: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the specific features of fiction, poetry and drama, as well as to familiarize them with the basic terms and categories of literary studies, which are illustrated with a selection of texts from Anglo-American literature (short poems, short stories, extracts). The main focus is put on development of the students’ ability to analyse the texts from the point of view of their formal structure.
Themes:
1. Definition of literature
2. Major literary disciplines
3. Literary language
4. Literary figures
5. Genres
6. Structure of a literary work: fiction
7. Structure of a literary work: poetry
8. Structure of a literary work: drama
Last update: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the specific features of fiction, poetry and drama, as well as to familiarize them with the basic terms and categories of literary studies, which are illustrated with a selection of texts from Anglo-American literature (short poems, short stories, extracts). The main focus is put on development of the students’ ability to analyse the texts from the point of view of their formal structure.
Themes:
1. Definition of literature
2. Major literary disciplines
3. Literary language
4. Literary figures
5. Genres
6. Structure of a literary work: fiction
7. Structure of a literary work: poetry
8. Structure of a literary work: drama
Literature -
Last update: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
BALDICK, Chris. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Term. Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-19-860883-7.
CHILDS, Peter. Reading Fiction: Opening the Text. Hampshire: Palgrave, 2001. ISBN 0-333-80134-2.
KLARER, Mario. An Introduction to Literary Studies. Routledge, 1999. ISBN-13: 978-0415811910.
PARKER, Robert Dale. How to Interpret Literature: Critical Theory for Literary and Cultural Studies. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, c2011. ISBN 978-0-19-975750-3.
PECK, John and COYLE, Martin. Literary Terms and Criticism. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN-13: 978-0333962589.
QUINN, Edward. A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms. Checkmark Books, 2000. ISBN-13: 978-0816032327.
Last update: PhDr. Monika Kadrnožková, Ph.D. (25.10.2020)
BALDICK, Chris. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Term. Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-19-860883-7.
CHILDS, Peter. Reading Fiction: Opening the Text. Hampshire: Palgrave, 2001. ISBN 0-333-80134-2.
KLARER, Mario. An Introduction to Literary Studies. Routledge, 1999. ISBN-13: 978-0415811910.
PARKER, Robert Dale. How to Interpret Literature: Critical Theory for Literary and Cultural Studies. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, c2011. ISBN 978-0-19-975750-3.
PECK, John and COYLE, Martin. Literary Terms and Criticism. Macmillan, 1993. ISBN-13: 978-0333962589.
QUINN, Edward. A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms. Checkmark Books, 2000. ISBN-13: 978-0816032327.
