Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich Nietzsche, John Dewey, and the Creative Reader
Název práce v češtině: | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich Nietzsche, John Dewey a kreativní čtenář |
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Název v anglickém jazyce: | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich Nietzsche, John Dewey, and the Creative Reader |
Klíčová slova: | pragmatizmus|vzdelávanie|perspektivizmus|kreativita|analýza textu|pragmatická metóda|Ralph Waldo Emerson|Friedrich Nietzsche|John Dewey |
Klíčová slova anglicky: | pragmatism|education|perspectivism|creativity|textual analysis|pragmatic method|Ralph Waldo Emerson|Friedrich Nietzsche|John Dewey |
Akademický rok vypsání: | 2020/2021 |
Typ práce: | diplomová práce |
Jazyk práce: | angličtina |
Ústav: | Ústav anglofonních literatur a kultur (21-UALK) |
Vedoucí / školitel: | David Lee Robbins, Ph.D. |
Řešitel: | skrytý - zadáno a potvrzeno stud. odd. |
Datum přihlášení: | 30.11.2020 |
Datum zadání: | 30.11.2020 |
Schválení administrátorem: | zatím neschvalováno |
Datum potvrzení stud. oddělením: | 30.06.2021 |
Datum a čas obhajoby: | 09.09.2021 00:00 |
Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: | 28.07.2021 |
Datum proběhlé obhajoby: | 09.09.2021 |
Odevzdaná/finalizovaná: | odevzdaná studentem a finalizovaná |
Oponenti: | doc. Erik Sherman Roraback, D.Phil. |
Zásady pro vypracování |
This MA thesis aims to illuminate the relationships between the major writers of the pragmatic philosophical tradition and to explore the idea of a Creative Reader. This investigation will focus mainly on Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich Nietzsche and John Dewey as prominent representatives of idealism and the pragmatic method of thinking. The second emphasis of this thesis will be pedagogical, and it will consist of the examination of the notion of Creative Reader, as it appears in Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich Nietzsche, Hans Vaihinger and William James. In the case of John Dewey, the pedagogical emphasis will be more focused on project method and collectivist idea of social efficiency. The thesis will begin the investigation of pragmatic thought by examining the early sources of subjective idealism, and therefore will study the ideas of Immanuel Kant in conjunction with Johann Gottlieb Fichte and his Wissenschaftslehre. The second chapter will be dedicated to Ralph Waldo Emerson with his notions of creative poet- maker- creator and his examination of the importance of imagination in human experience. The third chapter will examine the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, and his ideas about representation in literature, perspectivism, creativity, creative process and individualism. The fourth chapter will analyze the ideas of Hans Vaihinger, especially his notions of fictionalism, regulative fictions and generative, productive nature of human perspective. Chapter five will then continue in a very similar vein with William James and will attempt to inspect his own flavor of pragmatic perspectivism, ideational pluralism and individualism. The penultimate analytical chapter will then examine John Dewey and his educational philosophy, as a direct development of the previous pragmatic thinkers, and will offer a summary of pedagogical methods and approaches for innovative instruction in a classroom that emphasizes constructivism, individual creativity, reverential team work, respectful discussion, and social efficiency. The final chapter of the main body of the thesis will then evaluate the overarching question: Who is this creative, pragmatic reader? How does such a reader read? How does he/she interpret the work of literature? How does he/she analyze a text? How does he/she discuss his/her ideas? How does he/she think? In other words, how does the creative reader approach literature? The thesis, along with fostering better understanding of the philosophers, should then be a journey of discovery and exploration in search after these signs of creative reading. This thesis, then, will attempt to create, introduce, and explore new and innovative ways of thinking about literature, for teachers and students alike. |
Seznam odborné literatury |
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