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Introduction to the Study of Language and Literature - OPBA2A102A
Title: Úvod do studia jazyka a literatury
Guaranteed by: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury (41-KAJL)
Faculty: Faculty of Education
Actual: from 2022
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
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: not taught
Language: English
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: PhDr. Klára Lancová, Ph.D.
PhDr. Tereza Topolovská, Ph.D.
Is incompatible with: OPBZ0A113C, OPBZ0A115C, OPBZ0A116C, OPBZ0A117C, OKNZ0A150C, OKBZ0A115C, OKBZ0A116C, OKBZ0A117C, OPNZ0A150C, OKBZ0A113C
Annotation -
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 literature written in English from the point of view of their formal structure.
Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (10.09.2021)
Descriptors -

Literary part https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a14cb16175f604859a50828de20aec469%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=351c1e13-ce04-444f-a6e7-b9eabe542ee0&tenantId=5335a395-3770-41bf-b111-59efae08bf8d

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (01.12.2021)
Course completion requirements - Czech

Zkouška má podobu písemného 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. Student má k dispozici jeden řádný a dva opravné termíny. Součástí hodnocení je i jazyková a formulační úroveň.

 

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (10.09.2021)
Literature -

Lingvistická část:

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

 

Literární část:

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.

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

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

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

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

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (10.09.2021)
Requirements to the exam -

Written test overall minimum: 70%. The test can be taken 3 times altogether.

Language skills are part of the overall assessment.

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (10.09.2021)
Syllabus
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.
 
 
 
Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (10.09.2021)
Learning resources

The course in Moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=5658 (literary part).

Last update: Topolovská Tereza, PhDr., Ph.D. (10.09.2021)
 
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