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Analysis of the literary text

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Course ID: 3200-M1-2ATL
Erasmus code / ISCED: (unknown) / (unknown)
Course title: Analysis of the literary text
Name in Polish: Analiza tekstu literackiego
Organizational unit: Faculty of Applied Linguistics
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 4.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
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Language: Polish
Type of course:

obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):

Structure of literary text. Methodologies of literary research. Text Analysis.
Mode:

Classroom
Short description:

The aim of the course is to deepen knowledge of literary theory (the above-mentioned classes are a supplement and continuation of the literary research methodology block, in which the lecturer presented the theoretical and literary categories listed below). Basic literary categories are discussed, illustrated with examples of outstanding works of Hispanic American literature (J.L. Borges, A. Carpentier, J. Cortázar, G. García Márquez, M. Vargas Llosa, J. Rulfo, L. Sepúlveda). Students acquire the skill of analyzing a literary text and become familiar with contemporary literary research methodologies, as well as various trends in Latin American literature.
Full description:

1. Theory. Structure of the narrative text

2. Analysis

2.1. Narrative text levels

• J.L.Borges "Death and the Compass" ("La muerte y la brújula")

• J.L.Borges, "Crime Story" ("El cuento policial" in: Borges oral)

2.2. Narrator and narrative perspective

Theory: Seymour Chatman, ch. "Covert versus Overt Narrator" in: Story and Discourse

• Julio Cortázar "Continuity of parks" ("Continuidad de los parques")

• Julio Cortázar "Deity of the Cyclades" ("El ídolo de las Cícladas")

• Julio Cortázar "Axolotl" ("Axolotl")

2.3. Time

Theory: Seymour Chatman, Story and Discourse, Ithaca and London 1978, pp. 62-79.

• Alejo Carpentier "Similar to the night", Time war; Reader, Warsaw 1974 ("Semejante a la noche", Guerra del tiempo)

• Alejo Carpentier "Return to the grain", War of time ("Viaje a la semilla", Guerra del tiempo)

2.4. Space

Theory: Janusz Sławiński, "Space in Literature" in: M. Głowiński and A. Opień-Sławińska, Space and Literature, Wrocław 1978 ((https://pl.scribd.com/document/369095271/Janusz-S%C5% 82awi% C5% 84ski-Space% 84% C5-in-the-literature).

• Julio Cortázar "Busy house" ("Casa tomada")

2.5. Story

Theory: Roland Barthes "Introduction to the Structural Analysis of Stories" (http: //bazhum.muzhp.pl/media//files/Pamietnik_Literacki_czasopismo ...)

• J.L. Borges "Garden with forked paths" ("El jardin de senderos que se bifurcan").

3. Literary categories and concepts

3.1. intertextuality

Theory: Gérard Genette, Palimpsesty. Second degree literature, Gdańsk 2014, chapter I-II. Version: https://books.google.com/books?id=KbYzNp94C9oC&printsec=frontcover&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

• J.L.Borges "Pierre Menard, author of Don Quixote" ("Pierre Menard, author of del Quijote")

• Alejo Carpentier Baroque concert, Reader, Warsaw 1977 (Concierto barroco): fragments

3.2. Realism

Theory: Philippe Hamon Un discours contraint. (Polish version: Restrictions of realistic discourse: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiX8NO1irbgAhUsmYsKHT-aCegwQFFaAl .muzhp.pl% 2Fmedia% 2F% 2Ffiles% 2FPamietnik_Literacki_czasopismo_kwartalne_poswiecone_historii_i_krytyce_literatury_polskiej% 2FPamietnik_Literacki_czasopismo_kwartalne_poswiecone_historii_i_krytyce_literatury_polskiej-r1983-T74-n1-% 2FPamietnik_Literacki_czasopismo_kwartalne_poswiecone_historii_i_krytyce_literatury_polskiej r1983-T74-n1-s221-262% 2FPamietnik_Literacki_czasopismo_kwartalne_poswiecone_historii_i_krytyce_literatury_polskiej-r1983-T74-n1-s221-262.pdf & ultrasound = AOvVaw3qIf0FYbOSCgoHc2JOwiPn

• J.L.Borges "Emma Zunz"

3.3. Fantastic

Theory: Adam Elbanowski, Fantasy: Preliminary Definitions and Terms (photocopied)

Theory: Tzvetan Todorov, Introduction à la littérature fantastique (The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre, http://mylovelibrabry.com/epdflibraryus/free1.php?asin=0801491460).

• Luis Sepúlveda "Change of route" ("Cambio de ruta") in L.Sepúlveda Przegapienia, Noir sur Blanc, Warsaw 2005.

• J. Cortázar "At night, facing the sky" ("La noche boca arriba").

3.4. Narrative irony

Theory: Piotr Łaguna, Irony as an attitude and as an expression, Kraków-Wrocław 1984.

Theory: Herbert H. Clark and Richard J. Gerrig "On the Pretense Theory of Irony":

https://web.stanford.edu/~clark/1980s/Clark,%20H.H.%20_%20Gerrig,%20R.J.%20_On%20the%20pretense%20theory%20of%20irony_%201984.pdf

Theory: Wayne C. Booth A Rhetoric of Irony: https://archive.org/details/rhetoricofirony00boot

• Gabriel García Márquez "A very old man with huge wings" ("Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes")

3.5. The concept of fiction: Contract of truth and contract of fiction in Latin American literature: analysis from the preface perspective.

Theory: Adam Elbanowski, chapter "Between document and fiction" in: A. Elbanowski, Testimonies, metaphors, fiction, CESLA, Warsaw 2013.

Theory: Gerard Genette Fiction and diction: https://archive.org/details/GerardGenetteFictionDictionCornellUniversityPress1993

• M. Vargas Llosa 'The truth of lies' ('La verdad de las mentiras') in: Prawda lie, Rebis, Poznań 1999.

3.6. Poetry: elements of versification

• J. L. Borges "Poem about gifts" ("Poema de los dones")

• J.L. Borges 'Ars poetica' ('Arte poética').

3.7. Historical discourse

Theory: Hayden White, Historiographic Text as a Literary Artifact, Znak, Kraków 2006 (The Historical Text as Literary Artifact: http://yunus.hacettepe.edu.tr/~jason.ward/ied485britnovel4/HaydWhitHistTextArtifact.pdf

• Alejo Carpentier Kingdom of this world; PIW, Warsaw 2018 (El reino de este mundo): fragments

• Álvaro Mutis "The Last Face" ("El último rostro")

• G. García Márquez General in the maze; Muza, Warsaw 1998 (El general en su laberinto): fragments.

3.8. Language and style

• Juan Rulfo Pedro Páramo; Znak, Cracow 2010; Chap. AND.

NOTE: short stories by J. Cortazar in the Muses; J.L.Borges stories - Ed. Proszynski. Scans of stories will be sent to students.

Student workload:

1. Reading of theoretical texts and analyzed literary texts.

2. Participation in the discussion of the selected text.
Bibliography:

• Adam Elbanowski, Świadectwa, metafory, fabulacje: współczesna literatura Ameryki Łacińskiej, Wyd. CESLA UW, Warszawa 2013 cap. I, s. 7-37).

• Seymour Chatman, Story and Discourse, Ithaca and London 1978 (s. 15-33) (http://books.google.com/books?id=ewrOp9uPjYUC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false); całość: https://archive.org/details/storydiscoursena00chat?q=Story+and+discourse

• Gérard Genette, Narrative Discourse, Cornell University Press, 1980 (https://archive.org/details/NarrativeDiscourseAnEssayInMethod)

• Michał Głowiński ed.), Narratologia, Gdańsk 2004.
Learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

After completing the course the student:

• Knows the most important theoretical and literary concepts.

• Knows contemporary methodologies of literary research, with particular emphasis on narratology.

• Can recognize the basic categories in literary discourse.

• Knows the theories of novel and other prose genres formulated by literary researchers and writers and critics from the Latin American literature.

Skills

After completing the course the student:

• Reads, understands and interprets literary works both in their formal and linguistic as well as formal and genre and content layers, and especially pays attention to details, linguistic, formal and semantic nuances, finds irony, ambiguities, metaphors and language games.

• Interprets the text and discourse from many perspectives, performs its in-depth analysis.

• Uses acquired theoretical and literary knowledge to analyze specific works.

• Recognizes literary techniques known from theoretical works in read literary texts.

• Presents his own position and results of his own analyzes in a manner appropriate for the text and academic discourse.

Social competence

After the course:

• Can formulate and present his own views

• Can discuss other people's positions in a manner appropriate for academic discussion

• I respect someone else's mind and other people's intellectual property
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Assessment credit: oral credit, covering material from classes (basic theoretical and literary categories and the ability to apply the above-mentioned categories to specific texts).

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span: 2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Seminar, 30 hours, 20 places more information
Coordinators: Magdalena Latkowska
Group instructors: Magdalena Latkowska
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Grading
Seminar - Grading
Prerequisites:

Analysis of the literary text 3200-M1-2ATL
Mode:

Classroom
Short description:

The aim of the course is to deepen the knowledge of the theory of literature (the above classes complement and follow-up the methodology of literary studies, where the lecturer presents the following theoretical and literary categories). Basic literary categories are discussed, illustrated by examples of outstanding works of Spanish-American literature (Borges, Carpentier, Cortázar, García Márquez, Vargas Llosa). Students acquire the ability to analyze a literary text and become acquainted with contemporary methodologies of literary research, as well as with various currents of Latin American literature.
Full description:

1. Theory. The structure of the narrative text

2. Analysis

2.1. Levels of narrative text

2.2. Narrator and narrative perspective

2.3. Time.

2.4. Setting.

3.Categories and literary concepts.

3.1. Intertextuality.

3.2. Realism

3.3. Fantastic.

3.4. Narrative Irony.

3.5. The Concept of Fiction.

3.6. Poetry: versification.

3.7. The Historical Discourse.

3.8. Language and Style.

Student workload:

1. Reading theoretical texts and analyzed literary texts.

2. Participation in the discussion on the selected text.
Bibliography:

Seymour Chatman, Story and Discourse, Ithaca and London 1978 (s. 15-33) (http://books.google.com/books?id=ewrOp9uPjYUC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false); całość: https://archive.org/details/storydiscoursena00chat?q=Story+and+discourse

• Gérard Genette, Narrative Discourse, Cornell University Press, 1980 (https://archive.org/details/NarrativeDiscourseAnEssayInMethod)

• Michał Głowiński (wyd.), Narratologia, Gdańsk 2004.

• Adam Elbanowski, Świadectwa, metafory, fabulacje: współczesna literatura Ameryki Łacińskiej, Wyd. CESLA UW, Warszawa 2013.
Notes:

Learning outcomes: Knowledge:

After completing the course, the student:

• Knows the most important theoretical and literary concepts.

• Knows contemporary methodologies of literary research, with particular emphasis on narratology.

• Can recognize basic categories in literary discourse.

• Knows theories of novels and other prose genres formulated by literary researchers as well as writers and critics from the Latin American literature.

Skills

After completing the course, the student:

• Reads, understands and interprets literary works both in their formal and linguistic and formal-genre and content layers, and especially draws attention to details, linguistic, formal and semantic nuances, finds irony, ambiguities, metaphors and language games.

• Interprets the text and discourse from many perspectives, performs its in-depth analysis.

• Applies the acquired theoretical and literary knowledge to the analysis of specific works.

• Recognizes literary techniques known from theoretical works in read literary texts.

• Presents its own position and results of its own analyzes in a manner appropriate to the text and academic discourse.

Social competence

After the course:

• Can formulate and present own views

• Can discuss other people's positions in a manner appropriate for an academic discussion

• He respects someone else's opinion and intellectual property

List of topics: Theory of literature. Analysis of the literary text. Contemporary Hispanic American literature.

Teaching methods: 1. Presentation of a selected theoretical-literary subject; presentation of the text selected for analysis.

2. Analysis of the selected text (audiovisual show)

3. Discussion in a group

Assessment methods and criteria: Pass mark: oral exam, covering the material from classes (basic theoretical and literary categories and the ability to apply the abovementioned categories to specific texts).

Classes in period "Summer semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span: 2025-02-17 - 2025-06-08
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Seminar, 30 hours, 20 places more information
Coordinators: Magdalena Latkowska
Group instructors: Magdalena Latkowska
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Grading
Seminar - Grading
Prerequisites:

Analysis of the literary text 3200-M1-2ATL
Mode:

Classroom
Short description:

The aim of the course is to deepen the knowledge of the theory of literature (the above classes complement and follow-up the methodology of literary studies, where the lecturer presents the following theoretical and literary categories). Basic literary categories are discussed, illustrated by examples of outstanding works of Spanish-American literature (Borges, Carpentier, Cortázar, García Márquez, Vargas Llosa). Students acquire the ability to analyze a literary text and become acquainted with contemporary methodologies of literary research, as well as with various currents of Latin American literature.
Full description:

1. Theory. The structure of the narrative text

2. Analysis

2.1. Levels of narrative text

2.2. Narrator and narrative perspective

2.3. Time.

2.4. Setting.

3.Categories and literary concepts.

3.1. Intertextuality.

3.2. Realism

3.3. Fantastic.

3.4. Narrative Irony.

3.5. The Concept of Fiction.

3.6. Poetry: versification.

3.7. The Historical Discourse.

3.8. Language and Style.

Student workload:

1. Reading theoretical texts and analyzed literary texts.

2. Participation in the discussion on the selected text.
Bibliography:

Seymour Chatman, Story and Discourse, Ithaca and London 1978 (s. 15-33) (http://books.google.com/books?id=ewrOp9uPjYUC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false); całość: https://archive.org/details/storydiscoursena00chat?q=Story+and+discourse

• Gérard Genette, Narrative Discourse, Cornell University Press, 1980 (https://archive.org/details/NarrativeDiscourseAnEssayInMethod)

• Michał Głowiński (wyd.), Narratologia, Gdańsk 2004.

• Adam Elbanowski, Świadectwa, metafory, fabulacje: współczesna literatura Ameryki Łacińskiej, Wyd. CESLA UW, Warszawa 2013.
Notes:

Learning outcomes: Knowledge:

After completing the course, the student:

• Knows the most important theoretical and literary concepts.

• Knows contemporary methodologies of literary research, with particular emphasis on narratology.

• Can recognize basic categories in literary discourse.

• Knows theories of novels and other prose genres formulated by literary researchers as well as writers and critics from the Latin American literature.

Skills

After completing the course, the student:

• Reads, understands and interprets literary works both in their formal and linguistic and formal-genre and content layers, and especially draws attention to details, linguistic, formal and semantic nuances, finds irony, ambiguities, metaphors and language games.

• Interprets the text and discourse from many perspectives, performs its in-depth analysis.

• Applies the acquired theoretical and literary knowledge to the analysis of specific works.

• Recognizes literary techniques known from theoretical works in read literary texts.

• Presents its own position and results of its own analyzes in a manner appropriate to the text and academic discourse.

Social competence

After the course:

• Can formulate and present own views

• Can discuss other people's positions in a manner appropriate for an academic discussion

• He respects someone else's opinion and intellectual property

List of topics: Theory of literature. Analysis of the literary text. Contemporary Hispanic American literature.

Teaching methods: 1. Presentation of a selected theoretical-literary subject; presentation of the text selected for analysis.

2. Analysis of the selected text (audiovisual show)

3. Discussion in a group

Assessment methods and criteria: Pass mark: oral exam, covering the material from classes (basic theoretical and literary categories and the ability to apply the abovementioned categories to specific texts).
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