The interpretive context of literature

elective courses

During the course, selected issues concerning the mutual relationship between literature / culture emerging during the interpretation of literary works are discussed. The methods of interpretation which situate a literary work in a cultural context and emphasize the mutual relations between these two areas are discussed in detail. The relations between texts from different eras and linguistic circles will also be discussed, as well as the transformations of known symbols, patterns, motifs, threads and forms.

1 Recurring theme , universal motifs, borrowed motives - a text in relation to its time

2 Literary text against the theory

3 Characters symbols, characters diagrams - transformations

4 Literary text in relation to other texts and cultures

5 Interpretations and reinterpretations of myths

6 Text "About Love" - don Juan and Cassanova

7 Literary text in the face of changes

8 Modernist revaluations, modernist variations

9 Alternative history in a literary text

A. Burzyńska, M.P. Markowski, Teorie literatury XX wieku. Podręcznik, Kraków 2006.

Literatura – teoria – metodologia, red. D. Ulicka, Warszawa 2001 [zalecane wyd. 3, Warszawa 2006].

Z. Mitosek, Teorie badań literackich, Warszawa 1998 [i wyd. następne].

S. Skwarczyńska, Kierunki w badaniach literackich, Warszawa 1984.

Knowledge

the student knows the basic methods of analyzing a literary work

the student knows the developmental tendencies of literature

the student knows the most important phenomena in the history of literature

Skills

define and analyze research problems in the field of literature

analyze the text in relation to other texts and phenomena

recognize elements borrowed in literary texts

Social competence

is ready to consciously participate in the process of reception of literary works

is ready to expand his knowledge of the history of literature

is ready to think creatively, to put the acquired information in the right context

Oral test

Number of questions: 3.

II. Scoring questions: from 3 to 0.

III. Point conversion for ratings:

4.5-5 points - dst (3.0)

5.5-6 points - dst + (3.5)

6.5-7 points - db (4.0)

7.5-8 points - db + (4.5)

8.5-9 points - very good (5.0)

9+ points - very good! (5!)

Pts. 3

Student: characterizes issues with the use of various determinants ,calls on the names of representatives (including secondary ones), has detailed knowledge of the content of the readings, conducts a comprehensive analysis, gives various research positions. The statement is spontaneous, comprehensive, thoughtful, the student uses specialist terminology extensively.

Pts. 2

Student: characterizes the issue, shows knowledge of the content of the reading, analyzes. The statement is fluent, the student uses specialist terminology.

Pts. 1

Student: to a limited extent, after asking additional questions, he characterizes the subject, shows a basic knowledge of reading and performance content, conducts analysis at the elementary level (referring only to content), lists only some representatives, indicates only constitutive features. The statement is broken; consists of unrelated information, the student requires guidance by the examiner.

Requirements for the assessment of 5!

- 3 points for every question,

- meeting the requirements for 3 points and in addition: knowledge and skills from outside the curriculum, reading knowledge from outside the reading list, references to world literature.

The student has the right to 2 unexcused absences, each subsequent one requires justification. The lecturer decides on the recognition of absence.

Exceeding excused and unexcused absences by 50% of classes may be grounds to fail the course.

The conditions for passing the course on the resit exam are the same as on the ordinary of exam.

If it is not possible to conduct classes on university premises, classes

shall be held with the aid of distance learning tools, most likely Google

Meet and others recommended by the University of Warsaw.

not applicable