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Knowledge of literature

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Course ID: 3224-D1WLI
Erasmus code / ISCED: 09.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title: Knowledge of literature
Name in Polish: Wiedza o literaturze
Organizational unit: Department of Central and East European Intercultural Studies
Course groups: (in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe na I sem. stacjonarnych i niestacjonarnych (wieczorowych) studiów I stopnia
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): (not available) 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

Short description:

The definitions of the literary work in addition to the modern theory of literature: Psychology, Symbols (Literary), Textual Criticism, Semiotic Criticism, Theoretical Criticism.

Full description:

The definitions of the literary work in addition to the modern theory of literature: Psychology, Symbols (Literary), Textual Criticism, Semiotic Criticism, Theoretical Criticism. Analysis is to be carried out on literary works as follows:

1. Literary theory in literature faculty;

2. Defining the literary work;

3. The main elements of the construction of a literary work: the style and the composition;

4. Basic research activities: analysis, interpretation, valuation, normative poetics;

5. The models of analysis of literary work: Aristotle's Poetics, Phenomenology, Russian Formalists, structuralism criticism, intertextuality, deconstruction, genetic criticism;

6. Narratology and Continental Philosophy;

7. Cultural anthropology in literary criticism: mythologem unit;

8. Literature vs. visual arts.

Bibliography:

Essentials:

A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader. Ed. A. Easthope. K. McGowan. Buckingham 1992.

D. Birch: The Language of Drama. London 1991.

L. Bloomfield: Language. New York 1933.

C. W. Booth: The Retoric of Fiction. Chicago 1961.

S. Chatman: Story and Discourse. New York 1978.

P. Lubbock: The Craft of Fiction. London 1957.

Ch. Mauron: Aesthetics and Psychology. London 1935.

T.G. Pavel: The Poetics of Plot. London 1985.

J. Storey: An Introduction Guide to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture. London 1993.

M. Toolan: Narrative. A Critical Linguistic Introduction. London. New York 1992.

Desirable:

W.Goodenough: Description In Cultural Anthropology. Chicago 1970.

R. Stam. R. Burgoyne. S. Flitterman-Lewi:. New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics: Structuralism, Post-Structuralism and Beyond. New York 1992.

R.K. Shlomith: Narrative Fiction. Contemporary Poetics. London 1991.

Learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

Student:

- knows the specifics of literary studies as a field of the humanities,

- knows the basic concepts of literary works and the main types of research methods,

- has a basic knowledge of the main directions of contemporary literary studies,

- knows the basic terminology of literary study,

- recognizes different philosophical assumptions about the nature of literature, and the resulting different research approaches to work.

Skills:

Student:

- is able to characterize the subject, objectives and methods of the major areas of study of the literature,

- is able to characterize different concepts of work,

- is able to identify the basic types of research methods and identify their essential features.

Social competence

Student:

- has a sense of responsibility for their knowledge and skills in analyzing literary works,

- is aware of the existence of different languages and scientific description of their limitations,

- has a sense of responsibility for the conduct of cultural heritage.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria: (in Polish)

Egzamin pisemny- test składający się z pytań zamkniętych i otwartych.

60% zalicza egzamin ( I termin)

70% zalicza ( II termin)

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