Course: Theory of Interpretation

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Course title Theory of Interpretation
Course code KFL/TIN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Exner Milan, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The lecture deals with the history of interpretations and current scientific approaches to text that could form the basis of a heuristic interpretation. 1. Establishment of the phenomenon interpretation: secularization of mythology of ancient Greece 2. Christian theology under the influence of an ancient tradition of performance 3. Reformation and turn to the text itself 4. German enlightened interpretation 5. German romantic interpretation 6. Historical and psychological interpretation of the nineteenth century 7. Literary hermeneutics of the twentieth century 8. Interpretation of mythological texts (G. Dumézil and C. Levi-Strauss) 9. Origin and structure of the literary field (P. Bourdieu) 10. Structural semantics and theory of actants (A. J. Greimas) 11. Interpretation of deep symbols (psychoanalytic criticism) 12. Epic universal: affect, dream and reality (M. Exner) 13. Reserve

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The starting point is the history of theories of interpretation, leading to the current state of the field. In the second part of the lectures, the student will be introduced to the methods of thematic explanation of the text, which allow him to interpret it in a meaningful perspective.
The students will acknowledge themselves with the informations acording to the goal and the matter of the course.
Prerequisites
Preconditions are frased in the annotation of the course and in the curriculum of the studying programme.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student's performance analysis

attendance documented by notes
Recommended literature
  • Bílek, P. Teorie interpretace. Host, Brno 2003.
  • Exner, M. Afekt, sen a skutečnost v díle F. M. Dostojevského, Liberec : Bor, 2011..
  • Exner, M. Struktura symbolična.


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