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Lecturer(s)
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Marková Michaela, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Vernyik Zénó, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Klapcsik Sándor, Ph.D.
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Palatinus Dávid Levente, Ph.D.
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Světlíková Anna, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Students will be introduced to topics and areas such as the relationship of popular and high culture, a historical overview of specific theories of literature and culture (from formalist theories, to structuralism, the basics of narratology, psychoanalysis, postcolonial theories, feminist theories and gender studies, intertextuality and adaptation, theories of the Postmodern including deconstruction, Anthropocene studies, and the impacts of visual and digital media). The sessions will be based on presentations and discussions. Specific topics and reading lists will be distirbuted at the beginning of the semester.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Seminár, E-learning, Students' self-study
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of this course is to provide students with the necessary theoretical background for the analysis of literary texts and cultural artifacts. Throughout the semester, they familiarize themselves with basic features of literary works of art and learn to identify works of art in general. They are also introduced to the study of genres and to the most important critical and theoretical schools of the 20th and early 21st centuries. At the same time, by making them able to identify problems of power and identity (e.g. sexual and ethnic), and to realize the socially constructed nature of values and categories, the course both prepares the ground for further studies in the field of literary and cultural analysis, and helps in building an awareness of how value judgments and stereotypes operate, thereby also providing a way to achieve a more self-conscious and less biased attitude necessary for becoming an open-minded teacher.
Theoretical background and practical skills for the analysis of literary texts and cultural artifacts.
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Prerequisites
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B2 level of English
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Student's linguistic performance analysis, Test
1 Mandatory presence: 1 absence is allowed 2 Active participation in the meetings. The most successful seminar exercise can be submitted on Teams to be evaluated according to the initially given evaluation sheet. 3 Miniquizzes to cover the assigned readings and films. A 70% average on the total of these quizzes must be achieved for the successful completion of the course. 4 Written exam (first attempt) or oral exam (second and third attempts) covering the full seminar material (readings, PPTs + handouts).
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Recommended literature
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Baudrillard, Jean. Simulacra and Simulation. 2003.
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Bauman, Zygmunt. Globalization: The Human Consequences. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
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De Man, Paul. Blindness and Insight: Essays in the Rhetoric of Contemporary Criticism. London: Routledge, 2013.
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Derrida, Jacques and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Of Grammatology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016.
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Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2015.
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Fludernik, Monika. An Introduction to Narratology. London: Routledge, 2009.
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Giles, Judy and Tim Middleton. Studying Culture. A Practical Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell, 2010.
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Hall, Stuart, and Paul Du Gay. Questions of Cultural Identity. London: SAGE Publications, 2012.
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Hawkes, Terence. Structuralism and Semiotics. New York: Routledge, 2005.
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Jameson, Fredric. Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. Durham: Duke University Press, 1991.
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Klages, M. Literary Theory. A Guide for the Perplexed. London: Continuum, 2006.
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McHale, Brian. Constructing Postmodernism. London: Routledge, 2006.
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Montgomery, Martin, et al. Ways of Reading: Advanced Reading Skills for Students of English Literature.. London: Routledge, 2013.
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Silverman, Kaja. The Subject of Semiotics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.
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