Course: Publisher´s and Editor´s Work II

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Course title Publisher´s and Editor´s Work II
Course code KLK/BEDI2
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šrámek Petr, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Issues of textology 2. Literary Canon and Critical Edition 3. Editor and text (terminology) 4. Types of editions and their examples 5. Editorial notes, apparatus 6. Monitoring text changes and versions 7. Commentary, explanatory notes, afterword 8. Bibliography, indexes 9. Preparation of the text for publication 10. Publishing market, cataloguing

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
  • Individual project - 13 hours per semester
  • Contact teaching - 26 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 16 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation of a presentation (report) - 13 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The editorial-textual part of the course will offer historicical perspectives (selected chapters from the history of textual studies and editing) and purely practical ones. Students will learn the terminology, principles, tendencies and problems of textology. Knowledge of model editions will lead to the ability to compile an edition of one's own. In effect, the seminar should become a contribution to thinking and defining the role and function of the text, its genesis and reception. The aim of the publishing part of the course will be to acquaint students with the practical operation of a publishing house (technical preparation of a books, their distribution and promotion) and the functioning of the book market (legal and economic aspects of the publishing business).

Prerequisites
The students will gather both basic information and practical skills in the subject field, that concerns all those wirking with texts.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Discussion

Recommended literature
  • Červenka, Miroslav. Textologické studie. Praha, 2009.
  • Drtina, Jaroslav. Česká bibliografie. Praha, 1944.
  • Kočička, Pavel. Praktická typografie. Brno: Computer Press, 2004. ISBN 80-251-0232-7.
  • Kopecký, Milan. Úvod do studia staročeských rukopisů a tisků. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1978.
  • Kosák, Michal . Editor a text : úvod do praktické textologie. Praha: Paseka, 2006. ISBN 80-7185-653-3.
  • Kosák, Michal. Podoby textologie. Praha: Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR, 2010. ISBN 978-80-83778-82-5.
  • Lichačov, D. S. Textologie : stručný nástin. Praha, 2015.
  • Přibáň, Michal. Česká literární nakladatelství 1949-1989. Praha: Academia, 2014. ISBN 978-80-200-2407-7.
  • Stich, Alexandr. Sabina - Němcová - Havlíček a jiné textologické studie. Praha, 2011.
  • Šalda, J. Od rukopisu ke knize. Praha: SNTL, 1983.
  • Šťovíček, Ivan. Ediční teorie a metodika. Praha: Akademie věd České republiky Historický ústav , 2008. ISBN 978-80-86495-49-1.
  • Vašák, Pavel . Textologie : teorie a ediční praxe. Praha: Karolinum, 1993. ISBN 80-7066-638-2.


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