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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KAA
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BULIT
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Title
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Introduction to Literature
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Form of course completion
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Course-credit
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Form of course completion
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Course-credit
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
3
Cred.
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Type of completion
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-
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Type of completion
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-
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Time requirements
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Lecture
1
[HRS/WEEK]
Seminar
1
[HRS/WEEK]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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NO
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Language of instruction
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English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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NO
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Winter semester
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1 / 80
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0 / 0
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0 / 0
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
S|N |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
Yes
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
Yes
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Evaluation scale |
S|N |
Substituted course
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KAA/ULIA
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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Course objectives:
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The aim of this course is to master the terminology and the theoretical and critical concepts needed for further study of literature. During the course, students will not only study theoretical works, but will also, in seminars, work with primary British and American literary texts of different genres. The learning outcomes will be the development of basic literary terminology, reading strategies and ability to apply critical and theoretical concepts on primary texts.
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Requirements on student
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face-to-face in-class learning:
- attendance (3 missed classes max.)
- active participation in seminars and pre-seminar preparation (study of materials)
- final written test
in case of remote teaching:
- lectures and seminars are online in real time via MS Teams
- active participation required in the same extent as in the full-time study mode
- self-study of classroom materials prior to the seminar (available in Moodle)
- final online test (Moodle)
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Content
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Literature, literariness, genres (prose, poetry drama).
Elements of Prose Fiction I: setting, character, theme, plot (exposition, complication, climax, dénouement), narrative strategy (analepsis, prolepsis, foreshadowing, etc.).
Elements of Prose Fiction II: narrator and point of view.
Periodization I: Classicism, Romanticism.
Periodization II: Realism, Critical realism, Naturalism.
Periodization III: Modernism, Postmodernism.
Drama I: generic specificities, terminology, comedy.
Drama II: tragedy and other dramatic subgenres.
Poetry I: figurative language, rhetorical devices.
Poetry II: rhyme and sound parallelism.
Poetry III: rhythm, basics of prosody.
Poetry IV: stanza forms, poetic genres.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
A Glossary of Literary Terms
(HARPHAM, G.G., ABRAMS, M.H.)
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Basic:
Cuddon, J. A. The Penguin dictionary of literary terms and literary theory. London: Penguin Books, 1998. ISBN 0-14-051363-9.
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Basic:
Haman, Aleš. Úvod do studia literatury a interpretace díla. Jinočany: H & H, 2004. ISBN 80-86022-57-9.
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Recommended:
GRAY, M. Dictionary of Literary Terms. Beirut : York Press, 1992. ISBN 0-582-08037-1.
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Recommended:
PROBYN, T.C. English Poetry. Harlow. Addison Wesley Longman Ltd, 1998. ISBN 0-582-79271-1.
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Recommended:
PECK, J. - COYLE, M. Literary Terms and Criticism. Basingstoke : Palgrave, 2002. ISBN 0-333-962583.
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Praktická výuka
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26
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Domácí příprava na výuku
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35
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Příprava na zápočet
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25
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Total
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86
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
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Competences acquired |
students will acquire socio-cultural, textual and analytical competence in literary areas. with the acquired theoretical vocabulary they will be able to interpret a literary text. |
Teaching methods |
- Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
- Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
- Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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Assessment methods |
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