Culture and Literature: Module 2 - Introduction to Literary Studies Field of study: English Philology
Programme code: W1-S1FA19.2021

Module name: Culture and Literature: Module 2 - Introduction to Literary Studies
Module code: W1-FA-TX-S1-WL-2
Programme code: W1-S1FA19.2021
Semester:
  • summer semester 2024/2025
  • summer semester 2023/2024
  • summer semester 2022/2023
  • summer semester 2021/2022
Language of instruction: English
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 1
Description:
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with literary studies: its terminology, goals, development and methodology with special emphasis on contemporary trends in research on the literary text. The lectures focus mainly on contemporary, 20th-century, theories of literature and approaches to literature, their historical and ideological contexts and the relations between literary studies and other areas of reflection in the humanities (e.g., philosophy, aesthetics, linguistics, anthropology, psychology and semiotics).
Prerequisites:
None
Key reading:
Specified in the syllabus
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
is aware of his/her own knowledge and skills. [TX-S1-WL-2_K1]
 FA1_K01 [2/5]
can identify and describe the assumptions, postulates and goals of the most important trends and schools in the area of literary theory and the methodology of literary studies. [TX-S1-WL-2_U1]
 FA1_U03 [2/5]
understands the differences between the most important schools of literary theory (especially those of the 20th century). [TX-S1-WL-2_U2]
 FA1_U04 [2/5]
is able to perceive the literary theory currents in a wider context of culture and philosophy of the 20th century. [TX-S1-WL-2_U3]
 FA1_U06 [2/5]
perceives literature from an interdisciplinary perspective, as part of broader cultural, social, and ideological discourse. [TX-S1-WL-2_U4]
 FA1_U04 [1/5]
has basic knowledge of the theory and methodology of literary research and of the most important trends in literary theory and criticism. [TX-S1-WL-2_W1]
 FA1_W01 [3/5] FA1_W02 [2/5] FA1_W07 [3/5]
has knowledge of the most important philosophical and cultural context reflected in the literary theory trends. [TX-S1-WL-2_W2]
 FA1_W03 [2/5] FA1_W06 [2/5]
has the basic knowledge of the reasoning employed by each school of Literary Studies [TX-S1-WL-2_W3]
 FA1_W07 [2/5]
knows the main ideas of the representatives of Literary Studies. [TX-S1-WL-2_W4]
 FA1_W08 [2/5]
knows the basic terminology in the field of Literature Studies. [TX-S1-WL-2_W5]
 FA1_W09 [2/5]
Type Description Codes of the learning outcomes of the module to which assessment is related
Test or tests [TX-S1-WL-2_w_1]
Written or oral test examining the level of students’ assimilation and understanding of the course’s content relating to the trends significance and contexts of contemporary literary studies.
 TX-S1-WL-2_K1 TX-S1-WL-2_U1 TX-S1-WL-2_U2 TX-S1-WL-2_U3 TX-S1-WL-2_U4 TX-S1-WL-2_W1 TX-S1-WL-2_W2 TX-S1-WL-2_W3 TX-S1-WL-2_W4 TX-S1-WL-2_W5
Form of teaching Student's own work Assessment of the learning outcomes
Type Description (including teaching methods) Number of hours Description Number of hours
lecture [TX-S1-WL-2_fs_1]
Issue- and overview-oriented lecture; audio-visual presentations; elements of interpretation and discussion.
 15
Assimilation of lecture content aiming at a better understanding, also through additional reading
 15 Test or tests [TX-S1-WL-2_w_1]
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