Literary Theory: Module 1 - Literary Theory Field of study: English Philology
Programme code: W1-S1FA19.2021

Module name: Literary Theory: Module 1 - Literary Theory
Module code: W1-FA-SW-S1-TL-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: 2
Description:
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with literary studies: its terminology, goals, development and methodology. The course covers basic terms, distinctions, and classifications, and the main trends in studies of the literary work, including their ideological contexts and the relations between contemporary 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 the significance of literary theory for historical and artistic processes and of its relations to cultural practices. [SW-S1-TL1_K_1]
 FA1_K02 [2/5]
can explain the main assumptions and define the philosophical foundations of the main trends in 20th-century and recent literary theory. [SW-S1-TL1_U_1]
 FA1_U03 [2/5]
has basic skills in identifying genres, stylistic devices, rhetorical figures and other features of the literary work of art. [SW-S1-TL1_U_2]
 FA1_U02 [2/5]
can identify and analyze relations between literary theory and literary practice and other artistic practices [SW-S1-TL1_U_3]
 FA1_U06 [2/5]
has basic theoretical knowledge of the main trends in literary theory and knows the terminology of literary studies, especially that of poetics, narrative theory and chosen contemporary theories. [SW-S1-TL1_W_1]
 FA1_W03 [2/5] FA1_W07 [3/5] FA1_W09 [2/5] FA1_W15 [3/5]
knows the main classical and contemporary categories used in literary studies, including the genre differences, and the main aspects of poetics and narrative theory. [SW-S1-TL1_W_2]
 FA1_W07 [3/5] FA1_W09 [2/5] FA1_W15 [3/5]
has knowledge about relations between literary theory and other areas of reflection on culture. [SW-S1-TL1_W_3]
 FA1_W15 [2/5]
Type Description Codes of the learning outcomes of the module to which assessment is related
Test or tests [SW-S1-TL1_w_1]
Written or oral examination of the level of the students’ assimilation and understanding of basic ideas of literary theory; of the features and methods of contemporary literary studies; and of the interdisciplinary context of literary research.
 SW-S1-TL1_K_1 SW-S1-TL1_U_1 SW-S1-TL1_U_2 SW-S1-TL1_U_3 SW-S1-TL1_W_1 SW-S1-TL1_W_2 SW-S1-TL1_W_3
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 [SW-S1-TL1_fs_1]
Issue- and overview-oriented lecture; audio-visual presentation; elements of interpretation and discussion
 30
Assimilation and better understanding of lecture content, assisted by reading of additional materials
 30 Test or tests [SW-S1-TL1_w_1]
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