DRTZX11 Literary critical seminar

Theatre Faculty
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
MgA. Tereza Semotamová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Jan Gogola
Radio and TV Dramaturgy and Scriptwriting Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Radio and TV Dramaturgy and Scriptwriting Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Prerequisites
EVER( DRTLX11 Literary critical seminar )
students of 4. or 5. grade
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
learn to read essays critically, to write an essay, to try different kinds of creative writing
Syllabus
  • Postmodern society is society of individuals. Is really the aim of the majority of your society just "hurrying and shopping"? Who is the main hero looking for selfdefinition in working life, with liquid feelings and self-adoration in privat life? He is looking for his identity and meaning of life. How can we do that? And how to deal with the historical package of last centuries? The aim of our critical seminar will be to analyse short essays and think about the life of a postmodern being in the middle of society, culture, arts, looking for interactions and identity. (M. Montaigne, J.-P. Sartre, W. Benjamin, R. Barthes, T. W. Adorno, H. Arendt, A. Camus, P. Šafařík, Z. Bauman, V. Havel, J. Saramago, M. Houellebecq etc.) In this seminar we well do also creative writing execises where you can try different kinds of writings and work with feeling, word, story.
Literature
  • Barthes, R.: Rozkoš z textu. Bratislava 1994. info
  • Barthes, Roland: Kritika a pravda. Přel. J. Čermák, J. Dubský, J. Štěpánková. Praha - Liberec 1997. info
  • Bauman,Z. Tekuté modernost (Kap.4 Práce). info
  • Camus, Albert - Mýtus o Sisyfovi (Praha, 1965). info
  • Montaigne M. Eseje, Odeon Praha1996. info
Teaching methods
reading of essays, creative writing exercises
Assessment methods
creative writing exercises, reading of essays, final essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on course enrolment limitations: Pro úspěšný zápis předmětu si zaregistrujte též odpovídající předmět v letním semestru (podle předpokladu "EVER")
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2021, Winter 2022, Winter 2023.
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