Analysis of a literary work 3202-S2WAD11
During the course, selected issues concerning the complexity of the problems of analysis and interpretation of literary works are discussed. The methods of analysis and interpretation of the text and its criticism are discussed in detail. Theoretical issues are combined with interpretative practice aimed at showing the multilevel functioning, and thus also the understanding of a literary text. The texts will be analyzed from the perspective of selected theoretical-literary and methodological trends (phenomenology, hermeneutics, psychoanalysis, formalism, structuralism, semiotics,narratology, deconstruction, pragmatism, gender and queer studies, post-secularism, post-colonialism, ecocritics)
Type of course
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
- the student has an advanced knowledge of the subject and methodological specificity of literary studies
- the student knows and uses the terminology of literature at an advanced level
- the student knows and understands at an advanced level selected facts, phenomena and literary texts as well as their methods and theories explaining the complex relationships between them, their structure and meaning in the context of European literature and culture
Skills:
- the student is able to formulate and analyze research problems in the field of literary studies, select research methods and tools in relation to a specific text
- the student is able to use terms, research paradigms and concepts specific to literary studies and individual research methods
- the student is able to recognize various types of literary products and carry out their critical analysis and interpretation in a broader context
- the student is able to use a specialized language to carry out an oral and written analysis and interpretation of complex literary texts from different eras
Assessment criteria
Oral test
I. Number of questions: 3.
II. Scoring questions: from 3 to 0.
III. Point conversion for ratings:
4.5-5 points - dst (3.0)
5.5-6 points - dst + (3.5)
6.5-7 points - db (4.0)
7.5-8 points - db + (4.5)
8.5-9 points - very good (5.0)
9+ points - very good! (5!)
Pts. 3
Student: characterizes issues with the use of various determinants ,calls on the names of representatives (including secondary ones), has detailed knowledge of the content of the readings, conducts a comprehensive analysis, gives various research positions. The statement is spontaneous, comprehensive, thoughtful, the student uses specialist terminology extensively.
Pts. 2
Student: characterizes the issue, shows knowledge of the content of the reading, analyzes. The statement is fluent, the student uses specialist terminology.
Pts. 1
Student: to a limited extent, after asking additional questions, he characterizes the subject, shows a basic knowledge of reading and performance content, conducts analysis at the elementary level (referring only to content), lists only some representatives, indicates only constitutive features. The statement is broken; consists of unrelated information, the student requires guidance by the examiner.
Requirements for the assessment of 5!
- 3 points for every question,
- meeting the requirements for 3 points and in addition: knowledge and skills from outside the curriculum, reading knowledge from outside the reading list, references to world literature.
The student has the right to 2 unexcused absences, each subsequent one requires justification. The lecturer decides on the recognition of absence.
Exceeding excused and unexcused absences by 50% of classes may be grounds to fail the course.
The conditions for passing the course on the resit exam are the same as on the ordinary of exam.
If it is not possible to conduct classes on university premises, classes
shall be held with the aid of distance learning tools, most likely Google
Meet and others recommended by the University of Warsaw.
Practical placement
not applicable
Bibliography
Literatura
teksty literackie analizowane w czasie zajęć
H. Markiewicz, Interpretacja semantyczna dzieł literackich, w: tegoż, Prace wybrane, t. IV: Wymiary dzieła literackiego, Kraków 1996.
J. Sławiński, Analiza, interpretacja i wartościowanie dzieła literackiego, w: tegoż, Próby teoretycznoliterackie, Warszawa 1992.
U. Eco i in., Interpretacja i nadinterpretacja, red. S. Collini, Kraków 1996.
R. Ingarden, Dwuwymiarowa budowa dzieła literackiego oraz Schematyczność dzieła literackiego, w: Problemy teorii literatury, Seria I, red. H. Markiewicz, Wrocław 1967.
H.-G. Gadamer, Wiersz i rozmowa. Rozważania nad próbką tekstu Ernsta Meistra, w: tegoż, Poetica, Warszawa 2001.
S. Freud, Niesamowite, w: tegoż, Pisma psychologiczne, Warszawa 1997
C. G. Jung, Jaźń, w: tegoż, Archetypy i symbole. Pisma wybrane, Warszawa 1976.
B. Eichenbaum, Jak jest zrobiony „Płaszcz” Gogola, w: Rosyjska szkoła stylistyki (Antologia), Warszawa 1970.
V. Propp, Morfologia bajki (przekł. skrócony), „Pamiętnik Literacki” 1968, z. 4.
A. Burzyńska, M.P. Markowski, Teorie literatury XX wieku. Antologia, Kraków 2006.
E. W. Said, Wprowadzenie, w: tegoż, Orientalizm, Warszawa 1991, s. 23-57
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