Contemporary Literary Theories 340-AT2-1WTL
Study profile: general academic
Form of studies: full-time
Type of course: compulsory (M_6)
Field and discipline of science: humanities/linguistics
Year of study: I
Semester: I or II
ECTS credits: 2
Student workload balance:
- Participation in classes: 30h
- Preparation for classes / participation in consultations related to classes, preparation for the credit and attendance: 45h
Quantitative indicators:
- Student workload related to classes requiring the direct participation of a teacher: 1.25
- Student workload not requiring the direct participation of a teacher: 0.
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Mode
Term 2025: Self-reading (in Polish) w sali | General: (in Polish) w sali Self-reading |
Learning outcomes
The graduate possesses in-depth knowledge and understanding of methods for analyzing and interpreting texts from a given language area within selected traditions and literary theories (KP7_WG5).
The graduate is able to conduct in-depth analysis and interpretation of literary texts using literary studies methods that allow them to assess their significance in the historical and cultural process (KP7_UW3).
The graduate is prepared to conduct in-depth analysis and interpretation of literary texts using literary studies methods that enable them to evaluate their significance in the historical and cultural process (KP7_KK1).
Assessment criteria
lecture method, heuristics, analysis of literary texts, discussion
assessment of participation in discussion
oral test
Assessment system
Oral test. The following components:
Knowledge.Adequate argumentation based on the knowledge of historical/social contexts: 18 points (6+6+6)
Form of the presentation (fluency, logic): 12 points (4+4+4)
Vocabulary, grammar 9 points (3+3+3)
Grade:
Very good: at least 35 points
Good plus: at least 32 points
Good: at least 27 points
Sufficient plus: at least 23 points
Sufficient: 19 points
Bibliography
Allen, Graham. Intertextuality. Third Edition, Routledge, 2022.
Baron, Scarlett. The Birth of Intertextuality. The Riddle of Creativity, Routledge, 2020.
Barthes, Roland. “The Death of the Author.”
Clayton, Jay, and Eric Rothstein (eds). Influence and Intertextuality in Literary History, U of Wisconsin P, 1991.
Foucault, Michel. “What Is an Author?”
Genette, Gérard. Palimpsests. Literature in the Second Degree. Translated by Channa Newman and Claude Doubinsky, U of Nebraska P, 1997.
Genette, Gérard. Paratexts. Thresholds of Interpretation. Translated by Jane E. Lewin, Cambridge UP, 1997.
Riffaterre, Michael. Fictional Truth, The Johns Hopkins UP, 1990.
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