Course: Region and Regionality in Literature

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Course title Region and Regionality in Literature
Course code UMJL/EXRRL
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Marek Libor, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Spatial turn, topographical turn - Region and regionality - Regionalisation and regionalism - Centre, periphery, third space - Nationalism and regional identity - Transnational space - Regionality and globality - Regionality and urbanity - Region and landscape - Folklore and myth

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Term paper - 22 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 70 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 28 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
define key concepts (spatial turn, region, regionality, etc.)
define key concepts (spatial turn, region, regionality, etc.)
explain the cultural and historical context of regionality in literature
explain the cultural and historical context of regionality in literature
describe the differences between approaches to regionality in the works of selected authors
describe the differences between approaches to regionality in the works of selected authors
assess the significance of the selected works in the context of the overall work of the authors concerned
assess the significance of the selected works in the context of the overall work of the authors concerned
evaluate selected concepts of regionality in 20th century literature
evaluate selected concepts of regionality in 20th century literature
Skills
analyze selected works
analyze selected works
apply standard interpretive theories and models (hermeneutics, structuralism, positivism, etc.)
apply standard interpretive theories and models (hermeneutics, structuralism, positivism, etc.)
identify elements of regionalism in the works
identify elements of regionalism in the works
evaluate the significance of the works within world literature
evaluate the significance of the works within world literature
propose further approaches to contextualise the works
propose further approaches to contextualise the works
teaching methods
Knowledge
Text analysis
Text analysis
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
Skills
Text analysis
Text analysis
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
Methods for working with texts (Textbook, book)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of seminar paper
Analysis of another type of paper written by the student (Casuistry, diary, plan ...)
Analysis of another type of paper written by the student (Casuistry, diary, plan ...)
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of the student's performance
Recommended literature
  • Bachmann-Medick, Doris. Cultural Turns: New Orientations in the Study of Culture. Berlin, 2016.
  • Crang, Mike - Thrift, Nigel (eds.). Thinking Space. London, 2000.
  • Döring, Jörg - Thielmann, Tristan (eds.). Spatial Turn: Das Raumparadigma in den Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften. Bielefeld, 2009.
  • Dünne, Jörg - Günzel, Stephan. Raumtheorie: Grundlagentexte aus Philosophie und Kulturwissenschaften. Frankfurt am Main, 2006.
  • Ette, Ottmar. Literature on the Move. Amsterdam, 2003.
  • Hubbard, Phil - Bartley, Brendan - Fuller, Duncan - Kitchin, Rob. Thinking Geographically: Space, Theory and Contemporary Human Geography. London, 2005.
  • Krappmann, Jörg. Allerhand Übergänge: Interkulturelle Analysen der regionalen Literatur in Böhmen und Mähren sowie der deutschen Literatur in Prag (1890?1918). Bielefeld, 2013.
  • Martinek, Libor. Region, regionalismus a regionální literatura. Opava, 2007.
  • Voda Eschgfäller, Sabine - Horňáček, Milan (eds.). Regionalforschung zur Literatur der Moderne. Olomouc, 2012.
  • Warf, Barney - Arias, Santa (eds.). The Spatial Turn. Interdisciplinary Perspectives. London, 2008.


Study plans that include the course
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