Course: Interpretation of Literary Text

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Course title Interpretation of Literary Text
Course code KRF/INTRJ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Černý Stanislav, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Objectives of working with literary texts in primary school: 1) intercultural knowledge, 2) language development, 2) personal development. 2. Literacy and reading promotion. Children's reader. 3. Home and field reading. Reading workshops. 4. From reading with translation to reading comprehension to interpretation of an artistic text. 5. The literary canon. Working with key passages. 6. Exploratory reading. The book as an aesthetic artefact. Paratext. 7. Experiential reading. Artistic text as a source of aesthetic and sensory enrichment, development of emotionality, imagination, fantasy, figurative thinking, empathy. Literary text as an opportunity to develop key competences. 8. Literary reading. 9. Ways of visualising information from the text (Venn diagram, associogram, T-diagram, V-CH-D, dramatisation, use of icons and diagrams, etc.). 10. Transformation of literary text in education (adaptation, dramatization, illustration, book-trailer, comic, storrytelling, etc.). 11. Quantitative methods of inquiry as applied to literary text. 12. Reading and creative writing. 13. Summary, panel discussion with possible guests, idea exchange, literary workshop.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Skills demonstration, Self-study of literature, Seminar
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
define terms and terms used in literary science
give an overview of the development of Russian literature
Skills
analyze a literary text in terms of composition, saturation, chronotope, means of expression
independently interpret a text
understand the main ideas contained in a text
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
distinguish between text analysis and interpretation
outline the aims of working with artistic texts in Russian language teaching at art schools
distinguish between analysis, interpretation and didactic application of an artistic text
explain what literacy is
describe the different types of reading
Skills
read texts in the original (partly using a dictionary)
analyse and interpret a literary text
select an artistic text from different periods of Russian literature suitable for teaching Russian at primary school
create tasks for the text that meet the different goals of working with the text and types of reading
use different methods for text perception, including visualisation of information
organise a reading workshop
motivate pupils to read
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar
Self-study of literature
Skills
Seminar
Skills demonstration
Competences
Discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Peer evaluation of students
Formative evaluation
Recommended literature
  • Učíme se příběhem II. Pracovní sešit.. Praha, Nová škola, o.p.s., 2021.
  • Učíme se příběhem II. Program pro 6. a 7. ročník.. Praha, Nová škola, o.p.s., 2021.
  • Isajev, S. G. Literaturno-chudožestvennyje maski: teorija i poetika. Naučnoje izdanije.. Sankt-Peterburg: Dmitrij Bulanin, 2012. ISBN 978-5-86007-712-6.
  • KALENIČ, J. I. Chudožestvennyj tekst na zanjatijach po russkomu jazyku.. Hradec Králové, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7435-621-6.
  • Kulibina, N. V. Začem, što i kak čita´t na uroke. S. Petěrburg, 2001. ISBN 5-86547-082-05.
  • KYLOUŠKOVÁ, H. Jak využít literární text ve výuce cizích jazyků.. Brno, Masarykova univerzita, 2007. ISBN 978-80-210-4.
  • LEDERBUCHOVÁ, L. Didaktická interpretace uměleckého textu jako metoda literární výchovy na občanské a střední škole. II.. Plzeň, Vydavatelství ZČU, 1997. ISBN 80-7082-364-X.
  • TRÁVNÍČEK, J. Česká čtenářská republika. Praha, 2017.


Study plans that include the course
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