INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF THE IMAGINARY

1. The theory of the imaginary, cross-disciplinary theory 2. Structure and methods. archetypal structures; myths and symbols 3. Social and cultural imaginary: collective memoryi; collective hopes; the fear and the sense of security; 4. Identity/ alterity; individual Self; 5. Phe power and centrality; revolt, uprising, revolution; totalitarian terror 6. Application text. The Imaginary’s social and cultural landmarks 7. Religious imaginary: religious/ irreligious; attitudes toward death; Inferno and Paradise 8. Chronotope: types of space; text space 9. Area house; objects system 10. The movement in the concrete espace; escape; utopia 11. Typef of time; past, present şi future; „taming” the future; „eternal comeback” 12 Application text. Cronotop landmarks

The course aims to initiate students into contemporary tendencies and problematic for poetics and literary criticism, orienting the study on three main levels: structure, specific and efficiency in the theoretical approach of the text; the contemporary state of development of the esthetical concepts, the literary theory and criticism; methodical tendencies