Overview
Lecturer
Rodica-Gabriela Chira
Seminar tutor
Rodica-Gabriela Chira
Type of course
Elective (1 of 2)
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Philology - Masters
Field of study
English Language, Literature and Culture in European Context
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class / Seminary
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Interactive learning.
Entry requirements
There is no compulsory work placement in the course unit.
Aims
Understanding and a correctly using fundamental ideas concerning epistemology in literary discourses.
Integration of this knowledge in a coherent structure.
Connecting past and present through the theory of knowledge.
Course contents
After defining the basic terminology, the course focuses on the understanding of the way in which the theory of knowldgede characterizing a certain historical epoch is to be met in different literary works (even films). Two directions are to be followed: the one belonging to the Enlightenment Age through creators such as Locke, Condillac, Rousseau, Swift, Sterne as well as through articles from Diderot’s Encyclopaedia; the other connected to intertextuality and hypertextuality going through Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the myth of Prometheus in order to get to contemporary achievements such as Her (2013) and Ex Machina (2015). Contextualisations will be of utmost importance.
Learning outcomes
• operating with different sources which follow the same goal;
• establishing theoretical and practical connections through practice on texts;
Assessment
Written paper – interpretative essay – 60%; continuous assessment – 40%.
Recommended reading
Narrative in Institutions. In The Handbook of Discourse Analysis. Schiffrin, Deborah. Tannen, Deborah & Hamilton, Heidi E (eds).
Linde, Charlotte
Blackwell Publishers Ltd, -, 2001 · pp. 518-535
Narrative and Human Existence: Ontology, Epistemology, and Ethics. In New Literary History, Volume 45, Number 1, Winter
Meretoja, Hanna
The Johns Hopkins University, -, 2014 · pp. 89-109
Mikhail Bahtin and the epistemology of Discourse.Critical Sudies, vol. 2 no.1 / 2.
Clive Thomson (ed.)
GA, Amsterdam, Atlanta, 1990