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1408026 - Knjizevne teorije od romantizma do naturalizma

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Course title
Acronym 1408026
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    ESPB 6.0 Status
    Condition None. Oblik uslovljenosti
    The goal The aim of the course is acquaintance with romanticism, realism and naturalism as literary-theoretical phenomena, as well as understanding the key theoretical ideas of these periods based on the interpretation of representative theoretical texts.
    The outcome The outcome of the course is to acquire the skills for literary-historical situating and understanding of those literary theories.
    Contents
    Contents of lectures Theories of Romanticism in England: W. Wordsworth’s literary theory as a manifest of the English Romantic Movement. Wordsworth’s emotionalism and naturalism in the light of his argument for the "natural language". Wordsworth’s definition of poetry. The principle of organic unity as the basis of Coleridge’s theory of poetry. Coleridge about the beautiful and the sublime and his understanding of the characteristics of talent and genius. Coleridge’s understanding of the concept of the symbol. Imagination and fancy in Coleridge’s theoretical system. Shelly's defense of poetry. The critique of the poetry by Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt. "Negative capability" of the poet according to John Keats. Byron on poetry. Theories of Romanticism in France. Madame de Stael and Chateaubriand. Stendhal, Hugo and a new understanding of the grotesque. Italian romantic literary theories of Manzoni and Leopardi. American literary theories in the period of Romanticism. E. A. Poe. The literary theories of French realism and their relationship with romanticism in Balzac, Stendhal, Flaubert and Champfleury. Literary theories of Russian realism: Belinsky, Chernyshevsky, Dobrolyubov, Pisarev, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Literary theories of Realism in England and America: Dickens, Thackeray, Whitman, H. James. Zola’s naturalism.
    Contents of exercises Exercises, discussion.
    Literature
    1. O poeziji, izbor engleskih eseja, odabrao i redigovao Borivoje Nedić, Prosveta, Beograd 1956. (Original title)
    2. Miroslav Beker, Povijest književnih teorija, od antike do kraja devetnaestog stoljeća, SNL, Zagreb 1979. (Original title)
    3. Rene Wellek, A History Of Modern Criticism 1750 – 1955, Volume 2, The Romantic Age. (Original title)
    4. Po, Filozofija kompozicije (1846) (Original title)
    5. Realizam - Izbor teorijskih tekstova (prir. A. Ilić, 1984) (Original title)
    Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
    Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
    2 1
    Methods of teaching Lectures, discussions, presentations.
    Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
    Pre obligations Points Final exam Points
    Activites during lectures 30 Test paper 50
    Practical lessons Oral examination
    Projects 20
    Colloquia
    Seminars