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Lecturer(s)
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Bubíková Šárka, doc. Ph.D.
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Roebuck Olga, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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What is popular literature? Popular literature in different contexts. History and popular biography. Romantic Gothic fiction as an inspiration of contemporary popular genres. Science-fiction - plurality of sub-genres. Fantasy - from Tolkien to New Medievalism. Feminine romances, "chic-lit". Crime fiction - subgenres of crime fiction. British Golden Age crime stories, modern variations of the genre (Tartan Noir). American detective fiction - Hard-boiled fiction, police procedurals, ethnic crime fiction. Thriller and suspense. Western - the realms of American nostalgia. Comics. Popular genres, literary fandoms and the concept of participatory culture
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
- Contact teaching
- 39 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 39 hours per semester
- Independent critical reading
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation of a presentation (report)
- 10 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 24 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to study the phenomenon of popular (genre) literature, intorduce theoretical discussions connected to it, outline genre categorization and the history of the selected popular genres. The popular context serve also as a framework for discussing and reflecting current issues. Students will deepen their ability of literary and textual analysis. Seminars focus on primary works discussed in a broader cultural context.
Students will deepen their ability of literary and textual analysis and ability to view popular genres both from the point of view of literary theory and within a broader cultural context.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance assessment, Presentation
active participation in seminar discussions; fulfilling of the tasks in Moodle; reading of the assigned materials; presentation
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Recommended literature
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Berberich, Cristine. The Bloomsbury Introduction to Popular Fiction. ISBN 978-1-4411-3431-8.
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Bubíková, Šárka. Ethnicity and Social Critique in Tony Hillerman´s Crime Fiction. Prague Journal of English Studies . 2016.
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Bubíková, Šárka. Fans of literature and the borders of a text. Hradec Králové Journal of Anglophone Studies . 2017.
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Caine, Barbara. Biography and History. Basingstoke, 2010.
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Jenkins, Henry. Convergence culture: where old and new media collide. 2008.
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Johnson, David . The popular and the canonical : debating twentieth-century literature 1940-2000. London: Routledge, 2005. ISBN 0-415-35169-3.
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Kamblé, Jayashree. Making Meaning in Popular Romance Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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McCracken, Scott. The Cambridge companion to popular fiction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-73496-7.
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Nelson, Victoria. Gothicka. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-72592-8.
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Nelson, Victoria. Gothicka. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-72592-8.
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Nickerson, Catherine Ross. The Cambridge companion to American crime fiction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-521-13606-8.
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