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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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Week 1: What is popular literature? (29. 9.) Week 2: Popular literature in different contexts. (6. 10.) Week 3: History and biography I. (13. 10.) Week 4: History and biography II. (20. 10.) Week 5: Gothic fiction, science-fiction, fantasy. doc. Bubíková (27. 10.) Week 6: Gothic fiction and fantasy in British literature. (3. 11.) Week 7: Feminine romances (10. 11.) Week 8: Detective fiction I history of the British crime writing. (24. 11.) Week 9: Detective fiction II modern versions of crime classics. (1. 12.) Week 10: Tartan Noir the Scottish version of detective fiction. (8. 12.) Week 11: American detective fiction, Hard-boiled fiction. doc. Bubíková (15. 12.) Week 12: Thriller and suspense; comics; romance and chic-lit. doc. Bubíková (22. 12.)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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Learning outcomes
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Discussion
active participation in class discussions reading of assigned texts
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Recommended literature
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Clark. A cry in the Night. New York, 1982.
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Craig, Patricia. The lady investigates : women detectives and spies in fiction. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. ISBN 0-312-46426-6.
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Hillerman. any crime novel.
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Mathews, Richard. Fantasy : the liberation of imagination. New York: Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0-415-93890-2.
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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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Nicholls, Peter. The Science fiction encyclopedia. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1979. ISBN 0-385-13000-7.
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Scaggs, John. Crime fiction. London: Routledge, 2005. ISBN 978-0-415-31824-2.
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Studený, Jiří . Pop & brak : populární literatura v kontextu proměn literární kultury. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7395-725-4.
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Tolkien, J. R. R. The lord of the rings. London: HarperCollins, 1995. ISBN 0-261-10325-3.
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