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Course: History of Popular Literature I

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Course title History of Popular Literature I
Course code KLKS/POLI1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kudláč Antonín, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Mass and popular culture. The origin, development, and acceptation/refusal of popular literature. Popular literature from the point of view of literary theory. Popular literature versus artistic literature. Popular literature and postmodernism. The development of detective prose domestically and abroad. The development of literary fantasy domestically and abroad.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the basic terminology and main literary-scientific, cultural, and sociological theories of popular literature and, at the same time, to its position in contemporary mass culture. Students will follow the development of the perception of popular literature in the context of modern literature and culture in general, including the role of censorship and social-political conceptions of given time periods (operations of "exclusion" and "replacement"). Special attention will be paid to the relationship between popular and artistic literature, and the ways that they influence each other and fade into one another; furthermore, the relationship of the field of literary culture to other media, especially to film and television.
Students who complete this course should be able to orient in the field of "non-canonical" literary creation and, at the same time, a significant part of contemporary popular culture.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Student performance assessment

Credit will depend on regular attendance and active participation during the seminars (only three absences are permitted per term) and a study of the recommended literature.
Recommended literature
  • Dědinová, T. Po divné krajině. Charakteristika a vnitřní členění fantastické literatury. Brno, 2015.
  • Eco, U. Skeptikové a těšitelé. Praha, 1995.
  • Hrabák, J. Napínavá četba pod lupou. Ze studií o paraliteratuře. Praha, 1986.
  • Janáček, P. Konspekty z populární literatury, UNI 8, č. 12, 16.12.1998, s. 18-21, UNI 9, č.1, 20. 1. 1999, s. 19-23, č. 2, 17. 2. 1999, s. 14-18, č. 3, 17. 3. 1999, s. 25-29.
  • Janáček, P. Literární brak. Operace vyloučení, operace nahrazení, 1938-1951. Brno, 2004.
  • Janáček, P. Obrys konfliktu. Populární literatura v moderní české literární kultuře, Česká literatura 49, 2001, č. 5, s. 483-518.
  • Kłoskowska, A. Masová kultura. Praha, 1967.
  • Kudláč, A. K. K. Anatomie pocitu úžasu. Česká populární fantastika 1990-2012 v kulturním, sociálním a literárním kontextu. Brno, 2016.
  • Liba, P. Kontexty populárnej literatúry. Bratislava, 1981.
  • Sirovátka, O. Literatura na okraji. Praha, 1990.


Study plans that include the course
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English for Education (2013) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Protection of Historical Heritage and Archeology (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2015) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Humanities (2016) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Historical and Literary Studies (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): History (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): German for Business (2013) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): German for Business (2016) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Historical and Literary Studies (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Protection of Historical Heritage and Archeology (2012) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English for Business (2015) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English for Business (2016) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Social Anthropology (2015) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Humanities (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Documental and Archival Services (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English for Education (2013) Category: Pedagogy, teacher training and social care - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): History (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2013) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
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