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KAA / MZALI
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KAA
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MZALI
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Academic Year
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2024/2025
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Title
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Genre Literature
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
6
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
1
[HRS/WEEK]
Seminar
2
[HRS/WEEK]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / 35
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0 / 0
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0 / 3
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
0
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
Yes
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Fundamental course |
No
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Fundamental theoretical course |
Yes
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Substituted course
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KAA/VTAL1
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
Graphic PNG
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XLS
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Course objectives:
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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.
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Requirements on student
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active participation in seminar discussions; fulfilling of the tasks in Moodle; reading of the assigned materials; presentation
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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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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Guarantors:
doc. Šárka Bubíková, Ph.D. ,
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Lecturer:
doc. Šárka Bubíková, Ph.D. (100%),
Mgr. Olga Roebuck, Ph.D. (100%),
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Seminar lecturer:
doc. Šárka Bubíková, Ph.D. (100%),
Mgr. Olga Roebuck, Ph.D. (100%),
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Literature
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Basic:
Berberich, Cristine. The Bloomsbury Introduction to Popular Fiction. ISBN 978-1-4411-3431-8.
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Basic:
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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Basic:
McCracken, Scott. The Cambridge companion to popular fiction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-73496-7.
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Basic:
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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Recommended:
Caine, Barbara. Biography and History. Basingstoke, 2010.
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Recommended:
Jenkins, Henry. Convergence culture: where old and new media collide. 2008.
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Recommended:
Bubíková, Šárka. Ethnicity and Social Critique in Tony Hillerman´s Crime Fiction. Prague Journal of English Studies . 2016.
( DOI: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjes-2016-0008 )
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Recommended:
Bubíková, Šárka. Fans of literature and the borders of a text. Hradec Králové Journal of Anglophone Studies . 2017.
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Recommended:
Nelson, Victoria. Gothicka. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-72592-8.
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Recommended:
Nelson, Victoria. Gothicka. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-72592-8.
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Recommended:
Kamblé, Jayashree. Making Meaning in Popular Romance Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Kontaktní výuka
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39
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Domácí příprava na výuku
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39
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Příprava na zkoušku
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24
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Příprava prezentace (referátu)
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10
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Samostatná kritická četba
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39
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Total
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151
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
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Competences acquired |
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. |
Teaching methods |
- Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
- Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
- Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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Assessment methods |
- Student performance assessment
- Presentation
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