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Course: Masters of Detective Fiction 1

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Course title Masters of Detective Fiction 1
Course code KLKS/MDP1
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
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
Introduction in the genre, its characterics and development Subgenres and thematical ranges of detective story Arthur Conan Doyle Edgar Wallace S. S. Van Dine Gilbert Keith Chesterton Samuel Dashiell Hammett Raymond Chandler Earle Stanley Gardner Ellery Queen Dorothy Sayersová Agatha Christie Ngaio Marshová

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
During the seminar will the students get acquainted with the detective fiction as one of the main genres of popular literature. They will get to know its characteristic patterns, basic themes and genre variantions. The development of the detective story (discussed here from the end of the 19th century until 2nd world war) will be dealt with on the background of bio- and bibliographical portraits of the most important writers, mostly of anglo-american origin.
The students will gather detailed information abou an important domain of popular culture and will be able to use it in their practical experience or in their own research.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Work-related product analysis

The attedance is compulsory with a tolerated maximum of three absences per term. Condition for obtaining the credit is sufficient attendance, active participation in courses and creating and presentation of a paper on a chosen theme or author.
Recommended literature
  • Cigánek, Jan. Umění detektivky. O smyslu a povaze detektivky. Praha, 1962.
  • Grym, Pavel. Sherlock Holmes a ti druzí. Čtení o detektivech a detektivkách. Praha, 1988.
  • Horváth, Tomáš. Tajomstvo a vražda. Model a dejiny detektívneho žánru. Bratislava, 2011.
  • Petříček, Miroslav. Majestát zákona. Raymond Chandler a pozdní dekonstrukce. Praha, 2000.
  • Škvorecký, Josef. Nápady čtenáře detektivek. Praha, 1990.


Study plans that include the course
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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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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Resocialization Pedagogy (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): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): - (2015) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Summer
University of Pardubice, date of update: 20.05.2024 23:50.