LMKB210 Popular literature

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Miroslav Kotásek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–15:45 U27
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Students will acquire knowledge concerning the development of a choice of popular literature genres within the relecant history of culture and society;
they will be able to use the theoretical framwork in a practival analysis and interpretation of a variety of popular culture phenomena;
they will understand the dynamics behind the history of literary gnres and they will use their comprehension in the analysis of primary text of different genres;
they will be able to critically evaluate different theories of popular (mass) culture
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory lesson
  • 2. Different theories and definitions of popular culture
  • 3. Gothic fiction, Schauerroman, horror
  • 4. Fairy-tale in 19th Century
  • 5. Science fiction – hard SF vs. soft SF; utopia vs. dystopia
  • 6. Comic books, Graphic novel
  • 7. Cyberpunk
  • 8. Detective story – Poe, Doyle, noir
  • 9. Hard-boiled school of detective fiction: Chandler, Hammett
  • 10. Fantasy
  • 11 Retrofuturism – Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Atomicpunk
  • 12. Women’s literature
  • 13. Redefining a genre: Western in the writing of E. L. Doctorow and C. McCarthy
Literature
  • ECO, Umberto. Skeptikové a těšitelé. Translated by Zdeněk Frýbort. 1. vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 417 s. ISBN 30-205-0472-9. info
  • Signály z neznáma : český komiks 1922-2012. Edited by Pavel Kořínek - Tomáš Prokůpek. Vydání první. V Řevnicích: Arbor vitae, 2012, 350 stran. ISBN 9788074670121. info
  • ADORNO, Theodor W. and Max HORKHEIMER. Dialektika osvícenství : filosofické fragmenty. Translated by Michael Hauser - Milan Váňa. Vydání první. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2009, 247 stran. ISBN 9788072982677. info
  • Literární brak : operace vyloučení, operace nahrazení, 1938-1951. Edited by Pavel Janáček. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2004, 412 s. ISBN 8072941291. info
  • HEREC, Ondrej. Cyberpunk : vstupenka do tretieho tisícročia. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo Spolku slovenských spisovateľov, 2001, 278 s. ISBN 8080610606. info
  • PETŘÍČEK, Miroslav. Majestát zákona : Raymond Chandler a pozdní dekonstrukce. Praha: Herrmann & synové, 2000, 289 s. info
  • BETTELHEIM, Bruno. Za tajemstvím pohádek :proč a jak je číst v dnešní době. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 335 s. ISBN 80-7106-290-1. info
  • HEREC, Ondrej. Fantastika a realizmus. Bratislava: Národné osvetové centrum, 1999. info
  • LOVECRAFT, H. P. Bezejmenné město a jiné povídky ;Nadpřirozená hrůza v literatuře a jiné texty. Translated by Ivan Adamovič. Vyd. 1. Praha: Aurora, 1998, 253 s. ISBN 80-85974-46-0. info
  • MOCNÁ, Dagmar. Červená knihovna : studie kulturně a literárně historická : pohled do dějin pokleslého žánru. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 1996, 240 s. ISBN 8071850756. info
  • Encyklopedie literatury science fiction. Edited by Ondřej Neff - Jaroslav Olša. Praha: H & H, 1995, 555 s. ISBN 80-85390-33-7. info
  • ADAMOVIČ, Ivan. Slovník české literární fantastiky a science fiction. Praha: R3, 1995. info
  • CANETTI, Elias. Masa a moc. Translated by Jiří Stromšík. 1. vyd. Praha: Arcadia, 1994, 575 s. ISBN 80-85812-08-8. info
  • ŽIŽEK, Slavoj. Looking awry : an introdustion to Jacques Lacan through popular culture. 1st MIT press pbk. ed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1992, ix, 188. ISBN 026274015X. info
  • BENJAMIN, Walter. Illuminations. Edited by Hannah Arendt, Translated by Harry Zohn. 1st Schocken paperback ed. New York: Schocken Books, 1969, 278 s. ISBN 0805202412. info
Teaching methods
Seminar, seminar discussions, homeworks.
Assessment methods
70% attendance is required, active participation in seminar discussions. One written essay is to be delivered that will be discussed and "defended" during an oral "colloquy".
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
General note: Pro posluchače oboru LMK a bohemistiky je povinně volitelný (kredity B), pro ostatní studenty volitelný (kredity C).
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