CJLB206 Popular Print 1500-1800

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marie Hanzelková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Zuzana Urválková, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Bromová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 K33
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 4/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce students to popular prints from the period 1500-1800, popular genres, their specifics and their literary, social and historical context. Special attention will be paid to the intertextuality that is typical of popular culture.
Learning outcomes
The student - understands the concepts of popular culture and popular prints, can list their characteristic features. - can work with sources in databases (Vokabulář webový, Melodiarium, THB, Špalíček, Manuscriptorium). - is able to describe the materiality of popular printings. - can compare Old Czech texts, their motifs, literary devices and function, can look for intertextual connections.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction. Definition of the term, genres, context, sources and sources 2. Excursions in MZK 3. The beginnings of printed news: "Turkish newspapers" 4. "News" on disasters 5. Songs of Simon Lomnický from Budeč 6. Aesop, Grobian, Fortunatus, Enspígl, Markolt, etc. 7. The image of women Czech chapbooks: Grizelda, Jenovéfa, Meluzína 8. Satires on women: The Mandate and the Rule of Women, Furnace for old women 9. Reflection on Hussitism: Historia about the inhabitants and martyrs of Litoměřice 10. Drama: Peasant Carnival 11. Superstitious printings 12. Pilgrimage chapbooks 13. Workshop at the MZM 14. Presentation of student projects
Literature
  • FUMERTON, Patricia, Pavel KOSEK and Marie HANZELKOVÁ. Czech Broadside Ballads as Text, Art, Song in Popular Culture, c.1600–1900. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press B. V., 2022, 498 pp. ISBN 978-94-6372-155-4. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789463721554. URL info
  • FISKE, John. Jak rozumět populární kultuře. Edited by Petr A. Bílek. Vydání první. Praha: Akropolis, 2017, 319 stran. ISBN 9788074701900. info
  • WÖGERBAUER, Michael, Petr PÍŠA, Petr ŠÁMAL and Pavel JANÁČEK. V obecném zájmu : cenzura a sociální regulace literatury v moderní české kultuře 1749-2014. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 2015, 863 stran. ISBN 9788088069119. info
  • ŠIMEČEK, Zdeněk and Jiří TRÁVNÍČEK. Knihy kupovati... : dějiny knižního trhu v českých zemích. 1. vydání. Praha: Academia, 2014, 499 stran. ISBN 9788020024046. info
Teaching methods
- analysis and interpretation of texts - excursions - working with databases - creative writing - project-based learning
Assessment methods
-group project or essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
General note: Předmět bude otevřen a vyučován při minimálním počtu 6 zapsaných studujících.
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