CJBC523 Selected Chapters from Popular Literature II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Darina Čurdová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Matula, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Kudrnáč, CSc.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Timetable
Thu 16:40–18:15 B11
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Absolvování semináře Vybrané kapitoly z populární literatury (PS) není podmínkou pro zapsání semináře Vybrané kapitoly z populární literatury II.
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
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Course objectives
In this course we will deal with the selected works of popular literature; works written between two world wars will be stressed. The works reffered as popular will be compared with high literature in order to determine its specific features. In this course students will work with hardly accessible magazines and anthologies. They will also deal with the literature on subject.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to broaden students knowledge in works of popular literature;
to learn the history of basic developement tendencies in popular literature;
to specify major differences between popular and highbrow literature;
to learn how to deal with with primary sources of popular literature
to learn how to deal with the literature on subject
Syllabus
  • theoretical definition of popular literature
  • popular historical novels
  • conventional psychological prose
  • detective stories
  • blog problems
  • popular interwar magazines
  • adventure, spy and military novels
Literature
  • Literární brak : operace vyloučení, operace nahrazení, 1938-1951. Edited by Pavel Janáček. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2004, 412 s. ISBN 8072941291. info
  • Svět rodokapsu : komentovaný soupis sešitových románových edic 30. a 40. let 20. století. Edited by Pavel Janáček - Michal Jareš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2003, 449 s. ISBN 8024606402. info
  • SIROVÁTKA, Oldřich. Literatura na okraji. 1. vyd. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1990, 98 s. ISBN 80-202-0122-X. info
  • GRYM, Pavel. Sherlock Holmes & ti druzí : čtení o detektivech a detektivkách. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Vyšehrad, 1988, 284 s. URL info
  • HRABÁK, Josef. Napínavá četba pod lupou : (ze studií o paraliteratuře). Vyd. 1. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1986, 227 s. URL info
  • ČAPEK, Karel. Marsyas, čili, Na okraj literatury (1919-1931). Vyd. 4., v ČS 1. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1971, 185 s. info
Assessment methods
Used educational methods: lectures, discussion in sessions, interpretation of texts, reading.
Assessment: essay, active participation in seminars and 3 absences at most.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Seminář se bude konat pro maximálně 25 studentů.
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