AJ3DC_POLI Populární literatura

Pedagogická fakulta
podzim 2005
Rozsah
0/0/7. 4 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Garance
doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Předpoklady
The course goes beyond the compulsory high literature and focuses on the often neglected popular literature, explaining its rules and development. Students must be able to discuss typical features and development of high literature (using examples from American literature).
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Mateřské obory/plány
Osnova
  • 8.10. two separate small groups, introduction 15.10. two lectures, room 35, 15:50-17:10 I. Literature high and low (artistic and popular); II. the development of popular literature forms and market 22.10. two separate small groups two seminars, room 34 15:50-17:10, room 26 17:20-18:40 III. Oral literature in America 12.11. two lectures, room 30, 15:50-17:10 IV. Modernism; V. The Western novel 26.11. two lectures, room 1, 15:50-17:10 VI. Postmodernism 3.12. two eparate small groups, one seminar each, room 34 15:50-16:30, room 26 16.30-17.10 VII. the detective story; 17.12. two separate small groups two seminars: room 26, 15:50-17:10 room 34, 17:20- 18:80 VIII. sci-fi and fantasy; IX. reading for women 7. 1. 2005 two separate small groups one seminar: room 26, 14:20-15 X. final test
Metody hodnocení
For credits: final test (proves your knowledge), plus keep a readers diary on popular literature (the list of names was given at the beginning of the course)
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
I. POPULAR LITERATURE HIGH AND LOW - KEY WORDS High literature, artistic literature: complex, norm, experimental, demanding, long-lasting Low literature: incomplete, deviation from the norm, cliche (the use of stereotypes), avoids the political, denies the social High culturefocused on form, low culture focused on function Stereotypes: 1) derived from previous artistic periods; 2) specific to the genres: detective stories, Westerns, sci-fi, fantasy, reading for women, adventure stories, etc. Some features of popular literature: SIMPLE FORM AND CONTENT (pop art is simple as a whore, everybody can have it , John Fiske) (a good writer of popular literature must be a) GREAT NARRATOR ONE LEVEL, ONE CODING (one way of interpretation) BASED ON STEREOTYPES (nevalná kvalita, odvozenost, podazenost) shadow, cliche popular literature works with EMOTIONS (positive, negative; from love to horror) INSTANT (reflects immediate topics of the day, is available immediately and vanishes after its topic is of no interest) THIN LINE between popular, high, and folk literatures EASILY TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER MEDIA MASS ACCESSIBLE the INVISIBLE HAND OF THE MARKET GLOBALIZED COMMERCIAL GOODS IMAGE NOT LISTED IN DICTIONARIES TASK: TRY TO APPLY THESE FEATURES TO ARTHUR HAILEY AND HIS BOOKS Cultural judgments: (Simon Frith) an art discourse the ideal of cultural experience is transcendence, art provides a means of rising above the everyday, leaving the body, denying the significance of historical time and geographical place. a folk discourse the ideal of cultural experience is integration, folk forms provide a means of placement in a space, a season, a community. a pop discourse the ideal of cultural experience is fun, pop provides routinized pleasures, more intense than the everyday but bound into its rhythm, and legitimized emotional gratification, a play of desire and discipline. Literature used: Patrick Brantlinger. Crusoes Footprints. Cultural Studies in Britain and America. London, Routledge, 1990. John Fiske. Understanding Popular Culture. London: Routledge, 2001. Chris Jenks. Culture. Key Ideas. London, Routledge, 1995. Tomáš Kulka. Umení a kýc. Praha: Torst, 2000. Jií Polácek akolektiv. Pruhledy do ceské literatury 20. století. Brno: Cerm, 2000. ------------------------------------------------------------------- II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF POPULAR LITERATURE FORMS AND MARKET (USA) - KEY WORDS writer reader publisher media 1800 5 mil. inhabitants 1820 9.5 mil. inhabitants 1850 23 mil. inhabitants 1860 31.5 mil. inhabitants 1890s 63 mil. inhabitants 1900 76 mil. inhabitants 1920 106 mil. inhabitants politicians, men of letters 1820s first professional writers, romantic novels 1825 Noah Webster American Dictionary of English language 1830s rotary press invented, photography invented 1855 first story paper published (the New York Ledger) 1860 Beadles Dime Novels series started in NYC 1875 Lakeside Library the first cheap library begins publication in Chicago 1890s pulp magazines distributed via mail instead of dime novels, focused mainly on juvenile readers 1900s 1930s new genres of popular literature established in the USA: the western; science-fiction; hard-boiled school of detective story TASK: explain the relationship of the writer reader publisher media in each case (how many, who, what type of, why): 1) story papers, 2) dime novels, 3) pulp magazines, 4) the western, 5) science-fiction, and 6) hard-boiled school of detective story. Literature used: Jim Cullen, ed. Popular Culture in American History. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2001. Emory Elliott, ed. The Columbia History of the American Novel. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. Jaroslav Peprník. Slovník amerikanismů. (....) -------------------------------------------------------------------- III. ORAL LITERATURE IN AMERICA KEY WORDS Ballad a story told in a song, 1) European origin, 2) American text, 3) (Native) American ballads from the 19th century. Cecil Sharp (British collector) John Avery Lomax (and Alan Lomax): Cowboy Songs and other Frontier Ballads (1910); Doney Gal, The Old Chisholm Trail, The Dying Cowboy, Jesse James, Red River Valley, A Home on the Range; American Ballads and Folk Songs (1934) Amazing Grace, Deep River, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Tall tale humorous narrative, usually short, based on exaggeration, frontier humor. Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Mike Fink, James Bridger, Pecos Bill. Special tall tales from the Ozarks. Urban legends of the 20th century: The Stolen Grandma, The Vanishing Hitch-hiker, The Baby-Roast Story, and more. Plantation tales Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908), Uncle Remus Stories (1880). Tar Baby. Characters animals: Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Coon, Brer Gator. Spirituals evolved as a result of the Great Awakening Waves, espec. after the second one, 1800. Connected with camp meetings on the frontier. Lyrics: inspired by the Old Testament, used as secret messages for leaving the South (crossing the river of Jordan, flying to the free, promised land). Music based on old (European) tunes, with African syncopation. Gospels evolved after the Civil War, urban environment, personal attitude towards God and religion, the New Testament, new melodies. The Blues originated around 1890 in the Deep South, rooted in work songs (rhythm) and spirituals (feelings). Simple text (AAB), Afro-Am English, sexual hints. Made popular in the 1920s recording industry, broadcasting. Dirty Dozens verbal duels between young black males. Orig. around 1890. To offend and to survive it. Aimed on family members (mother, father). Rooted in African trickster stories (monkey, lion, elephant). Today their roots can be found in rap lyrics. TASKS: 1) retell a tall tale; 2) retell a plantation tale; 3) sing a ballad/or a spiritual/or a gospel; 4) explain the difference between spirituals and gospels; 5) explain the background of the blues, find examples of black magic and African American dialect there; retell an urban legend. Literature used: to be added later. Check the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture in the study room. -------------------------------------------------------------
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