PdF:AJ3DC_POLI Popular Literature - Course Information
AJ3DC_POLI Popular Literature
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2015
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/6. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- AJ3DC_POLI/OS01: Fri 9. 10. 9:20–11:00 učebna 6, Fri 23. 10. 9:20–11:00 učebna 6, Fri 6. 11. 9:20–11:00 učebna 6, Fri 20. 11. 9:20–11:00 učebna 6, Fri 4. 12. 9:20–11:00 učebna 6, Fri 18. 12. 9:20–11:00 učebna 6, I. Přibylová
- Prerequisites
- Master studies in literature in English.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Extension of Teaching Qualification for secondary schools (programme PdF, C-CV, specialization Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature)
- Course objectives
- The course focuses on the often neglected (American) popular literature, explaining its 20th century roots, values and the appeal for the contemporary reader. In classes, students read, discuss and question selected materials, employing both the traditional and contemporary points of view.
The appropriation of American popular literature by Czech culture is commented on as well.
Students are encoureged to use selected texts in their work at secondary schools.
The course serves as an opening for the AJ3DC_POST Nové literatury. - Syllabus
- Topics:
- 1. Introduction to the course; American popular literature within and after the literary canon.
- 2. American oral literature.
- Reader: tall tale, urban legend, folk song.
- 3. Western novels.
- Reader: Jack Schaefer, Larry McMurtry, Gretel Ehrlich.
- 4. Detective stories of the hard-boiled school.
- Reader: James Lee Burke, Walter Mosley, Sue Grafton.
- 5.Fantasy fiction.
- Reader: Ursula LeGuin, Susanne Collins, Rebecca Stead.
- 6. Reading for women/girls.
- Reader: Danielle Steel, Harlequin novel example, chicklit novel example.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- KULKA, Tomáš. Umění a kýč. Vyd. 2., rozš. Praha: Torst, 2000, 292 s. ISBN 80-7215-128-2. info
- BRUNVAND, Jan Harold. The study of American folklore : an introduction. 3rd ed. New York: Norton, 1986, xix, 620. ISBN 0393954951. info
- Richard Slotkin. Gunfighter nation. The myth of the frontier in the 20th century America. UOklaP, 1998
- PRIESTMAN, EDITOR, Martin. The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. first. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, 288 pp. ISBN 0 521 00871 9. info
- John G. Cawelti. Adventure, Mystery, and Romance. University of Chicago Press, 1976. 335pp.
- Teaching methods
- Minilectures, group discussions, reading and analysing texts, power point and moodlinka support.
- Assessment methods
- Required reading.
Final paper. - Language of instruction
- English
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually. - Teacher's information
- http://www.ped.muni.cz/weng/moodl/
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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