PdF:AJ3DC_POLI Popular Literature - Course Information
AJ3DC_POLI Popular Literature
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2010
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/6. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková - Prerequisites
- 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).
- 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
- This is an introduction to popular literature, both in theory and in practical reading. Students are encouraged to use popular literature in their EL classes.
- Syllabus
- Themes: 1. Introduction to the course; high versus low literature 2. 20th century genres of popular literature 3. Oral literature 4. The western novel 5. The hard-boiled school of detective stories 6. Science fiction and fantasy 7. Comics and graphic novels 8. Reading for women
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- Minilectures, group discussions, reading and analysing texts, response papers, a file on selected genre.
- Assessment methods
- Requirements: 1) Two response papers. 1) Selected primary and critical reading. 3) Oral credit: discussion over a file on a selected genre. 4) Atendance.
- 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.
The course is taught: every week. - Teacher's information
- http://www.ped.muni.cz/weng/moodl/
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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