FF:ESB032 Topics of the Popular Culture - Course Information
ESB032 Selected Topics of the Popular Culture
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2014
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Ondřej Krajtl (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Wed 12:30–14:05 zruseno C21
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to introduce to selected issues of popular culture production; to analyze the impact of this production on everyday life and the transformation of values.
- Syllabus
- What is Popular Culture?
- Historical facts in popular culture.
- Narcissism and popculture.
- The disappearance of childhood.
- "Pop" is my religion.
- Comics and its influence on popculture.
- Popmusic and industry.
- Film as spectacle.
- Popculture and cyberculture.
- Literature
- BARTLOVÁ, Milena. Populární kultura a historie jako věda a fikce (úvod) + Tajemství katedrál a jiné tajné historky (Pop History. On historical reliability of novels, films and computer games.). In Pop History. O historické hodnověrnosti románů, filmů a počítačových her. (editorka). Praha: Nakladatelství Lidových novin, 2003, p. 5-8, 131-140, 15 pp. Knihovnička Dějin a současnosti. ISBN 80-7106-345-2. info
- LYON, David. Ježíš v Disneylandu : náboženství v postmoderní době. Translated by Petra Vlčková. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2002, 270 s. ISBN 8020409416. info
- Éra prázdnoty :úvahy o současném individualismu. Edited by Gilles Lipovetsky - Helena Beguivinová. 2. vyd. Praha: PROSTOR, 2001, 269 s. ISBN 80-7260-044-3. info
- STRINATI, Dominic. An introduction to theories of popular culture. London: Routledge, 1995, xviii, 301. ISBN 0415124700. info
- POSTMAN, Neil. The disappearance of childhood. 1st ed. New York: Vintage Books, 1994, xiii, 177. ISBN 0679751661. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures which requires homework preparation in reading the assigned study literature. After teacher's presentation of the general and particular features of the subject, students are guided to interpretation of the chosen extracts, and class discussions follow
- Assessment methods
- Reading of selected texts during the semester. For final grade is necessary to write an essay (2000-2500 words, any topic concerning popular culture).
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky
The course is taught only once.
General note: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky.
Information on course enrolment limitations: posluchači estetiky Bc., kteří začali své studium před více než čtyřmi semestry, musí mít splněnu postupovou zkoušku (ESAPZE), jinak si nesmí předmět zapsat
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2014, recent)
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