VIKBB29 Reading and Readers

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Trávníček, M.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D.
Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Marie Hradilová
Supplier department: Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:10–15:45 C42
Prerequisites (in Czech)
VIK_PoZ Qualifying Examination
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
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
(1) Informing about concepts of readers and readership since the oldest to the present times, (2) guiding into readership surveys in the Czech Republic (2007, 2010)
Syllabus
  • (1) Concepts and approaches (an overview) - Antiquity - Middle Ages - Romanticism - 20th century: Constanz, Buffalo, Birmingram Schools (2) Surveys (2007, 2010) - why to do it - how to do it - methodology - reading, buying, borowing - what do we read? - fiction - reading and internet - reader socialization - comparisons - conclusions
Literature
  • BAUMGÄRTNER, Alfred Clemens (ed.): Lesen - Ein Handbuch. Lesestoff. Leser und Leseverhalten. Lesewirkungen. Leseerziehung. Lesekultur. Hamburg: Verlag für Buchmarkt-Forschung, 1973.
  • DISMAN, Miroslav: Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Praha: Karolinum 2006.
  • FRANZMANN, Bodo-Hasemann, Klaus-Löffler, Ditrich-Schön, Erich: Handbuch Lesen. München: K. G. Saur, 2001.
  • FREY, Jaroslav: Výzkum četby průmyslového dorostu. Hodonín: Langráf, 1932.
  • HAMAN, Aleš: Literatura z pohledu čtenářů. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1991.
  • CHALOUPKA, Otakar: Takoví jsme my – čeští čtenáři. Praha: Adonai, 2002.
  • LESŇÁK, Rudolf: Literárne dielo a čitateľl. Bratislava: Slovenský spisovatel, 1982.
  • MANGUEL, Alberto: Dějiny čtení, přel. O. Trávníčková. Brno: Host, 2007.
  • MANN, Peter H.- Burgoyne, Jacqueline L.: Books and Reading. London: Andre Deutsch, 1969
  • MUTH, Ludwig (ed.): Der befragte Leser. Buch und Demoskopie. München ad.: K. G. Saur, 1993.
  • STRAUS, Grażyna Strauss-Wolff, Katarzyna: Czytanie, kupowanie, wypożyczanie. Społeczny zasięg książki w Polsce w 2004 roku. Warszawa: Biblioteka Narodowa, 2006.
  • TRÁVNÍČEK, Jiří. Čteme? : obyvatelé České republiky a jejich vztah ke knize (2007). Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2008, 207 s. ISBN 9788070505540. info
  • VALČEK, Peter – RANKOV, Pavol: Čítanie 2006. Výskum súčasného stavu a úrovne čítania v SR. Bratislava: Literárne informačné centrum, 2006.
Teaching methods
lecture, seminar
Assessment methods
two short texts in the course of semestr, reader biography at the end (essay)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019.
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