ISKB77 Literary biotope

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Synchronous online teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. BcA. Anna Štičková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D.
Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Alice Lukavská
Supplier department: Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 1/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 1/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
A seminar to read and discuss book traffic. What connects Virginia Woolf, Bozena Nemcova, bibliodiversity and cultural policy? We will look for answers in the texts, but above all in the discussions we will have over them. Theoretical foundations for book market practice. Suitable for first-year readers, future writers and librarians. Spoiler alert: There will be reading and discussion. Take notes if you're not afraid to do so.
Learning outcomes
What will you know after this course? Think differently about books and how they are made. Why does it matter under what conditions books are made? How to set good conditions for the creator*creators? We will explore Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own and meet over the letters of Božena Němcová. We'll also visit Eisner's Language Corner and figure out how to talk about books we haven't read. And much more.
Syllabus
  • Why does it matter under what conditions books are produced? / Bibliodiversity - Manifesto of an independent publisher - How to set good conditions for female creators*? / Dilemmas of cultural policy - Virginia Woolf's own room / Material provision matters - Over the Letters of Božena Němcová / What the book business used to be like - Eisner's Language Corner / The Temple and the Fortress - Do we read what we want? / Canon 2.0 - How to talk about books we haven't read, Pierre Bayard - Women and Books, Stefan Bollman - On translation and translating
Teaching methods
Readings for each week and discussion as part of the seminar.
Assessment methods
Final colloquium on the texts discussed.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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