FF:ISKB41 Reading and Readers - Course Information

ISKB41 Reading and Readers

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Pavlína Mazáčová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Trávníček, M.A. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Pavlína Mazáčová, 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

Timetable

Tue 14:00–15:40 B2.52, except Tue 16. 4.

Prerequisites

TYP_STUDIA(N)
The course has no prerequisites.

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: 4/25, 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

• Information and Library Studies (programme FF, N-ISK_) (5)

Course objectives

The course develops competencies acquired primarily in the subject-oriented subject curriculum.
The subject has two main objectives:
- to familiarize students with the concepts of the reader from the earliest times to the present;
- to conduct student surveys on Readers and Readers in the Czech Republic (2007, 2010, 2013)

Learning outcomes

After completing the subject student: - has the knowledge and understanding of reader concepts from the earliest times to the present;
- knows and can analytically analyze reading and reading surveys in the Czech Republic (2007, 2010, 2013);
- is able to work with the knowledge in the applied level, is capable of verbal and written reflection of the problem

Syllabus

• (1) Concepts and approaches (an overview):
• - Antiquity;
• - Middle Ages;
• - Romanticism;
• - 20th century: Constanz, Buffalo, Birmingram Schools;
• (2) Surveys (2007, 2010, 2013):
• - why to do it;
• - how to do it - methodology;
• - reading, buying, borrowing;
• - 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.
• HAMAN, Aleš: Literatura z pohledu čtenářů. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1991.
• 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
• PRÁZOVÁ, Irena - HOMOLOVÁ, Kateřina - LANDOVÁ, Hana - RICHTER, Vít: České děti jako čtenáři. Brno: Host, 2015, 136 s., ISBN 9788074914928.
• TRÁVNÍČEK, Jiří. Čtenáři a internauti : obyvatelé České republiky a jejich vztah ke čtení (2010). Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2011, 191 s. ISBN 9788070505991. info
• TRÁVNÍČEK, Jiří. Překnížkováno : co čteme a kupujeme (2013). 1. vyd. Brno: Ve spolupráci s Národní knihovnou České republiky vydal Host, 2014, 190 s. ISBN 9788070506370. info
• 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

Teaching methods

Combination of lectures and seminars

Assessment methods

Two short (working) texts during the semester;
Reading biography at the end (essay)

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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