This course is designed to help students explore British popular fiction, i.e. the texts that are not
studied in traditional literature history classes, as they stand outside the canon. It is the aim of
this course to teach students to critically examine and analyse the significance and cultural impact
of texts they would normally consider leisure reading. Also, the course poses questions such as:
What is the difference between high and low culture? What is the place of popular fiction within
literature? Can popular fiction be analysed in the same manner as literature? What is genre and how
is it significant for popular fiction?
This course aims at presenting the students with a new point of view on a topic as familiar as children’s literature, and consequently attempts to encourage them to adopt a critical attitude towards all, even well-known and seemingly straightforward, areas of life. The course consists in analysing specific fairy tales and other texts falling under the category of “children’s literature” in order to uncover the mechanisms which these texts employ to socialise children, reflect and/or influence family dynamics, construct identities, sustain traditional gender roles, or, on the contrary, deconstruct them.
Students will acquire
-basic knowledge of the timelines in the history of British literature
-basic understanding of historical, social and cultural processes that shaped major literary movements
- the ability to perceive major works of British literature in the context of their contribution to the evolution of the English language and culture.
They will also acquire new vocabulary, better understanding of literary discourse and basic academic skills: close reading, analysis of literary text, formulation of informed academic argument.
- Teacher: Mgr. Petra Filipová, PhD.
- Teacher: Mgr. Silvia Rosivalová Baučeková, PhD.
Students will acquire
-basic knowledge of the timelines in the history of British literature
-basic understanding of historical, social and cultural processes that shaped major literary movements
- the ability to perceive major works of British literature in the context of their contribution to the evolution of the English language and culture.
They will also acquire new vocabulary, better understanding of literary discourse and basic
academic skills: close reading, analysis of literary text, formulation of informed academic argument.
- Teacher: Mgr. Petra Filipová, PhD.
- Teacher: Mgr. Silvia Rosivalová Baučeková, PhD.
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the interdisciplinary field of gender studies,
present basic gender theories and their influence on contemporary society and culture. Students
will familiarise themselves with key terminology used in gender theory. Students will also practice
analysing contemporary events and media texts from the point of view of gender theory.
- Teacher: Mgr. Petra Filipová, PhD.
- Teacher: Mgr. Silvia Rosivalová Baučeková, PhD.