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Lecturer(s)
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Polách Vladimír, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The Book Studies 2 module focuses on selected topics from both theoretical and practical research in the field of book studies. The individual tutorials are organised as follows: Tutorial 1: - methods of reading: reading as poaching; appropriation of the text - social reading and reading as a social activity; - readers' societies and clubs, their history and present day; Tutorial 2: - the study of the publishing sector; - book production vs. book publishing; economic vs. cultural capital; - the development of the global book market; - agencies, agents and the changing roles in acquisitions; - the 'Amazon Effect'; Tutorial 3: - bibliodiversity - media ecology and sustainability, the circular economy and its impact on book production - the life and survival of books - from libraries to Google Books - other useful methodological approaches: media archaeology, new historicism... Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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Book Studies II builds on the course of the same name from the winter semester (in the standard course of the academic year) and introduces students to other topics from this field of research and application. The course focuses mainly on 3 thematic areas: the social function and social form of reading, the state and knowledge of the publishing field and issues of sustainability, recycling economy and bibliodiversity. Additional topics will turn to some methodological issues such as Media archaeology or New historicism. The course has three face-to-face tutorials and self-paced study support.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Analyssis of the Student's Portfolio
- Tutorials are not mandatory, however they are recommended - completing assignments in Moodle for the current semester - oral exam at the end of the semester
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Recommended literature
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DARNTON, Robert. Velký masakr koček a jiné epizody z francouzské kulturní historie. Praha: Argo, 2013.
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Hawthorne, Susan. Bibliodiverzita. Manifest nezávislé nakladatelky. 2018.
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Manguel, Alberto. Dějiny čtení. Brno: Host 2007..
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Miller, Laura J. Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption. 2006.
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PARIKKA, Jussi. (2020). Geologie médií. Praha.
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ŠMEJKALOVÁ, Jiřina a POŘÍZKOVÁ, Lenka. Co jsou to dějiny knihy? Praha: Academia 2022.
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TRÁVNÍČEK, J.:. Čtenáři a internauti. Obyvatelé České republiky a jejich vztah ke čtení (2010). Brno. 2011.
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TRÁVNÍČEK, J.:. Kulturní vetřelec: dějiny čtení, kalendárium. Brno. 2020.
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