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Contemporary Book Culture Studies at the Universities in the USA and in Canada
Matulík, Petr ; Šípek, Richard (advisor) ; Marek, Jindřich (referee)
This diploma thesis explores, analyzes, and evaluates forms of contemporary book history education at American and Canadian universities. Its goal is to map book history teaching at these institutions, something that no previous study has addressed in detail. In the theoretical part, the context of book history is presented from a historical point of view based on both Czech and foreign expert literature, with an emphasis on the North American environment and, for comparison, the Czech environment as well. In the practical part, a quantitative and qualitative analysis of individual schools, departments and their programmes where book history can be studied is carried out, based on described context. The main source of information in this case was the publicly available curricula of the institutions, with a supplementary source provided by university representatives, who were contacted when necessary. Based on the analysis, specific trends in contemporary book history education at universities in the United States and Canada are then characterized, summarized and evaluated in the conclusion of the thesis.
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