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Lecturer(s)
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Blüml Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Cígler Pavel, Mgr.
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Fischer Jakub, Mgr.
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Course content
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Topic 1: Frankfurt School, Adorno 1 Topic 2: Frankfurt School, Adorno 2 Topic 3: Reception and Criticism of Adorno Topic 4: Jazz as Protest Topic 5: Birmingham School (CCCS) Topic 6: The Study of British Subcultures in the 1970s Topic 7: Critiques of 1970s Subculture Research and Post-Subcultural Studies Topic 8: Popular Music Studies, IASPM, Simon Frith Topic 9: "Popular Music Studies" vs. "Popular Musicology" Topic 10: Popular Music Analysis Topic 11: New Approaches to Popular Music Analysis Topic 12: Popular Music Research in the Czech Lands
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
- Attendace
- 4 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 20 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 51 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course introduces students to key academic debates surrounding the study of popular music throughout the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It examines major theoretical and methodological approaches, their historical development and mutual critique, from the Frankfurt and Birmingham Schools through the formation of popular music studies to popular musicology and contemporary approaches to music analysis. Attention is also paid to popular music research in the Czech lands. The course is based on close engagement with scholarly literature, seminar assignments, and group discussions. Its aim is to teach students to engage critically with different approaches to popular music research, to understand their historical and disciplinary contexts, and to consider independently how these approaches might be applied in their own research.
The student will be able to navigate the main theoretical and methodological approaches to popular music research, understand their historical and disciplinary contexts, and compare them critically. The student will be able to engage with scholarly literature, discuss key academic debates surrounding popular music, and apply selected approaches in their own research.
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Prerequisites
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A general knowledge of the history of music and musicology is expected, as well as a basic knowledge of twentieth-century cultural history.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Seminar Work, Written exam
Mandatory attendance of at least 75% of classes and active participation in seminar discussions. Completion of assigned seminar tasks to the required standard (in written assignments, all sources used must be properly cited; assignments will be subject to plagiarism checks).
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Recommended literature
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Blüml, Opekar. (2025). Popular Music Research behind the Iron Curtain.
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Frith, Goodwin. (2005). On Record: Rock, Pop, and the Written Word.
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Negus, Hesmondhalgh. (2002). Popular Music Studies.
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Scott. (2009). The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Musicology.
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