A2BK_SALI Old and Middle English Literature

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0/24. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Hana Waisserová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites
A2BP_SOZK Complex Exam || A2BK_SOZK Complex Exam || AJ2BP_SOZK Qualifying Exam || AJ2BP_SZKO Qualifying Exam
A reading proficiency adequate to university level.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
British literature from the beginnings till the end of the 18th century
1. Introductory Practicalities and work required. Mapping the territory of Old English Literature and Early Modern Literature, up to Eighteen Century.
2. Old English Period: Riddles. Beowulf. The Arthurian Legend. Excalibur. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
3. Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales; Robin Hood and the Widow's Sons.
4. Elizabethan Era: Drama and Sonnet. Elizabethan Theatre. Shakespearean Comedies.
5. Shakespeare and Tragedies. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet
6. Renaissance Man and Science. Christopher Marlowe. Doctor Faustus.
7. The Seventeenth Century: The Metaphysics (John Donne) and the Cavaliers.
8. Cromwelian Literature (Restoration lit.) and John Milton. Pamphlets; Jonathan Swift: A Modest Proposal.
9. Women's literature. Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of Rights of Women; Aphra Ben.
9. Augustan Literature and Drama. John Gay: The Beggar's Opera.
10.The novel: Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Fanny Burney.
11. Preromantic and Early Romantic Poetry. Robert Burns, William Blake.
Syllabus
  • British literature from the beginnings till the end of the 18th century 1. Introductory Practicalities and work required. Mapping the territory of Old English Literature and Early Modern Literature, up to Eighteen Century. 2. Old English Period: Riddles. Beowulf. The Arthurian Legend. Excalibur. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. 3. Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales; Robin Hood and the Widow's Sons. 4. Elizabethan Era: Drama and Sonnet. Elizabethan Theatre. Shakespearean Comedies. 5. Shakespeare and Tragedies. Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet 6. Renaissance Man and Science. Christopher Marlowe. Doctor Faustus. 7. The Seventeenth Century: The Metaphysics (John Donne) and the Cavaliers. 8. Cromwelian Literature (Restoration lit.) and John Milton. Pamphlets; Jonathan Swift: A Modest Proposal. 9. Women's literature. Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of Rights of Women; Aphra Ben. 9. Augustan Literature and Drama. John Gay: The Beggar's Opera. 10.The novel: Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Fanny Burney. 11. Preromantic and Early Romantic Poetry. Robert Burns, William Blake.
Literature
  • PODROUŽKOVÁ, Lucie. A Reader in British Literature: Part I. 2nd ed. Brno: PdF MU, 2005, 132 pp. 2. vydání. ISBN 80-210-3638-9. info
  • BARNARD, Robert. Stručné dějiny anglické literatury. Translated by Zdeněk Beran. Vyd. 1. Praha: Brána, 1997, 251 s. ISBN 8071767050. info
Assessment methods
Grades and Evaluation
Homework, written assignements (response papers), set reading 40%
Credit Test 40%
Oral Presentation 20%
PLEASE NOTE: Attendance (80%) is assumed. Satisfactory result on assignments plus regular attendance will determine the grade. The course is hands-on, based on activities rather than lecturing. You are expected to work both for and in the sessions. Unexcused excessive abscense affects your grade as well. Each student will have to give 5 min. oral presentation.(More details will be provided in class).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 24 hodin.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1312
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2023.
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