AJ2BP_NALI English Literature of the 19th Century

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Doležel, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Timetable
Tue 10:40–11:25 učebna 30
Prerequisites
AJ2BP_SZKO Qualifying Exam || AJ2BP_SOZK Qualifying Exam
A course in Introduction to literature and minimum one survey course in literature.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course covers the period of the 19th century British literature, from Romanticism to Naturalism. The goal of the seminar is to acquaint students with chief works, authors and topics of the period and to develop advanced reading skills.
Syllabus
  • 1. Pre-Romanticism: Robert Burns, William Blake.
  • 2. Lake Poets: William Wordsworth.
  • 3. Second Generation Romnatics: P.B. Shelley, G.G. Byron, John Keats.
  • 4. The rise of the novel: Jane Austen.
  • 5. From Romanticism to Realism: Mary Shelley and Emily Bronte.
  • 6. Charles Dickens.
  • 7. Women in Victorian society: Charlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë and George Elliot.
  • 8. Victorian mores: R. L. Stevenson, Oscar Wilde and Wilkie Collins.
  • 9. The Empire on which the sun never sets: Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling.
  • 10. Art for arts sake: Oscar Wilde.
  • 11. Naturalism: Thomas Hardy, George Gissing and William Somerset Maugham. Language and society: G.B. Shaw.
Literature
  • TILLOTSON, Geoffrey. A view of Victorian literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978, x, 396. ISBN 0198120443. info
  • WALKER, Janie Roxburgh and Hugh WALKER. Outlines of Victorian literature. Cambridge: University Press, 1919, viii, 224. info
  • PODROUŽKOVÁ, Lucie. A Reader in British Literature. Part II: The nineteenth century. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 176 pp. 2. vydání. ISBN 80-210-4108-8. info
Teaching methods
Theoretical and historical background; literary assessment.
Assessment methods
Lecture.
- critical reading
- reading diary
- written test
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=663
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011.
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