AJ2MP_B20A Seminar to British literature of the 20th century

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Doležel, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ2MP_B20A/01: Thu 13:25–15:05 učebna 58, P. Doležel
AJ2MP_B20A/02: Tue 7:55–9:35 učebna 38, P. Doležel
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
This survey course examines the development of British literature throughout the 20th century on the background of historical, social and cultural events. In the seminars we will explore major writers and literary movements of the period as well as recurrent themes and motifs in the assigned readings. In the end of the course students will be able to recognize major figures of British literature of the 20th century.
Syllabus
  • Edwardian novelists (H. G. Wells)
  • Modernist fiction and poetry (Joyce, Woolf)
  • Inter-war period (Maugham, Auden, Orwell)
  • The Angry decade and after (Osborne, Golding)
  • Welsh and Scottish authors (Thomas, Spark, Morgan)
  • Drama (Pinter)
  • Irish authors (Yeats, Heaney, MacLaverty, O'Connor)
  • Poetry and poetic movements (Smith, Raine, Harrison, Zephaniah)
  • The tradition of the campus novel and British humour (Lodge, Dahl)
  • Postmodern innovations and the rise of critical theory (Fowles, Barnes)
  • Women writers (Rhys, Carter)
  • Postcolonial novels and theories (Rushdie, Smith)
Literature
  • The Longman anthology of British literature. Edited by David Damrosch - Kevin J. H. Dettmar - Jennifer Wicke. 2nd ed. New York: Longman, 2002, xxiii, s. ISBN 032110580X. info
  • MEISEL, Perry. The myth of the modern :a study in British literature and criticism after 1850. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987, x, 263 s. ISBN 0-300-03946-8. info
  • MANLY, John Matthews, Fred Benjamin MILLETT and Edith RICKERT. Contemporary British literature : a critical survey and 232 author-bibliographies. 3rd rev. and enl. ed. / base. London: Harcourt, Brace, 1935, xi, 556 p. info
Teaching methods
Reading, discussing and analyzing selected materials.
Assessment methods
Seminar.
- home reading
- reading diary
- oral colloquy
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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