AJPV_SAL1 American Literature: On the road

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (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
AJPV_SAL1/PV: Thu 12:30–14:10 respirium (4. nadzemní podlaží), I. Přibylová
Prerequisites
AJ2BP_AL19
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Course goals:
In the seminar, students explore both primary and secondary materials of the American literature from the colonial beginnings to the end of the 19th century. Seminar themes closely follow lecture themes. The focus is put on text analysis, on student presentations, their active involvement in seminars, and home reading. Hopefully, students will learn selected topics in depth and will understand broader connotations.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus fall 2010:
  • Seminar I: the legend of Pocahontas, Anne Bradstreet, Mary Rowlandson, Phylis Wheatley.
  • Seminar 2: The Bible – bring your own copy (in English or in Czech), Benjamin Franklin, St. John de Crévecoeur.
  • Seminar 3: Cooper, Poe.
  • Seminar 4: Hawthorne, Melville.
  • Seminar 5: Stowe, Twain.
  • Seminar 6: Alcott, James.
  • Seminar 7: Crane, London, Dreiser.
  • Seminar 8: Freneau, Longfellow, Whitman, Dickinson, Dunbar.
  • Seminar 9: Sacred and secular oral literature, songs and tales.
  • Seminar 10: Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, C.D. Chesnutt.
  • Seminar 11: the Noble Savage/Brutal Savage, Jane Johnson Schoolcraft, Gertrude Bonnin, George Copway.
Literature
    required literature
  • VANSPANCKEREN, Kathryn. Nástin americké literatury. [Praha]: Informační agentura Spojených států, 137 s. info
    recommended literature
  • BRADBURY, Malcolm. Od puritanismu k postmodernismu : dějiny americké literatury. Edited by Richard Ruland, Translated by Marcel Arbeit. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1997, 492 s. ISBN 8020405860. info
  • OUSBY, Ian. The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1993. ISBN 0 521440866. info
Teaching methods
Reading, analyzing and discussing selected texts, writing a response.
Assessment methods
Course evaluation and requirements:
- active reading and disscussion
- two written assignments
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: literární seminář.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 2 hodiny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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