AJPV_BR20 British literature of the 20th century

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Mgr. Věra Eliášová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Renata Jančaříková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Thu 15:45–16:30 učebna 63
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
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
  • Modernist literature at the background of the Victorian era
  • Edwardian novelists (H. G. Wells)
  • Modernist fiction and poetry (Joyce, Woolf)
  • Drama (Pinter, Coolness Drama)
  • Postmodern innovations and the rise of critical theory (Fowles, Barnes)
  • Women writers (Rhys, Carter, and others)
  • Postcolonial novels and theories (Rushdie, Smith)
  • Tradition of British humor
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
lectures
Assessment methods
Lecture.
Final Paper summarizing one topics covered, or related to, the lectures delivered in a given semester
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 1 hodina.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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