AJPV_SNAL British literature: Victorian novel

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jaroslav Izavčuk (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, 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 of Seminar Groups
AJPV_SNAL/01: Mon 17:35–19:15 učebna 58, J. Izavčuk
Prerequisites
A course in Introduction to literature and British Literature survey course.
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 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students are to analyse and interpret major works of the writers representing the development of the British novel from post-romanticism to the Victorian period. The course will also focus on the chief works, authors and topics of the period and the development of advanced reading and writing skills. Students are also to identify, discuss and list the most representative works and their authors.
Syllabus
  • Introduction: Victorian era and literature
  • Reading Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
  • Reading Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
  • Reading Charles Dickens's Great Expectations
  • 6. Reading John Fowle's French Lieutenants's Woman.Victorian literature and society .
  • Reading Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Reading Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness
  • Reading Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles
  • Reading Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland
  • Reading Bram Stoker's Dracula
Literature
  • TILLOTSON, Geoffrey. A view of Victorian literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978, x, 396. ISBN 0198120443. 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
  • BARNARD, Robert. Stručné dějiny anglické literatury. Translated by Zdeněk Beran. Vydání první. Praha: Knižní klub, 1997, 251 stran. ISBN 8071767050. info
Teaching methods
analyse and interpret set texts, describe, explain and discuss the major themes, motifs in the set works, name the representatives of the period and their major works. One page essay and weekly reading responses
Assessment methods
Participate in class discussions
compare two literary works in papers
deliver a response paper for each class
read 2 novels
asses the knowledge in the test
review and discussion round-up in the colloquy
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.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1801
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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