PdF:AJPV_BR20 British literature - Course Information
AJPV_BR20 British literature of the 20th century
Faculty of EducationAutumn 2014
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Mgr. Věra Eliášová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Šalamoun, Ph.D. (lecturer) - 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
- Wed 8:25–9:10 učebna 58
- 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
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-ZS5)
- Lower Secondary School and Language School Teacher Training in English Language (eng.) (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- 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 short stories written by major writers 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
- 1. James Joyce, extracts from "A Portrait," "Ulyssees" and "Finnegan's Wake"
- 2. Virginia Woolf, extracts from "Mrs Dalloway," "To the Lighthouse" and "A Room of One's Own"
- 3. Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim
- 4. George Orwell, 1984
- 5. Anthony Burgess, Clockwork Orange
- 6. Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
- 7. Angela Carter, Nights at the Circus
- 8. Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
- 9. Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children
- 10. Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
- 11. China Miéville, "Foundation" / The City & The City
- 12. Guest lecture 1
- 13. Guest lecture 2
- 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
- Analysis of selected reading along with their examination in the cultural space of the 20th century U.K.
- Assessment methods
- At the end of the course students take a test which covers the topics and motifs examined in the classes.
- 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.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2014, recent)
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