AJc304 New Literatures 1

Faculty of Education
autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, 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
AJc304/01: Fri 16. 10. 16:00–17:50 učebna 54, Fri 30. 10. 16:00–17:50 učebna 54, Fri 13. 11. 16:00–17:50 učebna 54, Fri 27. 11. 16:00–17:50 učebna 54, Fri 11. 12. 16:00–17:50 učebna 54, Fri 8. 1. 16:00–17:50 učebna 54, L. Podroužková
Prerequisites
C1 level of English and advanced reading reading skills
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
The course deals with contemporary British and postcolonial literature in the context of current political, cultural and social events in the Anglo-Saxon world and with application into the teaching practice. The seminar develops the student both on a personal and professional level via critical reading and thinking and through hands-on work with texts. The subject demonstrates ways in which art reflects the contemporary world, the potential of reading in developing learning competencies and methods which can be applied in teaching. The ultimate objective of the class is to educate future teachers and cultivate their attitude to reading as well as exercise their critical thinking and reading strategies. It seeks to acquaint students with some selected works by contemporary authors generated from English-speaking countries using topics relevant for secondary school age. The course places a heavy emphasis on day-to-day work, which means reading assigned texts, whether it be extracts for class work or independent extensive reading. You are encouraged to participate in class activities and discussions. The class aims to set a model of modern teaching; therefore, try to follow the content as well as methods employed.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course the students will: a) have become acquainted with contemporary trends and events in Anglo-Saxon literature, culture and society; b) will have read, analysed and discussed a number of texts by contemporary authors; c) will have engaged in a number of class activities demonstrating the use of literature in the classroom; d) will have read two contemporary novels in English; e) will have practised their English in pair, group and class discussions and activities.
Syllabus
  • 1. Life in your hands: the position of reading and literature in contemporary school and life. 2. Britain today: a look at contemporary social, political and cultural issues. 3. Contemporary British prose. 4. Contemporary British poetry. 5. Contemporary British drama- 6. Literature for children and young adults.
Literature
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. Women Novelists's Essays for the Twenty-first Century. In Flothow, Dorothea; Oppolzer, Markus; Coelsch-Foisner, Sabine (eds.). The Essay : Forms and Transformations. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag WINTER Heidelberg, 2017, p. 277-286. Wissenschaft und Kunst, Band 32. ISBN 978-3-8253-6687-2. info
  • CHALUPSKÝ, Petr. A horror and a beauty: the world of Peter Ackroyd's London novels. First English edition. Prague: Karolinum Press, 2016, 301 stran. ISBN 9788024631615. URL info
  • Contemporary British drama. Edited by David Lane. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010, xxi, 218 p. ISBN 9780748643240. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. An Icon and a Burden: The Postmodern Obsession with the Body in British Fiction. In The Human Body in Contemporary Literatures in English, Sabine Coelsch-Foisner, Marta Fernández Morales (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2009, 10 pp. SEL & C 5. ISBN 978-3-631-57269-6. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. The Magic Sound of the Magic Flute in Barbara Trapido's Temples of Delight. In Mozart in Anglophone Cultures, Sabine Coelsch-Foisner, Dorothea Flothow, Wolfgang Görtschacher (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2009, p. 51-57. ISBN 978-3-631-56256-7. info
  • CHALUPSKÝ, Petr. The postmodern city of dreadful night : the image of the city in the works of Martin Amis and Ian McEwan. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009, 135 stran. ISBN 9783639144468. info
  • Britská čítanka : Gutenbergova čítanka moderní britské literatury : anglicko-české vydání. Edited by Petr Matoušek, Illustrated by Vojtěch Domlátil. Vyd. 3., dopl. a aktualiz. Praha: Gutenberg, 2008, 319 s. ISBN 9788086349381. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. Growing Up in Jane Gardam's Novels. In Literary Childhoods. Growing Up in British and American Literature. Šárka Bubíková et al. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart / Univerzita Pardubice, 2008, p. 41-50. TAHY 2. ISBN 978-80-7395-091-0. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. Sarah Water's Monument to Women of World War II. American and British Studies Annual. Univerzita Pardubice, 2008, vol. 1, No 1, p. 66-72. ISSN 1803-6058. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. The Postmodern in Contemporary British Narrative. In Litteraria Humanitas XIV. Problémy poetiky. Editors: Josef Dohnal, Danuše Kšicová, Ivo Pospíšil. Brno: Ústav slavistiky Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, 2006, p. 233-237. ISBN 80-210-4179-X. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. Britské spisovatelky na přelomu tisíciletí (British Women Writers at the Turn of the Millennium). Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2003. Spisy Masarykovy univerzity v Brně, 347. ISBN 80-210-3290-1. info
  • FRANKOVÁ, Milada. Britské spisovatelky na konci tisíciletí. Vydání první. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 206 stran. ISBN 8021021489. URL info
Teaching methods
class activities, readings, discussions and projects; independent reading and online tasks
Assessment methods
CONTINUOUS AND FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 1. Regular class work and independent study. 2. Active participation in class. 3. Group leading. 4. Action research and activity. IN CASE OF ONLINE SEMESTER: Students are requested to secure good internet connection. attend zoom meetings with the sound and camera on and work actively in the online environment. SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 1. Portfolio. 2. Two novels (variations apply) to be read. There will be a short interview looking at your work throughout the semester and discussing the two books you have read. I will be asking about your reading experience both from the class and of the books you selected for reading.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 24 hodin.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=2655
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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