AJ2RC_AML2 American Literature 2

Faculty of Education
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/0/24. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavla Buchtová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
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
This survey course examines American literature from the beginning of the twentieth century to present, covering two important literary movements, modernism and postmodernism. The course is designed to introduce students to the ideas and pleasures literature offers us, and encourages students to think about the texts and discuss them in the class. Students are also asked to keep a journal of their thoughts and responses to themes and ideas expressed in the texts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Modernist poetry (Ezra Pound, W. C. Williams, e. e. cummings, Wallece Stevens, T. S. Eliot) 2. Modernist fiction (Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway) 3. Harlem Renaissance (Langston Hughes, Claude McCay, Zora Neale Hurston, blues lyrics) 4. Southern literature (William Faulkner, Flannery OConnor) 5. Drama (Edward Albee) 6. Jewish authors (I. B. Singer, Woody Allen, Art Spiegelman) 7. Postmodern literature I (Donald Barthelme, John Barth) 8. Postmodern literature II (Kathy Acker, Joyce Carol Oates) 9. Afro-American literature (Lucille Clifton, June Jordan, Alice Walker) 10. Ethnic literature (Sandra Cisneros, Amy Tan, Sherman Alexie, Dian Million, Ofelia Zepeda) 11. Contemporary poetry (Frank OHara, Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Plath, Laurie Anderson)
Literature
  • The Columbia history of the American novel. Edited by Emory Elliott - Cathy N. Davidson. New York: Columbia University, 1991, xviii, 905. ISBN 0-231-07360-7. info
  • The Heath anthology of American literature. Edited by Paul Lauter. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1990, xxxix, 261. ISBN 0-669-12065-0. info
  • Columbia literary history of the United States. Edited by Emory Elliott. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988, xxviii, 12. ISBN 0-231-05812-8. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Course requirements: 1) 80% attendance (if you miss more than two classes, then you have to work on reading journals for each class missed) 2) Read the material assigned in the syllabus (it will be checked by in-class quizzes) 3) At least five contributions to mood-link forums 4) Occasional mood-link tasks 5) Credit test
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1012
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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