AJ2RC_NOAL British Literature from 1845 to 1945

Faculty of Education
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0/24. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Mgr. Věra Eliášová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites
A course in Introduction to literature and minimum one survey course in literature.
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 covers the period of the 19th century British literature, from mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth cenury. At the end of the course, students will be able to identify, individually interpret,question, and critically evaluate major works of the period at the cultural, social, and historical context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Major novels between 1845-1945: Charles Dickens, George Elliot, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster
  • 7. Women between 1845-1945: Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, George Elliot, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield.
  • 8. Victorian Mores and their Critique: R. L. Stevenson, G.B. Shaw, Oscar Wilde and Wilkie Collins.
  • Modernism and Its Alternatives: T.S. Elliot, Ezra Pound, W.B. Yeats, D.H. Lawrence, George Orwell.
  • 9. The Empire on which the sun never sets: Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling.
Literature
  • TILLOTSON, Geoffrey. A view of Victorian literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978, x, 396. ISBN 0198120443. info
  • WALKER, Janie Roxburgh and Hugh WALKER. Outlines of Victorian literature. Cambridge: University Press, 1919, viii, 224. 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
Teaching methods
Class discussions on assigned readings, individual and group presentations, homework that entails reading and writing response papers, independent reading
Assessment methods
-attendance is not mandatory but strongly recommended
-active participation in class discussion on readings
response papers
group or individual oral presentation
-final written or oral assignment that will combine materials covered in class and independent reading (one novel)
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=663
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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