AJPV_LOND London in Literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Mgr. Věra Eliášová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJPV_LOND/PV: Thu 13:25–15:05 učebna 59, V. Eliášová
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In the seminars we will explore major as well as minor authors and literary works related to London as a cultural metropolis of the English-speaking world. At the end of the course students will be able to make their own connections between the assigned reading and also question and actively interpret them as well as create their own critical evaulation.
Syllabus
  • London as a cultural metropolis of the English-speaking world.
  • London as a center of the 18th-Century Public Sphere
  • London as a center of the 19th-Century Public Sphere
  • London in the 20th Century
  • London and the Mass Culture
  • London and Women
  • London and the Multicultural Society
Literature
    recommended literature
  • The Norton anthology of English literature. Edited by M. H. Abrams. 5th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1986, xlvi, 2578. ISBN 0393954781. info
  • MAYHEW, Henry. London's underworld : being selections from 'Those that will not work', the fourth volume of 'London Labour and the London poor'. Edited by Peter Quennell. London: Spring Books, 1950, 427 s. info
    not specified
  • LEHAN, Richard Daniel. The city in literature : an intellectual and cultural history. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998, xvi, 330. ISBN 0520212568. info
  • MUMFORD, Lewis. The city in history. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, 693 s. info
  • ADDISON, Joseph. The miscellaneous works of Joseph Addison. Vol. 1. Edited by A. C. Guthkelch. London: G. Bell, 1914, xxvi, 495. info
Teaching methods
Class discussions on assigned readings, individual and group presentations, homework that entails reading and writing response papers.
Assessment methods
-attendance is not mandatory but strongly recommended
-active participation in class discussion on readings
response papers (students must submit a paper for each class)
group or individual oral presentation (students must present once)
-final written assignment
Language of instruction
English
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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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