PdF:AJB_BRSN British Spy Novel - Course Information
AJB_BRSN British Spy Novel and Political Thriller
Faculty of EducationSpring 2012
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Pavel Doležel, CSc. (seminar tutor)
- 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 of Seminar Groups
- AJB_BRSN/01: Fri 9. 3. 8:00–13:00 učebna 11, Mon 30. 4. 8:00–13:00 kancelář vyučujícího, P. Doležel
- 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 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/35 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language (programme PdF, B-SPE) (2)
- Lower Secondary School and Language School Teacher Training in English Language (programme PdF, N-ZS) (2)
- Course objectives
- The course provides a historical survey of spy novel and political thriller of the 19th and 20th centuries. The course is based on the development from paraliterature to quality psychological and social novel of the 20th century. In the end of the course students should distinguish between quality and junk literature.
- Syllabus
- Topics:
- 1. Varieties of low reading.
- 2. Genres of 19th century spy novel.
- 3. Joseph Conrad and Anthony Hope.
- 4. Rudyard Kipling and the Empire.
- 5. Spy novel of the WWI.
- 6. Spy novel of the Cold War.
- Literature
- Spy Blog: The Day of the Jackal, www.spy.org.uk/spyblog
- PRIESTMAN, EDITOR, Martin. The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. first. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, 288 pp. ISBN 0 521 00871 9. info
- The Cambridge guide to literature in English [Ousby, 1988]. Edited by Ian Ousby, Edited by Margaret Atwood. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988, 1109 s. :. ISBN 0-521-26751-X. info
- Teaching methods
- Reading, discussing and analyzing selected texts.
- Assessment methods
- Seminar.
- home reading
- critical reading
- final discussion - 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: 12 hodin ve 2 blocích.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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