AJPV_ACLI Australian and Canadian Literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (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
AJPV_ACLI/01: Tue 9:45–11:25 učebna 56, I. Přibylová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 18 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/18, only registered: 0/18
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
An introduction to the scope of Canadian and Australian writing, including contemporary trends and interests.Focus on reading, analyzing, and discussion.Required examples will be available in a reader, recommended reading will be discussed at the beginning of the seminar.
Syllabus
  • Topics: 1. Classical literature
  • 2. Children´s literature
  • 3. Humorous literature
  • 4. Reading for women
  • 5. Detective stories
  • 6. Ethnic literature
  • 7. Non-fiction
  • 8. Oral literature
  • 9. Contemporary literature
  • 10. Contemporray literature
  • 11. Revision
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Native writers and Canadian writing : Canadian literature : Special issue. Edited by W. H. New. Vancouver: UBC Press, 1991, 306 s. ISBN 0774803711. info
  • GOODWIN, K. L. (Kenneth Leslie). The Macmillan anthology of Australian literature. Melbourne: Macmillan Company of Australia, 1990, xxii, 629. ISBN 0-333-50158-6. info
  • An anthology of Canadian literature in English. Edited by Donna Bennett - Russell Brown. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1982, xiv, 674. ISBN 0195403118. info
Teaching methods
reading and analyzing selected texts, discussion, presentations
Assessment methods
response paper, presentations
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: 1 hodina.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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