A2BK_NALI English Literature of the 19th Century

Faculty of Education
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jaroslav Izavčuk (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, 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
A2BK_NALI/OS01: Fri 28. 2. 15:45–17:25 učebna 11, Fri 21. 3. 15:45–17:25 učebna 11, Fri 4. 4. 15:45–17:25 učebna 11, Fri 18. 4. 15:45–17:25 učebna 11, Fri 2. 5. 15:45–17:25 učebna 11, Fri 23. 5. 15:45–17:25 učebna 11, L. Podroužková
A2BK_NALI/01: Mon 17. 2. 12:05–13:45 učebna 58, Mon 3. 3. 12:05–13:45 učebna 58, Mon 17. 3. 12:05–13:45 učebna 58, Mon 31. 3. 12:05–13:45 učebna 58, Mon 14. 4. 12:05–13:45 učebna 58, Mon 12. 5. 12:05–13:45 učebna 58, J. Izavčuk
Prerequisites
( A2BK_PJ1B Practical Language 1B && A2BK_GR1B Grammar B && A2BK_SFFB Phonetics Seminar B ) || A2BK_SOZK Complex Exam
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 Romanticism to Naturalism. The goal of the seminar is to acquaint students with chief works, authors and topics of the period and to develop advanced reading skills.Students are to analyse and interpret major literary texts of the period. They are also to identify, discuss and list the most representative works and authors and their works
Syllabus
  • 1. Pre-Romanticism: Robert Burns, William Blake.
  • 2. Lake Poets: William Wordsworth.
  • 3. Second Generation Romnatics: P.B. Shelley, G.G. Byron, John Keats.
  • 4. The rise of the novel: Jane Austen.
  • 5. From Romanticism to Realism: Mary Shelley and Emily Bronte.
  • 6. Charles Dickens.
  • 7. Women in Victorian society: Charlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë and George Elliot.
  • 8. Victorian mores: R. L. Stevenson, Oscar Wilde and Wilkie Collins.
  • 9. The Empire on which the sun never sets: Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling.
  • 10. Art for art's sake: Oscar Wilde.
  • 11. Naturalism: Thomas Hardy, George Gissing and William Somerset Maugham. Language and society: G.B. Shaw.
Literature
  • 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
  • BARNARD, Robert. Stručné dějiny anglické literatury. Translated by Zdeněk Beran. Vyd. 1. Praha: Brána, 1997, 251 s. ISBN 8071767050. info
Teaching methods
class, group and pair work, class activites, moodlinka analyse and interpret set texts, describe, explain and discuss the major themes, motifs in the set works, name the representatives of the period and their major works demonstrate how literature can be used the EFL classroom
Assessment methods
class reading, independent reading, attendance and class work, moodlinka work,test portfolio and didactic activity sheet
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: 24 hodin.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1971
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2024.
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