AJ2BP_BRLI British literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
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
Thu 8:25–9:10 učebna 60
Prerequisites
The students have passed the course in Introduction to 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 from early Saxon literature to the literature of the 20th century. It is focused on the most prominent phenomena such as heroic epic, medieval chivalry romance, Renaissance drama and love poetry, modern novel, romantic and Victorian writing,Modernist writing, Theatre of the Absurd, Angry Young Men, Postmodern and Postcolonial literature. The students are expected to become acquainted with the main literary periods, movements, authors and works in both historical and cultural contexts. The lectures provide an overview and background to the specific seminars. At the end of the course, students should be familiar with the main periods, authors, works and issues in British literature. They should acquire a solid ground for their future studies in literature as well as for the state exams.
Syllabus
  • Lecture Topics:
  • 1. Anglo-Saxon literature
  • 2. Middle English literature
  • 3. Renaissance and the sonnet
  • 4. The development of Drama. 5. The Seventienth and Eighteenth Centuries
  • 6. The Development of Drama
  • 7. Romanticism
  • 8. Early Victorian literature.
  • 9. Late Victorian literature.
  • 10. Modernism.
  • 11. The Interwar period. 12. Postmodernism and postcolonial literature.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • PODROUŽKOVÁ, Lucie. A Reader in British Literature, Part I. 3. upravené. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 2007, 130 pp. 4096/Pd-7/05-17/94. ISBN 80-210-3638-9. info
  • PODROUŽKOVÁ, Lucie. A Reader in British Literature, Part II. 2nd ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 2006, 176 pp. 4395/Pd-19/06-17/93. ISBN 80-210-4108-0. info
  • The Longman anthology of British literature. Edited by David Damrosch - Kevin J. H. Dettmar - Jennifer Wicke. 2nd ed. New York: Longman, 2002, xxiii, s. ISBN 032110580X. 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
    not specified
  • DOLEŽEL, Pavel and Tamara VÁŇOVÁ. An Outline of English Fiction from the Beginning to 1754. 1st ed. Brno: Masaryk University, 2005, 100 pp. ISBN 80-210-3701-6. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lectures to equip students with a concise overview of the British literature history, against the cultural and historical background. Mood-link-a support.
Assessment methods
After each lecture, the students are asked to complete and submit a workheet. For the colloquy, the student needs a set of minimum nine completed and teacher-reviewed worksheets related to each lecture/period.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=2111
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2014, recent)
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