AJ2RC_NOAL British Literature from 1845 to 1945

Faculty of Education
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/0/24. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
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
AJ2RC_NOAL/OS01: Fri 28. 2. 9:20–11:00 učebna 55, Fri 21. 3. 9:20–11:00 učebna 55, Fri 4. 4. 9:20–11:00 učebna 55, Fri 18. 4. 9:20–11:00 učebna 55, Fri 2. 5. 9:20–11:00 učebna 55, Fri 23. 5. 9:20–11:00 učebna 55, L. Podroužková
Prerequisites
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 mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth cenury. At the end of the course, students will be able to identify, individually interpret,question, and critically evaluate major works of the period at the cultural, social, and historical context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Gender issues and the Victorian period (Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot). 2. Charles Dickens and the use of his story in the ELT classroom 3. Victorian morals, prejudices, pretences and double-standards (Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde) 4. The fall of the empire (Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad) 5. Naturalism (Thomas Hardy, George Gissing, W.S. Maugham) 6. Modernism (Virginia Woolf) and the War poets
Literature
    required literature
  • BURGESS, Anthony. English literature : a survey for students. London: Longman, 1958, 278 p. ISBN 0582552249. info
    not specified
  • TILLOTSON, Geoffrey. A view of Victorian literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978, x, 396. ISBN 0198120443. info
  • WALKER, Janie Roxburgh and Hugh WALKER. Outlines of Victorian literature. Cambridge: University Press, 1919, viii, 224. info
  • 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
Teaching methods
intensive and extensive reading, close reading and textual analysis, pair and class discussions, activities
Assessment methods
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT: class participation, reading SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: interview (1 novel), portfolio
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
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=2112
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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