AJ_INRE Independent Reading

Faculty of Education
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jiří Šalamoun, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, 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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Recommended for advanced students.
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 18 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/18, only registered: 0/18, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/18
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This seminar is for readers. Students will choose three contemporary novels in English to read on which they will write two reports (between 700 and 900 words each), one of which will be extended in a final paper of 1300 words which incorporates quotes and paraphrases from the chosen novel.
Syllabus
  • Some reading tips:
  • Choose an author that you might be likely to talk about at the state exams or use in your further career.
  • Pick up books that you have not read about.
  • Take notes and keep a reading journal.
  • Some recommneded writers:
  • Ian McEwan
  • Salman Rushdie
  • Graham Swift
  • Alasdair Gray
  • Michael Heddon
  • A.S. Byatt
  • Jeanette Winterson
  • Iris Murdoch
  • Zadie Smith
  • Monica Ali
  • Kauo Ishiguro
  • Timothy Mo
  • Margaret Atwood
  • Peter Carey
  • J M Coetzee
  • Roddy Doyle
  • Michael Haddon
  • Meera Syal
  • Hanif Kureshi
Literature
  • BRADFORD, Richard. The novel now : contemporary British fiction. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2007, vii, 259. ISBN 9781405113861. info
  • The Oxford illustrated history of English literature. Edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford: Oxford university press, 2001, xiv, 528. ISBN 0192854372. info
  • GILBERT, Sandra M. and Susan GUBAR. The Norton anthology of literature by women : the tradition in English. 1st ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1985, xxxiv, 245. ISBN 0393953912. info
Teaching methods
Reading and writing. There will be 4 major writing assignments (typed, double-spaced, font 12, either MLA or APA style).
Assessment methods
Reading and writing. There will be 4 major writing assignments (typed, double-spaced, font 12). Students writethree reports (between 700 and 900 words each), one of which will be extended in a final paper of 1300 words which incorporates three secondary sources.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Předmět bude realizován pokud se přihlásí alespoň 10 studentů.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 1 hodina.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=513
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
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