AJPV_LOND Londýn v literatuře

Pedagogická fakulta
jaro 2017
Rozsah
0/2/0. 2 hodiny. 3 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Garance
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Jana Popelková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra anglického jazyka a literatury – Pedagogická fakulta
Rozvrh seminárních/paralelních skupin
AJPV_LOND/01: Čt 8:25–10:05 učebna 6, I. Přibylová
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 25 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/25, pouze zareg.: 0/25, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/25
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The course focuses on London as not only political but also a cultural metropolis. Supported by self-studies, home reading, guided reading experience (see The Reader) and class discussions, students are encouraged to read and critically comment on the role of London in English literature, its influence on the literary and cultural imagination from the 17th century to the middle of the 20 century and beyond. In the end of the course, students students should be able to DISCUSS works of selected British authors related to London; IDENTIFY the main artistic conventions and theories underlying selected texts of fiction and poetry, and ANALYSE the texts in order to understand relevant artistic and period features. The course is an extention of lectures in British history and British literature.
Osnova
  • Areas to be discussed:
  • 1. Introduction, requirements, map of London, chronology of history of London.
  • 2.London and journalism. Reading: Samuel Pepys; Richard Steele and Joseph Addison. Extra: Francis Bacon
  • 3. Victorian London I. Reading: Charles Dickens
  • 4. Victorian London II. Reading: Arthur Conan Doyle
  • 5. London and the Thames. Reading J.K. Jerome; Joseph Conrad
  • 6. London and popular culture. Reading G.B. Shaw
  • 7. London and women Reading: Wirginia Wolf; Katherine Mansfield
  • 8. London and modernity Reading: Aldous Huxley, George Orwell.
  • 9. London and immigrants Reading: Peter Ackroyd, A.N. Wilson
  • 10. London and you: share your personal experience
  • 11. London and poetry: reading and discussing a poetry reader
  • 12. London and [required] reading
Literatura
    doporučená literatura
  • LEHAN, Richard Daniel. The city in literature : an intellectual and cultural history. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998, xvi, 330. ISBN 0520212568. info
  • The Norton anthology of English literature. Edited by M. H. Abrams. 5th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1986, xlvi, 2578. ISBN 0393954781. info
  • MUMFORD, Lewis. The city in history. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1979, 693 s. info
Výukové metody
Class discussions on assigned readings, individual and group presentations, homework that entails reading and writing short response papers.
Metody hodnocení
Evaluation, credits: 80% attendance, regular home reading and activity in class, discussions, a short presentation on specific aspects of English literature related to London. Colloquy: Discuss the picture of London in two required novels you have read. Focus on all possible aspects (see the topics of seminars).
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Required reading: 1) Short texts from the reader and moodlinka, from week to week. 2) Two novels, full length. One of them represents the 19th century writing and is by Charles Dickens (same as your choice for the lectures). The other represents writing of the first half of the 20th century and its story is located in London, or touches the Thames. Here you have the choice of: Joseph Conrad: The Heart of Darkness (1902), G.B.Show: Pygmalion (19013), Virginia Wolf: Mrs Dalloway (1925), Aldous Huxley: Brave New World (1932), George Orwell: 1984 (1949) Recommended academic support: Same as in lectures. See Oliveriusová, Grmela, Hilský, and Marek: Dějiny anglické literatury (1986); Michael Alexander: A History of English Literature (2013); Andrew Sanders: The Short Oxford History of English Literature (2004).
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Studijní materiály
Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Literární seminář. Předmět bude realizován pokud se přihlásí alespoň 10 studentů.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2011, jaro 2012, jaro 2013, jaro 2014, jaro 2016.
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