AJ3DC_POST New Literatures

Faculty of Education
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0/12. 4 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
Master studies in English literature.
AJ3DC_POLI Populární literatura.
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 provides a basic insight to selected contemporary trends in literatures in English, reflecting the break of literary canons at the end of the 20th century.Extra focus is given to the latest young adult literature forms. Supported by uptodate primary and secondary reading texts, students are encouraged to explore one field in depth. The course is supplemented by AJ3DC_SBAL, Advanced Literary Seminar.
Syllabus
  • Areas:
  • 1. New directions in literatures in English. Resources, requirements.
  • 2. Post-colonial literatures (Australia, South Africa, East Asia).
  • 3. Young adult literature.Verse novels.
  • 4. Contemporary regional voices (Scotland).
  • 5. Graphic novels and manga.
  • 6. Fantasy fiction.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • TIFFIN, Helen, Gareth GRIFFITHS and Bill ASHCROFT. The empire writes back : theory and practice in post-colonial literatures. London: Routledge, 1989, viii, 246. ISBN 0-415-01208-2. info
  • A concise companion to contemporary British fiction. Edited by James F. English. Malden: Blackwell, 2006, xi, 281. ISBN 9781405120012. info
  • Young adult literature and adolescent identity across cultures and classrooms : contexts for the literary lives of teens. Edited by Janet Alsup. London: Routledge, 2010, ix, 225. ISBN 9780415876995. info
Teaching methods
Minilectures, presentations, power point and moodle support.
Assessment methods
Final discussion over a file focused on a selected field in contemporay literature (response paper, academic support, media coverage).
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2018, recent)
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