AJ1302 British History, Culture and Literature II

Faculty of Education
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/3/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Barbora Kašpárková, 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
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ1302/Prez01: Mon 15:00–17:50 učebna 12, Z. Janík, B. Kašpárková
AJ1302/01: Fri 15. 2. 8:00–10:50 učebna 58, Fri 1. 3. 8:00–10:50 učebna 58, Fri 15. 3. 8:00–10:50 učebna 58, Fri 29. 3. 8:00–10:50 učebna 58, Fri 12. 4. 8:00–10:50 učebna 58, Fri 3. 5. 8:00–10:50 učebna 58, Z. Janík, B. Kašpárková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ1102 Practical Language 1B
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
Students are introduced to history, literature and culture of Great Britain from the end of the 18th to the mid of 20th Century. The goal is to introduce important authors, literary movements, historical events and cultural context of the given period and analyze their interrelation. Students will understand how literary texts reflect historical events and cultural myths. They will learn to identify cultural values and interpret them with the purpose to enhance respect to otherness. Students will discuss the role of context, gender, race, and ethnicity in history and in forming of literary genres and topics.
Learning outcomes
Student/ka: • je schopen/schopna číst a interpretovat literární texty v angličtině v rovině literární i dobovém kontextu • je schopen/schopna postihnout vzájemnou podmíněnost dějinných událostí a jejich odraz v umění • v průběhu semestru napíše několik krátkých písemných prací, ve kterých reaguje na zadanou seminární četbu a interpretuje ji v daném historickém a kulturním kontextu • v průběhu semestru samostatně přečte tři literární díla vztahující se k probíranému období
Syllabus
  • 1. Industrial Revolution and Swan song of the English countryside: Jane Austen 2. The Legacy of the French Revolution and the Revolt against the power of reason (Gothic novel) 3. Cultural Decentralization (Romanticism of Robert Burns and Walter Scott) 4. Romanticism: the Lake Poets and the Turn to Nature 5. Early Victorian Period and the Rise of Victorian Novel: woman's voice in Sisters Brontë and George Eliot's novels 6. Social criticism in Charles Dickens and Robert Luis Stevenson's novels 7. British Imperialism and Late Victorian Period: Rudyard Kipling 8. Social Darwinism and Naturalism: the demise of countryside in Thomas Hardy's novels 9. The late 19th and early 20th Century. Literary Modernism 10. Modern City and the Arrival of Popular Culture: T.S. Eliot 11. World War I and the Retreat of British Empire: the War poets and Virginia Woolf 12. Period between wars and World War II: Orwell's dark vision of the future
Literature
    required literature
  • LOWE, Norman. Mastering modern British history. 5th edition. London: Palgrave Macmillan Education, 2017, xx, 708. ISBN 9781137603876. info
  • ALEXANDER, Michael. A history of English literature. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000, xii, 387. ISBN 0333672267. info
  • EAGLE, Dorothy. The Oxford illustrated literary guide to Great Britain and Ireland. Edited by Hilary Carnell - Meic Stephens. 2nd ed. / edited by Dorothy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992, vi, 322 p. ISBN 0-19-212988-025. info
    recommended literature
  • The Oxford illustrated history of Britain. Edited by Kenneth O. Morgan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, 683 stran. ISBN 9780199544752. info
  • SANDERS, Andrew. The short Oxford history of English literature. Third edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, vii, 756. ISBN 9780199263387. info
  • MARWICK, Arthur. British society since 1945. 2nd ed. London: Penguin Books, 1990, vi, 430 p. ISBN 0-14-013817-599. info
  • STŘÍBRNÝ, Zdeněk. Dějiny anglické literatury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1987, s. 421-837. info
Teaching methods
class discussion, on-line discussion fora participation
Assessment methods
participate in discussion; read three literary works; write short essays on assigned readings, 10 min history quizzes
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinované studium: výuka v blocích.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ics.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=2546
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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