AJ2BK_BRLI British literature

Faculty of Education
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/1. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
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
AJ2BK_BRLI/OS01: Fri 22. 2. 16:00–17:50 učebna 57, Fri 1. 3. 16:00–17:50 učebna 57, Fri 8. 3. 16:00–17:50 učebna 57, Fri 15. 3. 16:00–17:50 učebna 57, Fri 22. 3. 16:00–17:50 učebna 57, Fri 29. 3. 16:00–17:50 učebna 57, B. Kašpárková
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 surveys the British literature from the beginning of the 20th century till the 1950s. We will pay attention to its spirit of ambivalence, contradiction, and deep conflict, especially with respect to such vexed topics as gender and sexuality, empire and nationalism, war and revolution, production and consumption, and political power. Our particular angle for addressing these large issues will be the representation of past, present, and future in a range of literary works. Major authors include Conrad, Forster, Woolf, Joyce, T.S.Eliot, Orwell, Waugh, Green, Beckett, Pinter, Osborn, and Amis.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the semester, students will be able to:
1) identify and describe major trends in British literature and understand their relationship to British society and culture
2) develop their skills in analytical reading and proposal writing
3) research, prepare, and hand in a proposal for an academic paper
4) understand and frame literary works as a form of social commentary which responds to specific historical occurrences
Syllabus
  • 1. Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness, E.M. Forster: Passage to India Introduction to Modernism 2. Modernists: T.S. Eliot: The Wasteland. James Joyce: Ulysses, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse, Mrs Dalloway. The Bloomsbury Group 3. Humanistic tradition: Evelyn Waugh: Decline and Fall, Graham Green: The Quiet American 4. George Orwell: 1984, Animal Farm 5. Theatre of the Absurd. Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot, Harold Pinter 6. Angry Young Men. John Osborn: Look Back in Anger, Kingsley Amis: Lucky Jim
Literature
    required literature
  • BURGESS, Anthony. English literature : a survey for students. London: Longman, 1958, 278 p. ISBN 0582552249. info
    recommended literature
  • BARNARD, Robert. Stručné dějiny anglické literatury. Translated by Zdeněk Beran. Vyd. 1. Praha: Brána, 1997, 251 s. ISBN 8071767050. info
  • HILSKÝ, Martin. Modernisté :Eliot, Joyce, Woolfová, Lawrence. Vyd. 1. Praha: Torst, 1995, 269 s. ISBN 80-85639-40-8. info
Teaching methods
Students are to read/get familiar with at least two novels and two parts of Eliot’s Wasteland. They will apply interpretative technique; students will be trained in techniques of close reading and textual explication
Assessment methods
written test, colloquy
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: 12 hodin.
Teacher's information
http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1518
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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