AJ15000 American Literature: Beginnings to 1865

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Tomáš Pospíšil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ15000/A: Thu 13:20–14:55 37, T. Pospíšil
AJ15000/B: Thu 15:00–16:35 37, T. Pospíšil
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination && AJ04003 Intro. to Literary Studies II
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This is a survey course covering American literature from the beginnings to 1865 and putting special emphasis on such aspects as the Romantic period (Irving, Poe), Transcendentalism (Emerson, Thoreau), and the prose writers and poets of the "American Renaissance" (Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman). Readings for seminars will be from an anthology of American literature (Norton or American Tradition in Literature).
Syllabus
  • This is a survey course covering American literature from the beginnings to 1865 and putting special emphasis on such aspects as the Romantic period (Irving, Poe), Transcendentalism (Emerson, Thoreau), and the prose writers and poets of the "American Renaissance" (Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman). Readings for seminars will be from an anthology of American literature (Norton or American Tradition in Literature).
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Assessment: essay, presentation. /Hodnocení: esej, prezentace
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 2 skupiny po 15 studentech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2003, recent)
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