AJ15000 American Literature: Beginnings to 1865

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
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: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Thu 13:20–14:55 G31
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
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: attendance, presentation, written exam. Hodnocení: účast, prezentace, písemná zkouška
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/category.php?id=4
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020.
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