AJ14061 Aspects of the Twentieth Century British Short Story

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2007
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)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Wed 11:40–13:15 G32
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives (in Czech)
The course will look at a selection of short stories, focusing mainly on writers from the earlier part of the twentieth century and contemporary authors. Among those work will be included are Thomas Hardy, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Pat Barker, Angela Carter,Alisdair Gray, Agnes Owen, John McGahern, Edna O'Brien, Bernard Maclaverty, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Graham Swift, Hanif Kureishi and John Berger.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Week 1 Sept 26Introductory Week 2 Oct 3 Oscar Wilde:The Happy Prince, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime/ Thomas Hardy: An Imaginative Woman Week 3 Oct 10 Henry James: The Beast in the Jungle: The Aspern Papers Week 4 Oct 17 D.H.Lawrence: Tickets Please, England My England, The Man Who Rode Away/ Katherine Mansfield: The Garden Party Week 5 Oct 24 James Joyce: Araby, Eveline, A Painful Case/ Samuel Beckett: Dante and the Lobster Week 6 Oct 31 Angela Carter: The Bloody Chamber,A Souvenir of Japan, Flesh and the Mirror Week 7 Nov 7 Pat Barker: Kelly Brown Week 8 Nov 14 John Berger:Pig Earth - Intro.,A Question of Place,The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol Week 9 Nov 21 William Trevor: The Ballroom of Romance;Bernard MacLaverty: Between Two Shores; John McGahern: High Ground; Joseph Connor: Mothers Were All The Same; Mary Lavin: Happiness; Edna O'Brien: What A Sky; Sara Berkeley: The Sky's Gone Out Week 10 Nov 28 James Kelman: Busted Scotch etc; Agnes Owens:Arabella, Bus Queue etc; Alisdair Gray: A Report to the Trustees etc; Mackay Brown:The Architect Week 11 Dec 5 Dylan Thomas: Quite Early One Morning; A Child's Christmas In Wales: Four Lost Souls Emyr Humphreys:Mel's Secret Love Week 12 Dec 12 Hanif Kureishi: In A Blue Time,With Your Tongue Down My Throat, My Son the Fanatic;Kazuo Ishiguro: A Family Supper; Salman Rushdie: The Prophet's Hair Week 13 Dec 19 Ian McEwan: In Between the Sheets; First Love, Last Rites; Graham Swift:Seraglio Martin Amis:Let Me Count The Times
Literature
  • Kureishi, Hanif Love In A Blue Time London Faber and Faber 1997
  • McEwan, Ian First Love, Last Rites London Picador 1976
  • Kelman J, Owens A, Gray, A Lean Tales London Vintage 1995
  • Beckett, Samuel More Pricks Than Kicks London John Calder 1993
  • M.Bradbury (ed.) The Penguin Book of Modern Short Stories London Penguin 1988
  • Carter, Angela The Bloody Chamber London Penguin 1981
  • Hardy, Thomas Life's Little Ironies Oxford Oxford University Press 1996
  • Carter, Angela Fireworks London Virago 1988
  • Barker, Pat Union Street London Virago 1982
  • Joyce, James Dubliners London Penguin 1992
  • Wilde, Oscar Complete Short Fiction London Penguin 1994
  • McEwan, Ian In Between The Sheets London Picador 1979
  • Kelman, James No, Not While The Giro London Minerva 1989
  • Lawrence, D.H. Selected Short Stories London Penguin 1982
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Credit requirements: Class contribution (30%); 2 response papers (of 500-800 words)(30%); essay (5-8 pages)(40%). No essay required for zapocet.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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