FF:AJ14061 British Short Story in 20th C. - Course Information

AJ14061 Aspects of the Twentieth Century British Short Story

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

Thu 16:40–18:15 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

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Course objectives

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. The aim will be to explore and compare their formal elements and relate them to the experiential areas with which they engage. This will involve a brief intial exposure to elements of narrative theory.

Syllabus

• Week 1: Sept.18th: Orientation Week: No lesson Week 2: Sept.25th: Introductory Week 3: Oct.2nd:Oscar Wilde:The Happy Prince, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime/ Thomas Hardy: An Imaginative Woman Week 4: Oct.9th: Henry James: The Aspern Papers Week 5: Oct.16th:D.H.Lawrence: The Captain's Doll/ Katherine Mansfield: The Garden Party Week 6: Oct.23rd:James Joyce: Araby, Eveline, A Painful Case/ Samuel Beckett: Dante and the Lobster Week 7: Oct.30th: Angela Carter: The Bloody Chamber,A Souvenir of Japan, Flesh and the Mirror Week 8: Nov.6th: Pat Barker: Kelly Brown Week 9: Nov.13th: John Berger:Pig Earth - Intro.,A Question of Place,The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol Week 10:Nov.20th: READING WEEK: NO LESSON Week 11:Nov.27th: Emyr Humphries: Mel's Secret Love;Kelman; Busted Scotch etc; Mackay Brown: The Architect Week 12:Dec.3rd:William Trevor: The Ballroom of Romance: Bernard MacClaverty: Between Two Shores: Taking the Dog For A Walk etc Week 13: Dec 10th:Hanif Kureishi: Intimacy (Rushdie/Ishiguro) Week 14: Dec 17th: Ian McEwan: On Chesil Beach? Martin Amis: Heavy Water

Literature

• Hardy, Thomas Life's Little Ironies Oxford Oxford University Press 1996
• Barker, Pat Union Street London Virago 1982
• Kureishi, Hanif Love In A Blue Time London Faber and Faber 1997
• Beckett, Samuel More Pricks Than Kicks London John Calder 1993
• Joyce, James Dubliners London Penguin 1992
• Kelman J, Owens A, Gray, A Lean Tales London Vintage 1995
• M.Bradbury (ed.) The Penguin Book of Modern Short Stories London Penguin 1988
• Kelman, James No, Not While The Giro London Minerva 1989
• Wilde, Oscar Complete Short Fiction London Penguin 1994
• Carter, Angela The Bloody Chamber London Penguin 1981
• Lawrence, D.H. Selected Short Stories London Penguin 1982
• Carter, Angela Fireworks London Virago 1988
• McEwan, Ian In Between The Sheets London Picador 1979
• McEwan, Ian First Love, Last Rites London Picador 1976

Assessment methods

Credit requirements: Class contribution (30%); response paper(500-800 words; to be submitted by end of TEACHING semester)(20%); essay (to be submitted by exam date; 5-8 pages)(50%). No essay required for zapocet.Teaching of the course will involve an initial exposition of elements of narrative theory followed by discussion of the relevant texts in subsequent classes.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

The course is taught only once.

Teacher's information

http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=719

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