AJ14001 English Literature of the Renaissance

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
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)
PhDr. Filip Krajník, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 17:30–19:05 G31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination || AJ01002 Practical English 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 45 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/45, only registered: 0/45, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/45
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is conceived as an introduction to the literature and culture of the Elizabethan Age. Special attention is given to the development of specific genres (the sonnet, prose fiction, vernacular literary criticism, and popular drama: tragedy, comedy, history play and tragicomedy). The authors studied include, among others: Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Edmund Spenser, Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, and John Donne.
Attendence at classes is compulsory! The maximum number of allowed absences is two (2).
Syllabus
  • The course is conceived as an introduction to the literature and culture of the Elizabethan Age. Special attention is given to the development of specific genres (the sonnet, prose fiction, vernacular literary criticism, and popular drama: tragedy, comedy, history play and tragicomedy). The authors studied include, among others: Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Edmund Spenser, Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, and John Donne.
Literature
  • The Norton anthology of English literature. Vol. 1 [Abrams, 1986]. Edited by M. H. (Meyer Howard) Abrams. 5th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Comp., 1986, xxxvii, 26. ISBN 0-393-95469-2. info
  • SHAKESPEARE, William. Sonnets [Shakespeare, 1918]. Edited by C. Knox Pooler. London: Methuen, 1918, xl, 161 s. info
  • MARLOWE, Christopher. Doctor Faustus (Obsaž.) : The complete plays [Marlowe, 1969]. info
  • SHAKESPEARE, William. The complete works. Edited by Gary Taylor - Stanley Wells. Compact ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988, xlix, 1274. ISBN 0198182848. info
  • A new history of early English drama. Edited by John D. Cox - David Scott Kastan, Edited by Stephen Jay Greenblatt. New York: Columbia University Press, xiv, 565 s. ISBN 0-231-10242-9. info
  • HOLINSHED, Raphael. Holinshed's chronicle : as used in Shakespeare's plays. Edited by Josephine Nicoll - Allardyce Nicoll. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1927, xii, 233. info
  • Elizabethan-Jacobean drama : the theatre in its time. Edited by G. Blakemore (Gwynne Blakemore) Evans. New York: New Amsterdam, 1988, x, 388 p.,. ISBN 0-941533-13-1. info
  • PARFITT, George A. E. English poetry of the seventeenth century. 2nd ed. London: Longman, 1992, xiii, 288. ISBN 0-582-08437-710. info
  • LEWIS, C. S. English literature in the sixteenth century : excluding drama. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1954, vi, 696. info
  • WALLER, Gary F. English poetry of the sixteenth century. 2nd ed. Harlow: Longman Group, 1993, 317 s. ISBN 0582090962. info
Teaching methods
Weekly 1 1/2 hour seminar
Assessment methods
Seminars based on readings and discussion of English Renaissance literature.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=232
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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