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

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
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

Wed 18:00–19:40 B2.23

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 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 by writers from the British Isles, focusing mainly on writers from the earlier part of the twentieth century and contemporary authors. The aim will be to explore and compare the formal elements of the stories and relate them to the experiential areas with which they engage. This will involve a brief exposure to elements of narrative theory.By the end of the course the student will have written an essay in which they demonstrate their ability to analyze aspects of the short fiction discussed in terms of relating form to content in the ways covered in the course.During the course students will be expected to discuss ways in which formal elements of the stories discussed deviate from traditional norms and the way in which these formal innovations impinge upon the authors' concern with their subject matter.Students will also be expected to gain the skill of going beyond discussing characters as if they were simply depictions of people and the notion of writers depicting a ready-made world by attempting to think of the way in which an author's narrative organizes events and the precise role which character functions play in a given story.

Learning outcomes

Students completing the course will have been exposed to a range of primarily twentieth short fiction and have discussed and analysed specific elements in terms of not only the content but also the narrative presentation of some of the stories considered. In this way they will have gained a better knowledge of specific and highly sophisticated forms of verbal/written presentation and the kinds of strategies involved in such presentations.

Syllabus

• Week 1: Sept.19th:ORIENTATION WEEK: NO SEMINAR Week 2: Sept.26th:Introductory Week 3: Oct.3rd:Thomas Hardy:An Imaginative Woman; On the Western Circuit Week 4: Oct 10th: Henry James: The Aspern Papers; The Turn of the Screw Week 5: Oct 17th:Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness Week 6: Oct 24th:James Joyce; The Sisters; Eveline; Araby; A Painful Case; The Dead Week 7: Oct 31st:D. H. Lawrence: The Fox; England, My England Week 8: Nov.7th:Katherine Mansfield: Prelude; Bliss; The Garden Party; Daughters of the Late Colonel; Something Childish But Very Natural Week 9: Nov.14th: READING WEEK: NO CLASS Week 10: Nov.21st:Samuel Beckett: Dante and The Lobster; Walking Out; Yellow Week 11:Nov.28th:Angela Carter: The Bloody Chamber; A Souvenir of Japan; Flesh and the Mirror; Reflections Week 12:Dec.5th: Pat Barker:Kelly Brown; Joanne Wilson; Lisa Goddard Week 13: Dec.12th:Selected Stories: P.G. Wodehouse: Unpleasantness at Bloodleigh Court; Elizabeth Bowen: The Dancing Mistress; Henry Green; The Lull; Roald Dahl: Someone Like You; Muriel Spark: Bang, Bang You're Dead; V.S Pritchett: The Camberwell Beauty; Jean Rhys: Pioneers, Oh, Pioneers; Ian McEwan: Pornography (select at least three for discussion).

Literature

• Lawrence, D.H. Selected Short Stories London Penguin 1982
• Beckett, Samuel More Pricks Than Kicks, London, John Calder, 1993
• Joyce, James Dubliners London Penguin 1992
• Lawrence, D.H, The Complete Short Novels, Harmondswoth, Penguin, 1990
• Hardy, Thomas Life's Little Ironies Oxford Oxford University Press 1996
• In the cage. Edited by Henry James. London: Electric Book Co., 2001, 124 p. ISBN 1901843939. info
• The Aspern papers. Edited by Henry James. London: Electric Book Co., 2001, 122 p. ISBN 184327082X. info
• CONRAD, Joseph. Heart of darkness. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1994, 110 s. ISBN 0140620486. info
• CARTER, Angela. The bloody chamber and other stories. London: Victor Gollancz, 1989, 157 s. ISBN 0575025840. info
• CARTER, Angela. Fireworks. London: Virago Press, 1988, 120 s. ISBN 0-86068-402-4. info
• BARKER, Pat. Union Street. London: Virago Press, 1982, 265 s. ISBN 9780860682837. info
• MANSFIELD, Katherine. In a German pension. Edited by John Middleton Murry. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964, 116 stran. ISBN 0140021817. info
• MANSFIELD, Katherine. The garden party and other stories. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1951, 254 s. info
• CONRAD, Joseph. Typhoon and other stories. New York: Doubleday, Doran and company, 1938, 277 s. info
• MANSFIELD, Roger and Katherine MANSFIELD. The garden party and other stories [Mansfield, 1928, Constable]. London: Constable, 1928, 276 s. info
• MANSFIELD, Roger and Katherine MANSFIELD. Bliss and other stories. London: Constable, 1920, 279 s. info
• CONRAD, Joseph. The shadow-line : a confession [Conrad, 1917]. London: J. M. Dent, 1917, 227 s. info

Teaching methods

Teaching by close reading, and ninety minute weekly seminar discussion including group or pairwork.

Assessment methods

Credit requirements: Class contribution (40%), essay (6-8 pages) (60%).

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught only once.

Teacher's information

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