AJ26065 Ian McEwan and Post-1945 Society

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 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
Tue 18:20–19:55 G22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
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Course objectives (in Czech)
The course will look at two partly related areas. The first is the development of the work of one of Britain's leading contemporary novelists, Ian McEwan; fiction considered will include The Ploughman's Lunch, The Child in Time, Enduring Love, Amsterdam, Atonement and Saturday. The second aspect of the course will be a socio-political consideration of significant moments or developments in post-war society, including 1968, the emergence of the globalized informational network society, the possible ,decline of liberalism and the rise of environmentalism. The main texts used to read these developments will be '1968' by David Caute, The Information Age trilogy by Manuel Castells, Postmodernism and The Environment by Arran Gare and Enlightenment's Wake by John Gray.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Week 1 February 19th Introductory Week 2 February 26th The Ploughman's Lunch/ M.Castells (Vol.1): prologue & Ch.1 (2,3 if you have time/inclination) Week 3 March 4th The Child in Time (1)/ M.Castells (Vol.1)Ch 5,6,7,Conclusion) Week 4 March 11th The Child in Time (2)/ M.Castells (Vol.2)Ch.1&2 Week 5 March 18th Enduring Love (1)/ M.Castells (Vol.2)Ch.3,(4),5,6, Conclusion Week 6 March 25th Enduring Love (2)/ Gray: Post-Communist Societies/Castells (Vol.3: Ch.1,(2-conclusion), 3,(5),(and especially)Conclusion Week 7 April 1st Amsterdam (1)/Gray: Enlightenment's Wake Week 8 April 8th Amsterdam (2)Gare Ch.1-2 Week 9 April 15th Atonement (1)Gare Ch.3-4 Week 10 April 22nd Atonement (2)Gare Ch.5 Week 11 April 29th Saturday (1)Caute Ch.1-9 Week 12 May 6th Saturday (2)/Caute Ch.10-17 Week 13 May 13th On Chesil Beach / Caute Ch.17-23
Literature
  • McEwan, Ian The Child In Time London Picador
  • Castells, Manuel The Rise of the Network Society Oxford Blackwell
  • McEwan Ian Atonement London Vintage
  • Caute, David 1968 London Paladin 1988
  • McEwan Ian Amsterdam London Picador
  • Gray, John Enlightment's Wake London Routledge 2007
  • McEwan Ian Enduring Love London Picador
  • McEwan Ian The Ploughman's Lunch London Picador
  • Castells Manuel The Power of Identity Oxford Blackwell
  • Castells Manuel End of Millenium Oxford Blackwell
  • McEwan Ian Saturday London Vintage
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Assessment: oral contribution & attendance (30%); 1 response paper (500-1,000 words) (20%); essay (5-8 pages)(50%).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
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