AJ16063 Different Realisms: Barker, Berger

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
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 15:00–16:35 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
This course will look at aspects of the writing of Pat Barker and John Berger in relation to relevant aspects of related cultural theory. The aim of the course will be to consider how the two writers have contributed to the development and problematisation of 'realism' in literary writing.By the end of the course the student will have written an essay indicating their ability to analyze aspects of the writing of one or both of the authors covered in this course.During the course students will be expected to develop and display their ability to make observations on the formal and substantive elements of texts supported by appropriate evidential quotation. The course will seek to develop the participants' ability to identify questions of power relations in relation to class, gender and sexuality in the work of the two writers covered in particular but, by extension, to any form of written discourse. In formal terms, the differing but comparable forms of documentative realism practised by the two writers and the comparisons which can be made with the work of George Orwell, Consequent with the political implications for all forms of written discourse and their claims to present 'reality' will be analyzed.
Syllabus
  • Lesson 1: 24th February:Introductory Lesson 2: 3rd March:Regeneration (1) Lesson 3: 10th March:Regeneration (2) Lesson 4: 17th March:The Eye in the Door (1) Lesson 5: 24th March:The Eye In The Door (2) Lesson 6: 31st March:The Ghost Road (1) Lesson 7: 7th April:READING WEEK: NO LESSON Lesson 8: 14th April:A Fortunate Man Lesson 9: 21st April: G (1) Lesson 10 28th April: G (2) Lesson 11:5th May: Pig Earth Lesson 12:12th May: Once in Europa Lesson 13:19th May: Lilac and Flag
Literature
  • Stevenson, David 1914-1918 The History of the First World War London Penguin 1994
  • Berger, John Once In Europa London Granta 1989
  • Berger, John Lilac and Flag London Granta 1992
  • Berger, John Pig Earth London Vintage 1979
  • Barker, Pat, The Eye In The Door London Penguin
  • BARKER, Pat. The ghost road. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1996, 277 s. ISBN 0-14-023628-7. info
  • GARE, Arran E. Postmodernism and the environmental crisis. London: Routledge, 1995, vii, 192. ISBN 0415124794. info
  • BARKER, Pat. Regeneration. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, 251 s. ISBN 0-14-012308-3. info
Teaching methods
Teaching by close reading and class discussion in the form of ninety minute weekly seminars.
Assessment methods
The course will be assessed by oral contribution (40%) and essay (60%).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
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