PdF:AJ3DC_POST New Literatures - Course Information
AJ3DC_POST New Literatures
Faculty of EducationSpring 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/12. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jiří Šalamoun, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Prerequisites
- Master studies in English literature.
AJ3DC_POLI Populární literatura. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Extension of Teaching Qualification for secondary schools (programme PdF, C-CV, specialization Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature)
- Course objectives
- The course provides a basic insight to selected contemporary trends in literatures in English, reflecting the break of literary canons at the end of the 20th century.Extra focus is given to the latest young adult literature forms. Supported by uptodate primary and secondary reading texts, students are encouraged to explore one field in depth. The course is supplemented by AJ3DC_SBAL, Advanced Literary Seminar.
- Syllabus
- Areas:
- 1. New directions in literatures in English. Resources, requirements.
- 2. Post-colonial literatures (Australia, South Africa, East Asia).
- 3. Young adult literature.Verse novels.
- 4. Contemporary regional voices (Scotland).
- 5. Graphic novels and manga.
- 6. Fantasy fiction.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- TIFFIN, Helen, Gareth GRIFFITHS and Bill ASHCROFT. The empire writes back : theory and practice in post-colonial literatures. London: Routledge, 1989, viii, 246. ISBN 0-415-01208-2. info
- A concise companion to contemporary British fiction. Edited by James F. English. Malden: Blackwell, 2006, xi, 281. ISBN 9781405120012. info
- Young adult literature and adolescent identity across cultures and classrooms : contexts for the literary lives of teens. Edited by Janet Alsup. London: Routledge, 2010, ix, 225. ISBN 9780415876995. info
- Teaching methods
- Minilectures, presentations, power point and moodle support.
- Assessment methods
- Final discussion over a file focused on a selected field in contemporay literature (response paper, academic support, media coverage).
- Language of instruction
- English
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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