AJ2RC_AMLI American Literature 2

Faculty of Education
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/0/24. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Přibylová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Course goals: - explore the 20th century American literature
Syllabus
  • Course outline: February 24: Introduction to the course; Modernism March 3: The South and Literature March 10: The West and Literature March 17: Postmodernism March 24: Ethnic Minorities and Literature; Magic Realism March 31: American Drama April 7: American Poetry April 14: Childrens and Juvenile Literature; Popular Literature April 21: your presentations and questions: Ernest Hemingway, F.S. Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck April 28: your presentations and questions: Donald Barthelme, Kurt Vonnegut, E.L. Doctorow May 5: your presentations and questions: Ralph Ellison, Saul Bellow, Joyce Carol Oates May 12: your presentations and questions: Toni Morrison, Leslie Marmon Silko, Maxine Hong Kingston May 19: your presentations and questions: Don DeLillo, Tom Robbins, Paul Auster
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Course requirements: - regular participation - team presentations (instructions will be placed on the moodlinka in time) - reading journal (will include the names listed above, for details see the moodlinka) - final project (exploring ELT textbooks and bookstores shelves in search of American literature; details will be placed on the moodlinka by March 31)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Teacher's information
for details and literature see the moodlinka
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005.
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