PdF:AJ2RC_NOAL British Literature from 1845 - Course Information
AJ2RC_NOAL British Literature from 1845 to 1945
Faculty of EducationSpring 2013
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/24. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Irena Přibylová, 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 - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- AJ2RC_NOAL/OS01: Fri 1. 3. 12:05–13:45 učebna 59, Fri 22. 3. 12:05–13:45 učebna 59, Fri 12. 4. 12:05–13:45 učebna 59, Fri 26. 4. 12:05–13:45 učebna 59, Fri 10. 5. 12:05–13:45 učebna 59, Fri 24. 5. 12:05–13:45 učebna 59, L. Podroužková
- Prerequisites
- A course in Introduction to literature and minimum one survey course in literature.
- 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
- Studies to Extend Teaching Qualification for Lower Seconday Schools (programme PdF, C-CV, specialization Anglický jazyk a literatura pro základní školy)
- Course objectives
- The course covers British literature from mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. At the end of the course, students will have gained a general insight into the period. Further, they will be able to identify, individually interpret, question,and critically evaluate major works of the period in the cultural, social and historical context.
- Syllabus
- 1. The Golden Age of the novel (the Brontë sisters, Charles Dickens, W.M. Thackeray). 2. Victorian mores and their critique: R.L. Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, Wilkie Collins. 3. Escape from reality: Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear. 4. Decline of the empire: Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad. 5. Naturalism: Tess of the d´Urbervilles. 6. Modernism and its alternatives: Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- PODROUŽKOVÁ, Lucie. A Reader in British Literature. Part II: The nineteenth century. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, 176 pp. 2. vydání. ISBN 80-210-4108-8. info
- BURGESS, Anthony. English literature : a survey for students. London: Longman, 1958, 278 p. ISBN 0582552249. info
- Teaching methods
- Class discussions on assigned readings, pair and group work, portfolio work, mood-link-a assignments.
- Assessment methods
- week-to-week reading and independent extensive reading active participation in class discussion on readings portfolio work (a set worksheets) mood-link-a assignments mock test and set reading interview
- Language of instruction
- English
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Teacher's information
- http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=663
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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