AJ4_SAL2 20th Century American Literature Seminar

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavla Buchtová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
AJ4_SAL2/01: Thu 10:15–11:50 učebna 12
AJ4_SAL2/02: Thu 12:50–14:30 učebna 59
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
This survey course examines American literature from the beginning of the twentieth century to present, covering two important literary movements, modernism and postmodernism. The course is designed to introduce students to the ideas and pleasures literature offers us, and encourages students to think about the texts and discuss them in the class. Students are also asked to keep a journal of their thoughts and responses to themes and ideas expressed in the texts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Modernist poetry (Ezra Pound, W. C. Williams, e. e. cummings, Wallece Stevens, T. S. Eliot) 2. Modernist fiction (Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway) 3. Harlem Renaissance (Langston Hughes, Claude McCay, Zora Neale Hurston, blues lyrics) 4. Southern literature (William Faulkner, Flannery OConnor) 5. Drama (Edward Albee) 6. Jewish authors (I. B. Singer, Woody Allen, Art Spiegelman) 7. Postmodern literature I (Donald Barthelme, John Barth) 8. Postmodern literature II (Kathy Acker, Joyce Carol Oates) 9. Afro-American literature (Lucille Clifton, June Jordan, Alice Walker) 10. Ethnic literature (Sandra Cisneros, Amy Tan, Sherman Alexie, Dian Million, Ofelia Zepeda) 11. Contemporary poetry (Frank OHara, Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Plath, Laurie Anderson)
Literature
  • The Heath anthology of American literature. Edited by Paul Lauter. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1990, xxxix, 261. ISBN 0-669-12065-0. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Typ výuky: seminář
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2005.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2004, recent)
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