Course Information

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Denisa Krásná, BA (Hons), Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Daniela Šmardová (lecturer)
Mgr. Tereza Šmilauerová (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Lenka Žárská (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/01: each odd Monday 14:00–15:40 G23, T. Šmilauerová
AJ04003/02: each odd Monday 12:00–13:40 L21, L. Žárská
AJ04003/03: each odd Monday 8:00–9:40 J21, D. Šmardová
AJ04003/04: each odd Wednesday 18:00–19:40 M22
AJ04003/05: each odd Wednesday 16:00–17:40 L21, D. Krásná

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && NOW( AJ04002 Literary Studies II Lecture )

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The series of seminars complements the lectures series Introduction to literature II. It provides a space for students to reflect on the lecture topics, to gain a deeper understanding of how literature works, to learn to critically analyze literary texts, and also to write about them in an academic fashion.
Course objectives:
1. To learn the methods of conducting library research and working with primary and secondary sources.
2. To acquire the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing academic essays.
3. To refine critical thinking about literature and achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• 1. Modern Irish Drama: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest; Chapter 2 “Oscar Wilde–The Artist As Irishman” from Inventing Ireland by Declan Kiberd, pp. 33-50. Response paper 1 (upload to ELF before the class begins; late submissions will lose 2 points)
• 2. The Bloomsbury Group: virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway; Chapter 1 “Civilization and ‘My Civilisation’: Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde” from Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde by Christine Froula, pp.1-34. Response paper 2
• 3. American Modernism: T.S. Eliot, Wateland. Response paper 3
• 4. Post-war Drama: Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party; Martin Esslin, “The Significance of the Absurd”, The Theatre of the Absurd, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1961, pp. 399-429. Response paper 4
• 5. Literary Postmodernisms: Joseph Heller, Catch-22; John Barth, “The Literature of Replenishment”. Response paper 5
• 6. Postcolonial Literatures in English: Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children. Response paper 6.

Literature

• WILDE, Oscar. The importance of being earnest. [S.l.: s.n., 276 s. info
• Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury avant-gardewar, civilization, modernity. Edited by Christine Froula. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, xvii, 428. ISBN 0231134444. info
• KIBERD, Declan. Inventing Ireland : the literature of the modern nation. London: Vintage, 1996, xvi, 719. ISBN 009958221X. info
• WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. Edited by Elaine Showalter - Stella McNichol. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, liv, 231 s. ISBN 0-14-018569-0. info
• ESSLIN, Martin. The theatre of the absurd. 3rd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, 480 s. ISBN 0-14-013728-9. info
• PINTER, Harold. The birthday party ; and, The room : two plays. Rev. ed. New York: Grove Press, 1968, 116 s. info
• HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Dell Publishing, 1962, 463 s. info

Teaching methods

The seminars consist of group and class discussions of the given texts. Students write response papers, participate in discussions, learn the skills of academic writing.

Assessment methods

Students must prepare for all classes, especially for the seminars. The assigned texts must be read before the class so that students can engage actively in discussions and other continuous assessment. Written assignments must be submitted in the correct format and on time. 1 credit (zápočet) is given at the end of the lecture series, 2 credits for the exam at the end of the seminar series. Final mark: class performance 20%; response papers 30%; final research paper 50%. Points out of 100; 60% pass/fail line. Evaluation scale: A 100-85; B 84-80; C-79-75; D-74-70; E 69-60; F (fail) 59-0.

Language of instruction

English

Follow-Up Courses

• AJ04002 Introduction to Literary Studies II Lecture

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jan Čapek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Fišerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Denisa Krásná, BA (Hons), Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Daniela Šmardová (lecturer)
Mgr. Tereza Šmilauerová (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/01: each odd Monday 12:00–13:40 J21, T. Šmilauerová
AJ04003/02: each odd Wednesday 18:00–19:40 G31; and Wed 15. 5. 18:00–19:40 G31, J. Čapek
AJ04003/03: each odd Wednesday 18:00–19:40 G32; and Wed 15. 5. 18:00–19:40 G32, P. Fišerová
AJ04003/04: each odd Monday 14:00–15:40 K33, D. Krásná
AJ04003/05: each odd Wednesday 18:00–19:40 K12 nerezervovat; and Wed 15. 5. 18:00–19:40 K12 nerezervovat, D. Šmardová

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && NOW( AJ04002 Literary Studies II Lecture )

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The series of seminars complements the lectures series Introduction to literature II. It provides a space for students to reflect on the lecture topics, to gain a deeper understanding of how literature works, to learn to critically analyze literary texts, and also to write about them in an academic fashion.
Course objectives:
1. To learn the methods of conducting library research and working with primary and secondary sources.
2. To acquire the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing academic essays.
3. To refine critical thinking about literature and achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• 1. Modern Irish Drama: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest; Chapter 2 “Oscar Wilde–The Artist As Irishman” from Inventing Ireland by Declan Kiberd, pp. 33-50. Response paper 1 (upload to ELF before the class begins; late submissions will lose 2 points)
• 2. The Bloomsbury Group: virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway; Chapter 1 “Civilization and ‘My Civilisation’: Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde” from Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde by Christine Froula, pp.1-34. Response paper 2
• 3. American Modernism: T.S. Eliot, Wateland. Response paper 3
• 4. Post-war Drama: Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party; Martin Esslin, “The Significance of the Absurd”, The Theatre of the Absurd, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1961, pp. 399-429. Response paper 4
• 5. Literary Postmodernisms: Joseph Heller, Catch-22; John Barth, “The Literature of Replenishment”. Response paper 5
• 6. Postcolonial Literatures in English: Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children. Response paper 6.

Literature

• WILDE, Oscar. The importance of being earnest. [S.l.: s.n., 276 s. info
• Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury avant-gardewar, civilization, modernity. Edited by Christine Froula. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, xvii, 428. ISBN 0231134444. info
• KIBERD, Declan. Inventing Ireland : the literature of the modern nation. London: Vintage, 1996, xvi, 719. ISBN 009958221X. info
• WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. Edited by Elaine Showalter - Stella McNichol. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, liv, 231 s. ISBN 0-14-018569-0. info
• ESSLIN, Martin. The theatre of the absurd. 3rd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, 480 s. ISBN 0-14-013728-9. info
• PINTER, Harold. The birthday party ; and, The room : two plays. Rev. ed. New York: Grove Press, 1968, 116 s. info
• HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Dell Publishing, 1962, 463 s. info

Teaching methods

The seminars consist of group and class discussions of the given texts. Students write response papers, participate in discussions, learn the skills of academic writing.

Assessment methods

Students must prepare for all classes, especially for the seminars. The assigned texts must be read before the class so that students can engage actively in discussions and other continuous assessment. Written assignments must be submitted in the correct format and on time. 1 credit (zápočet) is given at the end of the lecture series, 2 credits for the exam at the end of the seminar series. Final mark: class performance 20%; response papers 30%; final research paper 50%. Points out of 100; 60% pass/fail line. Evaluation scale: A 100-85; B 84-80; C-79-75; D-74-70; E 69-60; F (fail) 59-0.

Language of instruction

English

Follow-Up Courses

• AJ04002 Introduction to Literary Studies II Lecture

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. et Mgr. Adéla Hájková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Barbora Kotucz (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Ivana Plevíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Tereza Walsbergerová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. David Zelený (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/01: each odd Wednesday 17:30–19:05 B2.51, I. Plevíková
AJ04003/02: each odd Monday 12:30–14:05 G23, D. Zelený
AJ04003/03: each odd Wednesday 14:10–15:45 G32, T. Walsbergerová
AJ04003/04: each odd Wednesday 15:50–17:25 U13, A. Hájková
AJ04003/05: each odd Wednesday 17:30–19:05 G23, B. Kotucz

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && NOW( AJ04002 Literary Studies II Lecture )

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The series of seminars complements the lectures series Introduction to literature II. It provides a space for students to reflect on the lecture topics, to gain a deeper understanding of how literature works, to learn to critically analyze literary texts, and also to write about them in an academic fashion.
Course objectives:
1. To learn the methods of conducting library research and working with primary and secondary sources.
2. To acquire the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing academic essays.
3. To refine critical thinking about literature and achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• 1. Modern Irish Drama: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest; Chapter 2 “Oscar Wilde–The Artist As Irishman” from Inventing Ireland by Declan Kiberd, pp. 33-50. Response paper 1 (upload to ELF before the class begins; late submissions will lose 2 points)
• 2. The Bloomsbury Group: virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway; Chapter 1 “Civilization and ‘My Civilisation’: Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde” from Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde by Christine Froula, pp.1-34. Response paper 2
• 3. American Modernism: T.S. Eliot, Wateland. Response paper 3
• 4. Post-war Drama: Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party; Martin Esslin, “The Significance of the Absurd”, The Theatre of the Absurd, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1961, pp. 399-429. Response paper 4
• 5. Literary Postmodernisms: Joseph Heller, Catch-22; John Barth, “The Literature of Replenishment”. Response paper 5
• 6. Postcolonial Literatures in English: Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children. Response paper 6.

Literature

• WILDE, Oscar. The importance of being earnest. [S.l.: s.n., 276 s. info
• Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury avant-gardewar, civilization, modernity. Edited by Christine Froula. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, xvii, 428. ISBN 0231134444. info
• KIBERD, Declan. Inventing Ireland : the literature of the modern nation. London: Vintage, 1996, xvi, 719. ISBN 009958221X. info
• WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. Edited by Elaine Showalter - Stella McNichol. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, liv, 231 s. ISBN 0-14-018569-0. info
• ESSLIN, Martin. The theatre of the absurd. 3rd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, 480 s. ISBN 0-14-013728-9. info
• PINTER, Harold. The birthday party ; and, The room : two plays. Rev. ed. New York: Grove Press, 1968, 116 s. info
• HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Dell Publishing, 1962, 463 s. info

Teaching methods

The seminars consist of group and class discussions of the given texts. Students write response papers, participate in discussions, learn the skills of academic writing.

Assessment methods

Students must prepare for all classes, especially for the seminars. The assigned texts must be read before the class so that students can engage actively in discussions and other continuous assessment. Written assignments must be submitted in the correct format and on time. 1 credit (zápočet) is given at the end of the lecture series, 2 credits for the exam at the end of the seminar series. Final mark: class performance 20%; response papers 30%; final research paper 50%. Points out of 100; 60% pass/fail line. Evaluation scale: A 100-85; B 84-80; C-79-75; D-74-70; E 69-60; F (fail) 59-0.

Language of instruction

English

Follow-Up Courses

• AJ04002 Introduction to Literary Studies II Lecture

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Velid Beganović, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Adéla Hájková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Barbora Kašpárková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Mikeš (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. David Zelený (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/01: each odd Wednesday 19:10–20:45 G31, A. Hájková
AJ04003/02: each odd Wednesday 17:30–19:05 G32, V. Beganović
AJ04003/03: each odd Thursday 17:30–19:05 G32, M. Mikeš
AJ04003/04: each odd Wednesday 17:30–19:05 M22, D. Zelený
AJ04003/05: each odd Monday 9:10–10:45 G32; and Mon 15. 5. 9:10–10:45 G33, B. Kašpárková

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && NOW( AJ04002 Literary Studies II Lecture )

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The series of seminars complements the lectures series Introduction to literature II. It provides a space for students to reflect on the lecture topics, to gain a deeper understanding of how literature works, to learn to critically analyze literary texts, and also to write about them in an academic fashion.
Course objectives:
1. To learn the methods of conducting library research and working with primary and secondary sources.
2. To acquire the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing academic essays.
3. To refine critical thinking about literature and achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• 1. Modern Irish Drama: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest; Chapter 2 “Oscar Wilde–The Artist As Irishman” from Inventing Ireland by Declan Kiberd, pp. 33-50. Response paper 1 (upload to ELF before the class begins; late submissions will lose 2 points)
• 2. The Bloomsbury Group: virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway; Chapter 1 “Civilization and ‘My Civilisation’: Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde” from Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde by Christine Froula, pp.1-34. Response paper 2
• 3. American Modernism: T.S. Eliot, Wateland. Response paper 3
• 4. Post-war Drama: Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party; Martin Esslin, “The Significance of the Absurd”, The Theatre of the Absurd, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1961, pp. 399-429. Response paper 4
• 5. Literary Postmodernisms: Joseph Heller, Catch-22; John Barth, “The Literature of Replenishment”. Response paper 5
• 6. Postcolonial Literatures in English: Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children. Response paper 6.

Literature

• WILDE, Oscar. The importance of being earnest. [S.l.: s.n., 276 s. info
• Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury avant-gardewar, civilization, modernity. Edited by Christine Froula. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, xvii, 428. ISBN 0231134444. info
• KIBERD, Declan. Inventing Ireland : the literature of the modern nation. London: Vintage, 1996, xvi, 719. ISBN 009958221X. info
• WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. Edited by Elaine Showalter - Stella McNichol. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, liv, 231 s. ISBN 0-14-018569-0. info
• ESSLIN, Martin. The theatre of the absurd. 3rd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, 480 s. ISBN 0-14-013728-9. info
• PINTER, Harold. The birthday party ; and, The room : two plays. Rev. ed. New York: Grove Press, 1968, 116 s. info
• HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Dell Publishing, 1962, 463 s. info

Teaching methods

The seminars consist of group and class discussions of the given texts. Students write response papers, participate in discussions, learn the skills of academic writing.

Assessment methods

Students must prepare for all classes, especially for the seminars. The assigned texts must be read before the class so that students can engage actively in discussions and other continuous assessment. Written assignments must be submitted in the correct format and on time. 1 credit (zápočet) is given at the end of the lecture series, 2 credits for the exam at the end of the seminar series. Final mark: class performance 20%; response papers 30%; final research paper 50%. Points out of 100; 60% pass/fail line. Evaluation scale: A 100-85; B 84-80; C-79-75; D-74-70; E 69-60; F (fail) 59-0.

Language of instruction

English

Follow-Up Courses

• AJ04002 Introduction to Literary Studies II Lecture

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Velid Beganović, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Juhasová (lecturer)
Mgr. Alexandra Koudelová Stachurová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Patrik Míša (lecturer)
Mgr. Alžběta Rubinatti (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Valentová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/01: each odd Monday 12:30–14:05 K23, A. Koudelová Stachurová
AJ04003/02: each odd Wednesday 14:10–15:45 G31, V. Beganović
AJ04003/03: each odd Monday 7:30–9:05 G31, A. Rubinatti
AJ04003/04: each odd Monday 14:10–15:45 G31, P. Míša
AJ04003/05: each odd Monday 9:10–10:45 G31, E. Valentová

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && NOW( AJ04002 Literary Studies II Lecture )

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The series of seminars complements the lectures series Introduction to literature II. It provides a space for students to reflect on the lecture topics, to gain a deeper understanding of how literature works, to learn to critically analyze literary texts, and also to write about them in an academic fashion.
Course objectives:
1. To learn the methods of conducting library research and working with primary and secondary sources.
2. To acquire the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing academic essays.
3. To refine critical thinking about literature and achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• 1. Modern Irish Drama: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest; Chapter 2 “Oscar Wilde–The Artist As Irishman” from Inventing Ireland by Declan Kiberd, pp. 33-50. Response paper 1 (upload to ELF before the class begins; late submissions will lose 2 points)
• 2. The Bloomsbury Group: virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway; Chapter 1 “Civilization and ‘My Civilisation’: Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde” from Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde by Christine Froula, pp.1-34. Response paper 2
• 3. American Modernism: T.S. Eliot, Wateland. Response paper 3
• 4. Post-war Drama: Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party; Martin Esslin, “The Significance of the Absurd”, The Theatre of the Absurd, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1961, pp. 399-429. Response paper 4
• 5. Literary Postmodernisms: Joseph Heller, Catch-22; John Barth, “The Literature of Replenishment”. Response paper 5
• 6. Postcolonial Literatures in English: Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children. Response paper 6.

Literature

• WILDE, Oscar. The importance of being earnest. [S.l.: s.n., 276 s. info
• Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury avant-gardewar, civilization, modernity. Edited by Christine Froula. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, xvii, 428. ISBN 0231134444. info
• KIBERD, Declan. Inventing Ireland : the literature of the modern nation. London: Vintage, 1996, xvi, 719. ISBN 009958221X. info
• WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. Edited by Elaine Showalter - Stella McNichol. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, liv, 231 s. ISBN 0-14-018569-0. info
• ESSLIN, Martin. The theatre of the absurd. 3rd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, 480 s. ISBN 0-14-013728-9. info
• PINTER, Harold. The birthday party ; and, The room : two plays. Rev. ed. New York: Grove Press, 1968, 116 s. info
• HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Dell Publishing, 1962, 463 s. info

Teaching methods

The seminars consist of group and class discussions of the given texts. Students write response papers, participate in discussions, learn the skills of academic writing.

Assessment methods

Students must prepare for all classes, especially for the seminars. The assigned texts must be read before the class so that students can engage actively in discussions and other continuous assessment. Written assignments must be submitted in the correct format and on time. 1 credit (zápočet) is given at the end of the lecture series, 2 credits for the exam at the end of the seminar series. Final mark: class performance 20%; response papers 30%; final research paper 50%. Points out of 100; 60% pass/fail line. Evaluation scale: A 100-85; B 84-80; C-79-75; D-74-70; E 69-60; F (fail) 59-0.

Language of instruction

English

Follow-Up Courses

• AJ04002 Introduction to Literary Studies II Lecture

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Velid Beganović, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Juhasová (lecturer)
Mgr. Alexandra Koudelová Stachurová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Patrik Míša (lecturer)
Mgr. Alžběta Rubinatti (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Valentová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/A: each odd Monday 9:10–10:45 K23, A. Rubinatti
AJ04003/B: each odd Monday 12:30–14:05 G31, V. Beganović
AJ04003/C: each odd Monday 15:50–17:25 G31, E. Valentová
AJ04003/D: each odd Wednesday 14:10–15:45 G31, E. Juhasová
AJ04003/E: each odd Wednesday 15:50–17:25 G31, A. Koudelová Stachurová
AJ04003/F: each odd Tuesday 17:30–19:05 G23, P. Míša

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && NOW( AJ04002 Literary Studies II Lecture )

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The series of seminars complements the lectures series Introduction to literature II. It provides a space for students to reflect on the lecture topics, to gain a deeper understanding of how literature works, to learn to critically analyze literary texts, and also to write about them in an academic fashion.
Course objectives:
1. To learn the methods of conducting library research and working with primary and secondary sources.
2. To acquire the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing academic essays.
3. To refine critical thinking about literature and achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• 1. Modern Irish Drama: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest; Chapter 2 “Oscar Wilde–The Artist As Irishman” from Inventing Ireland by Declan Kiberd, pp. 33-50. Response paper 1 (upload to ELF before the class begins; late submissions will lose 2 points)
• 2. The Bloomsbury Group: virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway; Chapter 1 “Civilization and ‘My Civilisation’: Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde” from Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde by Christine Froula, pp.1-34. Response paper 2
• 3. American Modernism: T.S. Eliot, Wateland. Response paper 3
• 4. Post-war Drama: Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party; Martin Esslin, “The Significance of the Absurd”, The Theatre of the Absurd, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1961, pp. 399-429. Response paper 4
• 5. Literary Postmodernisms: Joseph Heller, Catch-22; John Barth, “The Literature of Replenishment”. Response paper 5
• 6. Postcolonial Literatures in English: Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children. Response paper 6.

Literature

• WILDE, Oscar. The importance of being earnest. [S.l.: s.n., 276 s. info
• Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury avant-gardewar, civilization, modernity. Edited by Christine Froula. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, xvii, 428. ISBN 0231134444. info
• KIBERD, Declan. Inventing Ireland : the literature of the modern nation. London: Vintage, 1996, xvi, 719. ISBN 009958221X. info
• WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. Edited by Elaine Showalter - Stella McNichol. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, liv, 231 s. ISBN 0-14-018569-0. info
• ESSLIN, Martin. The theatre of the absurd. 3rd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, 480 s. ISBN 0-14-013728-9. info
• PINTER, Harold. The birthday party ; and, The room : two plays. Rev. ed. New York: Grove Press, 1968, 116 s. info
• HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Dell Publishing, 1962, 463 s. info

Teaching methods

The seminars consist of group and class discussions of the given texts. Students write response papers, participate in discussions, learn the skills of academic writing.

Assessment methods

Students must prepare for all classes, especially for the seminars. The assigned texts must be read before the class so that students can engage actively in discussions and other continuous assessment. Written assignments must be submitted in the correct format and on time. 1 credit (zápočet) is given at the end of the lecture series, 2 credits for the exam at the end of the seminar series. Final mark: class performance 20%; response papers 30%; final research paper 50%. Points out of 100; 60% pass/fail line. Evaluation scale: A 100-85; B 84-80; C-79-75; D-74-70; E 69-60; F (fail) 59-0.

Language of instruction

English

Follow-Up Courses

• AJ04002 Introduction to Literary Studies II Lecture

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Beneš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Bilá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Dita Hochmanová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Eva Juhasová (lecturer)
PhDr. Filip Krajník, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/A: each odd Monday 9:10–10:45 G32, J. Beneš, M. Horáková
AJ04003/B: each odd Monday 12:30–14:05 G22, M. Horáková, F. Krajník
AJ04003/C: each odd Monday 15:50–17:25 G32, M. Bilá, M. Horáková
AJ04003/D: each odd Wednesday 14:10–15:45 G32, M. Horáková, E. Juhasová
AJ04003/E: each odd Wednesday 15:50–17:25 G24, D. Hochmanová, M. Horáková

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && NOW( AJ04002 Literary Studies II Lecture )

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The series of seminars complements the lectures series Introduction to literature II. It provides a space for students to reflect on the lecture topics, to gain a deeper understanding of how literature works, to learn to critically analyze literary texts, and also to write about them in an academic fashion.
Course objectives:
1. To learn the methods of conducting library research and working with primary and secondary sources.
2. To acquire the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing academic essays.
3. To refine critical thinking about literature and achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• 1. Modern Irish Drama: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest; Chapter 2 “Oscar Wilde–The Artist As Irishman” from Inventing Ireland by Declan Kiberd, pp. 33-50. Response paper 1 (upload to ELF before the class begins; late submissions will lose 2 points)
• 2. The Bloomsbury Group: virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway; Chapter 1 “Civilization and ‘My Civilisation’: Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde” from Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde by Christine Froula, pp.1-34. Response paper 2
• 3. American Modernism: T.S. Eliot, Wateland. Response paper 3
• 4. Post-war Drama: Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party; Martin Esslin, “The Significance of the Absurd”, The Theatre of the Absurd, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1961, pp. 399-429. Response paper 4
• 5. Literary Postmodernisms: Joseph Heller, Catch-22; John Barth, “The Literature of Replenishment”. Response paper 5
• 6. Postcolonial Literatures in English: Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children. Response paper 6.

Literature

• WILDE, Oscar. The importance of being earnest. [S.l.: s.n., 276 s. info
• Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury avant-gardewar, civilization, modernity. Edited by Christine Froula. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, xvii, 428. ISBN 0231134444. info
• KIBERD, Declan. Inventing Ireland : the literature of the modern nation. London: Vintage, 1996, xvi, 719. ISBN 009958221X. info
• WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. Edited by Elaine Showalter - Stella McNichol. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, liv, 231 s. ISBN 0-14-018569-0. info
• ESSLIN, Martin. The theatre of the absurd. 3rd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, 480 s. ISBN 0-14-013728-9. info
• PINTER, Harold. The birthday party ; and, The room : two plays. Rev. ed. New York: Grove Press, 1968, 116 s. info
• HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Dell Publishing, 1962, 463 s. info

Teaching methods

The seminars consist of group and class discussions of the given texts. Students write response papers, participate in discussions, learn the skills of academic writing.

Assessment methods

Students must prepare for all classes, especially for the seminars. The assigned texts must be read before the class so that students can engage actively in discussions and other continuous assessment. Written assignments must be submitted in the correct format and on time. 1 credit (zápočet) is given at the end of the lecture series, 2 credits for the exam at the end of the seminar series. Final mark: class performance 20%; response papers 30%; final research paper 50%. Points out of 100; 60% pass/fail line. Evaluation scale: A 100-85; B 84-80; C-79-75; D-74-70; E 69-60; F (fail) 59-0.

Language of instruction

English

Follow-Up Courses

• AJ04002 Introduction to Literary Studies II Lecture

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Martina Bilá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Markéta Dudová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Dita Hochmanová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Zuzana Kršková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Šalamoun, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Veronika Vencúrik Pituková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/A: Mon 9:10–10:45 G31, J. Šalamoun
AJ04003/B: Mon 10:50–12:25 G31, D. Hochmanová
AJ04003/C: Mon 14:10–15:45 G31, M. Dudová
AJ04003/D: Wed 10:50–12:25 zruseno D51, Z. Kršková
AJ04003/E: Wed 14:10–15:45 G31, V. Vencúrik Pituková
AJ04003/F: Wed 15:50–17:25 zruseno D51, M. Bilá

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I

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

there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Aristotle, Poetics
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. The lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Markéta Dudová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Dita Hochmanová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Zuzana Kršková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marek Procházka (lecturer)
Mgr. Marcela Sekanina Vavřinová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Veronika Vencúrik Pituková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/A: Mon 9:10–10:45 G31, Z. Kršková
AJ04003/B: Thu 14:10–15:45 G23, D. Hochmanová
AJ04003/C: Wed 14:10–15:45 G23, V. Vencúrik Pituková
AJ04003/D: Wed 15:50–17:25 C42, M. Procházka
AJ04003/E: Mon 15:50–17:25 G32, M. Dudová
AJ04003/F: Mon 7:30–9:05 G31, M. Sekanina Vavřinová

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I

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

there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Aristotle, Poetics
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. The lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Markéta Dudová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Zuzana Kršková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marcela Sekanina Vavřinová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Šalamoun, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Veronika Vencúrik Pituková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/A: Mon 7:30–9:05 G31, M. Dudová
AJ04003/B: Wed 7:30–9:05 G01, M. Sekanina Vavřinová
AJ04003/C: Wed 12:30–14:05 G31, V. Vencúrik Pituková
AJ04003/D: Thu 14:10–15:45 G24, J. Šalamoun
AJ04003/E: Mon 12:30–14:05 G31, Z. Kršková

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I

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

there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Aristotle, Poetics
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. The lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek

Timetable

Mon 10:00–11:35 zruseno D22

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I

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

there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Case Studies:
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600)
• Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener (1853)
• Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1902)
• General Reading:
• René Wellek and Austin Warren, A Theory of Literature (1948)
• Week 1 Feb 22
• Introductory Lecture
• The Purpose of Literature and the Purpose of Literary Studies
• Additional reading: M. H. Abrams’s Introduction to his The Mirror and the Lamp (1953)
• Block I: Close Encounters with the Text
• Week 2 Mar 1
• Reading Poetry I (texts of poems will be provided)
• Additional Reading: Frances Stillman, “The Poet’s Manual” from The Poet’s Manual and Rhyming Dictionary (1966)
• Week 3 Mar 8
• Reading Poetry II (texts of poems will be provided)
• Additional Reading: Critical Inquiry, special issue on metaphor (Vol. 5, No. 1, Autumn, 1978)
• Week 4 Mar 15
• Reading Character and Reading Plot in Prose Fiction
• Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
• Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
• Week 5 Mar 22
• Reading Theme in Prose Fiction
• Additional material: see Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979)
• Week 6 Mar 29
• Reading and Understanding Drama (Pavel Drábek)
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Additional reading: Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play (1999)
• Week 7 Apr 5
• Easter Monday (no lecture)
• Block II: The Literary Essay, and what it has to say about literature and thinking
• Week 8 Apr 12
• Writing about Poetry
• Case study: Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Windhover
• a selected essay or two on the poem
• Week 9 Apr 19
• Writing about Literary Phenomena
• Case study: a selection of poems
• One of the articles on metaphor from Critical Inquiry (Vol. 5, No. 1, Autumn, 1978)
• Week 10 Apr 26
• Writing about Narratives
• Case study: Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
• Terence Bowers, “Conrad’s Aeneid: Heart of Darkness and the Classical Epic” (2006)
• Kimberly J. Devlin, “The Scopic Drive and Visual Projection in Heart of Darkness” (2006)
• Week 11 May 3
• Writing about Drama
• Case study: William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet” (1952)
• and another essay
• Block III: Literary Criticism, Language, Aesthetics, Philosophy and Ideology: “interdisciplinary” links
• Week 12 May 10
• Literature and Language
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (1997)
• Roman Jakobson, an essay on poetic function
• Week 13 May 17
• Literature and Culture
• a chapter from Edward Said’s Orientalism (1978)
• and a chapter from Raymond Williams’s The Country and the City (1975)

Literature

• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Aristotle, Poetics
• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. The lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Klára Kolinská, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/A: Mon 8:20–9:55 G31, K. Prajznerová
AJ04003/B: Mon 10:00–11:35 G31, K. Prajznerová
AJ04003/C: Wed 15:00–16:35 G31, T. Kačer
AJ04003/D: Wed 16:40–18:15 G31, M. Horáková
AJ04003/E: Wed 18:20–19:55 G31, M. Horáková

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I

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

there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Description: This course consists of workshops that encourage students to engage in literary research and analysis. We will focus on two major literary works (for instance, N. Scott Momaday’s House Made of Dawn and Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing) that will serve as the core case studies for a semester-long research project. These readings will be supplemented by several brief selections that will provide further material for in-class discussion. Workshops will include presentations, group discussions, and quizes. Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1: February 22 Introduction to the course Introduction to literary research Week 2: March 1 Reading and Discussion: Momaday, House Made of Dawn (Part 1: The Longhair) Research Project Portfolio, section 1: Literatures in English: main sources of information in the field (major print and electronic “gateways”) Week 3: March 8 R+D: Momaday, House Made of Dawn (Part 2: The Priest of the Sun) RPP, section 2: North American literatures: list of reference works (bibliographies, biographical dictionaries, encyclopedias, guides, companions, histories) Week 4: March 15 R+D: Momaday, House Made of Dawn (Part 1: The Night Chanter) RPP, section 3: North American literatures: list of book-length studies (electronic/print) Week 5: March 22 R+D: Atwood, Surfacing (Chapters 1-10) RPP, section 4: Momaday/Atwood: list of articles and reviews (from websites, databases, electronic/print journals, edited collections of essays) Week 6: March 29 R+D: Atwood, Surfacing (Chapters 11-27) RPP, section 5: Momaday/Atwood: list of primary sources (fiction, nonfiction, interviews) Week 7: April 5 R+D: Momaday and Atwood, review RPP, section 6: Summaries of five major secondary sources (scholarly articles and/or book-chapters related to the topic you plan to pursue in your research paper) Week 8: April 12 guest lecture RPP, section 7: Prewriting: paper proposal and preliminary bibliography Week 9: April 19 R+D: Introduction to Literature, Session 6: “Narrative and Point of View” (41-43) “The Gospel according to St Mathew, Chapter 2” “T. S. Eliot, “Journey of the Magi” RPP, section 8: Prewriting: first outline and annotated bibliography Week 10: April 26 R+D: Introduction to Literature, Session 4, “Convention and the Genre: The Sonnet” (32-34) “Claude McKay, “The Lynching” Edna St. Vincent Millay, “I, Being Born a Woman and Disstressed” W. H. Auden, “Sonnets from China: XII” RPP, section 9: Writing: first draft (2-3 pages) Week 11: May 3 R+D: Introduction to Literature, Session 9 (Summer Semester) Herman Melville, “Review of Mosses from an Old Manse” (164-69) Henry David Thoreau, “from Walden” (170-72) RPP, section 10: Rewriting: second outline and second draft (3-4 pages) Week 12: May 10 RPP, section 11: Rewriting: final draft (4-5 pages) and complete portfolio (sections 1-11) due in class Week 13: May 17 Conclusion Get back your portfolios and grades

Literature

• Margaret Atwood, Surfacing
• MLA Handbook
• N. Scott Momaday, House Made of Dawn
• SPARLING, Don, Stephen Paul HARDY and Iva GILBERTOVÁ. Introduction to literature. Vyd. 2., upr. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, viii, 226. ISBN 8021017767. info
• DURANT, Alan, Nigel FABB, Tom FURNISS, Sara MILLS and Martin MONTGOMERY. Ways of reading : advanced reading skills for students of English literature. London: Routledge, 1992, x, 257. ISBN 0415053196. info

Assessment methods

Assessment: class participation – 35%, research project portfolio – 65% The preliminary research sections of the research project portfolio should include 10-15 principal sources that are accessible in full-text versions from the Czech Republic. All the sections should follow the MLA style of documenting sources. If you decide to focus on author(s) other than Momaday and Atwood, you need to clear your choice with me first. The weekly RPP assignments are due on Tuesdays by 10:30 am. (The final version of the complete portfolio is due week 12 in class).

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Klára Kolinská, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/A: Mon 8:20–9:55 G31, P. Drábek
AJ04003/B: Mon 13:20–14:55 G31, P. Drábek
AJ04003/C: Wed 13:20–14:55 G32, K. Kolinská
AJ04003/D: Wed 15:00–16:35 G32, M. Horáková
AJ04003/E: Wed 16:40–18:15 G32, K. Kolinská
AJ04003/F: Wed 18:20–19:55 G32, M. Horáková

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I

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

there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The spring semester consists of lectures on a variety of literary subjects, ranging from the history of literatures written in English, through the national literatures of English-speaking countries, literary movements and tendencies, to theoretical discussions on literary criticism and approaches to literature. The lectures will, at times, host guest lecturers.

Syllabus

• Anglo-Saxon literature, Medieval English literature, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, 17thCentury, Augustans, Romantics, 19th century American literature, Victorians, U.S. Modernist poetry, British Modernist fiction, postmodernism and postcolonialism.

Literature

• SPARLING, Don, Stephen Paul HARDY and Iva GILBERTOVÁ. Introduction to literature. Vyd. 2., upr. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, viii, 226. ISBN 8021017767. info
• DURANT, Alan, Nigel FABB, Tom FURNISS, Sara MILLS and Martin MONTGOMERY. Ways of reading : advanced reading skills for students of English literature. London: Routledge, 1992, x, 257. ISBN 0415053196. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Hodnocení: aktivní účast, psané úkoly a zápočtový test. / Assessment: class participation, written assignments and a credit test.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Klára Kolinská, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/A: Wed 18:20–19:55 G32, K. Kolinská
AJ04003/B: Wed 16:40–18:15 G32, K. Kolinská
AJ04003/C: Wed 13:20–14:55 G32, P. Drábek
AJ04003/D: Mon 15:00–16:35 G22, J. Heczková
AJ04003/E: Mon 15:00–16:35 G32, T. Kačer

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I

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

there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The spring semester consists of lectures on a variety of literary subjects, ranging from the history of literatures written in English, through the national literatures of English-speaking countries, literary movements and tendencies, to theoretical discussions on literary criticism and approaches to literature. The lectures will, at times, host guest lecturers.

Syllabus

• Anglo-Saxon literature, Medieval English literature, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, 17thCentury, Augustans, Romantics, 19th century American literature, Victorians, U.S. Modernist poetry, British Modernist fiction, postmodernism and postcolonialism.

Literature

• SPARLING, Don, Stephen Paul HARDY and Iva GILBERTOVÁ. Introduction to literature. Vyd. 2., upr. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, viii, 226. ISBN 8021017767. info
• DURANT, Alan, Nigel FABB, Tom FURNISS, Sara MILLS and Martin MONTGOMERY. Ways of reading : advanced reading skills for students of English literature. London: Routledge, 1992, x, 257. ISBN 0415053196. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Hodnocení: aktivní účast, psané úkoly a zápočtový test. / Assessment: class participation, written assignments and a credit test.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Klára Bicanová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Klára Kolinská, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/A: Mon 8:20–9:55 G32, K. Bicanová
AJ04003/B: Mon 10:00–11:35 G32, P. Drábek
AJ04003/C: Wed 13:20–14:55 G31, K. Prajznerová
AJ04003/D: Wed 15:00–16:35 G31, K. Prajznerová
AJ04003/E: Wed 16:40–18:15 G31, K. Kolinská
AJ04003/F: Wed 18:20–19:55 N01023, K. Kolinská

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I

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

there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The spring semester consists of lectures on a variety of literary subjects, ranging from the history of literatures written in English, through the national literatures of English-speaking countries, literary movements and tendencies, to theoretical discussions on literary criticism and approaches to literature. The lectures will, at times, host guest lecturers.

Syllabus

• Anglo-Saxon literature, Medieval English literature, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, 17thCentury, Augustans, Romantics, 19th century American literature, Victorians, U.S. Modernist poetry, British Modernist fiction, postmodernism and postcolonialism.

Literature

• SPARLING, Don, Stephen Paul HARDY and Iva GILBERTOVÁ. Introduction to literature. Vyd. 2., upr. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, viii, 226. ISBN 8021017767. info
• DURANT, Alan, Nigel FABB, Tom FURNISS, Sara MILLS and Martin MONTGOMERY. Ways of reading : advanced reading skills for students of English literature. London: Routledge, 1992, x, 257. ISBN 0415053196. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Hodnocení: aktivní účast, psané úkoly a zápočtový test. / Assessment: class participation, written assignments and a credit test.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Klára Kolinská, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.

Timetable

Wed 15:00–16:35 48

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I

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

there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The spring semester consists of lectures on a variety of literary subjects, ranging from the history of literatures written in English, through the national literatures of English-speaking countries, literary movements and tendencies, to theoretical discussions on literary criticism and approaches to literature. The lectures will, at times, host guest lecturers.

Syllabus

• Anglo-Saxon literature, Medieval English literature, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, 17thCentury, Augustans, Romantics, 19th century American literature, Victorians, U.S. Modernist poetry, British Modernist fiction, postmodernism and postcolonialism.

Literature

• SPARLING, Don, Stephen Paul HARDY and Iva GILBERTOVÁ. Introduction to literature. Vyd. 2., upr. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, viii, 226. ISBN 8021017767. info
• DURANT, Alan, Nigel FABB, Tom FURNISS, Sara MILLS and Martin MONTGOMERY. Ways of reading : advanced reading skills for students of English literature. London: Routledge, 1992, x, 257. ISBN 0415053196. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Hodnocení: aktivní účast, psané úkoly a zápočtový test. / Assessment: class participation, written assignments and a credit test.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Klára Kolinská, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/A: Mon 8:20–9:55 32, K. Prajznerová
AJ04003/B: Mon 10:00–11:35 32, K. Prajznerová
AJ04003/C: Wed 11:40–13:15 32, P. Drábek
AJ04003/D: Thu 13:20–14:55 31, P. Drábek
AJ04003/E: Wed 16:40–18:15 31, K. Kolinská
AJ04003/F: Wed 18:20–19:55 31, K. Kolinská

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I

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

there are 10 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

This course consists of both lectures and seminars. In this semester, there is a brief look at representative works from each historical period of literature in English which is intended to give an idea of changing subject matter, genres and approaches over the centuries. Attention is also devoted to how to write literary essays. Literature: M. Montgomery, et al., Ways of Reading.

Syllabus

• Anglo-Saxon literature, Medieval English literature, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, 17thCentury, Augustans, Romantics, 19th century American literature, Victorians, U.S. Modernist poetry, British Modernist fiction, postmodernism and postcolonialism.

Literature

• SPARLING, Don, Stephen Paul HARDY and Iva GILBERTOVÁ. Introduction to literature. Vyd. 2., upr. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, viii, 226. ISBN 8021017767. info
• DURANT, Alan, Nigel FABB, Tom FURNISS, Sara MILLS and Martin MONTGOMERY. Ways of reading : advanced reading skills for students of English literature. London: Routledge, 1992, x, 257. ISBN 0415053196. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Hodnocení: aktivní účast, zápočtový test, esej. / Assessment: class participation, credit test, and written essay.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Klára Kolinská, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková

Timetable

each odd Monday 10:50–11:35 48, each odd Monday 11:40–12:25 48

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

AJ04003/A: each even Wednesday 16:40–17:25 31, each even Wednesday 17:30–18:15 31, K. Kolinská
AJ04003/B: each even Wednesday 15:00–15:45 31, each even Wednesday 15:50–16:35 31, K. Kolinská
AJ04003/C: each even Monday 7:30–8:15 31, each even Monday 8:20–9:05 31, P. Drábek
AJ04003/D: each even Monday 9:10–9:55 31, each even Monday 10:00–10:45 31, P. Drábek
AJ04003/E: each even Wednesday 15:00–15:45 32, each even Wednesday 15:50–16:35 32, K. Prajznerová
AJ04003/F: each even Wednesday 13:20–14:05 32, each even Wednesday 14:10–14:55 32, K. Prajznerová

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I

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

• English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
• English Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)

Course objectives

This course consists of both lectures and seminars. In this semester, there is a brief look at representative works from each historical period of literature in English which is intended to give an idea of changing subject matter, genres and approaches over the centuries. Attention is also devoted to how to write literary essays. Literature: M. Montgomery, et al., Ways of Reading.

Syllabus

• Anglo-Saxon literature, Medieval English literature, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, 17thCentury, Augustans, Romantics, 19th century American literature, Victorians, U.S. Modernist poetry, British Modernist fiction, postmodernism and postcolonialism.

Literature

• SPARLING, Don, Stephen Paul HARDY and Iva GILBERTOVÁ. Introduction to literature. Vyd. 2., upr. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, viii, 226. ISBN 8021017767. info
• DURANT, Alan, Nigel FABB, Tom FURNISS, Sara MILLS and Martin MONTGOMERY. Ways of reading : advanced reading skills for students of English literature. London: Routledge, 1992, x, 257. ISBN 0415053196. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Hodnocení: aktivní účast, zápočtový test, esej. / Assessment: class participation, credit test, and written essay.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ04003/A: No timetable has been entered into IS. P. Drábek
AJ04003/B: No timetable has been entered into IS. K. Prajznerová
AJ04003/C: No timetable has been entered into IS. P. Drábek
AJ04003/D: No timetable has been entered into IS. K. Prajznerová
AJ04003/E: No timetable has been entered into IS. P. Drábek

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I

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

• English Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI) (2)
• English Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, M-SS)

Course objectives

This course consists of both lectures and seminars. In this semester, there is a brief look at representative works from each historical period of literature in English which is intended to give an idea of changing subject matter, genres and approaches over the centuries. Attention is also devoted to how to write literary essays. Literature: M. Montgomery, et al., Ways of Reading.

Syllabus

• Anglo-Saxon literature, Medieval English literature, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, 17thCentury, Augustans, Romantics, 19th century American literature, Victorians, U.S. Modernist poetry, British Modernist fiction, postmodernism and postcolonialism.

Literature

• SPARLING, Don, Stephen Paul HARDY and Iva GILBERTOVÁ. Introduction to literature. Vyd. 2., upr. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, viii, 226. ISBN 8021017767. info
• DURANT, Alan, Nigel FABB, Tom FURNISS, Sara MILLS and Martin MONTGOMERY. Ways of reading : advanced reading skills for students of English literature. London: Routledge, 1992, x, 257. ISBN 0415053196. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Hodnocení: aktivní účast, zápočtový test, esej. / Assessment: class participation, credit test, and written essay.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: PZk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Iva Gilbertová (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I

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

• English Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI) (2)
• English Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)

Course objectives (in Czech)

This course consists of both lectures and seminars. In this semester, there is a brief look at representative works from each historical period of literature in English which is intended to give an idea of changing subject matter, genres and approaches over the centuries. Attention is also devoted to how to write literary essays. Literature: M. Montgomery, et al., Ways of Reading.

Syllabus

• Anglo-Saxon literature, Medieval English literature, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, 17thCentury, Augustans, Romantics,19th century American literature, Victorians, U.S. Modernist poetry, British Modernist fiction, postmodernism and postcolonialism

Literature

• SPARLING, Don, Stephen Paul HARDY and Iva GILBERTOVÁ. Introduction to literature. Vyd. 2., upr. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, viii, 226. ISBN 8021017767. info
• DURANT, Alan, Nigel FABB, Tom FURNISS, Sara MILLS and Martin MONTGOMERY. Ways of reading : advanced reading skills for students of English literature. London: Routledge, 1992, x, 257. ISBN 0415053196. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Assessment: class participation, credit test, and written essay.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: PZk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Iva Gilbertová (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && NOW( AJ04002 Literary Studies II Lecture )

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

• English Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, M-SS)

Syllabus

• Anglo-Saxon literature, Medieval English literature, the Renaissance, Shakespeare, 17thCentury, Augustans, Romantics,19th century American literature, Victorians, U.S. Modernist poetry, British Modernist fiction, postmodernism and postcolonialism

Literature

• SPARLING, Don, Stephen Paul HARDY and Iva GILBERTOVÁ. Introduction to literature. Vyd. 2., upr. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, viii, 226. ISBN 8021017767. info
• DURANT, Alan, Nigel FABB, Tom FURNISS, Sara MILLS and Martin MONTGOMERY. Ways of reading : advanced reading skills for students of English literature. London: Routledge, 1992, x, 257. ISBN 0415053196. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Seminar; end-of-term written exam and essay

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Denisa Krásná, BA (Hons), Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Daniela Šmardová (lecturer)
Mgr. Tereza Šmilauerová (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Lenka Žárská (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && NOW( AJ04002 Literary Studies II Lecture )

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The series of seminars complements the lectures series Introduction to literature II. It provides a space for students to reflect on the lecture topics, to gain a deeper understanding of how literature works, to learn to critically analyze literary texts, and also to write about them in an academic fashion.
Course objectives:
1. To learn the methods of conducting library research and working with primary and secondary sources.
2. To acquire the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing academic essays.
3. To refine critical thinking about literature and achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• 1. Modern Irish Drama: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest; Chapter 2 “Oscar Wilde–The Artist As Irishman” from Inventing Ireland by Declan Kiberd, pp. 33-50. Response paper 1 (upload to ELF before the class begins; late submissions will lose 2 points)
• 2. The Bloomsbury Group: virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway; Chapter 1 “Civilization and ‘My Civilisation’: Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde” from Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde by Christine Froula, pp.1-34. Response paper 2
• 3. American Modernism: T.S. Eliot, Wateland. Response paper 3
• 4. Post-war Drama: Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party; Martin Esslin, “The Significance of the Absurd”, The Theatre of the Absurd, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1961, pp. 399-429. Response paper 4
• 5. Literary Postmodernisms: Joseph Heller, Catch-22; John Barth, “The Literature of Replenishment”. Response paper 5
• 6. Postcolonial Literatures in English: Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children. Response paper 6.

Literature

• WILDE, Oscar. The importance of being earnest. [S.l.: s.n., 276 s. info
• Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury avant-gardewar, civilization, modernity. Edited by Christine Froula. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, xvii, 428. ISBN 0231134444. info
• KIBERD, Declan. Inventing Ireland : the literature of the modern nation. London: Vintage, 1996, xvi, 719. ISBN 009958221X. info
• WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. Edited by Elaine Showalter - Stella McNichol. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, liv, 231 s. ISBN 0-14-018569-0. info
• ESSLIN, Martin. The theatre of the absurd. 3rd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, 480 s. ISBN 0-14-013728-9. info
• PINTER, Harold. The birthday party ; and, The room : two plays. Rev. ed. New York: Grove Press, 1968, 116 s. info
• HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Dell Publishing, 1962, 463 s. info

Teaching methods

The seminars consist of group and class discussions of the given texts. Students write response papers, participate in discussions, learn the skills of academic writing.

Assessment methods

Students must prepare for all classes, especially for the seminars. The assigned texts must be read before the class so that students can engage actively in discussions and other continuous assessment. Written assignments must be submitted in the correct format and on time. 1 credit (zápočet) is given at the end of the lecture series, 2 credits for the exam at the end of the seminar series. Final mark: class performance 20%; response papers 30%; final research paper 50%. Points out of 100; 60% pass/fail line. Evaluation scale: A 100-85; B 84-80; C-79-75; D-74-70; E 69-60; F (fail) 59-0.

Language of instruction

English

Follow-Up Courses

• AJ04002 Introduction to Literary Studies II Lecture

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Spring 2026

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Denisa Krásná, BA (Hons), Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Daniela Šmardová (lecturer)
Mgr. Tereza Šmilauerová (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Lenka Žárská (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && NOW( AJ04002 Literary Studies II Lecture )

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The series of seminars complements the lectures series Introduction to literature II. It provides a space for students to reflect on the lecture topics, to gain a deeper understanding of how literature works, to learn to critically analyze literary texts, and also to write about them in an academic fashion.
Course objectives:
1. To learn the methods of conducting library research and working with primary and secondary sources.
2. To acquire the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing academic essays.
3. To refine critical thinking about literature and achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• 1. Modern Irish Drama: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest; Chapter 2 “Oscar Wilde–The Artist As Irishman” from Inventing Ireland by Declan Kiberd, pp. 33-50. Response paper 1 (upload to ELF before the class begins; late submissions will lose 2 points)
• 2. The Bloomsbury Group: virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway; Chapter 1 “Civilization and ‘My Civilisation’: Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde” from Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde by Christine Froula, pp.1-34. Response paper 2
• 3. American Modernism: T.S. Eliot, Wateland. Response paper 3
• 4. Post-war Drama: Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party; Martin Esslin, “The Significance of the Absurd”, The Theatre of the Absurd, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1961, pp. 399-429. Response paper 4
• 5. Literary Postmodernisms: Joseph Heller, Catch-22; John Barth, “The Literature of Replenishment”. Response paper 5
• 6. Postcolonial Literatures in English: Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children. Response paper 6.

Literature

• WILDE, Oscar. The importance of being earnest. [S.l.: s.n., 276 s. info
• Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury avant-gardewar, civilization, modernity. Edited by Christine Froula. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, xvii, 428. ISBN 0231134444. info
• KIBERD, Declan. Inventing Ireland : the literature of the modern nation. London: Vintage, 1996, xvi, 719. ISBN 009958221X. info
• WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. Edited by Elaine Showalter - Stella McNichol. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, liv, 231 s. ISBN 0-14-018569-0. info
• ESSLIN, Martin. The theatre of the absurd. 3rd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, 480 s. ISBN 0-14-013728-9. info
• PINTER, Harold. The birthday party ; and, The room : two plays. Rev. ed. New York: Grove Press, 1968, 116 s. info
• HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Dell Publishing, 1962, 463 s. info

Teaching methods

The seminars consist of group and class discussions of the given texts. Students write response papers, participate in discussions, learn the skills of academic writing.

Assessment methods

Students must prepare for all classes, especially for the seminars. The assigned texts must be read before the class so that students can engage actively in discussions and other continuous assessment. Written assignments must be submitted in the correct format and on time. 1 credit (zápočet) is given at the end of the lecture series, 2 credits for the exam at the end of the seminar series. Final mark: class performance 20%; response papers 30%; final research paper 50%. Points out of 100; 60% pass/fail line. Evaluation scale: A 100-85; B 84-80; C-79-75; D-74-70; E 69-60; F (fail) 59-0.

Language of instruction

English

Follow-Up Courses

• AJ04002 Introduction to Literary Studies II Lecture

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2025

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Spring 2024

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Denisa Krásná, BA (Hons), Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Daniela Šmardová (lecturer)
Mgr. Tereza Šmilauerová (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Lenka Žárská (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && NOW( AJ04002 Literary Studies II Lecture )

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The series of seminars complements the lectures series Introduction to literature II. It provides a space for students to reflect on the lecture topics, to gain a deeper understanding of how literature works, to learn to critically analyze literary texts, and also to write about them in an academic fashion.
Course objectives:
1. To learn the methods of conducting library research and working with primary and secondary sources.
2. To acquire the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing academic essays.
3. To refine critical thinking about literature and achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• 1. Modern Irish Drama: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest; Chapter 2 “Oscar Wilde–The Artist As Irishman” from Inventing Ireland by Declan Kiberd, pp. 33-50. Response paper 1 (upload to ELF before the class begins; late submissions will lose 2 points)
• 2. The Bloomsbury Group: virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway; Chapter 1 “Civilization and ‘My Civilisation’: Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde” from Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde by Christine Froula, pp.1-34. Response paper 2
• 3. American Modernism: T.S. Eliot, Wateland. Response paper 3
• 4. Post-war Drama: Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party; Martin Esslin, “The Significance of the Absurd”, The Theatre of the Absurd, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1961, pp. 399-429. Response paper 4
• 5. Literary Postmodernisms: Joseph Heller, Catch-22; John Barth, “The Literature of Replenishment”. Response paper 5
• 6. Postcolonial Literatures in English: Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children. Response paper 6.

Literature

• WILDE, Oscar. The importance of being earnest. [S.l.: s.n., 276 s. info
• Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury avant-gardewar, civilization, modernity. Edited by Christine Froula. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, xvii, 428. ISBN 0231134444. info
• KIBERD, Declan. Inventing Ireland : the literature of the modern nation. London: Vintage, 1996, xvi, 719. ISBN 009958221X. info
• WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. Edited by Elaine Showalter - Stella McNichol. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, liv, 231 s. ISBN 0-14-018569-0. info
• ESSLIN, Martin. The theatre of the absurd. 3rd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, 480 s. ISBN 0-14-013728-9. info
• PINTER, Harold. The birthday party ; and, The room : two plays. Rev. ed. New York: Grove Press, 1968, 116 s. info
• HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Dell Publishing, 1962, 463 s. info

Teaching methods

The seminars consist of group and class discussions of the given texts. Students write response papers, participate in discussions, learn the skills of academic writing.

Assessment methods

Students must prepare for all classes, especially for the seminars. The assigned texts must be read before the class so that students can engage actively in discussions and other continuous assessment. Written assignments must be submitted in the correct format and on time. 1 credit (zápočet) is given at the end of the lecture series, 2 credits for the exam at the end of the seminar series. Final mark: class performance 20%; response papers 30%; final research paper 50%. Points out of 100; 60% pass/fail line. Evaluation scale: A 100-85; B 84-80; C-79-75; D-74-70; E 69-60; F (fail) 59-0.

Language of instruction

English

Follow-Up Courses

• AJ04002 Introduction to Literary Studies II Lecture

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2023

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Spring 2023

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Denisa Krásná, BA (Hons), Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Daniela Šmardová (lecturer)
Mgr. Tereza Šmilauerová (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Lenka Žárská (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && NOW( AJ04002 Literary Studies II Lecture )

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The series of seminars complements the lectures series Introduction to literature II. It provides a space for students to reflect on the lecture topics, to gain a deeper understanding of how literature works, to learn to critically analyze literary texts, and also to write about them in an academic fashion.
Course objectives:
1. To learn the methods of conducting library research and working with primary and secondary sources.
2. To acquire the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing academic essays.
3. To refine critical thinking about literature and achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• 1. Modern Irish Drama: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest; Chapter 2 “Oscar Wilde–The Artist As Irishman” from Inventing Ireland by Declan Kiberd, pp. 33-50. Response paper 1 (upload to ELF before the class begins; late submissions will lose 2 points)
• 2. The Bloomsbury Group: virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway; Chapter 1 “Civilization and ‘My Civilisation’: Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde” from Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde by Christine Froula, pp.1-34. Response paper 2
• 3. American Modernism: T.S. Eliot, Wateland. Response paper 3
• 4. Post-war Drama: Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party; Martin Esslin, “The Significance of the Absurd”, The Theatre of the Absurd, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1961, pp. 399-429. Response paper 4
• 5. Literary Postmodernisms: Joseph Heller, Catch-22; John Barth, “The Literature of Replenishment”. Response paper 5
• 6. Postcolonial Literatures in English: Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children. Response paper 6.

Literature

• WILDE, Oscar. The importance of being earnest. [S.l.: s.n., 276 s. info
• Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury avant-gardewar, civilization, modernity. Edited by Christine Froula. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, xvii, 428. ISBN 0231134444. info
• KIBERD, Declan. Inventing Ireland : the literature of the modern nation. London: Vintage, 1996, xvi, 719. ISBN 009958221X. info
• WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. Edited by Elaine Showalter - Stella McNichol. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, liv, 231 s. ISBN 0-14-018569-0. info
• ESSLIN, Martin. The theatre of the absurd. 3rd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, 480 s. ISBN 0-14-013728-9. info
• PINTER, Harold. The birthday party ; and, The room : two plays. Rev. ed. New York: Grove Press, 1968, 116 s. info
• HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Dell Publishing, 1962, 463 s. info

Teaching methods

The seminars consist of group and class discussions of the given texts. Students write response papers, participate in discussions, learn the skills of academic writing.

Assessment methods

Students must prepare for all classes, especially for the seminars. The assigned texts must be read before the class so that students can engage actively in discussions and other continuous assessment. Written assignments must be submitted in the correct format and on time. 1 credit (zápočet) is given at the end of the lecture series, 2 credits for the exam at the end of the seminar series. Final mark: class performance 20%; response papers 30%; final research paper 50%. Points out of 100; 60% pass/fail line. Evaluation scale: A 100-85; B 84-80; C-79-75; D-74-70; E 69-60; F (fail) 59-0.

Language of instruction

English

Follow-Up Courses

• AJ04002 Introduction to Literary Studies II Lecture

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2022

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Spring 2022

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Denisa Krásná, BA (Hons), Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Daniela Šmardová (lecturer)
Mgr. Tereza Šmilauerová (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Lenka Žárská (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && NOW( AJ04002 Literary Studies II Lecture )

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The series of seminars complements the lectures series Introduction to literature II. It provides a space for students to reflect on the lecture topics, to gain a deeper understanding of how literature works, to learn to critically analyze literary texts, and also to write about them in an academic fashion.
Course objectives:
1. To learn the methods of conducting library research and working with primary and secondary sources.
2. To acquire the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing academic essays.
3. To refine critical thinking about literature and achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• 1. Modern Irish Drama: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest; Chapter 2 “Oscar Wilde–The Artist As Irishman” from Inventing Ireland by Declan Kiberd, pp. 33-50. Response paper 1 (upload to ELF before the class begins; late submissions will lose 2 points)
• 2. The Bloomsbury Group: virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway; Chapter 1 “Civilization and ‘My Civilisation’: Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde” from Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde by Christine Froula, pp.1-34. Response paper 2
• 3. American Modernism: T.S. Eliot, Wateland. Response paper 3
• 4. Post-war Drama: Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party; Martin Esslin, “The Significance of the Absurd”, The Theatre of the Absurd, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1961, pp. 399-429. Response paper 4
• 5. Literary Postmodernisms: Joseph Heller, Catch-22; John Barth, “The Literature of Replenishment”. Response paper 5
• 6. Postcolonial Literatures in English: Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children. Response paper 6.

Literature

• WILDE, Oscar. The importance of being earnest. [S.l.: s.n., 276 s. info
• Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury avant-gardewar, civilization, modernity. Edited by Christine Froula. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, xvii, 428. ISBN 0231134444. info
• KIBERD, Declan. Inventing Ireland : the literature of the modern nation. London: Vintage, 1996, xvi, 719. ISBN 009958221X. info
• WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. Edited by Elaine Showalter - Stella McNichol. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, liv, 231 s. ISBN 0-14-018569-0. info
• ESSLIN, Martin. The theatre of the absurd. 3rd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, 480 s. ISBN 0-14-013728-9. info
• PINTER, Harold. The birthday party ; and, The room : two plays. Rev. ed. New York: Grove Press, 1968, 116 s. info
• HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Dell Publishing, 1962, 463 s. info

Teaching methods

The seminars consist of group and class discussions of the given texts. Students write response papers, participate in discussions, learn the skills of academic writing.

Assessment methods

Students must prepare for all classes, especially for the seminars. The assigned texts must be read before the class so that students can engage actively in discussions and other continuous assessment. Written assignments must be submitted in the correct format and on time. 1 credit (zápočet) is given at the end of the lecture series, 2 credits for the exam at the end of the seminar series. Final mark: class performance 20%; response papers 30%; final research paper 50%. Points out of 100; 60% pass/fail line. Evaluation scale: A 100-85; B 84-80; C-79-75; D-74-70; E 69-60; F (fail) 59-0.

Language of instruction

English

Follow-Up Courses

• AJ04002 Introduction to Literary Studies II Lecture

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2021

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Spring 2021

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Denisa Krásná, BA (Hons), Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Daniela Šmardová (lecturer)
Mgr. Tereza Šmilauerová (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Lenka Žárská (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && NOW( AJ04002 Literary Studies II Lecture )

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The series of seminars complements the lectures series Introduction to literature II. It provides a space for students to reflect on the lecture topics, to gain a deeper understanding of how literature works, to learn to critically analyze literary texts, and also to write about them in an academic fashion.
Course objectives:
1. To learn the methods of conducting library research and working with primary and secondary sources.
2. To acquire the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing academic essays.
3. To refine critical thinking about literature and achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• 1. Modern Irish Drama: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest; Chapter 2 “Oscar Wilde–The Artist As Irishman” from Inventing Ireland by Declan Kiberd, pp. 33-50. Response paper 1 (upload to ELF before the class begins; late submissions will lose 2 points)
• 2. The Bloomsbury Group: virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway; Chapter 1 “Civilization and ‘My Civilisation’: Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde” from Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Avant-Garde by Christine Froula, pp.1-34. Response paper 2
• 3. American Modernism: T.S. Eliot, Wateland. Response paper 3
• 4. Post-war Drama: Harold Pinter, The Birthday Party; Martin Esslin, “The Significance of the Absurd”, The Theatre of the Absurd, Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Books, 1961, pp. 399-429. Response paper 4
• 5. Literary Postmodernisms: Joseph Heller, Catch-22; John Barth, “The Literature of Replenishment”. Response paper 5
• 6. Postcolonial Literatures in English: Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children. Response paper 6.

Literature

• WILDE, Oscar. The importance of being earnest. [S.l.: s.n., 276 s. info
• Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury avant-gardewar, civilization, modernity. Edited by Christine Froula. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005, xvii, 428. ISBN 0231134444. info
• KIBERD, Declan. Inventing Ireland : the literature of the modern nation. London: Vintage, 1996, xvi, 719. ISBN 009958221X. info
• WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. Edited by Elaine Showalter - Stella McNichol. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, liv, 231 s. ISBN 0-14-018569-0. info
• ESSLIN, Martin. The theatre of the absurd. 3rd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1980, 480 s. ISBN 0-14-013728-9. info
• PINTER, Harold. The birthday party ; and, The room : two plays. Rev. ed. New York: Grove Press, 1968, 116 s. info
• HELLER, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Dell Publishing, 1962, 463 s. info

Teaching methods

The seminars consist of group and class discussions of the given texts. Students write response papers, participate in discussions, learn the skills of academic writing.

Assessment methods

Students must prepare for all classes, especially for the seminars. The assigned texts must be read before the class so that students can engage actively in discussions and other continuous assessment. Written assignments must be submitted in the correct format and on time. 1 credit (zápočet) is given at the end of the lecture series, 2 credits for the exam at the end of the seminar series. Final mark: class performance 20%; response papers 30%; final research paper 50%. Points out of 100; 60% pass/fail line. Evaluation scale: A 100-85; B 84-80; C-79-75; D-74-70; E 69-60; F (fail) 59-0.

Language of instruction

English

Follow-Up Courses

• AJ04002 Introduction to Literary Studies II Lecture

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2020

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2019

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2018

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2017

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2016

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2015

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2014

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2013

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2012

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2011

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

AJ04003 Introduction to Literary Studies II

The course is not taught in Autumn 2010

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek

Prerequisites (in Czech)

AJ04001 Intro. to Literary Studies I && SOUHLAS

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

there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.

Syllabus

• Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
• Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
• Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
• Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
• Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
• Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
• Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
• Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz

Literature

• Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
• Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
• Aristotle, Poetics
• John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
• Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
• Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
• Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
• Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
• Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
• Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
• Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-
• Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
• Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
• Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
• Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
• David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
• Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
• William Shakespeare, Hamlet
• Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
• Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
• Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
• Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
• Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
• Henry James, The Turn of the Screw

Teaching methods

This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.

Assessment methods

Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: 4 skupin studentů

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• AJL14102 English Literature 1700-1830: The Augustans and Romantics
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  
• AJL14103 English Literature 1830-1920: The Victorian Age and Modernism
  (AJ01002 || AJL01002) && (AJ04003 || AJL04003)  
• AJL15103 American Literature 3: 1960-Present
  (AJL01002 || AJ01002) && (AJL04003 || AJ04003)  

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