AJL14070 Aspects of Mid-Twentieth Century English Fiction

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024

The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Stephen Paul Hardy, 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)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination || AJ01002 Practical English II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course will be to analyse and contextualise aspects of the mid-twentieth century English novel, considering ways in which it develops formal means of providing specific narratives in relation to the society in which it is situated. Students should emerge from the course with a better understanding of the formal, social and historical issues with which writers were engaging from a series of related but differing perspectives in this period.Among the writers whose novels are considered on this semester's course are George Orwell, John Wyndham, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, Laurence Durrell, and John Fowles.
Learning outcomes
Students who have completed the course will have gained an understanding of the concerns and issues of the works in the period selected for examination on the course and have demonstrated their ability to articulate that understanding in organized discussion and written analysis.
Syllabus
  • Prospective participants should note that materials are only available from the library in e-prezencka form Week 1 Sept.23rd:ORIENTATION WEEK : NO TEACHING Week 2:Sept.30th: Introductory Week 3:Oct 7th:George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four Week 4:Oct 14th: John Wyndham: The Day of the Triffids Week 5:Oct 21st: Evelyn Waugh: Brideshead Revisited (1) Week 6:Oct 28th: NATIONAL HOLIDAY/READING WEEK: NO TEACHING Week 7:Nov 4th Evelyn Waugh: Brideshead Revisited (2) Week 8:Nov.11th: Graham Greene: The End of the Affair Week 9: Nov.18th:Graham Greene: The Quiet American Week 10:Nov.25th:Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange Week 11:Dec 2nd: Lawrence Durrell: Justine Week 12:Dec 9th:John Fowles: The French Lieutenant's Woman(1) Week 13:Dec 16th " " " " " " (2)
Literature
    required literature
  • FOWLES, John. The french lieutenant's woman. London: Vintage, 2004, 445 s. ISBN 0099478331. info
  • DURRELL, Lawrence. Justine : a novel. London: Faber and Faber, 1963, 223 s. info
  • GREENE, Graham. The quiet American. London: Penguin Books, 1962, 188 s. ISBN 0140017925. info
  • WYNDHAM, John. The day of the Triffids. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1959, 272 s. info
  • ORWELL, George. Nineteen eighty-four. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1954, 250 s. ISBN 0140009728. info
  • WAUGH, Evelyn. Brideshead revisited : the sacred and profane memories of captain Charles Ryder. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1951, 332 s. info
  • GIBBONS, Stella. Cold comfort farm. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1938, 192 s. info
    not specified
  • POWELL, Anthony Dymoke. A question of upbringing. London: Arrow Books, 2005, 229 s. ISBN 9780099472384. info
  • GREENE, Graham. The human factor. London: Bodley Head, 1978, 338 s. ISBN 0-370-30043-2. info
  • WILSON, Angus and James Q. WILSON. The old men at the Zoo. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964, 344 s. info
  • WILSON, Angus and James Q. WILSON. Anglo-Saxon attitudes. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1958, 346 s. info
  • WAUGH, Evelyn. Decline and fall. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1937, 216 s. info
Teaching methods
The course will be taught through a combination of close reading, small group and general discussion.Reading materials are available through e-prezencka.
Assessment methods
Assessment will be by oral contribution and a 5-7 page essay.The essay has the status of an exam and should be registered for. Essays should be submitted in hard copy form.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
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