FF:AJL24104 Aspects of 19th & 20th Cent.BL - Course Information

AJL24104 Aspects of Later 19th and Early 20th Century British Literature

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Stephen Paul Hardy, 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

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 18 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/18, only registered: 0/18

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The course will consider elements of later nineteenth and earlier twentieth century British with the aim of providing a thorough consideration of the social, political, and cultural developments and perspectives occuring in this period. This semester's course will focus primarily on the later Victorian and Edwardian novel. Writers whose work is considered on this course include:Wilkie Collins, Ford Madox Ford,E.M.Forster,George Gissing, Edmund Gosse, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Walter Pater, Dorothy Richardson, and Bram Stoker.

Learning outcomes

Students completing the course will have gained a better understanding of the issues and perspectives occurring in the period as well as of the transition from late Victorian to early Modernist aesthetics.

Syllabus

• Week 0: (10.9): INDUCTION WEEK: NO TEACHING Week 1: (26.9):Introductory Week 2: (3.10):Wilkie Collins:The Woman in White Week 3: (10.10):Thomas Hardy:Tess of the d'Urbervilles Week 4: (17.10):George Gissing:The Odd Women Week 5: (24.10):Edmund Gosse:Father and Son Week 6: (31.10):Walter Pater:Studies in the History of the Renaissance: Winckelmann; Diaphaneite; Marius the Epicurean Week 7: (7.11): Bram Stoker:Dracula Week 8: (14.11):Henry James:The Wings of the Dove. Week 9: (21.11)):READING WEEK:NO LESSON. Week 10:(28:11):Rudyard Kipling:Kim; John Buchan: The Thirty-Nine Steps Week 11:(5.12):E.M.Forster: Where Angels Fear to Tread & A Room With A View Week 12:(12.12):Dorothy Richardson: (Pointed Roofs);The Tunnel Week 13:(19.12):Ford Madox Ford:The Good Soldier

Teaching methods

Teaching will take the form of close reading, míní-group and full class discussion.

Assessment methods

Assessment will be by attendance oral contribution (55%), and an essay of 7-10 pages (45%). Essays should be submitted to my e-mail address in the IS (33697@muni.cz) and nowhere else. If you have not received a grade after 3 days please let me know.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

The course is taught every week.

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