FF:AJ14002 British Lit.: 1660-1780 (Sem) - Course Information

AJ14002 British Literature: 1660-1780 (Seminar)

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Věra Pálenská, CSc. (lecturer)

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

Fri 13:20–14:55 35

Prerequisites (in Czech)

NOW( AJ14012 British Lit.: 1660-1770 (Lec) ) && ! AJ14002B British Lit.: 1660-1770 (Sem)

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

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Course objectives

This course offers a survey of English literature from the Restoration to the pre-Romantic period. Allegory in transformation (Bunyan); the comedy of manners (Congreve, Sheridan); Augustan satire (Butler, Dryden, Pope, Johnson); 18th century diaries, pamphleteering and journalism (Evelyn, Pepys, Defoe, Swift, Steele, Addison); the beginnings of the novel (Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett); the novel of sentiment (Goldsmith, Sterne); the poetry of sensibility (Thomson, Collins, Young, Gray, Cowper); poetry in the transitional (pre-Romantic) period (Chatterton, Macpherson, Percy, Crabbe, Goldsmith, Burns); the Gothic novel; English critical thought (Johnson).

Syllabus

• This course offers a survey of English literature from the Restoration to the pre-Romantic period. Allegory in transformation (Bunyan); the comedy of manners (Congreve, Sheridan); Augustan satire (Butler, Dryden, Pope, Johnson); 18th century diaries, pamphleteering and journalism (Evelyn, Pepys, Defoe, Swift, Steele, Addison); the beginnings of the novel (Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett); the novel of sentiment (Goldsmith, Sterne); the poetry of sensibility (Thomson, Collins, Young, Gray, Cowper); poetry in the transitional (pre-Romantic) period (Chatterton, Macpherson, Percy, Crabbe, Goldsmith, Burns); the Gothic novel; English critical thought (Johnson).

Literature

• SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley. The rivals ; The critic ; The school for scandal : The critic (Přít.) : The school for scandal (Přít.) : The school for scandal and other plays (Variant.). Edited by Eric S. Rump. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1988, 284 s. ISBN 0-14-043240-X. info
• STŘÍBRNÝ, Zdeněk. Dějiny anglické literatury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1987, s. 421-837. info
• STŘÍBRNÝ, Zdeněk. Dějiny anglické literatury. Praha: Academia, 1987, 414 s. info
• The Norton anthology of English literature. Vol. 1 [Abrams, 1986]. Edited by M. H. (Meyer Howard) Abrams. 5th ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Comp., 1986, xxxvii, 26. ISBN 0-393-95469-2. info
• STERNE, Laurence. Sentimental journey ; &, The journal to Eliza. London: J. M. Dent, 1919, xxi, 222 s. info
• DEFOE, Daniel. The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders ; also, The fortunate mistress, or, The Lady Roxana. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1919, xxvii, 428. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Diskuse v seminářích, prezentace, závěrečná ústní zkouška / Class contribution, presentation and final oral examination

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

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