AJ14007 British Literature 1830-1870: Early and Mid-Victorians

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2005
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)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (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
Thu 13:20–14:55 37
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
This course will provide a survey of literary and related developments in the period. Writers considered will include Dickens, the Brontes, George Eliot, Tennnyson, Browning, Clough, Arnold, Darwin, Ruskin, Carlyle.
Syllabus
  • This course will provide a survey of literary and related developments in the period. Writers considered will include Dickens, the Brontes, George Eliot, Tennnyson, Browning, Clough, Arnold, Darwin, Ruskin, Carlyle.
Literature
  • DICKENS, Charles. Hard times. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1994, vi, 268 s. ISBN 0-14-062044-3. info
  • BRONTË, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. London: Penguin Books, 1994, 447 s. ISBN 0-14-062011-7. info
  • HARDY, Thomas. Jude the obscure. London: Penguin Books, 1994, 489 s. ISBN 0-14-062060-5. info
  • BRONTË, Emily. Wuthering heights. Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1992, 417 s. ISBN 1-85326-001-0. info
  • The Norton anthology of English literature. V. 2. Edited by M. H. Abrams. 4th ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1979, xlii, 2582. ISBN 0-393-95043-3. info
  • ELIOT, George. Middlemarch. Edited by W. J. Harvey. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1965, 908 s. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Assessment by class participation (40) and essay (60) Hodnocení: aktivita v semináři (40) a esej (60)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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