FF:AJL24100 Aspects of 19th & 20th Cent.BF - Course Information

AJL24100 Aspects of 19th and 20th Century British Fiction

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

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

Timetable

Wed 18:00–19:40 G25

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 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• English Language and Literature (Eng.) (programme FF, N-FI)
• English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-AJ_)
• English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-AJA_)
• English-language Translation (programme FF, N-HS)
• English-language Translation (programme FF, N-PAJ_)
• English-language Translation (programme FF, N-PT) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-GK)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-MA)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-TV)

Course objectives

This semester's course will focus on a number of works which, while canonical classics,are not always included in introductory courses,either because of their relative length or difficulty. Works included in the course are: Jane Austen's Mansfield Park', Walter Scott's Waverley, W.M.Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair', Henry James's 'The Portrait of a Lady', Joseph Conrad's 'Nostromo', James Joyce's 'Ulysses' (plus a little of Finnegan's Wake'), and John Berger's 'G'.

Learning outcomes

Students who have taken the course will have gained a greater understanding of processes of development in the (English-speaking) novel as an aspect of art (as a social system) and (inter-)subjectivity which, while having its origins in the seventeenth century radically develops in the nineteenth century and first half of the twentieth century.

Syllabus

• Week 1:Feb.19th:Introductory Week 2:Feb.26th:Jane Austen: Mansfield Park Week 3:Mar.4th:Walter Scott: Waverley Week 4:Mar.11th:W.M.Thackeray: Vanity Fair(1) Week 5:Mar 18th:W.M.Thackeray: Vanity Fair(2) Week 6:Mar 25th:Henry James: The Princess Casamassima (1) Week 7:April 1st:Henry James: The Princess Casamassima (2)/Nostromo (1) Week 8:April 8th:Joseph Conrad: Nostromo (2) Week 9:April 15th:READING WEEK: NO SEMINAR Week 10:April 22nd: James Joyce: Ulysses(1): 1,2, 4, 5,8, 10, 11, 12 Week 11:April 29th: James Joyce: Ulysses(2): 13,15,17, 18 Week 12:May 3rd: Virginia Woolf: The Years Week:13:May 10th: John Berger: G

Teaching methods

Teaching will be through a combination of mini/lecture, group discussion and class discussion.

Assessment methods

Assessment will be through a combination of oral (40% - attendance and participation) and written (essay 7-10 pages) criteria. Essays should be submitted to my e-mail address in the IS.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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