AJ24054 Contemporary British Women Novelists

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2001
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc., M.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
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
Writing as a woman about women does not necessarily involve feminism. In the course we will read six 1980s and 1990s novels by British women novelists to see how they approach the lives and concerns of women. Apart from gender issues we will explore how the novels work within the context of contemporary British writing and society. The following novels will be discussed: Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger, A. S. Byatt's Still Life, Eva Figes's Ghosts, Margaret Forster's Have the Men Had Enough?, Fay Weldon's The Shrapnel Academy, and Jane Gardam's Crusoe's Daughter.
Syllabus
  • Writing as a woman about women does not necessarily involve feminism. In the course we will read six 1980s and 1990s novels by British women novelists to see how they approach the lives and concerns of women. Apart from gender issues we will explore how the novels work within the context of contemporary British writing and society. The following novels will be discussed: Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger, A. S. Byatt's Still Life, Eva Figes's Ghosts, Margaret Forster's Have the Men Had Enough?, Fay Weldon's The Shrapnel Academy, and Jane Gardam's Crusoe's Daughter.
Literature
  • FORSTER, Margaret. Have the men had enough? :a novel. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1990, 251 s. ISBN 0-14-012769-0. info
  • FIGES, Eva. Ghosts. Flamingo ed. London: Fontana Paperbacks, 1989, 150 s. ISBN 0-00-654332-4. info
  • LIVELY, Penelope. Moon tiger. New York: Harper Perennial, 1989, 208 s. ISBN 0060972009. info
  • WELDON, Fay. The Shrapnel academy. Kent: Coronet Books, 1987, 203 s. ISBN 0-340-39875-2. info
  • GARDAM, Jane. Crusoe's daughter. London: Abacus, 1986, 224 s. ISBN 0-349-11410-2. info
  • BYATT, A. S. Still life. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1986, 358 s. ISBN 0-14-010763-0. info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Credit evaluation note: 2 původní kredity.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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