AJ54011 Topics in Literature: Aspects of Comparison in the Twentieth Century British Literature

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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
Fri 15:00–16:35 G32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives (in Czech)
The course will consider aspects in the main genres of literature ( poetry, drama, novel, short story) from the perspective of comparative analysis, focusing on twentieth century and predominantly, often exclusively, on post-1945 works of literature. Authors whose work is considered in this year's course include: Graham Swift, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Philip Larkin, J.H. Prynne, Tony Harrison , Peter Reading, Pat Barker, Penelope Lively, Angela Carter, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Brian Friel, Hanif Kureishi, Kazuo Ishiguro and John Berger.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Seminar 1: Shuttlecock (Graham Swift); The Child In Time (Ian McEwan); Success (Martin Amis) Seminar 2: The Whitsun Weddings & High Windows ( Philip Larkin); from The School of Eloquence and V (Tony Harrison) Wound Response (J.H. Prynne) Fiction and (Peter Reading) Seminar 3: Union Street ( Pat Barker); Fireworks ( Angela Carter); Nothing Missing But The Samovar ( Penelope Lively) Seminar 4: Betrayal (Harold Pinter); Translations (Brian Friel); Professional Foul (Tom Stoppard) Seminar 5: Intimacy (Hanif Kureishi); Lilac and Flag (John Berger); The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Literature
  • Amis, Martin Success Harmondsworth Penguin 1985
  • Reading, Peter Essential Reading: Poems London Secker & Warburg 1986
  • Prynne, J.H. Wound Response Cambridge Street Editions 1974
  • Friel, Brian Translations London Faber & Faber 1981
  • ISHIGURO, Kazuo. The remains of the day. London: Faber and Faber, 1989, 245 s. ISBN 0-571-15310-0. info
  • CARTER, Angela. Fireworks. London: Virago Press, 1988, 120 s. ISBN 0-86068-402-4. info
  • MCEWAN, Ian. The child in time. Picador ed. London: Pan Books, 1988, 220 s. ISBN 0-330-30406-2. info
  • HARRISON, Tony. Selected poems. 2nd ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1987, 249 s. ISBN 0-14-058629-6. info
  • SWIFT, Graham. Shuttlecock. London: Penguin Books, 1982, 219 s. ISBN 0-14-006322-6. info
  • BARKER, Pat. Union Street. London: Virago Press, 1982, 265 s. ISBN 0-86068-283-8. info
  • PINTER, Harold. Betrayal. London: Methuen, 1978, 138 s. ISBN 0413470709. info
  • LARKIN, Philip. High windows. London: Faber and Faber, 1974, 42 s. ISBN 0571105521. info
  • LARKIN, Philip. The whitsun weddings. London: Faber and Faber, 1964, 46 s. ISBN 0571097103. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Preparation for the course: students should read at least two of the works listed for each session and be prepared to compare the approaches of the writers covered.Assessment for the course will take the form of one essay of 8-12 pages comparing aspects of either two or three of the works covered in a given seminar (40%), three response papers (500-800 words)relating to works discussed in three of the seminars (30%) and oral participation/attendance (30%)
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 5x2.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Spring 2018, Spring 2020.
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