AJ04003 Úvod do literatury II

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 2009
Rozsah
0/2/0. 4 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Jana Heczková, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Martina Horáková, Ph.D. (přednášející)
doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Tomáš Hanzálek
Předpoklady
AJ04001 Úvod do literatury I && SOUHLAS
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.

Jiné omezení: 4 skupin studentů
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
Objectives: 1. To know how to locate and use primary and secondary materials in literary research. 2. To learn the techniques needed for literary analysis and writing essays. 3. To refine critical thinking and to improve communication capabilities. 4. To achieve a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and how it enriches our perception of the world.
Osnova
  • Week 1 / September 24: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Why Study Literature?” / “Functions of Literature” Readings: René Wellek and Austin Warren, Theory of Literature (pages 15-37, 139-57) Barnet et al, An Introduction to Literature (chapters 1 and 2) Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
  • Week 2 / October 1: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Setting” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters I.-X.) Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19)
  • Week 3 / October 8: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Literary History” Readings: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (chapters XI.-XXIV.) Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58) Bonnie Klomp Stevens and Larry L. Stewart, A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research (chapter 2: “The Insight of Literary History”)
  • Week 4 / October 15: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Theme” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
  • Week 5 / October 22: Lecture (Pavel Drábek): “Literary Genres” Readings: William Shakespeare, Hamlet Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play Aristotle, Poetics
  • Week 6 / October 29: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Figurative and Literal: Metaphor, Symbol, and Allegory” Readings: Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover” John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
  • Week 7 / November 5: Mid-term review and mock-quiz
  • Week 8 / November 12: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Literary Styles” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61) Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79) David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages 280-95)
  • Week 9 / November 19: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Structure and Plot” Readings: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313) Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein” (pages 313-33)
  • Week 10 / November 26: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Narrative Point of View” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
  • Week 11 / December 3: Lecture (Michael Kaylor): “Interpretation” Readings: Henry James, The Turn of the Screw Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207- 23) Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria, Physiognomical Bogeyman, and the ‘Ghosts’ in The Turn of the Screw” (pages 223-41)
  • Week 12 / December 10: Lecture (Kateřina Prajznerová): “Character, Persona and Tone” Readings: Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay (pages xxiii-xlv) Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
  • Week 13 / December 17: Semester review and mock-quiz
Literatura
  • Philip Gerard, “What Is Creative Nonfiction Anyhow?” (pages 1-12)
  • Sacvan Bercovitch, “Hawthorne’s A-Morality of Compromise” (pages 344-58)
  • David Collings, “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley’s Critique of Ideology” (pages
  • Ross C. Murfin, “Psychoanalytic Criticism and The Turn of the Screw” (pages 207-
  • Wellek, René, and Austin Warren. A Theory of Literature. New York: Harcourt, 1949.
  • Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover”
  • Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
  • Phillip Lopate, “Introduction” from The Art of the Personal Essay
  • William Shakespeare, Hamlet
  • Ross C. Murfin, “The Biographical and Historical Background” (pages 3-19
  • Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?” (pages 262-79)
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
  • Ross C. Murfin, “What Is Feminist Criticism?” (pages 296-313)
  • Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
  • Ronald Hayman, How to Read a Play
  • Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
  • Aristotle, Poetics
  • John Pick, ed., The Windhover (from The Merrill Literary Casebook Series)
  • Peter G. Beidler, “A Critical History of The Turn of the Screw” (pages 127-45)
  • Barnet, Sylvan, Morton Berman, and William Burto. An Introduction to Literature: Fiction / Poetry / Drama. 9th ed. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman, 1989: 1-101.
  • Johanna M. Smith, “A Critical History of Frankenstein” (pages 237-61)
  • Barbara Kingsolver, selections from Small Wonder
  • Maynard Mack, “The World of Hamlet”
  • Richard Bradford, Stylistics (part 2)
  • Montgomery, Martin. Ways of Reading. London : Routledge, 1993. 257 s. ISBN 0-415-05320-.
  • Bonnie Klomp Stevens, Larry L. Stewart. A Guide to Literary Criticism and Research. 3rd ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1996.
  • Johanna M. Smith, “‘Cooped Up’ with ‘Sad Trash’: Domesticity and the Sciences in Frankenstein”
  • Stanley Renner, “‘Red hair, very red, close-curling’: Sexual Hysteria,
Výukové metody
This lecture series provides an introduction to some of the most significant approaches to the study of literature. Focusing especially on British and American authors, the lectures aim to broaden the students’ awareness of diverse ways of analyzing literary texts. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking and academic writing skills and on gaining a deeper understanding of how literature affects us and enriches our perception of the world. Lectures are 90 minutes a week.
Metody hodnocení
Assessment: Students will write a final exam consisting of two comprehensive short-essay questions. To prepare for the exam, students are required to respond to one of the sample questions suggested at the end of each lecture (see the echo-assignment in elf) and to take a mid-term mock-quiz and an end-of-term mock-quiz.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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