AJ24094 Zločin a trest ve viktoriánské beletrii

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 2011
Rozsah
0/2/0. 2 kr. (plus 3 za zk). Doporučované ukončení: zk. Jiná možná ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Bonita Rhoads (přednášející)
Garance
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Tomáš Hanzálek
Rozvrh
každý sudý čtvrtek 12:30–14:05 G23
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.

Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 15 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/15, pouze zareg.: 0/15
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 9 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Cíle předmětu
This course explores the Victorians’ literary obsession with themes of crime and punishment. Fictional works include Lord Byron’s ballads on the criminal anti-hero, the Victorian novel’s repeated portrayals of convicts and crooks, and the detective genre, invented by Poe and then developed by Dickens, Collins and Doyle. Non-fiction readings include the popular criminal biographies published in the Newgate Prison Calendar and the sensational tabloid accounts of the Whiteside Chapel murders (“Jack-the-Ripper”). To provide a context, we will also study a social history of the period, detailing the nineteenth-century formation of the modern police force (Scotland Yard) and the modern prison. And, throughout the term, we will consult a range of criticism on this rich topic (Ellis, Foucault, Miller, Moretti, Showalter).
Osnova
  • 1) Introduction: The Romantic (Pre-Victorian) Criminal “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage,” “Corsair” – Lord Byron, 1812-1818 “On Murder, Considered as One of the Fine Arts” – Thomas De Quincey, 1827 2) Oliver Twist (chapters 1-25) – Charles Dickens, 1837 Newgate Prison Calendar (selections), 1750-1850 *“The Novel and the Police,” The Novel and the Police – D. A. Miller *“Organizing Crime: Character and Conduct in Oliver Twist,” The Crime in Mind – Lisa Rodensky No course meeting—reading response 1 due on-line 3) Oliver Twist (chapters 38-51) – Charles Dickens, 1837 Going to See a Man Hanged – William Makepeace Thackeray, 1840 *“Why Thackeray Went to See a Man Hanged” – Albert Borowitz *The Oxford History of the Prison (selections) *“The Gentle Way in Punishment,” Discipline and Punish – Michel Foucault 4) “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” Edgar Allan Poe, 1841 “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” Edgar Allan Poe, 1842 “The Purloined Letter,” Edgar Allan Poe, 1844 *“The Origins of the Detective Novel” – Richard Alewin *“Literature Under the Table: The Detective Novel and its Social Mission” – Ernst Kaemmel *Detective Fiction and Literature: The Figure on the Carpet (selection) – Martin Priestman *“The Unequal Voice in ‘The Murders in the Rue Morge,’” Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science – Ronald. R. Thomas No course meeting—reading response 2 due on-line 5) The Sign of the Four, Arthur Conan Doyle, 1890 “A Case of Identity,” Arthur Conan Doyle, 1891 “A Scandal in Bohemia,” Arthur Conan Doyle, 1891 *“Clues,” Signs Taken for Wonders – Franco Moretti *“The Criminal Type in ‘A Case of Identity,’” “Negative Images in ‘A Scandal in Bohemia,’” Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science – Ronald. R. Thomas 6) The Woman in White (beginning to second epoch, chap. VIII) – Wilkie Collins, 1859 *“Cage aux folles: Sensation and Gender in Wilkie Collins’s The Woman in White” – D. A. Miller No course meeting—reading response 3 due on-line 7) The Woman in White (from second epoch, chap. X to end) – Wilkie Collins, 1859 *“The Letter of the Law in The Woman in White,” Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science – Ronald. R. Thomas 8) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886 *The Criminal (selections) – Havelock Ellis *“Dr. Jekyll’s Closet,” Sexual Anarchy – Elaine Showalter No course meeting—reading response 4 due on-line 9) Tabloid accounts of the White Chapel Murders, 1888 *“Jack the Ripper,” City of Dreadful Delight – Judith R. Walkowitz *“The Woman’s Case,” Sexual Anarchy, Elaine Showalter 10) Dracula (chapters 1-14) – Bram Stoker, 1897 *“Dialectic of Fear,” Signs Taken for Wonders – Franco Moretti *“Lombroso’s Criminal Man and Stoker’s Dracula” – Jan B. Gordon No course meeting—reading response 5 due on-line 11) Dracula (chapters 15-27) – Bram Stoker, 1897 *“Vampirism and the Degeneration of the Imperial Race” – Monika Tomaszewska
Literatura
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson, 978-0141439730
  • Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens, 978-1402754258
  • Dracula, Bram Stoker, 978-1612930480
  • The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins, 978-1613821398
  • The Sign of the Four, Arthur Conan Doyle, 978-1420925647
Metody hodnocení
Assessment: Regular attendance and participation in discussion 10%. 4 brief on-line reading responses (worth 5% each for 20% of your final grade), which you will submit to the class site on 4 out of the 5 weeks when we have no class meeting. Final Essay 70%. Attendance is important since we have only 6 class meetings. For each class meeting, you should be prepared to discuss the reading. On-line reading responses should be kept to a couple of thoughtful paragraphs; please point out issues and raises questions in relation to the reading or outline connections between the critical reading and the literature. Final essays should be 12-15 pages double-spaced in MLA format.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Bonita Rhoads, rhoads@phil.muni.cz
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