AJ14000 English Literature of the Middle Ages

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2000
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Milada Franková, CSc., M.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D.
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course offers an outline of English literature from its beginnings to the end of the 15th century, including the historical background and some recent criticism. In the Old English period we will focus on riddles, elegies, the heroic epic Beowulf and the religious poem The Dream of the Rood. We will also briefly examine the phenomenon of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. In the Middle English period we will be looking at Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and the Arthurian romances in the alliterative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and in Thomas Malory's Morte D'Arthur. We will also trace the tradition of popular ballads.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Assessment: oral exam and participation.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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