AJ14002 British Literature: 1660-1780 (Seminar)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2000
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Věra Pálenská, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW ( AJ14012 British Lit.: 1660-1770 (Lec) ) && ! AJ14002B British Lit.: 1660-1770 (Sem)
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course offers a survey of English literature from the Restoration to the pre-Romantic period. Allegory in transformation (Bunyan); the comedy of manners (Congreve, Sheridan); Augustan satire (Butler, Dryden, Pope, Johnson); 18th century diaries, pamphleteering and journalism (Evelyn, Pepys, Defoe, Swift, Steele, Addison); the beginnings of the novel (Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett); the novel of sentiment (Goldsmith, Sterne); the poetry of sensibility (Thomson, Collins, Young, Gray, Cowper); poetry in the transitional (pre-Romantic) period (Chatterton, Macpherson, Percy, Crabbe, Goldsmith, Burns); the Gothic novel; English critical thought (Johnson).
Syllabus
  • This course offers a survey of English literature from the Restoration to the pre-Romantic period. Allegory in transformation (Bunyan); the comedy of manners (Congreve, Sheridan); Augustan satire (Butler, Dryden, Pope, Johnson); 18th century diaries, pamphleteering and journalism (Evelyn, Pepys, Defoe, Swift, Steele, Addison); the beginnings of the novel (Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett); the novel of sentiment (Goldsmith, Sterne); the poetry of sensibility (Thomson, Collins, Young, Gray, Cowper); poetry in the transitional (pre-Romantic) period (Chatterton, Macpherson, Percy, Crabbe, Goldsmith, Burns); the Gothic novel; English critical thought (Johnson).
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Diskuse v seminářích, prezentace, závěrečná ústní zkouška / Class contribution, presentation and final oral examination
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 2001, Spring 2002, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2019, Spring 2021.
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