AJ14061 Aspects of the Twentieth Century British Short Story

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
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: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 15:50–17:25 M11
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination || AJ01002 Practical English II
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 20 student(s).
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Course objectives
The course will look at a selection of short stories by writers from the British Isles, focusing mainly on writers from the earlier part of the twentieth century and contemporary authors. The aim will be to explore and compare the formal elements of the stories and relate them to the experiential areas with which they engage. This will involve a brief exposure to elements of narrative theory.By the end of the course the student will have written an essay in which they demonstrate their ability to analyze aspects of the short fiction discussed in terms of relating form to content in the ways covered in the course.During the course students will be expected to discuss ways in which formal elements of the stories discussed deviate from traditional norms and the way in which these formal innovations impinge upon the authors' concern with their subject matter.Students will also be expected to gain the skill of going beyond discussing characters as if they were simply depictions of people and the notion of writers depicting a ready-made world by attempting to think of the way in which an author's narrative organizes events and the precise role which character functions play in a given story.
Syllabus
  • Week 1: Sept 24th:ORIENTATION WEEK: NO SEMINAR Week 2: Oct 1st:Introductory: aspects of narrative Week 3: Oct 8th:Thomas Hardy:An Imaginative Woman; On the Western Circuit Week 4: Oct 15th:Joseph Conrad: Falk; Amy Foster; The Secret Sharer Week 5: Oct 22nd:Henry James:The Aspern Papers Week 6: NO SEMINAR: READING WEEK Week 7: Nov.5th:Henry James:In the Cage Week 8: Nov.12th:James Joyce:The Sisters; An Encounter; Araby Week 9: Nov 19th:James Joyce:The Dead Week 10:Nov 26th:D.H.Lawrence:Odour of Chrysanthemums; England, My England Week 11:Dec: 3rd:D.H.Lawrence:St Mawr Week 12:Dec 10th:Katherine Mansfield: Prelude; Bliss Week 13:Dec 17th:Katherine Mansfield: The Garden Party; Something Childish But Very Natural
Literature
  • Hardy, Thomas Life's Little Ironies Oxford Oxford University Press 1996
  • Joyce, James Dubliners London Penguin 1992
  • Lawrence, D.H. Selected Short Stories London Penguin 1982
  • In the cage. Edited by Henry James. London: Electric Book Co., 2001, 124 p. ISBN 1901843939. info
  • The Aspern papers. Edited by Henry James. London: Electric Book Co., 2001, 122 p. ISBN 184327082X. info
  • MANSFIELD, Katherine. The garden party and other stories. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1951, 254 s. info
  • CONRAD, Joseph. Typhoon and other stories. New York: Doubleday, Doran and company, 1938, 277 s. info
  • MANSFIELD, Roger and Katherine MANSFIELD. Bliss and other stories. London: Constable, 1920, 279 s. info
  • CONRAD, Joseph. The shadow-line : a confession [Conrad, 1917]. London: J. M. Dent, 1917, 227 s. info
Teaching methods
Teaching by close reading, and ninety minute weekly seminar discussion including group or pairwork.
Assessment methods
Credit requirements: Class contribution (40%), essay (5-8 pages) (60%).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=719
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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